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[D. S. Veteran]

He couldn't beat his speed at LW, there is no way in hell he can beat Frankie's speed at FW. Also taking into account how much he went trough to make 155... did he even do a test cut at 145 before agreeing to this?

[D. S. Veteran]

 

Jesus! :|

 

Alain Ngalani is way too late coming into the game (he's 38 already). But there sure are a lot of freakshow fights available at ONE FC.

[D. S. Veteran]

Is anybody watching TUF? This season is being HILARIOUS. SO MUCH DRAMA :rofl:

[Anibal P]

Is anybody watching TUF? This season is being HILARIOUS. SO MUCH DRAMA :rofl:

 

I'm DVRing it for now, need to make time to get caught up!!

[D. S. Veteran]

It's hilariously bad. Not TUF 16 bad (which sucked beyong belief and had the worst roster ever, only surpassed by the Smashes and TUF Brazil 2 roster), but Rashad vs Rampage coaching bad.

[D. S. Veteran]

 

Rolles Gracie giving up on life at WSOF 5.

[D. S. Veteran]

 

 

 

Bigger and better. Also, that's at HW and they looked like swollen MW fighters.

[D. S. Veteran]

 

UFC 165: Lensflare.

 

Here's the finalized card.

 

Main Card (PPV)

Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Renan Bar?o vs. Eddie Wineland
Brendan Schaub vs. Matt Mitrione
Francis Carmont vs. Constantinos Philippou
Pat Healy vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Mike Ricci vs. Myles Jury
Ivan Menjivar vs. Wilson Reis
Chris Clements vs. Stephen Thompson
Mitch Gagnon vs. Dustin Kimura

Preliminary Card (Facebook)

John Makdessi vs. Renee Forte
Jesse Ronson vs. Michel Prazeres
Roland Delorme vs. Alex Caceres
Nandor Guelmino vs. Daniel Omielanczuk

 

It's a very solid card. Bonus picture of Nandor

 

Props to the UFC for giving him one more fight. And an hilariously bad one at that. Let's see if it can surpass the Soa vs Krylov threshold of badness.

[D. S. Veteran]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n90HQH8l4z8

 

WTF? :s

[MightyJordan]

WTF? :s

Perfectly summed up. (Y) I did laugh while saying it though. :laugh:

[Rappy Veteran]

[D. S. Veteran]

Gilbert picking Eddie and Schaub? For real? Eddie is an understandable pick since he's a strong BW, good chin, and throws thunder. But Schaub? He always tries to punch his way out of trouble with terrible results. Meathead got outgrappled by Cheick Kongo, but I think he can stop the shot and ring Schaub's bell.

[D. S. Veteran]

T.J. Grant won't be ready for December title shot, UFC going with Josh Thomson

 

Holy ###### :|

[D. S. Veteran]

This Tim Means KO is GLORIOUS. Pete Spratt falls down like a sack of potatoes.

 

[Rappy Veteran]

The UFC had previously announced that they would be doing a massive press tour for the rematch between Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman at UFC 168. The method of PR seemed to take a page out of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez tour that saw those fighters cross the country and go to Mexico to promote their bout.

It was a smart tactic for the UFC and something that is likely to help build up a very big fight.

Today, the UFC sent out the schedule with cities, times, dates and other details:

Monday, Sept. 23 ? Los Angeles, Calif. ? UFC Gym in Torrance, 4 p.m. PT: Q&A with UFC president Dana White, UFC? middleweight champion Chris Weidman and former middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 ? Las Vegas, Nev. ? Main Lobby, MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, 11 a.m. PT: Press conference with UFC president Dana White, Weidman and Silva. Free and open to the public, streamed live on UFC.com.

Wednesday, Sept. 25 ? New York, N.Y. ? UFC Gym ? NYC John Street, 5 p.m. ET: Autograph signing with Weidman and Silva for the first 300 fans.

Thursday, Sept. 26 ? Bristol, Conn. ? ESPN Press Day

Friday, Sept. 27 ? Miami, Fla. ? Klipsch Ampitheater at Bayfront Park, 1 p.m. ET: Open workout with Weidman and Silva. Free and open to the public.

Sunday, Sept. 29 ? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ? Clube dos Marimb?s, 1 p.m. BRT: Q&A with UFC president Dana White, Weidman and Silva. Free and open to the public.

Monday, Sept. 30 ? Sao Paulo, Brazil ? Press conference (location/details forthcoming) with UFC president Dana White, Weidman and Silva. Streamed live on UFC.com.

UFC 168 takes place December 28 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

[D. S. Veteran]

Or just stands there flat footed before he lifts his arms and gets knocked out - unlikely coming from Mir though

 

Looking forward to seeing who's next in like for Barnett

 

Travis Browne vs. Josh Barnett heavyweight tilt added to UFC 168

 

As expected, the UFC 168 card is going to be stacked to the gills. It's the last PPV of the year, headlined by a sure money rematch. 

[Kriz]

Im yet to watch any of the MMA that was on the weekend yet, gonna get on it now, got like 4 events to watch :|

[Rappy Veteran]

B.J. Penn to train with UFC champ Jose Aldo for Frankie Edgar bout

[D. S. Veteran]

UFC 168 receives Diego Brandao vs. Dustin Poirier, Uriah Hall vs. Chris Leben

 

Some weird matchmaking here. Brand?o is getting thrown into the deep end here, Poirier has proven time and again that he's the real deal and a future FW contender. As for Hall, this is really is last chance to win his place in the UFC. They're giving a totally shot Chris Leben and he should put him away with ease (probably Leben's retirement fight). And yet, I'm sure he'll find some way to disappoint us.

[Rappy Veteran]

[D. S. Veteran]

Best case scenario is Bones wining but Bjornes putting up a balanced fight. That way the UFC keeps their golden boy but starts to build another potential star.

[D. S. Veteran]

Everyone made weight so UFC 165 is a go!

[Rappy Veteran]

Even UFC have messed up judges!

[Anibal P]

Best case scenario is Bones wining but Bjornes putting up a balanced fight. That way the UFC keeps their golden boy but starts to build another potential star.

 

 

Even UFC have messed up judges!

 

The first quite explains the second one, the UFC is not ready to replace Jones as the "it" boy quite yet, especially not with a white boy, not with Silva having been demolished by a white boy already, gotta keep things equal!!

[Rappy Veteran]

 

Robbed!