UFC 122: Belfort vs. Okami Poster - Winner Gets Title Shot
by Nick Thomas on Sep 20, 2010 1:33 PM EDT
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"Both Vitor Belfort and Yushin Okami are one win away from a shot at the UFC Middleweight Title and are coming to Germany with a great deal to win and lose. This is a sporting event with tremendous international significance, and we are delighted to have been able to bring this event to Oberhausen."
Check out the rumored card after the jump.
Krzysztof Soszynski (21-10-1) vs. Goran Reljic (8-2)
Jorge Rivera (19-7) vs. Alessio Sakara (15-7)
Amir Sadollah (3-2) vs. Peter Sobotta (8-3)
Jason Brilz (18-3-1) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (24-5)
Kyle Noke (17-4-1) vs. Rob Kimmons (23-5)
Seth Petruzelli (12-5) vs. Karlos Vemola (7-1) [at 205]
Dennis Siver (16-7) vs. Andre Winner (11-4-1)
Duane Ludwig (19-11) vs. Nick Osipczak (5-2)
Kris McCray (5-1) vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha (8-0)
Pascal Krauss (9-0) vs. Kenny Robertson (10-0)
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Something's wrong with that poster
oh, it’s attractive and well designed! Weird.
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by some schmuck in texas on Sep 20, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
beat me to it. rec.
a life: it's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come -Lester Freamon
by eastcoastatlas on Sep 20, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Hrm, I was going to say the opposite
Compositionally, I think its generally a good design, but way undercooked. The color palette and textures are also less than desirable.
I guess I grade UFC posters on a curve
if they’re showing the whole face of the athletes, if they aren’t photoshopping nonsense onto their photos, if they aren’t making everything much too busy and crowded, I figure they’re ahead of the game.
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by some schmuck in texas on Sep 20, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah! There’s some things I don’t like about it but it is STILL good.
GO OKAMI!!! It’s good to see him get more exposure after all the hard work he’s put in.
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VEe is ANIMated!
by VeeisAnimated on Sep 20, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, the photo choice is better, but the art direction and typography still suck just as bad. There’s still NO concept, no style, and it still looks like it took them an hour to do.
these are my favorites
"How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?"
by DamnSevern on Sep 20, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
the flasw with a lot of them is that they are missing the fighters who are headling
but they are all really beautifully designed.
I guess I could do some google, but does anyone know if these old Pride posters are available to buy nowadays? Other than expensive on ebay and such I mean. Would be cool to get a hold of a couple of the best ones, there’s no way I’m plastering my walls with shitty looking UFC posters..
by Horselover Fat on Sep 20, 2010 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
fair enough
like i said – grading on a curve.
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by some schmuck in texas on Sep 20, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, sorry
i get really fired up about this stuff. if a bad commercial runs, i will literally yell at my TV.
i mean, the angles of the two fighters and the cropping adds a lot of energy and movement, that’s a plus for the UFC poster. its just that any designer will look at that and realize it’s ten minutes worth of playing with filters and drop shadows, followed by five minutes looking for a “cool” font.
fwiw
my girlfriend is a tennis nut, and thinks Federer/Nadal in a cage fight would be super awesome.
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by some schmuck in texas on Sep 20, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Kind of old school.
UFC 122, November 13 …1982, Germany.
"...I don't want to save the World, I don't even want to save me. We're so boring that we don't event want to save ourselves...There's nothing left to say, we're so fucking boring. Let it die I say. Let there be a new beginning...It's awful. Goodnight"
huh?
a life: it's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come -Lester Freamon
by eastcoastatlas on Sep 20, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Rivera v Sakara is going to be an old fashioned slugfest
You gotta pay the troll toll, to get into this boy's soul.
It will literally look like a festival for slugs
When both are gassed and wriggling slowly on the ground over each other.
Nah just playin’ it’ll be a good scrap.
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Sep 20, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah free on spike
i think its gonna be a great card fight wise. Name wise it’s crap but there should be some absolute wars
what, you aren't hyped for Brilz/Matyushenko?
It’s like a built in chance to pick up around the house, maybe walk the dog…
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by some schmuck in texas on Sep 20, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
How many bad cards produced some memorable matches?
Or better yet, how many bad cards end up being really good?
It’s free on Spike, that makes it good in my book.
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by VeeisAnimated on Sep 20, 2010 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
belts dont make cards
c’mon, marq vs paul harris was a GREAT card (minus the anticlimactic ending). You can’t judge by the top-ten rankings.
Belts has nothing to do with it.. there are basically no big names on this card, just a whole lot of low and mid level fighters in unimportant match-ups. What’s going to be the co-main event on this card, seriously? On paper it’s a very poor card, but don’t get me wrong, I’ll still watch it of course and hopefully enjoy it too. Looking forward to the main-event, other than that Winner – Siver has the potential to be really fun, Sakara – Rivera should also turn out good. Petruzelli – Vemola could also be entertaing. But it’s not exactly card of the year.
by Horselover Fat on Sep 20, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't watch cards "on paper"
The styles match well, or they don’t. Also, I don’t know a lot of the no-name guys starting out in the UFC, but this is the only way I ever learn, by watching them fight. I remember watching Jon Jones for the first time, and thinking “if they are giving him Bonnar, they must think highly of him or are even feeding Bonnar to him to build his brand” so I waitied to see that fight and was blown away.
Overall, this looks like a lot of crazy striking battles, and I think Belfort/Okami is REALLY exciting.
Can’t disagree with any of that, was just explaining why this card has little appeal to most fans. I also really enjoyed the latest UFN event by the way.
by Horselover Fat on Sep 20, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
Unfortunatley I’m going to have to take Okami… I don’t want to… my heart says Vitor but the smart decision would be Okami
great fight in the main event but this card needs a decent co-main event….i’m hoping they still add one otherwise this is the main card i’d like to see:
befort/okami – great fight for title shot
rivera/sakara – great style match up of 185ers on winning streaks
winner/siver – siver is german and should make for a great stand up fight w winner
after those 3 its a toss up whats main card material… the sadollah fight possibly…and the mcray fight sicne both either won or were finalists on tuf..
ludwig vs oszipshak i like, should be fun…..and pascal karuas looks to be a very pormising new porspect
Does anyone know if this will be the actual bout order?
How can Krzysztof Soszynski (21-10-1) vs. Goran Reljic (8-2) actually be the co-main event. This fight should be on the prelims.
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
More than likely it will be Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara as the co-main event.
Here is how I have it looking:
Main Event:
Yushin Okami vs. Vitor Belfort
Co-Main Event:
Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
Main Card:
Jason Brilz vs. The Janitor
Andre Winner vs. Denis Siver
Amir Sadollah vs. Peter Sobotta
One of the weakest cards I have ever seen the UFC put together.
uuuh yeah I write for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Thanks?
Even for a free card, Rivera/Sakara would be the weakest co-main of all time.
Mo Johnston finally fired. Let the house cleaning and road to success begin.
by SSreporters on Sep 20, 2010 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
amen
uuuh yeah I write for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Thanks?
Pretty sure Okami vs Belfort was always for the next contender spot, regardless of the Sonnen situation.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
This is true, but now they won’t have to wait as long for it. Hopefully whoever wins won’t catch a lot of damage and be ready to go early next year when Silva should be fully healed.
by Horselover Fat on Sep 20, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Great poster
Crap card. Rivera/Sakara and Belfort/Okami are it. I also don’t want to pretend that Winner/Siver will end in a KO. It could but Winner has 2 KOs and 6 decisions.
Mo Johnston finally fired. Let the house cleaning and road to success begin.
Can we all acknowledge that a year or two ago, the UFC was doing WAY LESS events
and we need to understand that, when we get more product, more often, for free, that a dilution of talent per card is inevitable?
And that a few of the comments about it sometimes sound whiny?
by judonerd on Sep 20, 2010 4:15 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
yeah I don't get it
They are not asking for $. So why bitch?
It’s leaps and bounds better than any Bellator card or Fight Night so why bitch? It is FREE.
If this was named a Fight Night 0 people would complain but for some reason they hold numbered events to a greater regard even when its free.
Two top 5 middleweights fighting on free TV? No complaints from me.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
This card blows
I hope they aren’t charging for this one. This has Spike written all over it. That means it’ll probably have the most exciting fights but still the matchups are all pretty much meh except the main event.
It has Spike written all over it because it’s going to be on Spike.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
i clearly have no taste
because I love the poster (looks like a kung fu movie or kumate poster) and love the card too; seems like we’ve become too spoiled by the quality of UFC cards, this blows any Bellator card out of the water and I get excited about those fights so I guess I don’t get it….
we mutha fuckin thug life riders westsiiiide till we die
by cosmic fist technique on Sep 20, 2010 5:48 PM EDT reply actions
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