UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez Post-Fight Recap and Analysis
by Mike Fagan on Feb 21, 2010 1:01 AM EST
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-Hats off to Zuffa. Fantastic first effort Down Under. If Dana hadn't promised a return to Australia before this event, he would have now. The Oz crowd provided a fantastic atmosphere for a night's worth of fights.
-Cain Velasquez fulfilled all the hype he garnered since first stepping into the Octagon. Quick knockouts usually need to be taken with a hint of reservation, but Cain beat Nogueira to the punch from the opening bell. As a bettor, Cain's ability to improve was the scariest attribute he had coming into the fight. Power can be developed (see: Silva, Anderson) as a fighter ages, and Cain proved that tonight. Fantastic stuff.
-Hard to see where Nogueira goes from here. A rematch with Cro Cop would be fun. Loser of Carwin/Mir might be good too. I think he's still got a handful of fights left in him, but Minotauro's going to have a lot of problems going forward without the iron jaw that he relied on in his PRIDE heyday.
-Wanderlei Silva looked much, much, much better at 185. He looked bulky and slow at 205 since entering the UFC, and he looked much more like the Axe Murderer of old at middleweight.
-Mike Bisping will have a real hard time moving up into the elite echelon of MMA without a reliable method of finishing.
-Wanderlei Silva's blitzkriegs at the end of rounds brings back memories of Bald Bull's Bull Rush.
-George Sotiropoulos put on a performance that one can only describe as beautiful. Stevenson made a huge mistake when he let George get on top in round one, but I'm not sure the fight would have gone differently anyway. George did a good job using his length to win the standup. And on the ground, he outclassed Stevenson.
-Speaking of jiu jitsu, nice to see Chris Lytle make use of the entirety of his arsenal. Oleg Taktarov would be proud.
-If the athletic commissions outlawed the left hook, Keith Jardine would be the greatest fighter alive.
-I thought Bader started to gas after round one, though he remained active up until the knockout. It's a good step for his career, but I'm not ready to crown him at 205.
-The Cro Cop/Perosh fight went about as expected. Cro Cop looked OK, but I think there's a couple of interesting questions to raise. 1) Why is he kicking less frequently? 2) Why does he refuse to cut off the Octagon and insist on following guys around?
[UPDATE] by Nick Thomas - UFC 110 Bonuses:
$50,000 "Submission of the Night" - Chris Lytle
$50,000 "Knockout of the Night" - Cain Velasquez
$50,000 "Fight of the Night" - George Sotiropoulos and Joe Stevenson
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I agree on your assesment of Bader
It was a good fight from him, but I’m not sold on him being a future champ yet. Let’s see him take on Thiago Silva next.
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I say give him Forest. Griffin deserves an opportunity to rebuild steam and it would be an appropriate step up in competition for Darth. That Lil Nog match up isn’t even fair.
just 'cause you pour syrup on shit, don't make it pancakes
by imnotjohnlong on Feb 21, 2010 1:42 AM EST up reply actions
That wasn't exactly a great night for early seasons of TUF alums
Bonnar, Jardine, Bisping, and Stevenson all losing tonight.
Great card, Rogan didn’t sound or act like he was high, and Velasquez and Sotiro showed they are legit.
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by Tonley on Feb 21, 2010 1:07 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Nog's face
Paired with Wandy’s when he was trying to finish that guillotine should compete in the funny pride stars’ face olympics.
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I kinda noticed that sherdog's shots for this event, and the weigh-ins
have a slightly higher saturation than usual… they’re really good shots still, but slightly too much saturation for my taste..
by Anton Tabuena on Feb 21, 2010 1:41 AM EST up reply actions
This is probably THE worst comment ever. The most ignorant shit to a simple statement. Congrats, and btw, Raiders suck.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 1:52 AM EST up reply actions
Go away.
I specializes in grammar fail.
by a tommy point on Feb 21, 2010 2:21 AM EST up reply actions
I love the coloring (if not the above subject...)
So long as the fighters don’t look inhuman (a la Big Tan Dan), I like the richer hues.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 21, 2010 1:48 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, different tastes for everyone I guess..
I just prefer if it had lower saturation, but hey, they’re still awesome shots anyway. :)
by Anton Tabuena on Feb 21, 2010 1:54 AM EST up reply actions
I HATE looking at this.
just 'cause you pour syrup on shit, don't make it pancakes
by imnotjohnlong on Feb 21, 2010 1:43 AM EST up reply actions
Sotiropoulos looked amazing. One of the things that I love about this sport is that I can always keep adding to the list of fighters who I am excited to see fight.
UFC needs to put on a show in Japan. Wanderlei needs to be co-main event.
At least Sos and Hamill can fight in the Our-last-wins-shouldnt-count-Bowl now.
I dislike Matt Hughes. Shogun beat him like a dirty horse.
haha
I don’t think I’ve ever agreed with every single thing someone said before.
I’ve been paying more and more attention to tough-ass Sotiropolous (sp?) lately. Tough as hell, and good jits. Damn, I can’t believe how good he looked.
Wandy will help sell out shows all over the world for years, he is a true Hall-of-Famer. Give him Cote, so he can have one last dominant performance.
“TattooLand” and Hamill would be a badass fight, you have to admit.
I Hate Matt Hughes.
Shogun dominated.
Sorry for the lovefest.
Why do I love to see Bisping get beat? Oh yeah, he’s a beotch.
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 21, 2010 2:43 AM EST up reply actions
ooo good call
except cote would maul wandy bad. cote is the opposite of bisping. huge power in his hands and he throws when you exchange.. he’s not backing up or throwing jabs.
if there was a couple guys i would keep away from wand.. he wuld be one of em. vitor, silva, cote.. would wandy lifeless.
Cote could batter Wand’s chin though. Whatever else you can say about Cote, the guy definately has power in his hands. I think we’ve seen that Wand’s chin is less than iron these days. But Cote vs. Wand could be an entertaining fight as I don’t think Cote would be as reluctant to exchange as Bisping or Franklin.
agreed on vitor and anderson
but I think Wandy would knock Cote out
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 21, 2010 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Sotiropoulos put on a juijitsu clinic against Stevenson. After tonight I think Stevenson and Jardine are basically marginalized unless they are kept around in a Chris Lytle role.
Or Jardine can stay around in a Jardine type role. He’s still a good test for prospects and a good comeback fight for somebody good who just lost a fight.
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Jon Jones vs. Keith Jardine!!!
Jones via flying spinning back elbow.
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Plus that fight will seem like a stupid mismatch after Jones/Vera
I dislike Matt Hughes. Shogun beat him like a dirty horse.
Yep
Bones needs to step way up after this beatdown. Something like the Rashad/Rampage loser, or even Forrest or Randy. Anyway those go, he wins IMO.
Jones will be fighting for the title in the near future.
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 21, 2010 2:52 AM EST up reply actions
he’s only 22, no need to jump that fast in a stacked division.. give him time to grow as a fighter and as a physical person, and time to test his styles against different styles of fighters, by the time he’s 24-25 I think hes legit to go for a title run
it sucks seeing green prospects get early shots at elite champs and getting beat down for jumping the gun too fast, theres no need to rush
sweet avatar
Yes, he’s only 22, but he’s a stud. I think he’s ready for someone who can give him a fight.
Plus, I’d love to see Forrest get beat down again.
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 21, 2010 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
co-sign
just 'cause you pour syrup on shit, don't make it pancakes
by imnotjohnlong on Feb 21, 2010 1:44 AM EST up reply actions
Is there something below the undercard that we can put that on?
I dislike Matt Hughes. Shogun beat him like a dirty horse.
WARGODZ
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
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by Blackout612 on Feb 21, 2010 2:17 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
rec'd
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by CasualMMAFan on Feb 21, 2010 2:39 AM EST up reply actions
Thoughts.
-CroCop won. Expected, but I was breathing a sigh of relief knowing he wouldn’t get finished by a guy fighting on less than a week’s notice.
-Lytle finishing a fight by submission. Nuff’ said.
-George Sotiropoulos put on a beautiful performance. With continued improvement, I’d love to see him fight BJ before he runs off to welterweight again.
-I can’t help but feel bad for Jardine and Nog. Nog not so much, but man, Jardine is either on his way out, or on his way to headlining Spike Prelims.
-Oh yeah… WAR WAND!!!
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
I think Jardine has one more fight. Maybe Matt Hamill.
That’s the only guy I can think of, at the moment.
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Oh man, someone throw Jardine a bone…Hamill would punish him…
Gregg Jackson’s strategy vs. Keith Jardine’s chin…Jardine’s chin just can’t be helped at this point. Although, I didn’t get it…all Jardine even attempted was to go out there and be “herky jerky”…wtf? Bad match-up, bad performance. I like Jardine though, don’t get me wrong.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 1:20 AM EST up reply actions
Then my 10:21 PM brain is too tired to come up with a stiff that may lose to Keith.
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Rematch with Vera so he can beat him again.
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If Kimbo beats Mitrione, I say toss him Kimbo, and if he can’t win that shit, GTFO.
Would be a good name to test Kimbo, and it’s a winnable Kimbo fight…Jardine needs to get his head on straight and the time between fights could help him out.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 1:23 AM EST up reply actions
There’s a lot of Jardine hate here. He may have lost his last couple, but he’s still way out of Kimbo’s league
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There’s a lot ofJardineAlexander hate here. He may have lost his last couple, but he’s still way out of Kimbo’s league
-Random comment a week before the TUF 10 finale
Oh, I hate Alexander now…
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 21, 2010 1:28 AM EST up reply actions
Ain’t that the truth though.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 1:29 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think Kimbo is anywhere in the same ballpark as Jardine, but Kimbo could definately hit his chin and look impressive.
As I said, I really like Jardine, but his chin is getting punished, and eventually, he’s gonna be damaged goods. If he isn’t already. I don’t want Jardine stumbling over words and being forced to reduce his vocabulary when he could be doing something else.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 1:29 AM EST up reply actions
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Kimbo beat a passive Alexander but I fully believe Mitrione is going to punish Kimbo.
Mitrione had a bad shake on TUF. He was portrayed as a virus on the show but he continuously proved himself in the ring. Like the other fighters, conditioning was definitely a problem, but he has the heart to go toe-to-toe with any HW.
I believe his striking will be too much for Kimbo who has yet to impress me in an MMA fight.
by awolfinwater on Feb 21, 2010 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think he’s going to beat Meathead. Jeebus people, all I really said, was Kimbo could catch Jardine. And the reason I brought Kimbo up? We were talking about people Jardine could DEFEAT.
Sheesh.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 1:54 AM EST up reply actions
I think
George has some serious BJJ but he would get smoked standing with Penn. I don’t think George could take BJ down with an amount of success. That leaves the fight standing and…
George would get smoked standing and on the ground.
Unless either is improved enough to be better than Penn’s come fight time…this will be similar or worse than Penn v Diego.
yeah
George has no business being in the ring with BJ. He would get mauled worse than Stevenson did.
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 21, 2010 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
You lost your Bisping bet the second you bet against The Axe Murderer.
Keep firing Assholes!
Blackout is always right
by Ubernoober on Feb 21, 2010 1:18 AM EST up reply actions 14 recs
I luv ur sig
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Sotiropoulos/Stevenson
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
You think Bisping would have won the third round? I thought it was Wand before the knock down, or very close.
I thought Bisping had the right game plan with the takedowns. He seemed to be weathering the storm during the second more or less. If he’d landed a few more take downs and managed to slow down the pace I thought he’d Rich Franklin his way to victory. But the worm turned when he was only saved by the bell.
This
The fruitless takedowns in round one could have won him the round (stupid as that is), but I had it 30-27 despite them.
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Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
Honestly had Wand winning the third anyway.
"Ehh I don't think it's just me; I think nobody likes him"
- Wanderlei Silva on Micheal Bisping
I scored the first and the third for Bisping... (before the knockdown)
by Anton Tabuena on Feb 21, 2010 1:36 AM EST up reply actions
The first could have gone either way. The third I think Wand was barely winning. Before the knockdown if Bisping would have won it would have been a robbery.
I dislike Matt Hughes. Shogun beat him like a dirty horse.
nope.
either way, (without the knockdown) it would’ve been a close fight, and certainly not a robbery.
by Anton Tabuena on Feb 21, 2010 1:42 AM EST up reply actions
I'll take Akikyama after tonight.
Wand showed heart stilling it at the end though.
by HappyLittleTreez on Feb 21, 2010 1:47 AM EST up reply actions
Akiyama hasn’t exactly set the UFC on fire. He barely squeaked by Belcher, and I think I’d take Bisping over Belcher.
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Please
Enough with the bullshit comments about Akiyama/Belcher. It’s tiring. Akiyama won and Belcher is a good fighter. Belcher would beat Bisping.
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Someone is hostile. He said he barely squeaked by Belcher. Go shit in someone else’s cheerios. Like Mr. “Who gives a shit” up at the top of this comment section.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 2:01 AM EST up reply actions
You're obviously drunk
Go to bed.
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Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
Thanks for mediating
Knew I shouldn’t have come on BE sober after a UFC. Shrug…
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I don’t know if that thanks was meant to be snark, but I’m just going to take it as sincere and see myself out the door.
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Goodnight!
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Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
Hehe, he’s being funny because he’s drunk, I know him better than that.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 2:05 AM EST up reply actions
Or maybe not? I’m about to walk away before I eat a fail muffin.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 2:06 AM EST up reply actions
I haz a sore throat
So I am sober. Maybe that’s why I’m surly.
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Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
No drinking on UFC night? It’s all making sense now. lol
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 2:11 AM EST up reply actions
What about that bullshit call in K-Sos/Bonner? Why wasn’t that a NC or technical decision?
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 21, 2010 1:20 AM EST reply actions
Cain definatelly put himself right up front in the HW title shot picture after his dominant performance tonight. If Mir or Carwin are at less that 100% don’t be surprised to see him face Lesnar after tonight that boy is officially a star.
As far as Nog goes i’d love to see him rematch CC, it would give both a high profile fight that would keep them in the discussion of top HW’s.
Is the post fight press conference buzzing with static for anyone else?
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Velasquez knocked the signal out.
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by SSreporters on Feb 21, 2010 1:32 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I’ve been saying that signal was old and past it’s prime for a while.
I dislike Matt Hughes. Shogun beat him like a dirty horse.
But if you get rid of the signal then StrikeForce could sign it up for their conferences.
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Despite dominating it for the majority of the fight
The Seattle Times linked to my website in June 2009. I wasn't aware of this until January 2010.
That signal is like Scott Coker or something
Amirite?
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
Crocop vs. Big Nog
Free on Spike TV plz? I’d love that fight, even if they’re past their prime and on their way out, I think both men deserve one last hoorah.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
Yeah. That should be a future UK card in the fall
CroCop vs. Big Nog
Bisping vs. Marquardt
Quarry vs. Leben
Two other main card fights
How does that sound?
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Hell yes.
Maybe Anthony Johnson vs. Matt Brown as well.
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It was supposed to happen on the TUF 9 Finale back in June
But then (I think) Rumble got hurt.
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Maybe a bigger step up for George. Loser of Gomi/Florian perhaps? Or Gray Maynard for a title shot?
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by imnotjohnlong on Feb 21, 2010 1:48 AM EST up reply actions
Very interested in seeing what kind of press this gets in Australia
My guess is they made a lot of new aussie fans with this (did they get the show for free over there?), but I’m curious to see what the papers say about the event
You’d have to think its going to get a good reaction over there. Fantastic card and the crowd was amazing, boisterous and they didn’t even boo the ground game!
We respect the ground game down here
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Wandy sez:
“I want to fight Akiyama”
I guess he’s gonna work on hating him, his family, his dogs and his lawn now.. like usual. :p
Cain
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by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Feb 21, 2010 1:52 AM EST reply actions
Oh
He’d get him alright.
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Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
Totally agreed about Cro Cop
For a guy training out of a K-1 gym and working solely on his kickboxing, I was surprised that Mirko only threw like 3 kicks and seemed to only throw one or two strikes at a time. For getting one of the weakest possible opponents thrown his way he really didn’t do much to impress.
Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.
by lowellthehammer on Feb 21, 2010 1:53 AM EST reply actions
Well, I guess that getting a new opponent 2 days before the fight, is going to have a big effect on your fight.
I think that Crocop had no idea of the strengths and weaknesses that his opponent had, so he had to feel him out in the ring.
Cro Cop hasn’t throw many kicks in the UFC in general, and doesn’t throw in combinations either. These two things have little if nothing to do with the opponent he was facing.
Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.
by lowellthehammer on Feb 21, 2010 2:04 AM EST up reply actions
I’m not sure if he’s lost it or if he was just throwing conservatively against a guy who had no stand up and whom he knew he had to beat.
Cro cop hasnt been the same since all his feet and knee surgeries.
by bigc4277 on Feb 21, 2010 7:39 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
In related news...
Over at Fightlinker, Ryan bet on Nog and therefore lost, so as a penalty, he has to get caned (Cain’d? Gettit?).
I feel evil for suggesting it (BWAHAHA!)
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 21, 2010 1:54 AM EST reply actions
Do tell? I’m not watching.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 1:58 AM EST up reply actions
Bisping wanted tickets to Wandy’s after party.. because he heard it was gay night at the bar he had it at…
So I’m not sure if he was making a joke at himself or Wandy.
Wow, fail at that joke, sounds like Bisping is after some man meat.
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 2:08 AM EST up reply actions
wand had a funny moment at the end where dana asked for one more question, so he asked if they had any plans to come to brazil.
before dana could answer, bisping butted in with something along the lines of “i want tickets to wanderlei’s after party. i hear it’s gay night”.
i maybe have misheard the phrasing, but it will a corny thing to point out
Dana via Boxercise.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Feb 21, 2010 2:02 AM EST up reply actions
50k for bonuses?
I wonder why.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
I’m glad Soti/Daddy won FOTN. Ground games need to be rewarded more.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 21, 2010 2:24 AM EST up reply actions
For sure
Joe should thank George for making him 50k by technically humiliating him for 15 minutes.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
Low bonuses – $50,000 in this case – usually means that they’re not expecting this card to get a lot of ppv sales. So they’re probably expecting 350,000 in sales. Higher sales usually means higher bonuses . All the way up to $100,000 for 100.
by John Nash on Feb 21, 2010 3:20 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
UFC Bonuses usually range anywhere from 50k to 70k depending on the show, I figure they have some sort of mathematical way of figuring it out or Dana just says fuck it and writes a number he feels like it down.
50k i still damn sweet. I’d like a years salary as a bonus myself.
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Happy Wandy
From Sherdog.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 21, 2010 3:06 AM EST reply actions
Too bad he decided to turn it up in the LAST 12 – 10 seconds of the fight.
yes, some times I'm an old curmudgeon
by VeeisAnimated on Feb 21, 2010 3:39 AM EST up reply actions
I thought it
was too good?? Or are you a Bisping fan?
Far from a Bisping fan . . . I don’t hate him.
yes, some times I'm an old curmudgeon
by VeeisAnimated on Feb 22, 2010 9:03 AM EST up reply actions
Happy Wady is much better than sad Wandy.
You have to be the man... you have to be very, like, alpha male with her. You know? Decide what you do and everything. So, show her who's the boss, you know? - GSP
We had a big BBQ to celebrate the first UFC shown on free to air TV here in Aus, and it really couldn’t have been much better.
I totally admit that I was completely wrong about Cain. I had him picked as a one-dimensional pillow-hands wrestler, but finished a much respected and loved veteran. Maximum plus marks.
Wandy looked awesome, I thought he was winning even without the knockdown, but that was just gravy.
Wow, Go George!!! I was so psyched to see his fight, he did so much better than I was expecting going up a big level of competition.
All round such a great event, best I can remember for quite some time… and had a few people here who were relative MMA newcomers, who all seemed to be as blown away as I was.
Oh and maybe it is a bit of national pride, but I thought the Aussie crowd was awesome… hardly any booing, knowlegable about the ground game, game the veterans the respect they deserved. And K-Soz doing the Aussie Aussie Aussie chant was just great :)
Ive been a big Sotiropolous fan for a while and though the had potential to be at the top of the division, but I went against my heart and picked the more experienced Joe Daddy. He looked incredible on the ground, but his stand-up was far quicker and more accurate that Stevenson’s. I feel like there’s only a couple of guys who have the potential to trouble BJ in the future (and I emphasise ‘potential’ and ‘future’ here), and they are Sotiropolous; because of his amazing ground game supported by his solid boxing and Terry Etim because he’s a striker of different dimensions to others in the UFC. The guy’s kicks are incredible, he has great submissions and at 23 he has plenty of time to work on his wrestling.
"I tear every chicken up...Lets not go into that" (Bas Rutten)
I agree with Terry Etim
He is absolutely amazing. Ive became a fan of his when i noticed his ability to turn the fight around. With kicks, chokes, and everything.
He’s creative too and he’ll continue to get better.
You have to beat the legend, in order to become the LEGEND
-Melvin Manhoef (after his destruction of Sakuraba)
by chopstickthugz on Feb 21, 2010 6:12 AM EST up reply actions
Etim is an exciting fighter, but I don’t see him as a future contender. His wrestling is awful, and he hasn’t shown much of a top game with his BJJ (though that could be due to his awful wrestling). There are too many guys in the upper echelon of the UFC LW division who are tailor made to crush guys with that skillset.
Etim is basically the same guy as Donald Cerrone (minus the oversized ego and penchant for cheap shots), and I don’t see Cerrone as a future contender either.
Anyone else feel like Sotiropoulos will fight Sherk or Griffin next?
Bader is probably positioned to fight Thiago Silva next.
Sexy-Wand is next up at 185.
Rodrigo-Mirko might be the only fight left for for the aging PRIDE stars. It’s the only fight that makes sense.
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Mirko-Slice!
haha! If kimbo beats meathead, imagine how many people will watch that bout.
by Anton Tabuena on Feb 21, 2010 7:22 AM EST up reply actions
For the UFCs return to Japan
Wand vs Aki
Cro-cop vs either Randy or Kimbo
by bigc4277 on Feb 21, 2010 7:43 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Sexyama vs. Wandy = Sexwand
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I’m super crestfallen about Nogueira, but the silver lining is that (as others have noted) this sets up a Velasquez/Dos Santos match perfectly. Not only is it a sensible match, providing the winner of Mir/Carwin gets the title shot as planned, but Dos Santos is Nogueira’s star student. I’d love to see it.
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