Snapshot of the Day - UFC 109: Relentless Poster
by Nick Thomas on Dec 8, 2009 12:36 PM EST
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Main Bouts:Ticket prices are $600, $400, $300, $200, $100 and $50 and go on sale this week.
Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman
Josh Koscheck vs. Paulo Thiago
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Brandon Vera
Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
Preliminary Bouts:
Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller
Justin Buchholz vs. Mac Danzig
Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres
Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Rob Emerson vs. Phillipe Nover
Rolles Gracie vs. Mostapha Al Turk
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Dana said he hates doing the numbers
but I like them. We’ll never run out of numbers, but we will quickly run out of cool names, leading to hokey crap like this.
Dana, it’s UFC 109. Just go with it.
I misread the poster as Pointless
but actually this is a really good card, but i don’t know if it will draw much interest. Except for Couture there is no “big name” fighters and his bout with Mark Coleman doesn’t seem to be drawing much heat. But I know its got my interest.
no body knows who vera koscheck nog are!
halp
"he's the best punchy face man in the buisness"
by blubber_guard on Dec 8, 2009 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
This is how you make fighters into bigger names.
Has to happen somehow…Couture wasn’t born “The Natural” or “Captain America”.
It's what they do when they have no headliner....
And how old does Mark Coleman look? He reminds of franklin the turtle, somehow
I was about to ask the same thing...
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Yeah, is this fight confirmed all the sudden? Wacky.
by JRN on Dec 8, 2009 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
well i gotta say
thiago vs koscheck for me, and nog vera, make this more than watchable, koscheck is gonna try and take his head off after last time
and we finally have someone with enough threat to make vera do something
"he's the best punchy face man in the buisness"
I’m still excited to see Nogueira again though. Though I think if he is fighting Vera, that’s kind of the wrong way on the ladder. Still, I guess they want to give him some highlight reel footage…
Well if Vera wins I’d bet it gets him 1 more fight away from a title shot. I’m sure they felt he won the Couture fight as well, And if Nog wins it’s obvious he’ll become an instant contender next in line for a shot.
That said, Man are they giving Vera tons of love or what? he hasn’t beaten any top contenders since moving to LHW and he’s somehow still at the top fighting contenders after wins over lower level dudes. This is coming from a big Vera fan.
"Well... You're damned if you do, and You're damned if you don't."- Bart Simpson
Like a lot of the cards lately, it’s a main event away from being a great card.
As it is, it’ll be a fun night of fights, but it’s missing the “sizzle” at the top.
i'm actually interested in Trigg-Serra
I hope they start yapping at each other.
If Trigg loses to Serra, he will go down as one of those great “what might have been” fighters, along with Stephan Bonner among others
Any one else notice that the UFC is starting to get better at keeping secrets?
We only get wind of them offering it to lil nog, then initially not being interested. We don’t hear about verbal agreements, or officially signing, or whatever, then it gets announced in UFC.com with a poster… And that’s not only for the Vera fight, a lot of other fights become official before any of us get wind of it..
I think it has to do with them talking to everyone at the fighter summit.
And yes,
This is going to be a reallyyyyyyy hard fight for Vera to win. And it’s really surprising that they made this fight.
And Vera takes another loss
There’s nothing wrong with a tune-up fight, Vera should go in there, lick someone’s head off, and then get back to upper level fighters.
Good lord almighty is that an abomination of a poster. Not only is the color scheme hideous, but the layout is just ripped straight off from the UFC 100 poster. Are they really that short on ideas? Who the hell designs these things?
Did you see the UFC 108 poster?
This looks like a masterpiece compared to that poster.
I did, and I actually think this is much, much worse. This is just… inexplicably bad.
I guess somebody in the UFC design department loves ORANGE.
by JRN on Dec 8, 2009 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
Good to see Danzig's finally back
although he may be the first TUF champ to get the axe if he can’t get past Buchholz.
WTF?
I don’t wanna see Lil Nog vs. Vera! That is the LAST person I would like to see Lil Nog matched up against. Vera just came off a loss and Lil Nog a very impressive win. WTH?
Maia gets the Thales Leites treatment
he loses what was supposed to be a number one-contender fight with Marquardt, and now he’s on the prelims.
Meanwhile, Thiago Silva and Brandon Vera lose their last fights and they end up in featured bouts.
Thiago Silva won his last fight, and is fighting a UFC star and former champ.
Vera headlined his last fight, very arguably won, and is fighting a guy who is close to a title shot.
Maia gets a good fight, but it just falls a bit short of main card. I’m sure they’ll show his fight if they have time on the PPV, or maybe one of the free prelim fights on SPIKE
posting fail.
i hope they don’t expect to charge normal price for this shitty card.
I don’t care about 50 year olds fighting, a ww title contender getting revenge, sonnen running around jabbing for 3 rounds, and a battle for irrelevance between two has been WWs.
The only match up that is going to be good is the little Nog one… but we all know Vera is going to find some way to make it boring.
I can actually see Nate losing a wrestling match with Sonnen
by AintNoSunshine on Dec 8, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
Awful, awful card due to awful, awful matchmaking.
Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman
-A non-compelling fight that was made purely for the name value of both fighters.
Josh Koscheck vs. Paulo Thiago
-No one cares about this fight except Koscheck.
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Brandon Vera
-Lil Nog is exciting but Vera will ensure that this fight will be a snoozer. And I can’t wait to hear about how we’re going to see a “new Brandon Vera” in this fight during the lead-up.
Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
- A stay-busy fight for both fighters. Marquardt should be fighting Belfort for the #1 contender spot. Marquardt should take this, but if he doesn’t, I doubt they’ll give Sonnen a title shot. Either way, this fight does not excite me at all.
Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
-2 welterweight relics fighting for relavency and a chance to prolong their UFC careers for another fight or 2.
Put this on Spike.
1. Correct
2. Correct
3. Semi-Correct, probably won’t be a snoozer.
4. Correct
5. Correct
This card has good fighters, but not good matchups.
by Rusty Trombone on Dec 8, 2009 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
Lil Nog vs Vera and Marquardt vs Sonen could be surprising. Marquardt will threaten the wrestler with submissions and Vera might want to finish a fight coming of a disappointing decision.
I think we’re going to see a totally new Vera this time. Haha.
10/24
No way Vera finishes Lil Nog. Lil Nog has only been stopped once (KO by Sokoudjou.) Vera will not be the guy to stop him for the 2nd time.
And people said there was "no way" Soko would beat Lil Nog,
let alone finish him.
let alone finish him.
That’s the beauty of MMA…you can’t say that there’s "no way" _________will happen.
Maia should be on the main card.
I thought Nate was fighting Belfort? So is the Silva fight still on then?
I was wondering what happened to Danzig. This is a MUST win for him or it’s off to Strikeforce!
"Well... You're damned if you do, and You're damned if you don't."- Bart Simpson
Vera vs Nog makes perfect sense. Vera had a close loss to Couture. If he cant beat a top tier guy he needs to sit in the undercards. This is where we will see if Veras killer instinct awakes. And for Lil Nog he fights a second dangerous striker in a row in a division topped by two devastating strikers. (Machida, Rua)
I'm tired of waiting for Vera's killer instinct to awaken
I’m glad he’s fighting Lil’ Nog, who I hope finishes him. I say continue to feed him to up and comers. Give him Jon Jones next.
One thing is for sure...
I am definitely much more excited about the Strikeforce card in December than I am about this.
by mburtoni on Dec 8, 2009 3:46 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
another card not worth the money
all the fights on this one are just lame and predictable
kos kos thiago
lili nog kos vera in the round 2
the great and soonen go to a descion
couture beat coleman by turtle humping
trigg and serra go to split decision
I really didn't want Nog-Vera to happen
The win does nothing for Lil Nog but give him a warm body to beat up while the title picture clears itself up, and if Vera wins (which he can) then Nog falls waaaay back.
Definition of a stay-busy fight, IMO.
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.
Lil Nog vs Randy
Should have headlined this card. A great storyline to see if the little brother could do what Big Nog did to a legend.
like how coleman vs tito became tito vs forrest?
by Anton Tabuena on Dec 8, 2009 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
Not that I condone facism or any ism for that matter. Isms are in my opinion, not good. A person shouldn't believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.
I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me". Good point there, after all he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. Wouldn't change the fact I have to bum rides off of people.
It is a clash of two UFC Hall of Famers. Two guys no has argued about being in the hall of fame. I think this is a very reasonable headliner for a UFC card.
Not that I condone facism or any ism for that matter. Isms are in my opinion, not good. A person shouldn't believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.
I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me". Good point there, after all he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. Wouldn't change the fact I have to bum rides off of people.
Why would they not show the Gracie fight?
Kimbo wants to take your caterpiller and do bad things to it.
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