Comments on: Joe Riggs Vs Cory Devela Fight Video Strikeforce

By: alvey

alvey — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:23:29 +0000

are friend ship blinds us? your an idiot! i have known cory sense i was 4. he is a bad ass and should get better fights! riggs is a pussy! cory is a great person and has alot to fight for. he’s a monster!

By: 2 TUFF

2 TUFF — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:41:29 +0000

I dont like joe riggs i barely even think of him as even a mediocure fighter you wont see much of him. he will earn my respect when he fights and wins against a decent fighter, but ti wont happen. by the way the people who know him and back him up, your friendship blinds you, you dont realize how much work this kid needs

By: Fightergirl

Fightergirl — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:00:58 +0000

SmashedYoFace….I am from Bonney Lake, and I know Cory very very very well…I am not disrespecting people’s opinions, I am just saying, every forum I have read, Cory is not getting the credit he deserves and should get. It is all poor Joe. I also have meet Riggs a few times, since I lived in AZ for four years. I am not doubting Riggs was hurt all I am saying he underestimated Cory and thought he would just “walk right through him” which Riggs himself said at weigh ins. We are fully aware Riggs wants a rematch and believe me, Cory will take it cause he will love to prove to Riggs once again that he is not an easy opponent and didn’t win the first time by luck!

By: 2 the D...

2 the D... — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:31:56 +0000

Cory Devela smashed on Joe… Plain and simple.

By: Dogg

Dogg — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:12:33 +0000

He used to be 300lbs?
How come, he must have been eating steroids for breakfast, lunch n dinner.
300lbs, no way!

By: Smashedyoface

Smashedyoface — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:24:47 +0000

Fightgirl… you must be from Bonney Lake. I have hung out with Corey a few times. He is friends with a lot of my friends in Puyallup though I live in CA now. All the props to Corey, but coming from me (someone who has back problems)cleared by doctors or not, it is extremely easy to hurt it again. In Joe’s contract he has the option of having an immediate rematch, which he’ll take. I really hope Cory rips through him, another slam w/no back injury and then some GnP from Cory. But until then you have to respect peoples opinion. (On the other not, Joe shouldn’t ever think any fight is going to be a walk in the park… IT’S FIGHTING)

By: J-P

J-P — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:35:57 +0000

These are words straight from Joe’s manager, Ken Pavia. “analogous to the breaking of a hip “… ouch.

“In Saturday’s Strikeforce fight, everything was perfect in preparation: his team, his health, and most important, his mind. He entered nearly a 4-to-1 betting favorite. Well, about 20 seconds into the fight, his opponent, Cory Devela, threw a kick. Joe reached to grab his leg, and I saw him wince in pain. My initial reaction was that it caught his liver — a la De la Hoya vs. Hopkins. He continued to grimace as they clinched on the fence. His opponent moved for a judo throw, and I saw what I thought was Joe tapping as he was being thrown. Once on the ground, he was completely done. A disc in his back had dislodged and impinged on a nerve that ran down his leg.

Joe was carried from the ring on a stretcher. The doctors said the pain was analogous to the breaking of a hip as he pumped him full of morphine. They had to call a special ambulance because of the type of painkillers they administered. Everyone was teary as we waited for the ambulance to get there. Joe turned to the doctor in all seriousness and said, “Doc, when they change me, just know that things are the way they are down there because my metal cup is really cold.“

Needless to say, it broke the tension.

Joe had a scope procedure done Tuesday to deaden the nerve, and his time table for a return is up in the air. As soon as it was completed, he called me from the doctor’s office and demanded the rematch.

“Do not let that kid fight anyone else before me and get exposed,” he said. “I am going to smash him.“

If you bump into Diesel at an event, show him some support. While many fighters are immune to the compliments because they come so frequently, others will acknowledge with appreciation. Whether or not Joe manifests with a reaction, he is really affected by it and takes it to heart. It means a lot to this kid, and he is due for a break.”

By: Ground-Game

Ground-Game — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:34:28 +0000

Reply- To SMACK

It’s not even a good way to win? should be illegal? Are you kidding me? Go watch bowling or something. The FIRST thing you learn in Judo/JJ is how to fall correctly. Which Joe didn’t. Unless Diesel had an injury, the throw didn’t hurt that bad. Devala landing on top of him that broke a rib or two. During training, you go slow. That was full speed, and Diesel got caught. Just like an overhand right. Beautiful, clean, legal, an MMA-TKO by definition.
Ground-Game says “Joe Silva I want your job.”

By: Fightergirl

Fightergirl — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:43:42 +0000

People GIVE ME A BREAK!! That was a great fight and a great throw on Devela’s part. All this crap about Joe was hurt before and he threw the fight and bla bla bla is just that…crap. YES he did have a back injury before, however, this was his third time back in the ring since his injury. He was cleared by the doctors and he chose to fight, and he lost. Riggs said he thinks the fight against Devela was just going to be a walk threw which is why he still had is fight coming up in a few weeks in March. Devela said, I am going to go in there get him in a clinch, take him down, and then go for the knock out, which if you were watching….he would have gotten the knock out. It was an AWESOME throw, if you can’t take it don’t fight. Joe did not go in there thinking Devela would be tough, he underestimated him and got is butt kicked, so give Devela credit after all he told Joe what he was going to do to him, and he did just that!!

By: King Solomon

King Solomon — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:40:31 +0000

Man Joe got his ass kicked in record time.

Nice judo throw. I’ve never seen a blown back on one though.