UFC

Money & contracts, Sky are shit scared to show MMA on any of their channels other than the weekly show with the dude from the lottery & the bald chap from Cage Rage, when they had TUF for 1 series they didn't even promote it which given it featured GSP v Koscheck was fuckin silly also ESPN is a PPV channel so Zuffa will make a small percentage on top of what is already being payed.

All UFC shows were on Bravo but their contract came to an end & the shitty Setanta took over but went bust (No surprise there) & Sky stepped in as a last resort for TUF GSP v Koscheck.
ESPN is the best place for all UFC shows as they show all the shows live even though it's at silly o'clock & sometimes like tonight the transmission fucks up but £9 a month & some Premier League games aswell you can't complain as it's better than paying £14.95 per show as would be the case if Sky did take it on.

(28-05-2011 14:42 )mitchell Wrote:  Brian Stann v Jorge Santiago - Santiago Decision
Thiago Alves v Rick Story - Alves Decision
Stefan Struve v Travis Browne - Struve Submission
Frank Mir v Roy Nelson - Nelson TKO
Quinton Jackson v Matt Hamill - Rampage TKO
Not quite sure how this happened, it's been a while so I'll put it down to octagon rust

Brian Stann v Jorge Santiago
Brian Stann will probably never have an easier fight in his UFC career he was able to pick & choose when & where he threw his shots with Santiago unable to get near him, the BBJ black belt came into this fight with 9 OK's & 12 sub wins but never looked like troubling his opponent but with the skill set he has he will no doubt have better days ahead.
Brian Stann has the record & background the UFC & American's love so he'll most definetly be given a big name in his next fight.
Thiago Alves v Rick Story
Rick Story carved out a big victory for himself here to go 12-1 in his last 13 & has now won his last 6 fights since losing his UFC debut & is looking strong for a possible contender fight with fighters like Jake Shields or the winner of Carlos Condit v Dong Hyun Kim unless the UFC decide to pitch him against fellow wrestler Jon Fitch.
Thiago Alves now has to wonder where he goes from here as this may have been his last fight in the Welterweight division, if he does make the step up to Middleweight he'll bring a big name but form wise he may have to start somewhere near the bottom, he is now struggling to make weight at 170 so a move up will give him a more natural balance & enable him to concentrate on getting himself some ground skills as from now on every fight he has his opponent is just gonna pick him apart with takedowns & wrestle him against the cage as they know he lacks the skill in this kind of fight & it would be a big step for them with a win over the bigger name fighter.
Stefan Struve v Travis Browne
Stefan Struve is gonna be a very big tallent in the UFC over the next 10 years but the one thing he needs to do more than anything is to close up when fighting a big puncher, Junior dos Santos, Roy Nelson & Travis Browne have 25 KO's between them & all have a first round KO win over the 'Skyscraper'. He started well in this fight & looked to be settling in well & starting to keep Browne at bay with his long legs & arms but once again he was caught with the one punch KO & now will have to start over again with 2 or 3 more wins needed to put himself in with a shout of a big fight.
Travis Browne has now won all but 3 of his 12 fights in the first round & 9 of his 11 wins are by KO/TKO, a purple belt in BBJ he looks to be another Shane Carwin, he'll gain a lot of fans with the KO's but when it comes to the big time will he have to game plan & fitness to deal with the seasoned fighters, he looked like he was on his way to a loss in this fight even though it was only the first round but he'd already been caught in a choke & was being kept at bay by Struve but again the one punch KO came to the rescue probably by the surprise of a superman punch which looked like the only way he was gonna get near the Dutchman.
Frank Mir v Roy Nelson
Frank Mir needed this win big time to put his name in with a shot at a contender in his next fight & even though he dominated the fight he still didn't look like he was ever gonna finish it, that said Nelson has only been stopped once but with the skills that Mir has he could've shown more desire to win than just sapping the energy from 'Big Country', no doubt that Mir will now be 1 or 2 fights away from a title shot, but with Junior dos Santos v Shane Carwin & Brendan Schaub v Little Nog Mir may face one of the winners or may be put in with Matt Mitrione or Travis Browne or the less likely but more sellable fight v Stefan Struve.
Roy Nelson never looked comfortable & fell apart pretty much straight away & with only 4 fights into his UFC career (2-2) some may say its hard to see where he goes from here, he's no doubt a good fighter but his fitness is a big issue, that said the size of Frank Mir nowadays will be a match for most men.
Quinton Jackson v Matt Hamill
This may be a little harsh but have we just seen Matt Hamill showing us he isn't cut out to be a top contender, he said he was gonna "Break the will of Rampage" but the only thing he may have broken was the hand of Rampage, right from the start he never got anywhere near to a takedown & was too cautious to get into a slug fest knowing the power possessed by Rampage, but with the Light Heavyweight division at it's current best there's plenty of fights to be had.
Rampage may have come into this fight with a right hand injury which would explain his lack of fire power throughout the fight knowing that one long spell of pressure would see the end of Hamill but he never quite built the momentum dispite one or two efforts, the word was that if he won & won big he would get a title shot but the outcome of the fight was only one of the said two with Rampage winning but not very well, it now remains to be seen whether the hand injury & the style of victory will get him Jon Jones in his next fight or not, along with the speculation of does Rampage still have the desire to fight the big fights or even fight at all.

This wasn't the show I expected it to be, I though it would be a little better but this maybe down to the fact Stefan Struve lost & lost bad & the lack of fight in Rampage.
Being a big fan of Stefan Struve I don't like saying this but if a GIF is made of him being KO'd by the Browne superman punch it will probably be the greatest GIF of all time.... Maybe Carlsberg should look into it

Oh I forgot the Bisping V Miller fight isn't big enough for PPV so will now take place on the finale of TUF, this doesn't sound too good for Mike, that said even the Yank fans are wondering why Jason Miller is one of the coaches with some saying Brian Stann should be put in his place... But then saying Stann doesn't have the charisma of drama for the show & also people don't wanna hear his patriotism shit, which I very much agree with.
Question remains will Michael Bisping ever be taken seriously as a UFC Middleweight contender?????????????????????????????????

although it wasnt a great line up as far as contenders go, there were some good bouts.
the main 1s didnt really live up to the hype (even though there wasnt that much of it)
alves v story was probably the highlight of the night for me.

i was dissapointed with the final bout it looked great on paper but was'nt the best. the fact hamill didnt even take rampage down which is suppose to be his strength was terrible and the fact that rampage couldnt even rock hamill was also hard to watch so it was a disapointing fight.

Fedor/Henderson is on 30th of July. There's a possibility that we'll see one of them KTFO for the first ever. Fancy Henderson to win right now.

UFC 130

Stann vs Santiago

Rarely been more confident on the outcome of a fight.Brian Stann = Machine.Saw this guy ruthlessly destroy Chris Leben and he did the same here.Punches and kicks bounce off the ex Marine.Combine that with his outstanding power and you've got yourself a scary fighter.Gonna be bold and say that if GSP doesn't fight and beat A.Silva then Brian Stann is the the man to take his belt for me.Really impressed with him.

Alves vs Story
This fight was everything i don't like about MMA.How can you win a fight by holding and smothering your opponent against the cage for 2 Rounds?It's sooooo boring and frustrating for fans and a cheap route to victory for me.Alves beat Story down in the 3rd leaving him hanging on and that was the best we saw in the fight and he should have won the fight because of it.Nobody wants to see that boring stuff.Can someone tell me what Rick Story did in this fight?The fans reaction to the result was proof that we all hate a fight being won like that.He's called out John Fitch now..... There's one fight i won't be setting the alarm for.Rick Story should change his name from the rediculously inappropriate "Horror Story" to "Bedtime Story" as his style is enough to send us all to the feathers early.

Struve vs Browne
Yet again the "Skyscraper" sets his head up like a size 5 Mitre waiting to be volleyed into the net or in his case punched into orbit.This big lad will keep on shipping massive shots and KO's unless he starts to tuck his Head and Elbows in big time.He's wide open.A puncher will always beat him with his open style.An outstanding looking KO from Browne but it was no surprise.He lost the same way to Dos Santos(Rnd1) Nelson(Rnd1) and now Browne(Rnd1).Onward and upwards for Travis Browne.Can't make my mind up about him?Only time will tell how good he's gonna be?

Mir vs Nelson
Not a classic.Disappointing fight.Both fighters looked exhausted after 1 round.Nelson is a rediculous sight for me.He's so unfit for this level of sport.Rogan was spot on in saying that Nelson would be a 205lb fighter if he didn't love food so much.He'll win his share of fights against weaker opponents but he's not fit enough right now to be an elite UFC fighter.He should get a decent fitness coach and dietitian and drop to being a 205lb fighter.He could do well at that weight as he won't be overwhelmed by these huge heavyweights.Frank Mir doesn't excite me in any way.He's a good all round fighter but won't win for the title again IMO.He beat Lesnar on his UFC debut,got beat in the re match.Got KO'd by Carwin.Doubt he'd trouble Dos Santos or Velasquez.He'll be in and around the title picture Top 5/6 and will probs get a 3rd fight with Lesnar on his return.

Rampage vs Hamill
Worst fight of the night this.Hamill was just about the worst fighter i've seen Rampage face.His takedown attempts were rotten.Especially for a guy who said Rampage wasn't in his league when it came to wrestling.What a joke.With Rampage breaking his hand it makes it hard to say much about this fight...Will he get a fight with Jon Jones for the title?Probably.If he'd performed like that without a broken hand then i'd have said no way but they'll take his injury into it and probs set the fight up.

Predicted all the winners except Alves.Not bad lads.


Here's that GIF Mitchell

(31-05-2011 13:33 )groundnpound Wrote:  Alves vs Story
Rick Story should change his name from the rediculously inappropriate "Horror Story" to "Bedtime Story"

(28-05-2011 14:42 )mitchell Wrote:  Being a big fan of Stefan Struve I don't like saying this but if a GIF is made of him being KO'd by the Browne superman punch it will probably be the greatest GIF of all time.... Maybe Carlsberg should look into it

(31-05-2011 13:33 )groundnpound Wrote:  Here's that GIF Mitchell

..... Gutted though, I like the "Size 5 mitre"

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the The Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.

Quinton Jackson: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. Matt Hamill: $32,000
Frank Mir: $250,000 ($125,000 win bonus) def. Roy Nelson: $15,000
Travis Browne: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Stefan Struve: $21,000
Rick Story: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Thiago Alves: $33,000
Brian Stann: $46,000 ($23,000 win bonus) def. Jorge Santiago: $36,000
Demetrious Johnson: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Miguel Torres: $30,000
Tim Boetsch: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Kendall Grove: $26,000
Gleison Tibau: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus) def. Rafaello Oliveira: $10,000
Michael McDonald: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Chris Cariaso: $4,000
Renan Barão: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Cole Escovedo: $6,000

Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses.

Fight of the Night: Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago
Knockout of the Night: Travis Browne
Submission of the Night: Gleison Tibau

I still think this is the best gif


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overall thought it was an allright event without being anything incredible.
i like struve he's young ang improving but keeps getting ko'd although by decent fighters its a bit frustrating.
totally agree with gnp about Story-Alves, rules need changing
no ones said anything so will try not to ruin it incase anyone not seen it yet but Torres-Johnson was a robbery

Can't wait for UFC 131 so thought i'd start the build up early.

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