Monday Morning Wrap Up: UFC 97 Coverage and Commentary
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:
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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
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UFC 97 - Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites Live Results and Commentary Brent Brookhouse
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UFC 97 recap and final thoughts MMA Mania
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Montreal shines but deserves better Zak Woods
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UFC 97 Hangover Zak Woods
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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
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The Case for Anderson Silva Luke Thomas
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Worst Title Fight Ever? Check the Numbers FightMetric
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Anderson Silva Has Very Little Shame Luke Thomas
- Dana White Embarrassed by Anderson Silva Bloody Elbow
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Thales Leites' Passivity in Numbers Michael Fagan
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Josh Gross Asserts Anderson Silva Rubbed Vaseline on Himself Bloody Elbow
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Ain't No Sunshine - Critiquing Anderson Silva and Thales Leites Michael Fagan
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Liddell jumps to Silva's defense Beau Dure
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Anderson Silva needs aggressive challenger Sergio Non
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Dana White open to Silva-GSP Sergio Non
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Silva taking on a Floyd Jr. aura after win at UFC 97 Steve Cofield
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Anderson Silva Needs To Move To The UFC Light Heavyweight Division Immediately Kelvin Hunt
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What About Demian Maia vs. Anderson Silva? Cannon Jacques
- Anderson Silva is the Worst Fighter Ever... Matt McEwan
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Anderson Silva's Antics Should Push the UFC to React Leland Roling
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Anderson Silva's brand is becoming toxic Zak Woods
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The Strange Parallels of Anderson Silva and Roy Jones, Jr. Jordan Breen
Chuck Liddell retirement watch:
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The Likely Retirement of Chuck Liddell Cannon Jacques
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Is this the end for Chuck Liddell? Zak Wood
- Thanks for the Memories Chuck Maggie Hendricks
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Chuck Liddell: The End Has Come Kelvin Hunt
Shogun Rua
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Time for Rua to face younger, hungrier elite Sergio Non
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Rua sends Liddell to the showers one final time Steve Cofield
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Who Should Mauricio "Shogun" Rua Face Next? Kelvin Hunt
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Shogun Rua's Impressive Win Still Leaves Questions Leland Rolling
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Nice roundup
Makes for a great regular feature. Thanks!
"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy
by thetakeover on Apr 20, 2009 10:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
good post..
with the huge amount of articles and news on the event, it really deserves a roundup. :)
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 20, 2009 10:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
I believe he was robbed as well.
by Luke Thomas on Apr 20, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
it's a close fight.
but i wouldn’t call it a robbery..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 20, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
that was one big advantage of the PRIDE rules
prevented guys coasting on their “leads”
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by Kid Nate on Apr 20, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
Good point, especially in a close fight like this.
by McEwen on Apr 20, 2009 11:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Kid Nate as “The Linkmeister.” I’ll have to check out some of the stuff I hadn’t caught when I have time. Good idea.
by Cannon Jacques on Apr 20, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
great idea nate!
It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy. - Nolan
by Trei Brundrett on Apr 20, 2009 1:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm a clever one
;)
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by Kid Nate on Apr 20, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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