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A lot of folks were complaining about Arlovski's split decision win over Brendon Schaub. Sure, it wasn't the greatest fight, but Arlovski held him to the cage for the first 2 rounds and Schaub didn't really do anything to counter it. I gave the first 2 rounds to Arlovski and the 3rd to Schaub.

 

We all lost with that fight. I knew the Main event was going to be a 50-45 after the first punch was thrown. Mighty Mouse is the flyweight Dominick Cruz. Lean, quick, not very mean, gameplan executing, outpointing machine.

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On the subject of Dominic Cruz, it'll be interesting to see how he returns after 2 years off with injury. I wonder if he can return to the form he had previously.

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UFC signs Queen of Pancrase Rin Nakai to face Miesha Tate for Fight Night Japan

 

:| :| :| :| :| :|  Wow, this is massive.

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UFC 174 BOMBED hard on the PPV numbers. Like under 100K hard :| :|  That's crazy.

 

Now we have a couple of foreign Fight Night cards until the strongest card of this summer, UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida, which is stacked to the gills.

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So, tomorrow we get treated to a double night of fights on fight pass, starting with UFC Fight Night 43 a.k.a UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt.

 

Terrible card, top to bottom, filled with guys coming in on loses, recent hires, Nate Marquardt trying to save his career at MW again, Neil Magny burried in the undercard and a single semi-relevant fight between Hioki and Oliveira. Also, 80+% of the fighters don't even have a Wikipedia page. Ohhhhh, UFC :rolleyes:

 

Everyone made weight, so we are good to go on this front. Who knows, it might end up being fun. Every fight is on Fight Pass.

 

Main card (UFC Fight Pass at 5 a.m. ET)
James Te Huna (186) vs. Nate Marquardt (186)
Soa Palelei (264) vs. Jared Rosholt (259)
Hatsu Hioki (146) vs. Charles Oliveira (145)
Robert Whittaker (171) vs. Mike Rhodes (171)

 

Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 2:30 a.m. ET)
Jake Matthews (156) vs. Dashon Johnson (155)
Richie Vaculik (125.5) vs. Roldan Sangcha-an (125)
Chris Indich (170) vs. Vik Grujic (171)
Neil Magny (171) vs. Rodrigo Goiana de Lima (169)
Dan Hooker (145) vs. Ian Entwistle (145.5)
Gian Villante (205.5) vs. Sean O'Connell (205)

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And now the interesting one, UFC Fight Night 44 a.k.a. UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens.

 

Lots of interesting fights at FW, Joe Ellenberger finally makes his debut and an interesting undercard.

 

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Cub Swanson (145) vs. Jeremy Stephens (145)
Kelvin Gastelum (173*) vs. Nicholas Musoke (171)
Cezar Ferreira (186) vs. Andrew Craig (186)
Ricardo Lamas (146) vs. Hacran Dias (146)
Clint Hester (186.5 on first try, stripped and reweighed at 186) vs. Antonio Braga Neto (185)
Joe Ellenberger (155.5) vs. James Moontasri (156)

 

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Colton Smith (156)  vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira (155)
Johnny Bedford (136) vs. Cody Gibson (135)
Marcelo Guimaraes (186) vs. Andy Enz (186)
Ray Borg (126) vs. Shane Howell (125.5)

 

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Oleksiy Oliynyk (240) vs. Anthony Hamilton (253)

 

* Kelvin has 2 hours to lose the 2 extra pounds.

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First card is pretty weak..

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First card is pretty weak..

 

It's a terrible card supporting a terrible idea of double header events on Fight Pass. I would prefer a single decent card on Fight Pass to this.

 

But, hey, it might end up being fun or having a ton of finishes. It has 10 fights so it's not too long, but if it gets 8 decisions, terrible ones at that... :rolleyes:

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First card is pretty weak..

 

Fight Night 44 was going OK... and then, BAM!, decisions, decisions, decisions.

 

Let's focus again on the cards that matter.

 

 

UFC's Fourth of July card. Stacked.

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UFC and Fox terminate relationship with Chael Sonnen following second failed drug test in 2014

 

Even Sonnen can't explain away a positive test for EPO as something "benign, prescribed for other conditions".

 

Seems like he chose a bad week to retire.

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UFC 176: Jose Aldo injured, out of main event

 

Aldo is made of glass, damn it! :angry:

[Kriz]

Fight Night 44 was going OK... and then, BAM!, decisions, decisions, decisions.

 

Let's focus again on the cards that matter.

 

 

UFC's Fourth of July card. Stacked.

Yeh, pretty disappointing all round.

 

This next one however :drool:

UFC 176: Jose Aldo injured, out of main event

 

Aldo is made of glass, damn it! :angry:

Are you ###### me?? :|

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Report: Eddie Alvarez cancels Asian tour for 'emergency' meeting with Bellator, is he UFC bound?

 

Now that Coker is at the helm, maybe Alvarez can finally get his goddamn break in the UFC. I'd wager that Pettis, who is made of glass like Aldo, is also injured and will do TUF just because of contract implications. Melendez vs Alvarez for the title after TUF.

 

Oh, one can dream.

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Ronda Rousey rolls with Ryron Gracie ahead of UFC 175

 

Take the video with a LOT of salt. Andr? Galv?o couldn't submit Ryron within 20 minutes. He's that good of a grappler and this is an highlight reel to hype up a fight. An unedited clip of that would be something great to look at.

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Ally-Gator is no slouch. And she's pretty cool as well.

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The only way she's fighting Carano is in a food battle. Carano is way out of shape, probably 2 years out of combat ready shape for a competitive match.

Thiago Alves injured, Brandon Thatch now fights Jordan Mein at UFC Fight Night: Tulsa

 

Thatch is finally back!!! And Mein is just the kind of guy that is stupid enough to try and throw down with him. This is going to be very good!

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UFC 175 features Urijah Faber fighting on the undercard, nevermind fighting Caceres. Granted he said he doesn't get PPV points anyway so fighting on FS1 isn't that bad but still, Marcus Brimage is on the Main Card and he got trucked in his last fight against Conor McGregor. And he's fighting Russell Doane, a guy on his 2nd UFC fight with his first being on a Fight Pass exclusive card :wacko:

 

Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
Chris Weidman vs. Lyoto Machida
Ronda Rousey vs. Alexis Davis
Stefan Struve vs. Matt Mitrione
Uriah Hall vs. Thiago Santos
Marcus Brimage vs. Russell Doane

 

Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
Urijah Faber vs. Alex Caceres
Kenny Robertson vs. Ildemar Alcantara
Chris Camozzi vs. Bruno Santos
George Roop vs. Rob Font

 

Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. ET)
Luke Zachrich vs. Guilherme Vasconcelos
Kevin Casey vs. Bubba Bush

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Main Card (PPV, 10 PM ET/7 PM PT)

Chris Weidman (185) vs. Lyoto Machida (184.5)
Ronda Rousey (135) vs. Alexis Davis (135)
Stefan Struve (251.5) vs. Matt Mitrione (254)
Uriah Hall (185) vs. Thiago Santos (185)
Marcus Brimage (135.5) vs. Russell Doane (136)

 

Preliminary Card (FS1, 8 PM ET/5 PM PT)

Urijah Faber (136) vs. Alex Caceres (135)
Kenny Robertson (171) vs. Ildemar Alcantara (170)
Bruno Santos (185) vs. Chris Camozzi (185)
George Roop (135) vs. Rob Font (135)

 

Preliminary Card (Fight Pass, 7 PM ET/4 PM PT)

Luke Zachrich (185) vs. Guilherme Vasconcelos (185)
Kevin Casey (185) vs. Bubba Bush (185)

 

Everyone made weight, we're ON! And I just realized that there's almost a "double" feature: TUF 19 Finale is on Sunday. Why do it back to back with one of the biggest PPV of the year? Beats me, UFC is going insane in the membrane with their schedule here. Here is that card (no weight-ins yet, bonus snafu if B.J misses weight)

 

Main Card (FOX Sports 1, 9 PM ET/6 PM PT)

Frankie Edgar  vs. B.J. Penn - Only fight that even remotely matters, but not really.
Corey Anderson  vs. Matt Van Buren  (TUF light heavyweight final)
Eddie Gordon  vs. Dhiego Lima  (TUF middleweight final)
Derrick Lewis  vs. Guto Inocente
Justin Scoggins  vs. Dustin Ortiz

 

Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1, 7 PM ET/4 PM PT)

Kevin Lee  vs. Jesse Ronson
Jumabieke Tuerxun  vs. Leandro Issa
Adriano Martins  vs. Juan Manuel Puig
Daniel Spohn  vs. Patrick Walsh

 

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass, 6 PM ET/3 PM PT)

Sarah Moras  vs. Alexis Dufresne
Robert Drysdale  vs. Keith Berish

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