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UFC 121: Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez Is Official

Via press release today:

The baddest man on the planet, UFC® heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, is back in the main event for UFC 121, and unbeaten Cain Velasquez is looking to take his belt and become the first man to knock him out. Lesnar proved he had beaten the severe illness that kept him sidelined for a year by withstanding the onslaught by Shane Carwin at UFC 116 and defending his heavyweight title with a slick submission in the second round. His opponent at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on October 23, 2010, Cain Velasquez, has already made short work out of the heavyweight division and he promises to make the most of his first shot at the title.

Also on this star-studded UFC 121 card, which is presented by Boost mobile, welterweight star Jake Shields makes his long-awaited UFC debut against perennial contender Martin "The Hitman" Kampmann. Also featured is an exciting welterweight matchup as Diego Sanchez battles Paulo Thiago, while it is teacher vs. student as Matt "The Hammer" Hamill takes on his coach from The Ultimate Fighter®, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz. Rounding out the main card is a bout pitting rising heavyweight star Brendan Schaub against veteran contender Gabriel Gonzaga.

Main card:
Brock Lesnar (5-1) -175 vs. Cain Velasquez (8-0) +145
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Jake Shields (25-4-1) -300 vs. Martin Kampmann (17-3) +250
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Tito Ortiz (15-7-1) +145 vs. Matt Hamill (9-2) -175
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Diego Sanchez (21-4) vs. Paulo Thiago (13-2)
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Brendan Schaub (6-1) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (11-5)
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Preliminary card:
Court McGee (10-1) vs. Ryan Jensen (15-6)

Patrick Cote (13-6) vs. Tom Lawlor (6-3)

Todd Duffee (6-1) vs. Jon Madsen (6-0)

Sam Stout (15-6-1) vs. Paul Taylor (10-5-1)

Mike Guymon (12-3-1) vs. Daniel Roberts (10-1)
Mike Guymon
Chris Camozzi (13-3) vs. Dongi Yang (9-0)
 

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Whoooa

Todd Duffee is fighting. I still think that Russow just got lucky in the last fight and that Duffee just let his gaurd down because Russow did nothing in the first two rounds. I think Duffee is going to knock Madsen the fuck out.

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 2:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Off topic question.....

How do I buy UFC 118 Fan Expo tickets? Are they sold out? I cant find a link anywhere? Maybe its open to the general public?

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by DJ Pullout on Aug 16, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm not sure

but I think you have join the UFC fan club or something I forget what its called. Pretty sure it’s free though

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

here ya go

I’ll be there too, it’s gonna be bad ass!
http://www.ufcfanexpo.com/en/August-2010/Home/

I think some of it is free but they’re advertising ticket sales w/the VIP option available as well. check it out

by BeeTrain on Aug 16, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

ah, it does cost $$

“All attendees must have a ticket to enter UFC® Fan Expo™. Children 6 and under will receive free admission with a ticketed adult. Strollers are not permitted. Proof of age is required. Please note: ALL tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. Proper ID will be required at time of check-in.”

by BeeTrain on Aug 16, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

$35 for 1 day pass or $50 for 2 day pass if imnot mistaken. I’ll be there

by seanerk88 on Aug 17, 2010 12:48 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

Holy crap

The first 4 fights on the prelim could be a stacked Fight Night card.

I hope they put Cote/Lawlor and McGee/Jensen on the prelim special on Spike.

Nick Garcia is the Brian Russell of MLS but 10 times worse.

by SSreporters on Aug 16, 2010 2:49 PM EDT reply actions  

McGee will definitely be on the Spike special, considering he’s the latest Ultimate Fighter.

by Pyrgz Krum on Aug 16, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

I cant wait for Schaub vs Gonzaga.

Im hoping Gonzaga rebounds. Both are power hitters and have glass jaws. lol. Whoever connects first is gonna win.

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by DJ Pullout on Aug 16, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

I cant wait for Schaub vs Gonzaga.

Im hoping Gonzaga rebounds. Both are power hitters and have glass jaws. lol. Whoever connects first is gonna win.

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by DJ Pullout on Aug 16, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Neither has a glass jaw

Getting knocked out by a dude with power doesn’t mean you have a glass jaw.

Glass jaw, quickly becoming one of the most overused terms in MMA.

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by Worldisart on Aug 16, 2010 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Turn your hips when you punch, Cain!

Do this, and you will probably be able to KO Lesnar.

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by some schmuck in texas on Aug 16, 2010 2:51 PM EDT reply actions  

I will miss this one

I’ll be on a flight returning from Japan. Be jealous you rat bastards.

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by Damon O. on Aug 16, 2010 2:51 PM EDT reply actions  

You’ll miss a great live card but enjoy the Land of the Rising Sun.
Envy.

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by VeeisAnimated on Aug 16, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

WAR:

BROCKLESNARRRRR
Shields
BOPE
Hamill
TODDDUFFEEEEEEE

by Polyhedron on Aug 16, 2010 2:54 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

toddduffee

lost his all-caps priveleges in his last fight.

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by Fake Emcee on Aug 16, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wish they'd show all the prelims after the main event...

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by Snatchl on Aug 16, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

No.

I wish they would show the prelims on Spike as part of Unleashed.

Nick Garcia is the Brian Russell of MLS but 10 times worse.

by SSreporters on Aug 16, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

That would suck

That Court, having just won the Ultimate Fighter has his first fight on the prelims. Not as much marketing towards the winners as there has been in the past.

by dreamers_12345 on Aug 16, 2010 2:59 PM EDT reply actions  

I imagine his fight will be featured on a Spike Prelims special

which is pretty much standard for a TUF winner given the stacked nature of the main card.

by Scott Haber on Aug 16, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

rec for perlman reference

"Golden horse Shoe removal master"!!!!!

by lesnarhypetrain on Aug 16, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Haha so true.

I can’t wait till the new season of Sons of Anarchy

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sept. 7th

When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton

by donkeypunch on Aug 16, 2010 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

So close

I wish they didn’t make us wait like nine months between every season

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hellboy in the UFC!

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by VeeisAnimated on Aug 16, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Needs to work on his underbite

" Real talk - A gorilla would shit kick Brock." – ElliotMatheny

by Day Man on Aug 16, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm guessing some of the preliminary card will be on Spike

Since McGee, their latest TUF winner is on it. Televise Cote vs Lawler and Stout vs Taylor if you want guaranteed excitement and a good vehicle to get PPV buys (Lesnar alone is enough, I know).

Duffee vs Madsen is a risk solely because Madsen has the ability to act a as vacuum to atmosphere and could completely kill the energy of a card. If Duffee can’t put Madsen away early, this will likely be the worst fight on the card to watch.

by KJ Gould on Aug 16, 2010 3:06 PM EDT reply actions  

If Diego loses for the third time in a row

I will be very happy. There’s just something about him that annoys me. Even if I did like him I would still go with Paulo though.

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 3:08 PM EDT reply actions  

I, too, dislike Sanchez

He just seems to take himself way too seriously

I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor/MC's be out like bank robbers/Fleeing the scene, to be a sole survivor/DJ the getaway driver/Tried to dip but he dive, I socialize on vocal vibes/On tracks stabbed up with razor sharp knives

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by Anthony Pace on Aug 16, 2010 3:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

Dan Quinn ruined him

we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea

by Barack Lesnar on Aug 16, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah

I think its the way he stares people down. I was laughing so much when he came at BJ looking like he was going to kill him and then he got rocked right after.

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah but in deigo's defense

B.J. was listening to alot of les brown tapes going into that fight which is like Tony Robbins kryptonite

Single handedly starting a charity for Lactic Acidosis research. "Shane Carwin's Hospital for kids who cant breathe good while excercising." Please Give liberally!!

by lesnarhypetrain on Aug 16, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Rec’d for mentioning Les Brown. Who remembers him?

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by VeeisAnimated on Aug 16, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

LOL wow someone actually knows les brown im amazed

Single handedly starting a charity for Lactic Acidosis research. "Shane Carwin's Hospital for kids who cant breathe good while excercising." Please Give liberally!!

by lesnarhypetrain on Aug 16, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

I saw him live (FOR FREE) and purchased a book.

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by VeeisAnimated on Aug 16, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don’t see Diego Sanchez going very far in the welterweight division, but I think his fight with Paulo will be pretty good.

I hope Paulo wins though, because oh gosh he’s so cool

by Pyrgz Krum on Aug 16, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Paulo is fucking bad ass

not only is he a professional fighter but he hunts down drug dealers and shit

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't see this favoring Sanchez.

Something has been different about him since the BJ pummeling.

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by ChicagoMarine on Aug 16, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's the aftereffect of fighting BJ

Some people just can’t recover from getting their ass kicked by BJ. I think that Sherk, Stevenson, Diego and especially Pulver were never the same after they fought BJ.

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Good point!

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by ChicagoMarine on Aug 16, 2010 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Paulo only loses to great grapplers....

And Diego is not a great grappler. He’s only decent in that area. I’m always rooting for Paulo and expect a submission win. I don’t think he’ll knock out Diego barring some fluke. Hell a knockdown to submission like BOPE put on Swick would be awesome too.

by Cocytus on Aug 16, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Don't sell him short

Before he dropped to 155 he was a top ten WW.

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by Worldisart on Aug 16, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

I am somewhat of a lesnar fan however

I dont see how anyone with any level of intellect could truly call that sub(on a Shane Carwin in the full throws of lactic acidosis) a Slick submission. Its kinda like Mirko getting the sub of the night when he threw a half crappy polar bear/RNC, on Barry aboslute Crap.Was i suprised at the sub from Lesnar hell yes but was it slick no you wanna see a slick submission check out Big nog vs Sylvia

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by lesnarhypetrain on Aug 16, 2010 3:09 PM EDT reply actions  

I don’t think any one is going to accuse Lesnar of being an bjj expert.
I think the biggest thing about the submission was that it was totally unexpected like Sonnen’s dominating performance against Okami, Marquardt and the MW champion in consecutive fights.

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by VeeisAnimated on Aug 16, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Im just saying i dont like it when people’s subs get blown up as some amazing thing just because they were unexpected. and guys who pull insane subs outta theyre rectum get kinda over looked cause “well thats what he was supposed to do.”

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by lesnarhypetrain on Aug 16, 2010 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, true, true.

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by VeeisAnimated on Aug 16, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Brendan Schaub vs Gonzaga

Gonzaga, please stop being used to propel the careers of heavyweight prospects.
Gonzaga, PLEASE take the fight to the floor as soon as possible.

There’s no reason for you to prove that you can stand with (Carwin, Dos Santos, or anybody else)

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by VeeisAnimated on Aug 16, 2010 3:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Well you should give him some credit though

he did rock Carwin pretty good at one point of the fight and got Dos Santos down for a second(which we haven’t really ever seen). I think that knocking Crocop out was a bad thing for him, he’s been trying to fight like a kick boxer since then.

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah and I give Tito Ortiz credit for his near submission of Lyoto Machida but in the end a W is a W, no matter how ugly the win is.

See GSP’s frustration over attempting to submit Plastic Man Hardy.
See Evans survive against Thiago Silva.
See Anderson Silva’s ribs after facing Chael Sonnen.

History tends to favor the victor.

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by VeeisAnimated on Aug 16, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Gonzaga has great submissions and a good top game generally, but he needs to get away from Team Link and go train non-stop takedowns with some badass wrestlers. We all know JDS is a hard man to take to the floor, but he shrugged Gonzaga off. He can’t use is best skills half the time because he can’t get the fight there.

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by AJB on Aug 17, 2010 3:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

Joe Warren and Bellator are planning to file suit for unlawful use of “the baddest man on the planet”

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by Jedi Master A-Rod on Aug 16, 2010 3:10 PM EDT reply actions  

The line on Kampmann is compelling

Maybe a Kampmann/Thiago/Hamill parlay

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by donkeypunch on Aug 16, 2010 3:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Juicy line for the Hitman

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by Anthony Pace on Aug 16, 2010 3:11 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

STACKED!!!

I wish I could afford to see it live…this card looks AWESOME!!!

I really wish they would replay all the prelims after the main card…I don’t care if its a 15 minute, grind it out, LnP decision. I really want to watch every one of these fights.

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by Snatchl on Aug 16, 2010 3:12 PM EDT reply actions  

another mega card

Brock+Shields+Tito+Diego

I predict this one could break the PPV buyrate record if it holds.

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by thetakeover on Aug 16, 2010 3:13 PM EDT reply actions  

  • Diego better come with his non-stop takedowns.
  • Tito?!? Please note, Hamill hits hard when he connects and has some strong wrestling. I’m looking at Tito’s Back.
  • Chael Sonnen believes Cain Velasquez is the best heavyweight in the UFC. I believe in Sonnen because the media believes in Sonnen.

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by VeeisAnimated on Aug 16, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

Diego is certainly at a disadvantage…

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by ChicagoMarine on Aug 16, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Diego is certainly at a disadvantage…

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by ChicagoMarine on Aug 16, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

another mega card

Brock+Shields+Tito+Diego

That’s all they’ll need right there.

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by Fake Emcee on Aug 16, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

Minor point but, I was under the impression that the Korean MW’s name was actually Dong Yi Yang and Sherdog merely misspelled it.

by Chromium on Aug 16, 2010 3:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Will definitely be buying the dvd of this one.
The prelims look much too good to miss.
Surely this is gonna be a great card top to bottom.

by Matt Mosley on Aug 16, 2010 3:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Will definitely be buying the dvd of this one.
The prelims look much too good to miss.
Surely this is gonna be a great card top to bottom.

by Matt Mosley on Aug 16, 2010 3:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Does anyone know when this Card goes on sale?

by reciprocal on Aug 16, 2010 3:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Calling the boy in Vegas RIGHT now

Droppin considerable funds on Lesnar.

/sarcasm
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by S.C. Michaelson on Aug 16, 2010 3:34 PM EDT reply actions  

Betting on Kampmann

is really tempting right now.

by av1o3 on Aug 16, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

You’re gonna kick yourself when Cain thrashes your boy. I’d wait to bet on him in any case, I’m sure the line’s going to favor Lesnar closer to fight time.

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by crazybones on Aug 16, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Nah. This isn't Carwin

Where the masses can be fooled by size and hype.

Lesnar’s gonna get as low as -250.

And Martin looks good too.

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by S.C. Michaelson on Aug 16, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wait, I got that totally ass-backwards.

...like young thieves in a glowing orchard, loosely jacketed against the cold and ten thousand worlds for the choosing.
- C. McCarthy

by crazybones on Aug 16, 2010 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

One of these, one can only presume

"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey

by Drunken cutman on Aug 16, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Chris Camozzi

….or Chael Sonnen?

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by crazybones on Aug 16, 2010 3:40 PM EDT reply actions  

can't f'n wait.

"How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?"

by DamnSevern on Aug 16, 2010 3:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Looks like an actual staredown, besides Couture vs Lesnar in the backround lol. Nice

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by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 16, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

In the photoshop...

Is that Couture’s left arm?

by Myke25 on Aug 16, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

"You stick a microphone in a guy's face and he calls out anybody but the champion, and Joe Silva should fax him a pink slip right then." -- Chael Sonnen.

by IKilled007 on Aug 16, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

lol

"How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?"

by DamnSevern on Aug 16, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Brock's not that soft

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by S.C. Michaelson on Aug 16, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

well played

"How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?"

by DamnSevern on Aug 16, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

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by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 16, 2010 3:48 PM EDT reply actions  

I still have no idea why they put Ortiz on a Lesnar card. Lesnar cards should be used exclusively for rising talent.

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by crazybones on Aug 16, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

They didn't.

They put a Mexican and a Spaniard who people think is Mexican (Diego) on a Cain Velasquez card in Southern California. It’s genius. Get the idea now?

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by pdl on Aug 16, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

this^

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by ChicagoMarine on Aug 16, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

hahaha

You have a dangerous intellect.

"You stick a microphone in a guy's face and he calls out anybody but the champion, and Joe Silva should fax him a pink slip right then." -- Chael Sonnen.

by IKilled007 on Aug 16, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

What do you want to bet that, if there weren't a contract dispute and all that jazz that went down,

Roger Huerta would be getting matched up with Sam Stout or Matt Wiman on this card? Winnable fights that would be fireworks and feature the prettyboy Mexican. They would have done it even before the street justice event, but now it would be guaranteed.

This card would look like 117 but Hispanics instead of Brazilians. And there’s a reason they won’t hold this card in Arizona (zing).

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by pdl on Aug 16, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

no doubt

"You stick a microphone in a guy's face and he calls out anybody but the champion, and Joe Silva should fax him a pink slip right then." -- Chael Sonnen.

by IKilled007 on Aug 16, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh marketing, how fun you are

Ortiz can mean mug like noones business.

Even when I'm laying on my back I'm never backing down

by Austin Martin on Aug 16, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

BWAHAHAHA!?

That’s hilarious…

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by ChicagoMarine on Aug 16, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

This is fantastic

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by Earl Montclair on Aug 16, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

jesus christ

I am crying from laughing so hard.

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by IKilled007 on Aug 16, 2010 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I broke into full LOL mode. That’s awesome.

by seanerk88 on Aug 17, 2010 12:57 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

Gah

Goddamnit, that’s the second comment on BE that has caused me to choke on my cereal in the last ten minutes.

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by AJB on Aug 17, 2010 3:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

Cain is standing on a phonebook…

by verloc on Aug 16, 2010 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I am very excited to see who keeps JDS's belt warm for him

In all seriousness though, fantastic card.

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by Monte Fisto on Aug 16, 2010 5:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Neither Cain or Brock will lose to a boxer. JDS has great boxing but he will get tooled on the ground by either Brock or Cain. Especially Brock, those takedowns will not be stopped.

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by Earl Montclair on Aug 16, 2010 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

My feeling is that JDS has a real good shot against Cain

And not so much against Brock. Nobody has had much luck putting JDS on his back or any luck keeping him there. I realize he hasn’t been in against wrestlers of their caliber, but JDS is every bit as big and strong as Cain, and will make him pay for every takedown and takedown attempt. And JDS’s BJJ from his back is still an x-factor, in that he hasn’t had to use it, but it’s not necessarily a picnic once Cain gets him down.

Brock though, I think might just be too much of a load for JDS to handle.

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by Monte Fisto on Aug 16, 2010 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

best main card on paper this year. just edges out 117. Can’t wait for shields debut and brock – velasquez cos i have no idea how its guna go down.

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by MMA-UK on Aug 16, 2010 5:26 PM EDT reply actions  

No he's not. Not yet at least.

Jens is losing to everybody these days. Tito has only lost fights to champions or future champions, at or just before their prime. Losing to Lyoto, Forrest, prime Chuck, and prime Randy while taking Rashad Evans to a hard fought draw is not an issue like Jens getting finished left and right. Chuck is the only guy to finish Tito in the last decade.

Tito may still have more in the tank, just not for top 10 guys. Hammill is a great test to see where he’s really at these days. If it weren’t for the business in the way, I’d put Tito vs. Babalu on.

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by pdl on Aug 16, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

Tito also doesn’t have a reliable way to finish anymore. He’s no longer bigger than his opponents, so pounding on them from guard isn’t going to wear them down for a stoppage the way that it once did. He’s also not head-and-shoulders above his competition in wrestling these days; everyone has some wrestling skills now. He’s not dangerously faded the way that Pulver is; he’s just unevolved.

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by AJB on Aug 17, 2010 3:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

great card

can brock take and hold cain down? i hope so..but cain has a legit shot….does any1 else think brock is losing some muscle? he looks floppy in that pic

by prodigymma on Aug 16, 2010 5:46 PM EDT reply actions  

He looks to have lost a little

This shot is just a promo, and the image is most likely taken near the beginning of a camp, when he would have less bulk.

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by Drunken cutman on Aug 16, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

THIS!

Por isso eu tomo ópio / é um remédio / sou um convalescente do momento / moro no rés-do-chão do pensamento / e ver passar a vida faz-me tédio

by Gremio on Aug 16, 2010 6:20 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

So, does anyone else think this will be the beginning Tito's rapid decent?

So far his injuries and various shenanigans have had him avoid the fates of Liddel and other lesser known’s like Pulver etc. But I really don’t see a way other than fluke that he wins a fight with Hamil. So what does back to back losses to Griffin and Hamil do for Tito?

by SimplePsych on Aug 16, 2010 6:37 PM EDT reply actions  

great card, I got Lesnar, Diego, Napao, Hamill and Kampman.

"they mad at me, I keep going hard reppin/
cause what's your Rampage to Rashad Evans/"
-Joe Budden (Something To Ride To)
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by Nightwhistler on Aug 16, 2010 6:38 PM EDT reply actions  

I have to go with Velasquez, Kampmann, Hamill, Thiago, and Gonzaga to win on the main card. I REALLY hope that Duffee doesn’t lose his fight on the prelims.

by chrisbboy82 on Aug 16, 2010 8:09 PM EDT reply actions  

They ALWAYS are.

I think of them like movie posters now. Marketing hacks crank them out by noon using standardized formula, then go snort coke in the bathroom of a Starbucks for the rest of the work day. Creativity would be too much to ask for an organization outside Japan.

"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."

by AJB on Aug 17, 2010 3:36 AM EDT up reply actions  

the Lesnar/Cain part is okay,

but the shields kampmann and ortiz/hamill part looks like absolute crap.

even the text looks like crap cause it’s all just aligned to the center of each profile pic and not proportional to the poster.

by Anton Tabuena on Aug 17, 2010 5:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

I mean look at that… they’re just profile pics pulled off the ufc website and pasted on a blue background… eww.

by Anton Tabuena on Aug 17, 2010 5:36 AM EDT up reply actions  

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