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[D. S. Veteran]

 

Tomorrow. Dana White said that if Rumble missed weight, he would be banned for life from the UFC. Luckily for both of them (this card would tank even harder without that co-main), he didn't.

 

Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
Jon Jones (205) vs. Glover Teixeira (205)
Phil Davis (205.5) vs. Anthony Johnson (205)
Luke Rockhold (185.5) vs. Tim Boetsch (185.5)
Jim Miller (155) vs. Yancy Medeiros (155.5)
Max Holloway (145) vs. Andre Fili (145)

 

Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
Joseph Benavidez (125.5) vs. Tim Elliott (125.5)
Takanori Gomi (155.5) vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg (155.5)
Jessamyn Duke (135.5) vs. Bethe Correia (135)
Danny Castillo (156) vs. Charlie Brenneman (155.5)

 

Prelims (UFC Fight Pass at 7:30 p.m. ET)
Chris Beal (135) vs. Patrick Williams (135)

 

Benavidez fighting on the undercard is almost criminal, but the main card is pretty full. At least he gets the top spot. Gomi is getting a 50% gimme fight. Andre "Touchy" Fili has one of the best nicknames in MMA today (and he's a good, albeit green, fighter)

[D. S. Veteran]

 

 

Jessamyn Duke is something special.

[D. S. Veteran]

 

 

Amazing card. Top to bottom.

[Rappy Veteran]

[D. S. Veteran]

 

 

That was kind of crappy but he corrected himself after the warning and just palmed the forehead. Frustrating, yes. But not illegal. Looks just like in the movies, where someone keeps a kid at arms length.

 

 

Chad Mendes is a beast.

[D. S. Veteran]

UFC officially announces Velasquez and Werdum as TUF coaches

 

:huh:

 

[D. S. Veteran]

 

It's going down, I'm yelling timber
You better move, you better dance

[D. S. Veteran]

Eddie Alvarez out of Bellator PPV after suffering concussion

 

[D. S. Veteran]

Also Brown vs Silva is tonight. Expect fireworks.

 

 

Main Card
Matt Brown (170.5) vs. Erick Silva (170.5)
Lorenz Larkin (185.5) vs. Constantinos Philippou (185)
Daron Cruickshank (156) vs. Erik Koch (155)
Neil Magny (170.5) vs. Tim Means (170)
Soa Palelei (263) vs. Ruan Potts (244)
Chris Cariaso (125.5) vs. Louis Smolka (126)

Preliminary Card
Ed Herman (185) vs. Rafael Natal (185.5)
Kyoji Horiguchi (125) vs. Darrell Montague (125)
Yan Cabral (170.5) vs. Zak Cummings (169.5)
Johnny Eduardo (136) vs. Eddie Wineland (136)
Manny Gamburyan (145.5) vs. Nik Lentz (145)
Justin Salas (155.5) vs. Ben Wall (155)
Anthony Lapsley (174*) vs. Albert Tumenov (170.5)

 

If Brown wins, he's on a 7 fight win-streak with (at least) 5 finishes. Amazing for a guy that was 12-11 and fighting for his job. He should also find himself 1 or 2 fights away from a title shot.

[Kriz]

Good card, Silva fight should be aweeeesome!

[D. S. Veteran]

 

Adrian Miles getting unplugged from reality.

[D. S. Veteran]

Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva was BADASS!

 

Silva could've easily won if had an ounce of fight IQ. Brown was clearly hurt from the body shots. He just needed to get some distance and shoot them back. He let himself get shredded in the clinch.

[D. S. Veteran]

Bellator is going ahead with their PPV without Alvarez.

 

 

 

It should be fun. A PPV disaster, but still fun.

[Kriz]

Hahaha @ Tito, the unmeanest staredown i have ever witnessed.

[D. S. Veteran]

Hahaha @ Tito, the unmeanest staredown i have ever witnessed.

 

He's also fighting a fattened up MW in Alexander Shlemenko. It's a dumb fight but, hey, Bellator.

[D. S. Veteran]

Bellator 120: LOL.

 

Rampage "won". Michael Chandler got robbed and blew up the Alvarez trilogy. Tito was getting DESTROYED until he got Shlemenko and used his massive size advantage to effortlessly sink in a choke. Michael Page is hilarious.

[D. S. Veteran]

 

"Here, Tito, let me help you out!"

 

Did I mention that Punishment Athletics, Tito's company, is Shlemenko's main sponsor? Yeah...

[Kriz]

Keeping away from reading any spoilers.. Shall be watching Bellator in a few hours time :D

[Rappy Veteran]

[Kriz]

Good Bellator.. Knew id seen the name Michael Page before, always an entertainin performance!

 

Tito's victory was alright, the weight difference didnt help Shlemenko at all.

 

Suprised Rampage won, didnt think it was going to happen but so glad it did haha King Mo's face said it all! A few dubious decisions mind, I wasnt too convinced Ill Will won either..

[D. S. Veteran]

Good Bellator.. Knew id seen the name Michael Page before, always an entertainin performance!

 

Tito's victory was alright, the weight difference didnt help Shlemenko at all.

 

Suprised Rampage won, didnt think it was going to happen but so glad it did haha King Mo's face said it all! A few dubious decisions mind, I wasnt too convinced Ill Will won either..

 

Their reaction was a pretty clear work. The fight wasn't but it sucked anyway. Rampage wins and immediately wants a rematch instead of the belt? FEIKE!

[D. S. Veteran]

Tonight.

 

 

Main Card
Renan Barao (135) vs. T.J. Dillashaw (135)
Daniel Cormier (205) vs. Dan Henderson (199)
Jake Ellenberger (171) vs. Robbie Lawler (171)
Takeya Mizugaki (135) vs. Francisco Rivera (135)
James Krause (156) vs. Jamie Varner (155)

Preliminary Card
Michael Chiesa (156) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (155)
Tony Ferguson (155) vs. Katsunori Kikuno (155)
Chico Camus (135) vs. Chris Holdsworth (135)
Mitch Clarke (155) vs. Al Iaquinta (155)
Anthony Njokuani (155) vs. Vinc Pichel (155)
Aaron Phillips (145) vs. Sam Sicilia (146)
Jingliang Li (170) vs. David Michaud (171)

 

Some relevant fights but the card isn't really fit for PPV. It's more of a FOX card than anything.

[Kriz]

Yeh definitely agree there!

 

Hope Hendo bangs out Cormier :D

[D. S. Veteran]

Yeh definitely agree there!

 

Hope Hendo bangs out Cormier :D

 

Not likely to happen. TRT-less Henderson is a tad undersized at LHW, especially compared to Cormier. If Cormier tangled with the Warmaster and came out on top, unless Hendon knocks his block off in the first round, it's 30-27 all the way.

[Kriz]

I was looking at the predictions on UFCs website last night, unanimous choices all for Cormier. Would be nice to see it happen, but it'd also be nice to see Cormier do well against better opposition than his last fight :|