its gonna be a slow paced kind of tactical affair, i loe those kinds of fights. both guys have ALOT to consider.

also, my attempt at matchmaker is blown, as Nogueirs is fighting Mir. waste of time. Mir is going to beat him again, no credit to Mir however, Nog is just slowing down badly, despite the Schaub win. My opinion is that Nog was on his way to being TKO'd and fortunately he caught Schaub against the fence. Scaub was landing at will and Mir hits like a man, plus nog isnt taking mir down.

im not a fan of this rematch, much rather see nog v.s. Kongo (i think hell beat mitrione)

btw...Diaz is a fucking idiot. Nonetheless i dont feel the title shot should be revoked like that, but what the hell else could we expect honestly, guess you cant let a guy skip multiple pressers, its unfortunate. I cant believe this shit.

[Edited on September 8, 2011 at 9:57 AM. Reason : f]

9/8/2011 9:55:39 AM

Hm so now Diaz is gonna fill in and fight bj Penn on the same card,...something is kinda fishy why pay nick to fight at all if skipping the presser is so bad? A co main event no less

9/8/2011 9:11:23 PM

whats yall predictions on the SF grand prix semi finals tonight, I got Dan Cormier beating Bigfoot and Josh Barnett beating Kharnitov

Jacare is gonna represent!

I dont even know this guy they have feijao fighting.

I have King Mo gettin back on track TKOing roger Gracie, Maximo Blanco beating Pat Healy

9/10/2011 3:35:12 PM

^^ as of yesterday evening he still hasn't signed the contract

^ good call on the Cormier upset

9/12/2011 4:21:17 PM

Pretty good card last night.

As everyone figured Rampage barely laid a hand on Jon Jones.

That Rothwell-Hunt fight was awesome. Those guys had to get fight of the night. I've never seen two guys that gassed before. Note to UFC maybe don't put 40 year old dudes that havent fought in six years in Denver altitude in his first fight back. Actually, strike that. Put more of them in altitude so we can see that kind of fight again.

Nate Diaz wrecked some shit.

Hated to see Ring lose but Boestch just made him look like an amateur. What's his face from TUF looked really fucking good with his strikes.

The 2nd facebook prelim with those featherweights was a great fight too.

Also, Matt Hughes has really improved his standup. I thought he'd get destroyed but he actually got some good shots in.

[Edited on September 25, 2011 at 10:37 AM. Reason : a]

9/25/2011 10:36:29 AM

yeah, jones looked really good. putting four fat heavyweights on a Denver card was dumb though.

9/25/2011 11:16:04 AM

All respect to Rashad, but I think Jones might be the next Anderson Silva; I just don't see anyone stopping him for a long time.

9/25/2011 3:10:14 PM

Mark Hunt, 2-fight win streak! Rock on 2001 K-1 World GP champion!

9/25/2011 10:01:35 PM

fuckin jon jones man, its gonna be a tough one for rashad to get that belt back but fuck it man hes got this

evans will be able to get inside a hell of a lot better than rampage, but rampages head movement was fantastic, jones could hardly land a punch (leg kicks are entirely different) Im proud of rampage, he wasnt scared he went out there and did tried to do the only thing that would let him win the fight, take jones head off and lord knows he did his best

Rashad is gonna have to be technical getting inside jones range, and then go berserk while hes in it, not try t be technical and precise, GO CRAZY, wing bombs...chase him throwin haymakers, because i noticed jon jones doesnt actually counter much, he leaves the strike zone to reestablish his distance, where he is near invincible at. going wild will get jon jones on the run and being as fast as rashad is can lead to landed strikes and a takedown opportunity. Rashad neednt waste too much time forcing takedowns unless he gets hurt. Jon Jones gas is much much better than i thought it was

I didnt watch the fight with the volume up, what did matt hughes say after the koscheck loss? I love matt hughes man, he got the raw deal with that late replacement i didnt like it one bit the diego fight would have been much more winnable for him.

I think El cucuy is going to be one of the better tuf winners, i really enjoy watching him fight, and hes still raw he leaves alot of openings defensively but with his crazy wrestling and scrambles and that offensive striking, and the way he is just plain mean man, he wants to KILL his opponent. The way he attacked aaron riley was so measured and calculate, he didnt rush in and get all clenched up or countered, he maintained the outside strike zone and picked powerful blows to the head and body (which is exactly what Rashad doesnt need to do inside JJ's reach btw), aaron riley was a man to survive to the end of the round

Quote :

"yeah, jones looked really good. putting four fat heavyweights on a Denver card was dumb though. "

haha true, btw i think mark hunt is done in the UFC given how dana talked to him, Rothwell is just not panning out like i thought he would, its a shame, hunt should have been a very winnable fight for him, ill not hold the loss to cain against him.

did anyone catch the bellator card on MTV2 saturday? o my god Joe Warren got fuckin crushed.

[Edited on September 26, 2011 at 9:18 AM. Reason : \]

9/26/2011 9:14:34 AM

Quote :

"haha true, btw i think mark hunt is done in the UFC given how dana talked to him"

Velasquez fears Hunt!



wasn't able to watch it yet but listening to the commentary on it it sounds like what Shogun-Coleman was where it was a really awesome bad fight

[Edited on September 26, 2011 at 10:13 AM. Reason : .]

9/26/2011 10:12:33 AM

i didnt watch it either, but i dont think it was bad on mark hunts part other than gassing, from reports he was actually quite impressive with his overall mma game


rothwell was the horror story, such a disappointment

9/26/2011 11:28:00 AM

From what I gather Hunt kept solidly connecting on Rothwell in the 3rd and Rothwell was done but Rothwell never went down. Hunt actually worked on an armbar in the 2nd round (one judge gave the 2nd to him 10-8) and Joe Rogan was shouting instructions in his commentary to Hunt on locking in the armbar.

9/26/2011 12:01:13 PM

was the gomi destruction really as bad as everyone makes it out to be

I think Nate should never leave 155 again, hes too good a fighter to just be tossed around because just because hes built wrong at 170.



[Edited on September 26, 2011 at 12:48 PM. Reason : m]

9/26/2011 12:33:52 PM

Did watch the Dream show on DVR. Catch Kawajiri-Hansen on Youtube. Good fight.

9/26/2011 12:57:00 PM

i never watch those Dreams and Sengokus

just too damn late.

9/26/2011 1:04:55 PM

i heard the TUF season premeire is badass but i havent watched it yet on DVR.

The Hunt-Rothwell fight was awesomely bad, i wish every card had one of those. Very appealing to the casual fan too.

Also, yes Diaz destroyed Gomi. It was basically an assault.

9/26/2011 8:51:11 PM

Quote :

"i heard the TUF season premeire is badass but i havent watched it yet on DVR."

8 knockouts
5 submissions
3 decisions

What does that tell you?

[Edited on September 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM. Reason : best TUF premiere to date IMO]

9/28/2011 1:59:31 PM

I loved the TUF premier. Really looking forward to tonight.

This fight between Jones and Rashad may be the first time I ever pull for Rashad. I've never liked his antics but he's really cooled it out a lot. Not to mention Jones' lame comments at the end of the PPV. Something to the effect of "this is twice now that you've ruined my special night."

Special night? This isn't the fucking prom. I hope Rashad puts him down.

9/28/2011 2:29:56 PM

Quote :

"Not to mention Jones lame comments at the end of the PPV. "

You don't really believe that stuff do you? Those antics are being done to hype the fight.

Rashad and Jones are former training partners and friends in real life.

9/28/2011 2:33:59 PM

haha o nooo they are not friends at all, the hype is being played publically at the direction of dana (hence evans being called to enter the cage) but these two have a big history, more importantly the camp that helped build Rashad and how Rashad built that camp


its a legit rivalry, but everyone knows public jousting will build interest and sell the fight. Which i dont think it needs

The real rivalry is not so much rashad v. jones its rashad v. jackson and how much of a snake the guy is rashad doesnt blame jones for much other than being an idiot and easily manipulated. They werent ever really friends just goood training partners for eachother. but you cant promote beef between guys that cant fight eachother

9/28/2011 2:58:05 PM

I have a couple of friends that train out there and have openly seen Rashad and Jones hanging out outside of work. All this "feud talk" is completely made up to get viewers.

[Edited on September 28, 2011 at 3:33 PM. Reason : Hype for these fights is either exaggerated or completely made up 75% of the time.]

9/28/2011 3:32:31 PM

Barry and struve are literally my two favorite fighters I hate theyre fighting each other not sure who to pull for.


Cruz should handle mighty mouse.

Hope rumble gets a win , no worse fighter to watch than this brennaman character

9/30/2011 10:04:25 PM

anyone in the RDU area tryna watch versus? for me it is not working

bellator is working fine, but versus is a black screen

10/1/2011 9:09:09 PM

Really enjoyed the card tonight for 136. The fight between garcia & phan was fucking awesome. Sonnen destroyed Stann but definitely did a great job of promoting the upcoming fight against Silva. Dude pulled some WWF shit claiming he'll retire from fighting if he loses. Definitely a good fight between Aldo & Florian and mad love to Frankie Edgar. That dude is a beast. Anyone who beats BJ Penn twice and then goes on to fight a guy who's never lost and be out on his feet (twice now) in the first round just to battle back and win, deserves the damn belt.

10/9/2011 4:19:34 AM

hate that i missed that card all the fights sounded awesome. cant believe lauzon took out guillard in 47 seconds he is a beast.

Figured Sonnen would handle stann, almost bet it but he was -180 and on such a long layoff.

Sounds like another great match between Edgar/Maynard both of those guys are fucking good.

Was interested in Florian / Aldo, but if Florian couldnt get that fight to the ground he was totally screwed.

10/9/2011 3:11:00 PM

lolol

10/11/2011 6:57:53 PM

Bttt

1/15/2012 11:46:01 AM

I think that spinning kick was the best KO I've ever seen. Certainly an early candidate for KO of the year.

Aldo KO was pretty nasty too.

1/15/2012 11:47:22 AM

That kick to the face was pretty epic

1/15/2012 12:14:26 PM

That was a pretty stellar card all around. It seems that whenever there is sort of a weak card in terms of lack of really big names, it is always made up for by having great fights.

Silva decision was totally right IMO. Even as the fight was still going on, my buddy and I were both talking about how many times he was hitting the guy in the back of the head. Then we couldn't believe the ref didn't step in before he did. Although I expected him to deduct a point rather than call it. Once he called it, the judges couldn't give him the win.

[Edited on January 15, 2012 at 12:20 PM. Reason : d]

1/15/2012 12:18:54 PM

mma is the most lowbrow shit on earth

1/15/2012 2:01:11 PM

I agree but why post that? I get satisfaction knowing there are people out there that enjoy stupid shit. I'm sure you like something that someone here considers "lowbrow".

1/15/2012 2:03:58 PM

Lowbrow, lol.

These guys are some of the most skilled professionals on earth

1/15/2012 6:41:54 PM

it wouldn't be tww without asshat trolls everywhere

I saw the Aldo fight but missed the kick KO. Who was it?

1/16/2012 11:45:19 AM

edson barboza

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQXfVi_G_6c

1/16/2012 4:05:41 PM

i was a terry etim fan

did you watch the carvalho v.s. arantes

I dont know i havent been as impressed with two fighters in a loong time as I was with those two guys. They both looked like professional fighters that belonged in the UFC and knew how to fight

it sounds retarded but think about the last time you were legitimately impressed with both fighters not in some damn mismatch (palhares v.s. massenzio who has a history of ACL injuries and poor submission D..BS fight that was pointless) to promote one fighter over he other

these two guys were good everywhere, calculated, not wild, calm, and dangerous. check it out it was like a chess match and they were really capitalizing on minute mistakes and miscalculations.

sorry for the long windedness, but I havent been that impressed by an undercard fight in a long time. Hope to see them both on a card soon.

[Edited on January 16, 2012 at 5:13 PM. Reason : i]

[Edited on January 16, 2012 at 5:13 PM. Reason : d]

1/16/2012 5:07:36 PM

i dont recognize the names and i was too drunk to know who they are... was that one they reshowed on the main card? I didnt see any of the prelims otherwise because i was watching NFL playoffs still

1/16/2012 6:33:20 PM

they showed it on the FX portion of the card, check it out when you get the chance!

1/16/2012 7:08:15 PM

1/26/2012 4:05:38 PM

dammit ive been out of the loop i didnt know munoz pulled out of the fight with sonnen that was going to be awesome.

Bisping will get destroyed by sonnen.

and now maia is fighting wiedman.


Injuries just continue to decimate these cards... so annoying

1/27/2012 4:58:01 PM

Chael Sonnen is a top 5 promo man.

1/27/2012 5:09:57 PM

sonnen saying anderson is too scared to fight him and then putting up a belt and saying he is claiming the belt is hilarious

1/28/2012 12:30:04 PM

2 hrs for 3 fights?

come on Fox, who the fuck cares about the background

1/28/2012 8:13:38 PM

Phil Davis was an NCAA what????


Rashad sonned that nigga something cold

1/29/2012 12:22:14 AM

Was anyone in Durham last night? That shit was awesome.

1/29/2012 2:07:04 PM

I personally wasn't impressed by the card.

Wiedman winning on less than 2 weeks notice against Maia was impressive, although they both disappointed me with their conditioning in the end.

I am not a judge - simply a casual fan, but I thought Bisping beat Sonnin. And regardless of the outcome, Sonnin doesn't appear to be very technically sound. He is one crazy/arrogant idiot - that was some WWE shit he pulled last night after the match.

Rashad never ceases to amaze me how he picks apart people who look like they could dismantle him. Davis looks like a beast, but Rashad completely dominated him. I was impressed with Davis's heart, and I really think he has a pretty bright future ahead of him.

1/29/2012 2:13:31 PM

The 1st fight was fucking ridiculous! At the end I was just saying "ring the damn bell, this shit is stupid"

2nd fight..That sonnen kid looks like he is auditioning for the WWE, just shut the fuck up already.

3rd fight...pretty good, Just wish I didnt have to listen to Rogan's voice.

1/29/2012 2:41:28 PM

that was the worsr card i've ever seen. Even the prelims were boring.

UFC has got to put interesting fights on the Fox events instead of boring fights.

They need to put unimportant fights on the cards and say "Look here's your $5k appearance fee, if you guys put on a show you get $25k bonus. If not, there's your $5k."

They need fighters like Wanderlei out there who aren't scared to lose.

Sonnen is an unbelievable and I think he's got a good shot to beat Anderson Silva, but watching a "must win" match isn't going to make for as good of tv for casual fans as if they put fun fights on instead.

1/30/2012 9:43:53 AM

the fights were interesting

I thought the action was great, even weidman v.s. maia but that was the worst fight because they both gassed (weidman shouldnt be faulted, but for a former contender in Maia that was inexcusable)

Chael v.s. Bisping was a great freakin fight, the styles i think threw both fighters off and it became a three round whirlwind

Rashad put on a clinic once again against a bigger fighter that was supposed to be a better wrestler. I think Rashad gave jon jones a lot to think about. Unlike Machida, rashad was parryin strikes and checking kicks without having to dive out of landing range, he stayed in the pocket and countered, easily caugh kicks and used them for takedowns.

regardless of what people say, jon jones is not the greatest striker his speed is on par with davis, he just has better timing and is more diverse, his hands are trash compared to rashad

and dare i say Jon jones gets rashad in a scrambling situation, i think rashad makes him look a fool with very technical wrestling plus i dont think jon jones has nearly the core strength to escape that Phil Davis does

anyone who says those fights sucked can kick rocks, dont watch anymore. Watching rashad fight looked like you were watching a legitimate contender and a complete representation of MMA, Bisping Chael was a barn burner and a decent representation of MMA as well

i dont care to see a finish in fights at all, i want to see as much action as possible and a good showing by all competitors. Id rather see last night than JDS/Cain again. That fight told us absolutely nothing and was a waste of a broadcast

lol, we need guys like wanderlei to come out looking 60 years old, swinging like a windmill to get face planted by the first punch the other guy lands? You can see that at a regional show around raleigh, I want to see dynamic fights in the UFC

the fights may not have been the most exciting to you, but you cannot say the fights werent interesting. even the original line up of Chael v.s. Munoz and Bisping v.s. maia was just as interesting, and they could have just as easily been the exact same kinda fights. you never know. injuries are a bitch the UFC did a good job changing up the card and maintaining relevant fights.

I like "fun" fights (beltran/lavar johnson) added to a PPV mixed with the relevant fights, but when youve only got three fights and two hours of broadcast knowing a lot of it is analysts and guest commentators + plus fighter promos then I want three damn relevant fights that can shake up the upper division and create compelling match ups once the sow ends



[Edited on January 30, 2012 at 10:07 AM. Reason : k]

1/30/2012 10:00:10 AM

the problem is they are trying to pick up new audiences and they aren't going to do it with boring ass figbhts.

I had like 12-14 people over for the state game/ufc and most of them left to go downtown before i could even show the Rashad fight because they were so bored with the Maia snoozefest.

the half of us that stayed for the rashad fight all wished we hadn't wasted our time.

1/30/2012 10:16:55 AM