UFC

There was 3 great fights last weekend if anyone not seen them yet i'd make an effort to watch hunt-bigfoot, shogun-Tehuna and Nam phan- Mizugaki.

The main, co-main and lauzon-danzig could all be great fights.

UFC is adding another womens division. the next season of the ultimate fighter (after Penn-Edgar) will be a tournament to decide the 115lb champion. they have agreed a deal to sign 11 fighters from womens only promotion Invicta.
Next year there will be over 50 events so there should be a ppv, fight night or ufc on fox every week.

Not good news for some champions though Cain and pettis are both out for at least 6 months with injuries. GSP's announcement this afternoon needs to be a good one having three champions sitting on the side lines can't be a good thing.

BAMMA 14 Daley vs. Da Silva Live on 5* Saturday @ 21:00 (I think)

Welterweight - (UK) Jim Wallhead vs. Florent Betorangal (France)
Middleweight - (Sweden) Max Nunes vs. Ion Pascu (Romania)
Lightweight - (Tunisia) Mansour Barnaoui vs. Colin Fletcher (UK) For BAMMA World Lightweight Championship
Welterweight - (UK) Paul Daley vs. Romario Manoel Da Silva (Brazil)

Plus a full Brit under card, some fights may make the main show?.

GSP takes some time off, vacates title.

"I’ve been fighting for a long time, I have 22 fights in the UFC, and 15 were for a world title. I’ve been fighting a long time at a high level, a lot of pressure and criticizing. I’ve decided I needed to take some time off.”

“The UFC is a business, I’m vacating my title out of respect for the other competitors.”

"Definitely one day I will come back, I’ll be stronger when I do, but it has to be on my own terms.”

Audio of the announcement:

http://mmajunkie.com/2013/12/audio-georg...g-a-break/

So will the new Welterweight champ be interim?

(15-12-2013 22:18 )LODOS Wrote:  So will the new Welterweight champ be interim?

No gsp fully gave up his title. Hendricks and lawler are fighting to be new champion. i would think if/when gsp comes back he'd get an instant title shot though. personally think it should have been Hendricks-Condit for the title.

(16-12-2013 13:37 )199lives Wrote:  Hendricks and lawler are fighting to be new champion. i would think if/when gsp comes back he'd get an instant title shot though. personally think it should have been Hendricks-Condit for the title.

UFC171 Hendricks vs. Lawler March 15 Dallas, Texas

Welterweight - Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler
Middleweight - Tor Troeng vs. Robert McDaniel
Light Heavyweight - Thiago Silva vs. Ovince St. Preux
Welterweight - Jake Shields vs. Hector Lombard
Lightweight - Diego Sanchez vs. Myles Jury
Welterweight - Sean Spencer vs. Alex Garcia

Bruce can't help himself

UFC to Make Digital Platform Presentation at UFC 168, but Subscriber Details Leaking Early

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is slated to unveil its new digital platform as part of the festivities at this weekend’s UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva II event in Las Vegas, but details have already begun to leak.

UFC officials have made no secret of their plans to continue offering more live events in 2014 than in past years, likely hitting a mark of somewhere around 50 events in the upcoming year. The bulk of that expansion is intended to come from more and more international events.

The new digital platform is primarily a means to facilitate that expansion and make international offerings and other content available to fans across the globe.

As the UFC expands into more international markets, they intend to tailor those events primarily to the markets they are being held in. Thus, the timing will be what is best for the locality and not necessarily appropriate for television audiences in other markets.

With the advent of the UFC’s new digital platform, which is likely to be called UFC Fight Pass, fans across the globe will be able to watch events from other markets live, whether or not the event airs on a television platform in their region.

UFC Fight Pass will follow a subscription model. If a screenshot that leaked out on the internet over the weekend is accurate, the price will be set at $9.95 per month, which falls in line with comments by UFC president Dana White.

Aside from international live events, UFC Fight Pass will also feature the UFC’s vast library of content, which not only includes the UFC, but also Pride, WEC, Strikeforce, and other promotions the company has acquired over the years.

The UFC Fight Pass website screen shot that Twitter user @rossfinkelstein leaked over the weekend indicates that the service’s primary viewing categories will be Live Events, Event Replays & UFC Fight Library, Television Shows, and Original Content.

UFC officials are expected to make a media presentation on Saturday, Dec. 28, to unveil full official details of the service, including programming and pricing.

UFC 168 Weidman vs. Silva 2 Live on BTSport 3am Saturday/Sunday, Prelinms live at 1am.

For those recording I think it's a on 03:00-07:30?

Main card
Weight class
Middleweight - Chris Weidman © vs. Anderson Silva
Women's Bantamweight - Ronda Rousey © vs Miesha Tate
Heavyweight - Josh Barnett vs Travis Browne
Lightweight - Jim Miller vs. Fabrício Camões
Featherweight - Dustin Poirier vs. Diego Brandao
Preliminary card
Middleweight - Chris Leben vs. Uriah Hall
Lightweight - Gleison Tibau vs. Michael Johnson
Featherweight - Dennis Siver vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Welterweight - John Howard vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
Preliminary card (Online)
Welterweight - William Macario vs. Bobby Voelker
Featherweight - Robbie Peralta vs. Estevan Payan

Looks a good card this, Leben v Hall & Barnett v Browne could be nasty.

Just a few picks.
Silva - Decision
Tate - Decision
Barnett - Submission
Hall - Decision
Siver - Decision

Silva is done for, literally snapped his leg in half!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W079_TWrtmo