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29-28 Machida
29-28 Machida I think. Better fight than I expected. I fall too often for guys like Machida being nearly invincible.Feeling Davis was well prepared for this fight.
same here and I actually thought it could be 30-27 for him too.29-28 Machida
i was thinking this too. the decision made no sense at all. I agree the rounds were close, but every single MMA site gave that fight to Machida, i hate sounding , but the line on the fight moved a lot before the fight, just real strangeI left as soon as the fight ended not even considering the possibility that Machida would lose that decision. I just got back and don't get it. Maybe good news for Zombie?
yup, i wouldn't mind hearing more of him at all. move Florian to some other roleStann with a nice call...
Me too. But he just tried to pop it back in and keep fighting.Wow that was nasty... KZ is a bad dude to keep on going, I would've been crying like a little girl.
Jose Aldo had a good reason for neglecting his devastating low kicks during his UFC 163 victory over Chan Sung Jung at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
According to Aldo, who stopped “The Korean Zombie” in the fourth round of their pay-per-view headliner, his right foot might be broken.
“When the fight started, the first thing I did was kick him, and he [checked it with] his knee. I don’t know if I broke my foot. It’s very swollen,” Aldo (Pictured, file photo) said at the post-fight press conference. “We tried to control [the fight] in a different way. Everyone always expects me to be throwing low kicks, but I’m a complete fighter, and I always try to practice everything. Wherever the fight goes, I try to use all my weapons. I have a whole arsenal of weapons for whoever is out there.”
yeah, that rubbed me wrong, too. I hope (as someone said above) that this is a wake up call for Machida to be more aggressive. I get the whole 'waiting for an opening' thing, but c'mon, broseph.I love Machida's reasoning: “I don’t know what they are judging. Just listen to the crowd. They’re telling you what happened.” No #### they thought you won, you're in ####### Brazil.
Pretty "meh" card, IMO.Based on what I'm hearing from you guys, it sounds like the fights kind of sucked overall?
Some of the prelims were alright, but I wasn't super impressed with those either.
Yeah, you mean the Fox Sports 1 card right? it's certainly set up to be an exciting one. I hope Uriah Hall is a little more comfortable in the cage, and I hope Dooomsday chooses to stand with him. I hope Overeem bounces back too, he is saying the right things right now. Definitely like the under with him taking on Browne, they both will come out like bulls in a china shop. Uriah Faber i think is on it too.Fox card looks good.
Really looking forward to this one. I'm firmly entrenched on the McGregor bandwagon.Fox card looks good.
And if any of the televised cards ends quickly, even the Facebook fights look interesting. This is the best balanced top to bottom card I can remember.Yeah, you mean the Fox Sports 1 card right? it's certainly set up to be an exciting one. I hope Uriah Hall is a little more comfortable in the cage, and I hope Dooomsday chooses to stand with him. I hope Overeem bounces back too, he is saying the right things right now. Definitely like the under with him taking on Browne, they both will come out like bulls in a china shop. Uriah Faber i think is on it too.Fox card looks good.
I actually just looked at the card, I would be pissed if i bought tickets to that Brazil show, and this was the next card. They stacked it from head to toe. The prelim card is stacked with Brandao, Mike Brown vs. Steven Siler, Colin McGregor and then Mike McDonald vs. Brad Pickett. That is 4 superb fights in a row, and I can guarantee we won't see any lay and pray in any of them. And I see Iuri Alcantara is taking on Faber, Faber is a beast in non-title fights, but Alcantara has been looking better too.
I honestly don't see one fight on the televised card that will be boring, only one that can potentially be is Shogun-Sonnen.
Man, i wish i would have known this card looked this sweet when the tickets were released for it. Not a fan of Boston, but would have made the trip to see this card.
MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 6 p.m. ET)
- Mauricio Rua vs. Chael Sonnen
- Travis Browne vs. Alistair Overeem
- Iuri Alcantara vs. Urijah Faber
- Matt Brown vs. Mike Pyle
- Uriah Hall vs. John Howard
- Michael "The Menace" Johnson vs. Joe Lauzon
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 4:30 p.m. ET)
- Michael McDonald vs. Brad Pickett
- Max Holloway vs. Conor McGregor
- Mike Brown vs. Steven Siler
- Diego Brandao vs. Daniel Pineda
ETA: Vick - Nijem can have a bang fest too, and I look forward to seeing how OSP looks. Really isn't a boring fight on this card. If you were ever thinking about going to a UFC card, this would be it. I can't see one fight that would slow down the pace of the card
BOSTON – Today, the Massachusetts National Organization for Women (Mass. NOW) called on state athletic regulators to deny a professional unarmed combat license to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Chael P. Sonnen, who has a federal conviction for money laundering and has repeatedly made derogatory statements about women, Brazilians, and other minority groups. Sonnen is scheduled to compete in a UFC event at the TD Garden on August 17th.
Mass. NOW, along with several other advocacy groups, sent letters asking that Sonnen be denied a professional fighter’s license. The letters were sent to Massachusetts Public Safety Secretary Andrea Cabral and to Massachusetts State Athletic Commission chairperson LaTeisha Adams, who oversee the regulation of unarmed combat in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
“Mr. Sonnen has repeatedly made shockingly derogatory statements about women, people of color, homosexuals, immigrants, and other minorities. He has tested positive for a banned substance, made public remarks promoting criminal violence, and has been convicted of money laundering,” wrote Mass. NOW Policy and Operations Manager, Ellie Adair. “For the last 45 years, Mass. NOW has fought against sexism, racism, and domestic violence. Right now, part of that fight is ensuring that Chael Sonnen is denied a license to compete in Massachusetts.”
Under the Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR), the Athletic Commission has the authority to deny the license of any fighter who is “arrested or convicted on a charge involving moral turpitude” or has “conducted themselves at any time or place in a manner which is deemed by the Commission to reflect discredit to unarmed combat.”
In its letter to the Athletic Commission, Mass. NOW maintained that Sonnen’s 2011 conviction for money laundering qualifies as an act of “moral turpitude,” and his repeated derogatory statements and use of a banned substance “reflect discredit to unarmed combat.” The letter argued that given these violations of the Athletic Commission’s own regulations, Sonnen should be denied a professional unarmed combat license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
i think a big one in this one is if the KO Reem took has any lasting effects or not, and how strong of a chin Browne has. Both guys pack a lot of heat, and this will be one that we could see some down time for the first few minutes because they have to feel eachother out, but once they start swinging they both have enough power with one shot that it should be quick.I'd buy just for Overeem. Feels very similar to what happened to Silva and want to see if he changes.
Odds are good.I hope they catch Dana is an especially bitter or chipper mood,
You mean buy to see it live?I'd buy just for Overeem. Feels very similar to what happened to Silva and want to see if he changes.
Nice breakdown of his striking. Sick counter-KO at 2:45.Really looking forward to this one. I'm firmly entrenched on the McGregor bandwagon.Fox card looks good.
that is pretty sweet.Cliff Clavin said:Nice breakdown of his striking. Sick counter-KO at 2:45.Really looking forward to this one. I'm firmly entrenched on the McGregor bandwagon.Fox card looks good.
Good stuff ... thanks.Cliff Clavin said:
According to a report from Sports Business Daily, DirecTV, Dish Network, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks have not yet reached a deal with Fox on carrier fees for the network. Absent a deal in the next five days, that leaves 47 million subscribers who will not have access to the UFC's five hours of live fights on the channel.
Yeah, this stuff is always crap, but i can't see anyway these networks would screw this up. It is an interesting topic when you hear both sides of the prices the channels are charging and what the carriers have to shell out for them. But yeah, if there was ever "the boy who cries wolf" m.o. with business i hear these are it. the killer is that this card is on the first night it is to go live, so if they have their pissing contest and miss this card it will be bad news for everybody.This stuff tends to come down to the last second but damn this would suck if they don't get these deals done for the big card leading off FS1.
According to a report from Sports Business Daily, DirecTV, Dish Network, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks have not yet reached a deal with Fox on carrier fees for the network. Absent a deal in the next five days, that leaves 47 million subscribers who will not have access to the UFC's five hours of live fights on the channel.