Is there anything in it before last Sunday? I think he'd have a hard time remembering things...

Spike TV is airing the entire Couture vs Liddell season today - love this season! Talk about a who's who.

I've been watching this all day... very entertaining.

My dad walked in the room and recognized Bobby Southworth. I guess my dad used to be Bobby's boss at UPS in the early 90's. He fired him because Bobby would throw packages into dumpsters when he didn't finish his routes. I don't know I just thought that was funny.

LOL. That would not be a very fun task firing him

Ive been watching today too. Deffinatly nothing has come close to the first season of TUF. Just reminded myself on why I hate Kos so much.

My friends and I are going to Vegas for a bachelor party weekend Nov. 14th with the plan of going to see Couture-Lesnar. Can anyone give me an idea as to how much tickets will cost for this and what's the best way to go about getting them?

Thanks!

Cheap seats $75, expensive $1000. Really, there is almost no difference between the $75 and $150. The $300 tickets are really not worth double the $150 because it's only a slight upgrade.

It's going to be real tough to get seats. I do the UFC fight club presale thing, but even that is tough too. Tickets go on sale Wednesday for the UFC fight Club presaly, Friday for the newsletter presale, Saturday to the public. If this is anywhere near as big as they think it will be, tickets may be hard to get.

I'll be there.

Got my tickets for 91 today. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Surprised there hasn't been any talk for the event tonight on Spike



I need to see replays because on first sight those knees by Houston looked SOOOO illegal. Good to see Ravishing Red fight through them.


I think I just saw one of the few fights in history that went the full three rounds and the winner didn't land a single strike.

That was the crappiest UFN I think that's ever been put on. The match-ups just didn't allow for great fights.

Diaz/Neer was decent, but not really a fight. I enjoyed watching the techniques on display, that was some high level grappling but I still want to see some striking and damage being done. Only Neer managed to get a submission attempt, the rest of the fight was just a battle for position and it's pretty rediculous to win a fight based on that. I don't blame the fighters though, they were going at it hard and trying to finish the fight, but their skills just neutralized each other basically. It was a close fight and I think it could have gone either way. The Judo throw and flurry at the end of Round 1 probably won the fight for Diaz in the judges' eyes.

Guida/Danzig was even worst. That was an incredibly boring fight and Guida turned it into a wrestling match. I can't really fault Guida for using that gameplan, because it was his best chance of winning, but it's annoying seeing fights won this way.

Belcher/Herman was uninteresting to say the least. Neither fighter interests me at all.

Schafer/Alexander was a decent scrap. I'm surprised Schafer survived that onslaught. Alexander just looks lost on the ground, he doesn't even use his hips at all. He tries to power out of positions using only his upper body, there's no movement whatsoever in his lower body. It's pretty amazing that a guy in the UFC can suck that bad on the ground.

Agreed on all of this. A total snoozefest of a card.

Yeah, I wasn't too impressed either. The main event was fun to watch, but other than that it was fairly disappointing considering the last few UFN's have been pretty darn good.

Is anybody going to UFC 90? If anybody has a few extra tickets for this, let me know. I'd really hate to pay $150 for $50 tickets on stubhub.

I thought the Belcher/Danzig fight had potential, actually, but Belcher took up jazz dancing or something and Danzig forgot how to take people down. Belcher seemed to be able to hit him hard whenever he wanted, but he choose not to. Maybe he has no gas tank.

BTW, what's with the idiot who described himself as a straight up criminal comparing himself to Napoleon, Alexander, and Hitler?, and then failing to come out for round two? Is this the Kimbo Slice MMA generation or what?

does anybody that posts in this thread ever actually enjoy watching the fights? I can't remember the last time I read more than just a few posts saying that a card was exciting.

I was wondering the same thing about the Hitler reference. I thought that was a bit borderline, until I realized that the guy was a complete meathead and couldn't string a proper sentence together.

I'm amazed at Alessio Sakara getting another fight last night at 3-4-1 in UFC, but he knocked that guy the **** out. His last seven fights have been ended in the first round, that's amazing.

He's the type of fighter though that a lot of people come to see. He's either going to know somebody's head off or get demolished in a hurry.

I typed out a long analysis of this whole card and it just got erased, so frustrating. Now I have no motivation to do it again.

My pics were Danzig, Neer, Shafer and Herman.

Obviously I lost three out of four.

Because I don't feel like going through each fight, I will simply say that Danzig and Shafer show a lot of promise in there respective divisions. Not sure how well Diaz will do. He has a lot of heart, but I can think of so many people that will give him a ton of trouble. He is just too small for that division imo.

This card wasn't exciting. Knockout of the night and Submission of the night were both on the undercard and Fight of the Night was the main event, and that wasn't saying much. Don't get me wrong, it was interesting to watch, but nothing earth shattering.

Guida is high energy with decent wresting but besides that, he's a snooze. His ground and pound is weak, his stand up is only there to set up is takedowns. He seems like an awesome, humble, swell guy, much better than his dopey brother, but still, I don't get the attraction to watch him fight. His motor is great but his finishing skills don't seem to exist.

Houston Alexander will continue to get fights in the UFC because he's exciting. Sure, his ground game is weak, but he finishes in dramatic fashion or gets finished. That's a recipe for success. He needs to keep sprinkling in some viscious knockouts to keep his job, but he'll keep getting fights for a while. With him in the ring, you have to be on your toes or you'll miss something. You can't say that about a lot of fighters.

At first I was kinda pissed at myself for not going to this event since it's an hour away. However, after viewing I'm kinda glad I didn't spend the money or take time off to go.

wasn't talking about just this fight. just seems to me that I see the same comments made about just about every other card too and it makes me wonder why the people making the comments are still watching if they think all the cards are boring. I'm sure there's golf on somewhere.

oooh Hendo and Bisbing are coaching TUF 9 USA vs UK. That means Hendo should be kicking his ass sometime in the middle of 09.

Winner gets to get his ass kicked by Anderson?

Sal

I don't know if my personal tenor is that way normally, but this particular card was about as bad/boring as it gets. Like Mr. Mexico said...if Neer/Diaz grapplefest was the "fight" of the night...it was a bad card. I think the Guida/Danzig fight had potential, but it just ended up being pretty boring overall. The Alexander fight had some early fireworks, but then he get's taken down and he has ZERO chance from the ground. I agree that we can get spoiled at times as MMA fans but I think this particular card blew ash.

I'll take the last UFC card where Evans turned out the lights on Chuck's career any day over the snoozefest this card was.

I'm back mother****ers! lol I hadn't visited this thread in a while for some reason....

Anyway, thought this was post worthy for any late night guys:


Dream 6 is starting right now...


Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Middleweight Grand Prix Finals:
-Winner of Mousasi/Manhoef vs. Winner of Souza/Galesic

Middleweight Grand Prix Finals (16-man tournament):
-Gegard Mousasi vs. Melvin Manhoef
-Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs. Zelg Galesic

Grand Prix Reserve Bout:
-Dong Sik Yoon vs. Andrews Nakahara

Non-Tournament Bouts:
-Shinya Aoki vs. Todd Moore
-Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Alistair Overeem
-Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Masanori Tonooka
-Sergei Kharitonov vs. Jimmy Ambriz
-Hayato Sakurai vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka
-Hideo Tokoro vs. Atsushi Yamamoto
-Keita Nakamura vs. Adriano Martins
-Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Masakatsu Funaki


I don't have HDnet but here is the link to the live stream :

http://www.megathai.it/

Looks like HDNet is reairing it today at 4pmEST if anyone wants to watch.

Welcome back. You still doing the Extreme Couture thing? You think Randy is gonna school Lesnar?

Dream 6 was alright, I'm not a big fan of some of the huge mismatches, but it's still nice to see some of the top fighters not in the UFC in action.

Mousasi's up kick KO of Jacare was awesome. I'm really big on Jacare and it sucks for him to go out like that on a KO that practically never happens. It was just perfect timing and Jacare drove his chin straight into that kick and it would have KO'd anybody. I think someone like Jacare is exactly who would be able to beat Anderson Silva, he's got explosive takedowns and an amazing ground game. Mousasi is one of the more underrated fighters out there and it's nice to see him get some attention now.

Overeem was putting a beating on Crocop before those low blows. Crocop looks finished, his explosiveness seems gone and he looks gun shy out there too.

Anyone have any thoughts on the Brandon Vera/Keith Jardine fight? Jardine is +150 and I think I like him a TON... am I missing something here?

Apparently Crocop's nut was lodged inside his body. It looked pretty awful.

You always got to worry about Jardine's chin but the ko's have come against super aggresive striker Wandy and Alexander and I dont think Vera fits into this catergory. I would put money on Jardine here aswell because Vera hasnt imprssed me in 2 years and his first fight at 205 was pathetic. I would think he would be more prepared for the weight cut this time but I see Jardine able to fight his fight against Vera. I think the UFC wants Vera to win though.

.......................

weak

So here is a question for you guys who watch WWE RAW or whatever the newest wrestling shows are.

I have to assume that those guys are pulling hamstrings or getting injured in some way all the time. But they still wrestle/put on a show right?

Make a fist, extend your index finger, direct it at something. That's a point.

I dare you to make one

Mostly yes however in most states they aren't sanctioned by the athletic commission so the choice is up to the performer or the boss.

Yeah, but they're pretty much slave labor. If a midcarder bows out of a show because of an injury, he's semi-likely to lose his spot.

I can't blame Brock for not wanting to fight for the title at less than 100%. It might be a while before he gets another shot if Randy beats him, injury or no.

Apparently that Lesnar story is BS. Lets hope so

Sigh of relief.

What is that nonsense in your signature?

Randy spanking Bas

Hey guys, was just wondering what you think. Alves vs. Sanchez, who takes it?

I like Diego

I think that is going to be an amazing fight. Alves doesn't play it safe the way that Kos did, so you have two guys that are going to try and push the pace.

I think it's a pretty even match right now. They both have different strengths and weaknesses. Alves is going to be bigger for sure. A lot of it is going to come down to who wants it more.

I'd like to see Diego win. But obviously my opinion could change based on lines that come out.

GOING TO ELITE XC ON OCTOBER 4th.......SHIPSKEE

I like Alves in this one. I think win over (the Hill) Matt Hughes will give him great confidence. IMHO I dont think Diego has had a win of that caliber under his belt. Sure Parisyan and Riggs are good wins, but Riggs should have never fought @ 170. He looked like shit the win he lost to Hughes.

It should be a good fight regardless, but my money is on Alves. What's the current line right now on the fight, I can 't seem to find it. Silva v Cote is the only one I can find for UFC 90.

Other than ME the lines usuually dont come out till the week of the event.

With the addition of the Arlovski fight I am actually looking forward to this card. Of course the curriosity with the Kimbo/Shamrock fight, also the Sheilds/Daley and Ninja makes for a very decent card. Probally make or break for Elitexc. Have fun

Stoked on Arlovski, elite suck at marketing though to not have that fight locked down and heavily promoted earlier.


how bout a spot pool for time of finish on the kimbo fight? One square = 30 seconds?


Or at least an over/under. I figure 1:45 1st for that.

I expect Shamrock to put his head down and charge at a double take leg down right off the bat, if he gets it he wins if he doesnt he wil be KOd all within 40 seconds.