The Official MMA Thread

[Moolah]

Need a GIF of that superman punch off the cage in the 5th round.

[Moolah]

Lol at Bigfoot's official twitter pic.



If link broken, https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCKDLDVCQAA7TJG.jpg:large

[kato]

Aldo won the fight for sure. I don't think he was ever in any real trouble, but was having hard time in the later rounds with Frankie's pace which lead to him getting tagged.

Rogan almost ruined the fight for me.

[kato]

Dana just said the Anthony Pettis texted him ten minutes ago and said he wants to drop to 145 to fight Aldo.

I see Aldo ko-ing Showtime. in 2/3.

[Moolah]

Aldo won the fight for sure. I don't think he was ever in any real trouble, but was having hard time in the later rounds with Frankie's pace which lead to him getting tagged.

Rogan almost ruined the fight for me.

I couldn't hear Rogan cause the Casino I was in was packed and hella loud. I agree with you in principle but I think we've all seen Edgar, Condit, Guida etc. win fights like that by not coming close to finishing or doing any real damage but landing more strikes in more rounds.

[DJCommunist]

damn. overeem is such a better fighter than that.

[HopeLess]

damn. overeem is such a better fighter than that.

Yeah was hard to watch :-/

Reem vs JDS needs to happen ASAP

[bbatson1]

[Moolah]

^

Yeah, what was up with Overeem throwing next to no strikes (other than clinch strikes)?

So much on the card, Rashad Evans being the most puzzling.

[drobizhek]

Moo: Rashad is just scared not to get knocked out he doesn't do much of anything anymore except wait for a counter-punch.

Overeem vs JDS is not happening yet imho. Silva vs JDS is.

[dubs]

wow. jus watched reem/silva. i would have never expected that outcome. from the pic posted i was thinkin maybe silva caught him in a guillotine or RNC.

[bbatson1]

USA TODAY: ANTHONY PETTIS DROPS TO 145, MEETS UFC CHAMP JOSE ALDO ON AUG. 3


Two of the most dynamic strikers in all of mixed martial arts will meet Aug. 3 as Anthony Pettis (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is dropping from lightweight to 145 pounds to challenge current champion Jose Aldo (22-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) for the UFC featherweight title.

White said the company currently is seeking a venue for the as-yet-unannounced event and that sites in Texas, Chicago, Las Vegas and Rio de Janeiro are all under consideration. Aldo vs. Pettis is expected to headline the card

[Moolah]

[Smitty]

DP

[Smitty]

I don't see a lot of interest or talk about TUF but the early story is this Uriah Hill dude. He was pretty impressive in his scrap to get into the house. Then this happened tonight...



In the pre-fight interview he nonchalantly mentioned "maybe putting on a show", and, genuinely, it looked like he waited for the 10 second warning to throw that kick.

Apparently, he sends everyone he fights this season to the hospital. Should be a good watch.

[the dead poet]

I don't see a lot of interest or talk about TUF but the early story is this Uriah Hill dude. He was pretty impressive in his scrap to get into the house. Then this happened tonight...



In the pre-fight interview he nonchalantly mentioned "maybe putting on a show", and, genuinely, it looked like he waited for the 10 second warning to throw that kick.

Apparently, he sends everyone he fights this season to the hospital. Should be a good watch.

yea i've been watching. Whats even better than White saying he sent everyone he fought to the hospital is that he also said someone had a nervous breakdown before fighting him hahaha.

Hall's only losses came to Costa Phillipu (Decision) and Chris Wiedman. Kid looks pretty good.

[Moolah]

Solid form on that hadouken.

[Smitty]

Whats even better than White saying he sent everyone he fought to the hospital is that he also said someone had a nervous breakdown before fighting him hahaha.

Cysed. In a perfect world Uriah would concuss colossal shitheads Bubba and Josh from Jones' team on his way to the UFC.

[bbatson1]

Whats even better than White saying he sent everyone he fought to the hospital is that he also said someone had a nervous breakdown before fighting him hahaha.

colossal shitheads Bubba and Josh

word. Wasn't sure if everyone else hated Bubba. I can't stand dudes like that.


Also Josh Barnett has rejected the UFC's offer. Expect some can crushing matches and Shaving cream ads in Japan where he's fighting super robot octopus in his immediate future.

[Moolah]

Is the Honda Housey fight gonna be 5 rounds or is this tennis rules?

[bbatson1]

Prelims have started. Live from England.

Main Card (on Fuel TV) 12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 8pm UK

Interim Bantamweight Championship
Renan Barao(ic) (29-1-1) vs Michael McDonald (15-1)

Featherweight
Cub Swanson (18-5) vs Dustin Poirier (13-2)

Light Heavyweight
Jimi Manuwa (12-0) vs Cyrille Diabate (19-8-1)

Welterweight
Gunnar Nelson (10-0-1) vs Jorge Santiago (25-10-0)

Light Heavyweight
James Te-Huna (15-5) vs Ryan Jimmo (17-1)

Welterweight
Che Mills (15-5) vs Matthew Riddle (7-3)


Preliminary Bouts (on Facebook/Youtbe) 9:15am PT/ 12:15pm ET/ 5:15 pm UK

Lightweight
Terry Etim (15-4) vs Renee Forte (7-2)

Lightweight
Paul Sass (13-1) vs Danny Castillo (14-5)

Featherweight
Andy Ogle (8-2) vs Josh Grispi (14-4)

Middleweight
Tom Watson (15-5) vs Stanislav Nedkov (12-2)

Bantamweight
Vaughan Lee (12-8-1) vs Motonobu Tezuka (19-5-4)

Flyweight
Phil Harris (21-10) vs Ulysses Gomez (9-3)

[the dead poet]

fuck this is starting early. i'm in. looking forward to a few fights. Poier and swanson and the main event should be good.

[bbatson1]

fuck this is starting early. i'm in. looking forward to a few fights. Poier and swanson and the main event should be good.

the whole main card is good imo. Should be fun. Prelims were shit. Only one good fight. Watson VS Nedkov. Too many boring little guys doing nothing ruined it.

[bbatson1]

Kenny and Anike want to double penetrate Gunnar Nelson.

[bbatson1]

[Bones]

[Moolah]

The way he locked in that choke was sick as fuck.

[the dead poet]

final two fights were really good.

[bbatson1]

They cut Jon Fitch today and whole bunch of dudes.

Jon Fitch among 16 fighters released from UFC on Tuesday

Former welterweight contender Jon Fitch was among the 16 UFC fighters who were released from the promotion on Tuesday.

UFC president Dana White also confirmed with MMAFighting.com that the following fighters were also let go: Wagner Prado, Mike Russow, Jacob Volkmann, Vladimir Matyushenko, Che Mills, Jay Hieron, Terry Etim, Paul Sass, Jorge Santiago, Mike Stumpf, Simeon Thoresen, C.J. Keith, Motonobu Tezuka, Josh Grispi and Ulysses Gomez.

Each fighter was coming off at least one loss in his most recent fight.

also

new fights announced the last few days

Barry vs Shawn Jordan
Glover vs Bader
Cerrone vs Noons
and Frankie Edgar said he wants to fight Cub Swanson of Dennis Siver.

UFC 160 is looking like this.

Cain vs Silva
Overeem vs JDS
Glover vs Bader
Cerrone vs Noons
Sadollah vs Stephen Thompson

[Bones]

read they are working on shogun vs lil nog or rashad