Monday Morning Wrap Up: UFC 97 Coverage and Commentary

by Kid Nate on Apr 20, 2009 10:55 AM EDT in MMA Events

Thought I'd do a round up of some of the best coverage of UFC 97 from over the weekend from Bloody Elbow and around the net.

The event:

UFC 97: Post-Fight Presser Notes -- Chuck Liddell's Future, Dana White on Main Event Bloody Elbow
UFC 97 Fight Night Awards and Bonuses Bloody Elbow
UFC 97 - Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites Live Results and Commentary Brent Brookhouse
UFC 97 recap and final thoughts MMA Mania
Montreal shines but deserves better Zak Woods
UFC 97 Hangover Zak Woods
What We Learned From UFC 97 Kelvin Hunt

The fallout from Anderson Silva vs Thales Leites:

Picking and Choosing Anderson Silva's Opponents Michael Rome
The Case for Anderson Silva Luke Thomas
Worst Title Fight Ever? Check the Numbers FightMetric
Anderson Silva Has Very Little Shame Luke Thomas
Dana White Embarrassed by Anderson Silva Bloody Elbow
Thales Leites' Passivity in Numbers Michael Fagan
Josh Gross Asserts Anderson Silva Rubbed Vaseline on Himself Bloody Elbow
Ain't No Sunshine - Critiquing Anderson Silva and Thales Leites Michael Fagan
Liddell jumps to Silva's defense Beau Dure
Anderson Silva needs aggressive challenger Sergio Non
Dana White open to Silva-GSP Sergio Non
Silva taking on a Floyd Jr. aura after win at UFC 97 Steve Cofield
Anderson Silva Needs To Move To The UFC Light Heavyweight Division Immediately Kelvin Hunt
What About Demian Maia vs. Anderson Silva? Cannon Jacques
Anderson Silva is the Worst Fighter Ever... Matt McEwan
Anderson Silva's Antics Should Push the UFC to React Leland Roling
Anderson Silva's brand is becoming toxic Zak Woods
The Strange Parallels of Anderson Silva and Roy Jones, Jr. Jordan Breen

Chuck Liddell retirement watch:

Kicking Chuck Liddell While He's Down Kid Nate
The Likely Retirement of Chuck Liddell Cannon Jacques
Is this the end for Chuck Liddell? Zak Wood
Thanks for the Memories Chuck Maggie Hendricks
Chuck Liddell: The End Has Come Kelvin Hunt

Shogun Rua

Time for Rua to face younger, hungrier elite Sergio Non
Rua sends Liddell to the showers one final time Steve Cofield
Who Should Mauricio "Shogun" Rua Face Next? Kelvin Hunt
Shogun Rua's Impressive Win Still Leaves Questions Leland Rolling

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Nice roundup

Makes for a great regular feature. Thanks!

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by thetakeover on Apr 20, 2009 10:12 AM EDT reply actions

good post..

with the huge amount of articles and news on the event, it really deserves a roundup. :)

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by Anton Tabuena on Apr 20, 2009 10:28 AM EDT reply actions

I'm just cocky enough to add this one....

http://www.411mania.com/MMA/columns/102411

I didn’t make the round up, but I thought I made a few good points :)

I like this round up feature though….really good especially after an eventful weekend like we just had.

by McEwen on Apr 20, 2009 10:31 AM EDT reply actions

good piece

sorry I missed it! added now.

"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"

by Kid Nate on Apr 20, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks!

by McEwen on Apr 20, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

I forgot to take credit/blame for the “Liddell jumps to Silva’s defense” post. Still getting used to our new community. The post is updated.

by Beau Dure on Apr 20, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions

ah cool, I'll change the byline in the post

"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"

by Kid Nate on Apr 20, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions

You know the thing I cant stop think about about this event

is that Matt Wiman got robbed

but thats cus Im a huge Wiman fan, so naturally Im thinking more about that than the retirement of the Iceman or the nature of the champion.

Thats retarded

from the forest itself comes the handle for the axe

by troy145 on Apr 20, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions

I believe he was robbed as well.

by Luke Thomas on Apr 20, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

ditto

he was clearly dominating the fight in the third round and won at least 1 of the first 2.

"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"

by Kid Nate on Apr 20, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions

it's a close fight.

but i wouldn’t call it a robbery..

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by Anton Tabuena on Apr 20, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions

I’d say Stout did enough to take the first two rounds, and Wiman easily won the third. It’s just tough when you think of it as a “fight” and the guy who was in control at the end loses.

by McEwen on Apr 20, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions

that was one big advantage of the PRIDE rules

prevented guys coasting on their “leads”

"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"

by Kid Nate on Apr 20, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions

I think more uses of 10-8 or 10-7 rounds could mirror the Pride system and have the rounds scored independently.

by szucconi on Apr 20, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions

I kind of agree, but that’s hard as there is no set in stone definition for what constitutes a 10-8 or 10-7 round. Which all ties back to the “10 point must system doesn’t work for MMA like it does for boxing” debate.

by McEwen on Apr 20, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions

I agree that the 10 point must system is flawed, but I like the idea of the rounds being scored independent of each other. What you did last round doesn’t affect the score of this round. But setting up the scoring so that the result is the same as who won the fight and who won on the score card. i.e. Okami wins v. Franklin and comes back down two rounds and wins a dec with a dominate third round.

by szucconi on Apr 20, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions