UFC 129 Moved to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
by Scott Haber on Dec 15, 2010 1:19 AM EST
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Although it was initially rumored that the UFC was planning a return to Abu Dhabi this March, recent reports have shed light on the promotion's inability to secure a venue for the event. Now Sportsnet's "Showdown" Joe Ferraro reports that the March 19th card, featuring Mauricio "Shogun" Rua defending his light heavyweight title against Rashad Evans, will instead take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey:
The light heavyweight title fight between champion Mauricio (Shogun) Rua and former champ (Suga) Rashad Evans is expected to take place at UFC 129 on Mar. 19 at The Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey, sources tell Showdown Joe Ferraro.
This will be the UFC's third trip to Newark following UFC 78 in November of 2007, and UFC 111 last March. Also expected for the card are a light heavyweight bout between Tito Ortiz and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, and standout Japanese featherweight Michihiro Omigawa taking on wrestling stud, Chad Mendes. Expect other NJ-natives such as Ricardo Almeida and Jim and Dan Miller to factor into this card as well.
The Newark card will likely end up being called UFC 128, not 129, as it doesn't appear that there's any time for an additional "numbered" event following UFC 127 on 2/27, and UFC on Versus 3 on 3/3, but stay tuned to Bloody Elbow for updates once this event is officially confirmed.
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As a former resident of New Jersey
and someone whose family still lives there, I should thank Bob Reilly for being so stubborn regarding legalizing MMA in NYC to allow my home state to benefit off the UFC coming around. I now know when I will go home and can now plan a trip around this event.
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fuck yea man
total agreement
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hell yeah man!
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by Kevin Jennison J. Zametov-St Pierre on Dec 15, 2010 9:22 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Seriously, the state needs money badly
And it’s like Bob Reilly just wrote a big ol’ check saying “Naah, I don’t need this money, you can have it”. This is a massive card which will be big for revenue for Hoboken/Jersey City/Newark as well as the state collecting a ton of cash as well.
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by Matthew Roth on Dec 15, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
Good thing too
The 2010-2011 Devils have been brutalizing the area since October.
low blow man low blow
haha yeah were really havin a crappy year no doubt
by Kevin Jennison J. Zametov-St Pierre on Dec 15, 2010 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
You put lightweight instead of light heavyweight
No biggie though just letting you know
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by We All Hate Caleb on Dec 15, 2010 1:28 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I laughed
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by We All Hate Caleb on Dec 15, 2010 2:10 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Glad. I really didn’t want this bout to be hampered by being outside in Abu Dhabi.
Food goes in here
I am praying to the based god that Shogun wins this.
Rashad is the biggiest threat to a healthy Shogun in the entire division IMO.
by Rob Young on Dec 15, 2010 1:32 AM EST via mobile reply actions
The threat that I see from Evans is the wrestling, and Shogun has proven not to have that good of takedown defense. However, Shogun is good on the bottom and good at getting back to his feet when taken down. In the striking department, Shogun wins it all the way, and while Evans is quick, Shogun is no slowpoke and he hits hard.
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I would say Jones is a bigger threat, but
outside of him, its Evans.
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by The American Ronin on Dec 15, 2010 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Newark twice?
yet they ignore their second biggest US market in Chicago for two years? I know they want NYC but still…
Because Chicago has a piece of shit MMA scene.
How many fighters are from the whole state? How many high level gyms are there in the area? It’s desolate. Torres MMA isn’t even in Illinois, it’s in Indiana. I think there might be a Gracie gym on the south side and there’s Overtime MMA which has great wrestling staff out in Naperville. That’s it. It’s still a shitty market for MMA. I think they best they’d do out there is maybe a Fight for the Troops at the Great Lakes Naval Facility, but do you really want to go to North Chicago/Waukegan? That’s what I thought.
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Not to mention the last time they went to Chicago it was an absolute disaster.
At the gate and with the fans. And that even before the Anderson Silva Bullshit.
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by Matthew Roth on Dec 15, 2010 1:50 AM EST up reply actions
Silva vs. Cote was an awful main event. And the rest of that card was awful too.
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Josh Burkman vs. Pete Sell
Hermes Franca vs. Marcus Aurelio
Dan Miller vs. Matt Horwich
Spencer Fisher vs. Shannon Gugerty
Thales Leites vs. Drew McFedries
Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin
Fabricio Werdum vs. Junior dos Santos
Rich Clementi vs. Gray Maynard
Josh Koscheck vs. Thiago Alves
Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Côté
Hardly an awful event.
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by Matthew Roth on Dec 15, 2010 2:32 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Koscheck vs. Alves is the only meaningful fight on that card. And you’re underestimating how awful that main event is.
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In hindsight it was a terrible event with everything going to decision
But Werdum/Santos was meaningful for Werdum at the time, if he didn’t get KO’d he was the #1 contender. Kos/Alves was important and the Sherk/Griffen fight mattered at the time as well.
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by Matthew Roth on Dec 15, 2010 2:39 AM EST up reply actions
After that fight, Werdum left UFC...
Then he joined SF and submitted Fedor Emelianenko in 1st round by Triangle/arm bar!
Fabricio submitted Alistar OVEREEM too.
There are some interesting potential fights happening in Strikeforce right now
-Alistar Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum 2
-Alistar Overeem vs. Fedor Emelianenko
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by chopstickthugz on Dec 15, 2010 5:07 AM EST up reply actions
They did give all the reporters the Rachelle Leah Playboy at that event. So…
by Jonathan Snowden on Dec 15, 2010 9:18 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It can’t be that horrible, a non-UFC card drew over 10,000 and $1 mil gate a little over year ago in Hoffman Estates. You’d think the UFC would do even better than that.
by John Nash on Dec 15, 2010 1:59 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Well, a card at the United Center would sell out and be highly publicized, it might help the MMA scene a lot. I just really want it to develop here. I jumped at the chance to see Fedor vs Rogers in Hoffman Estates last November because nothing ever comes here. I also made the five hour drive to Indianapolis for 119. I’d kill for another UFC card here. I think it has potential because of Chicago being such a huge sports city, but it just hasn’t developed yet. Could that also be a hindrance? Chicago has two baseball teams, a football team, a basketball team, and a hockey team that all do extremely well with ratings and attendance. Do people just not have enough room for MMA here?
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by ChiCubs23 on Dec 15, 2010 2:03 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
There's just no interest in it and zero homegrown stars.
Nobody grew up and trains there. Matt Hughes is from the opposite side of the state, which may as well be a different universe to city folk. And there’s nowhere for top athletes to hang around and train either.
San Diego is a great counterpoint to that. Alliance Training Center, Saulo and Xande’s University of Jiujitsu, The Arena, MMA Conditioning (Allejara’s gym), Undisputed, Victory, Nogeuira/Black House gym, City Boxing… and that’s off the top of my head and within the city limits.
Chicago is a much larger city but doesn’t have nearly enough interest to support that level of training. The area just doesn’t care about MMA yet. Devotion to Da Bears, Da Bulls, and Sox/Cubs depending on if you’re north or south side takes up so much time that I can’t see why people would focus on anything else.
But Chicago fans will devote absolute loyalty and emotion to excellence. Michael Jordan is revered. Walter Payton is a goddamn saint. Mike Ditka is still unable to actually pay for a beer in the city. If a true homegrown hero emerged, it could be a more interesting place for the UFC to go, but right now it’s not worth it.
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Chicago pulled in a nearly $3m gate with Silva/Cote as the headliner and a terrible undercard.
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by Mike Fagan on Dec 15, 2010 2:23 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't forget the Blackhawks...
The Chicago suburb I was in this past year went crazy during those playoffs…
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This should be true everywhere
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by Chris Barton on Dec 15, 2010 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
It takes you 5 hours to drive from Chi to Indy?
I could see 4 at most…
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what does the number of fighters from the state or gyms have anything to do the mma interest in the market? by the way there are tons of gyms all over the area. and since when do gyms equal the amount of mma interest? when going into a market you’re not only going for the diehard mma fans (which are a smaller percentage), but you are going for the fair-weather mma fan and possible new fans. there are nearly TEN MILLION people who make up the metro area. it’s simple economics.
the strikeforce card did huge numbers without the ufc name. i think someone hates chicago for some reason. ufc 90 was not even in chicago. it was in rosemont, 30 minutes west of the chicago. put a good ufc at the united center and it sells out in less than a week.
by goodbadugly16 on Dec 15, 2010 2:23 AM EST up reply actions
Wow, that’s a goofy pic of Rashad. I had no idea he was Ja Rule’s stunt double.
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He’s from New York…
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by Matthew Roth on Dec 15, 2010 1:56 AM EST up reply actions
fake gangsta
now in jail. lol.
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by Cory Braiterman on Dec 15, 2010 2:18 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Someone should make one of those motivational posters
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by MrTechnique420 on Dec 15, 2010 2:00 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
angry because he's constipated?
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by Cory Braiterman on Dec 15, 2010 2:18 AM EST up reply actions
Awesome!
Sadly, unless I manage to get tix from UFC.com or wherever on the day they go on sale, I will have to pass, despite it being a 20 minute subway ride for me. Went to 111 last March, but I can’t drop $140 on stubhub again to watch an event on a jumbotron.
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by Cory Braiterman on Dec 15, 2010 2:19 AM EST reply actions
It sucks to pay 80 bucks, but the fight club membership was key for me getting good seats for the normal price for 114. I had 3 different browsers open as soon as the time hit 10am eastern. Plus you get to go to the Q&A and therefore have badass seats for the weigh-ins…
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yea....
but paying the 80 on top of 75 is what i’m trying to avoid. That and I don’t really care about the weighins or the Q&A
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by Cory Braiterman on Dec 15, 2010 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
Gotcha… I hate places like StubHub… I think the whole process of buying up a bunch of tickets just to sell them for profit is a dick move. UFC ticket prices are high enough as it is without people doubling the price for retail.
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Lame!
I reside in Abu Dhabi, was looking forward to seeing this live.. then again, I am sort of relieved that I won’t be seeing Tito Ortiz live.
I hope they don’t snub this side of the world with a shitty card. this one had promise
Oh I'm sure they'll stack it to the heavens.
Anything less would be a slap in the face to their new partners after what happened last time.
wow
rashad is so handsome.. probably getting his bonus to play the bad guy and extra to play the not so attractive guy… bet the naacp would like that pic
What are you getting at?
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by Chris Barton on Dec 15, 2010 1:04 PM EST up reply actions
God...
I can’t wait for Mendes-Omigawa
by TooLegitToQuit on Dec 15, 2010 3:23 AM EST via mobile reply actions
That's Rashad Evans?
Uh, yeah …
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Awesome! My home state. I will be in attendance to see Rashad get KO’d.
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by CSC Memorabilia on Dec 15, 2010 7:56 AM EST reply actions
Whaaaaaaat?
Shogun, Lil Nog, and the Miller Bros. all fighting right up the street from me? I must go. Must. Go.
Aww man
Instead of that shithole Newark why not Philadelphia?
by nastyem on Dec 15, 2010 10:39 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Philly
Ah yes, that last bastion of light and hope and innocence in the world, Philly. Dude it’s like an hour and a half drive straight up 95, just commute. Really not a bad drive.
So excited to see the UFC in Newark again
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by NetLogic on Dec 15, 2010 11:06 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
How'd someone get a pic of S.C. taking a shit?
Colin Cowherd is more annoying than the Progressive radio commercials.
Hoe can the UFC not secure the same venue on Yaz island in abu dhabi like last time? I want to see another UFC held there. I thought the last one was pretty cool.
by Hardcharger on Dec 15, 2010 11:12 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Holy shit Anderson Silva looks like a heavyweight.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Dec 15, 2010 11:31 AM EST reply actions
Bah, not even the right article. Ignore this. lol
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Dec 15, 2010 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
I know you confused him for Rashad too?
Picture is way too dark.
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by SSreporters on Dec 15, 2010 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
Scott is there a reason
Ufc couldn’t lock up a venue? I just was wondering if the last trip had left a bad taste in the Abu Dhabi communities mouths. I really hope not as the actions of a few fighters shouldn’t cast a shadow upon the rest of the field.
by Bloodsport on Dec 15, 2010 10:20 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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