UFC 128 Fight Card Finalized
by Nick Thomas on Mar 9, 2011 6:30 PM EST
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its return trip to the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on March 19 featuring must-see matchups in every division.Mar 19th, live on Pay-per-view from Newark, N.J.:
The star-studded lineup includes a blockbuster headliner of Mauricio "Shogun" Rua defending his UFC light heavyweight championship against Jon "Bones" Jones and a co-main event featuring Urijah "The California Kid" Faber taking on Eddie Wineland in a battle at bantamweight.
Main card:
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-4) +175 vs. Jon Jones (12-1) -215 [LHW title]
Urijah Faber (24-4) -475 vs. Eddie Wineland (18-6-1) +325
Jim Miller (19-2) -215 vs. Kamal Shalorus (7-0-2) +175
Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-3) +285 vs. Nate Marquardt (30-10-2) -365
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (27-8-2) +210 vs. Brendan Schaub (7-1) -280
On Spike at 9 p.m. ET:
Luiz Cane (10-3) vs. Eliot Marshall (8-2)
Edson Barboza (7-0) vs. Anthony Njokuani (13-4)
On Facebook at 8 p.m. ET:
Ricardo Almeida (13-4) vs. Mike Pyle (20-7-1)
Kurt Pellegrino (16-5) vs. Gleison Tibau (21-7)
Preliminary card:
Joseph Benavidez (13-2) vs. Ian Loveland (14-7)
Raphael Assuncao (16-3) vs. Erik Koch (11-1)
Dan Miller (14-4) vs. Nick Catone (8-2)
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I wish I would have jumped on Rua at +400
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"If it's undisputed, what's all the fighting about?"
by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 7:20 PM EST up reply actions
man I am a lil bummed hopefully we get to see Joe Benavidez on the broadcast sometime
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by MaZZacare on Mar 9, 2011 6:46 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
It's a giant middle finger to the lighter weight classes that Benavidez is unaired.
Same with Assuncao/Koch. Both fights are far more relevant to their divisions than the rest of the aired prelims (Batman/Tibau? seriously?) and are likely to be exciting affairs as well but the UFC could give a shit because outside of Faber they aren’t marketable in the here and now so they put no effort into them. Pisses me off. Might as well have left the lighter weights in the WEC.
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by lowellthehammer on Mar 9, 2011 6:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
See, that's what makes no sense to me
I’m sure that’s their thought process, but how is Benavidez or Koch not marketable. Both are balls to the wall fighters.
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by Neil Manich on Mar 9, 2011 7:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If it's anything other than a boring decision...
I’m sure they’ll get it on the PPV broadcast.
by John Danaher's Hair on Mar 9, 2011 7:17 PM EST up reply actions
No clue.
Nobody knows who they are right now so they don’t draw eyes, but the solution to that isn’t to put them on the unaired part of the card and hope that when they fight for the belt fans will magically care about them. Spike probably has a part in deciding their fights so I’m less irritated about those but there is no goddamn reason Almeida/Pyle and Batman/Tibau (two fights that aren’t just irrelevant but have a good chance of being ugly as well) should be on Facebook while Benavidez and Koch toil in obscurity. Fuck that.
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by lowellthehammer on Mar 9, 2011 7:17 PM EST up reply actions
Tell 'em Black Dynamite!
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Benavidez
Has lost title fights twice. He may or may not ever be relevant again. Unless the title changes hands they have no reason to push him.
But given the number of fights likely to be finished on this card assuming it’s not 3 rounds, I think we’ll get to see Benavidez.
Benavidez only lost one title fight.
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yes it's really dissapointing
I’m missing WEC so bad, I mean Almeida can’t be more boring and he’s on facebook and Joe Benavidez, probably te strongest and nicest little guy in his division buried in the undercard, what a shame
Soo happy i’m not working Saturday. This is a fantastic card. Really excited for Sato/Petrosyan at Okatagon too
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Don’t overlook the dank free kickboxing card this weekend
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by Derek Suboticki on Mar 9, 2011 6:51 PM EST up reply actions
I haven't overlooked...
your overuse of the word dank recently. And by overuse, I mean I’ve seen it twice.
by John Danaher's Hair on Mar 9, 2011 7:21 PM EST up reply actions
You know this card is STACKED if a Benavidas fight isn’t being broadcasted.
by bloody_cage_junkie on Mar 9, 2011 6:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Ricardo Almeida vs Pyle over Benavidez is some panthenon level bullshit
Hell, Luiz Cane/Elliot Marshall or Barbosa/Njokuani is also bullshit. But maybe I’m wrong. Why would I want to see the number 2 ranked BW over a few journeymen/faile? prospects.
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god forbid i wanna see a top prospect at 145 in koch too
i really miss the WEC, i figured it’s fighters would be buried on the prelims but i never saw them not showing the #2 bw in the world and the future flyweight champ
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by milk72 on Mar 9, 2011 7:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Barboza v Njokuani >>>>>>>>>>>> Benavidez. But I would totally take Benavidez over the other two fights you mentioned.
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That’s for UFC 129, I think. The Toronto card.
"If it's undisputed, what's all the fighting about?"
by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
Not a lot of live dog picks on the card. Shalarous? Maybe?
"If it's undisputed, what's all the fighting about?"
by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 7:22 PM EST reply actions
Maybe Pyle.
"If it's undisputed, what's all the fighting about?"
by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 7:23 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be weary of Shalarous, but you never know
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Yeah, I mean, I’m definitely hesitant to pick him. But at the same time, he’s not really fought the best of the best at lightweight. His second best opponent in the UFC is probably Bocek, who I thought won that fight. The best opponent he faced was Maynard, who wrestlefucked a decision out of him (I assume, going by the result; I can’t remember the fight); and wrestling just happens to be Shalorus’ greatest advantage.
I think it’s dependent on if Shalorus decides to play it smart or not.
"If it's undisputed, what's all the fighting about?"
by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
It’s probably obvious, but for clarity’s sake, the “he” in that first paragraph is Miller.
"If it's undisputed, what's all the fighting about?"
by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
Maynard boxed with Miller IIRC.
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by lowellthehammer on Mar 9, 2011 7:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes he did.
Shalorus unfortunately is like a poor man’s Sean Sherk but with worse boxing.
"If I had a dollar for every brain you don't have, I'd have one dollar." - Squidward Tentacles
And better wrasslin.
And more dick kicks.
Sooo…not Sean Sherk at all.
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by lowellthehammer on Mar 9, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
So he's like Sean Sherk in that his boxing is worthless
But like Cheick Kongo in that he throws dick kicks.
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And like King Mo in that he has international wrestling experience.
And Kongo throws knees to the junk, not kicks.
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by lowellthehammer on Mar 9, 2011 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
Well he throws dick strikes
Which is common ground.
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Shalarous vs. Cerrone needs to happen.
Over/Under on strikes to the junk is set at 3.5
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by pdl on Mar 9, 2011 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
That's under 2 each!
I’m def taking the over on that one!
Esp since Shalarous is on the short side so I think Cerrone blasts that package at LEAST 4 times
by hardlyworking on Mar 10, 2011 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
He has great top control and good power. I could definitely see him winning. Not probable, but possible.
"If it's undisputed, what's all the fighting about?"
by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
He doesn’t have better top control than Maynard, though, and Maynard wanted nothing to do with Miller on the mat. He took him down once, in the third after spending 12 minutes battering Miller and it almost cost him his knee within second of the takedown.
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How dare you do that to Sherk!
Shalorus is a poor man’s Waylon Lowe.
by John Danaher's Hair on Mar 9, 2011 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
How dare you do that to Waylon Lowe!
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Ahhh. Thanks. It was a specious argument to begin with.
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by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 7:59 PM EST up reply actions
There is no way Shalorus beats Jim Miller
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You mean other than Rua?
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by Dave Strummer on Mar 9, 2011 7:30 PM EST up reply actions
lawl
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by lowellthehammer on Mar 9, 2011 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
Haha, yes, he’s the anchor in my parlay. I completely forgot he was the underdog.
"If it's undisputed, what's all the fighting about?"
by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
I think this card has a little more mystery than 126 (which I loved)
I’m too lazy to look it up, but that was all chalk on the main card, right?
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by Dave Strummer on Mar 9, 2011 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
In hindsight, yes. I think I got all the main card fights right (I might have picked Franklin over Griffin), but at the time there were a lot of people picking Belfort and Bader.
"If it's undisputed, what's all the fighting about?"
by Ephemeral Artery on Mar 9, 2011 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
SInce the facbook streaming started I've always wondered
Why not just stick the entire undercard minus the Spike portion on there the cameras are already rolling for the DVD and I’m sure they could find sponsorship for it?
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by MattParker117 on Mar 9, 2011 7:24 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
Four and a half faps up for this card.
Five if the Facebook and Spike fights were reversed.
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Why should every single WEC fighter be entitled to air time? I'm sick of this argument.
Mike Pyle just demolished John Hathaway on a main card of a numbered event and is ranked as a top 20 WW. He deserves to be on some media platform. Kurt Pellegrino was about two seconds away from KOing G-Sot after getting dominated. He’s also a very entertaining and longstanding LW. He deserves the broadcast time.
This whole notion that Ian Loveland (1 dark UFC fight), Raphael Assuncao (last 2 WEC fights on the dark prelims), and Eric Koch (1 career WEC main card showing), being on the dark part of the card is a travesty is overstated. Now I think that given Benavidez’s recent title shot he should get on TV but we’re looking at only one of the 4 WEC guys mentioned who has ever been regularly shown on WEC broadcasts.
And besides, look at the schedule:
UFC 128 Co-Main – Faber vs. Wineland
UFC Fight Night 24 – Phan vs. Garcia II
UFC 129 Co-Main – Aldo vs. Hominick
TUF 13 Finale – Anthony Pettis in main event, Grispi vs. Roop
UFC 130 – Torres vs. Pickett (I think this might air on Spike, it’s scheduled for prelims)
UFC 131 – Florian vs. Nunes
Not to mention we just saw (through PPV or Spike or Ion or Facebook) – Grispi vs. Poirier, Torres vs. Banuelos, Cerrone vs. Kelly, Mendes vs. Omigawa, Kid vs. Mighty Mouse, Hominick vs. Roop, Bowles vs. Page, Stevenson vs. Castillo, Tavares vs. Roller (on delay).
So enough of the bitching. By my count that’s 20 WEC guys from January 1st to UFC 131 who have either been shown on whatever broadcast or will be shown on TV/Online.
The notion that mildly recognizable UFC gatekeepers were going to take a backseat to 135 lbs guys only hardcores have heard of is laughable.
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by SSreporters on Mar 9, 2011 8:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Mildly recognizable UFC gatekeepers don't take precedence over the number 2 fighter in any other weight class.
Why the fuck should that be the case for 135/145?
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by lowellthehammer on Mar 9, 2011 8:04 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Because nobody’s ever heard of them.
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by Derek Suboticki on Mar 10, 2011 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
You don’t have a popular opinion, but I do agree with it. I also think that it is just that those two fights just so happen to be on one of the most top-to-bottom stacked cards of the year. The thing with Benavidez is that while exciting and highly ranked in his division, he has lost twice to Cruz and his training partner Urijah Faber is now in his weight division. I also don’t think that it’s simply that they’re Bantamweights and Featherweights and that’s why they are stuck in the unaired prelims, and I feel that it is one part that it’s such a stacked card, and the other being just lack of name recognition. Also, Benavidez simply has a lot going against him as far as Title prospects. For a prospect like Koch, it’s very common for prospects to be on the undercard, and his opponent Assuncao is just in the mid-tier of the division right now. In the instances of these two fights, I understand the reasoning behind putting them on the undercard, and it is not just because they are Featherweights and Bantamweights.
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Well said. Assuncao is mid-tier and his last win was against a guy currently in Titan FC. I've been holding this one in
But after seemingly the 5th straight card of “Why the hell is this fight being aired and not [WEC guy]”? I had enough.
It’s like everyone pretends the WEC didn’t do the same thing and even worse. Mike Brown got a title shot even though his fight was on the preliminary card.
Benavidez aside I think the UFC has aired/will have aired every prospect or long-time contender the WEC has had and the latest fight announcement is 131 in JUNE. Grispi, Hominick, Mendes, etc. have gotten air time. Leonard Garcia is stlil on the main card. Mike Brown is buried in the prelims where frankly he belongs at this stage in his career. Their poster-boy is co-main event next week.
What more do you want to bitch about?
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Here's a better question
Why stack a card like this so highly that the second best BW can’t get air time, and neither can a very exciting prospect like Koch when the last main card featured Kyle Noke vs Chris Camozzi?
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Kyle Noke is Australian
Plus the fight was in Sydney
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by MattParker117 on Mar 9, 2011 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
With Koch, it is simply not surprising to stick a prospect in the prelims. I can name prospects like Daniel Roberts, Claude Patrick, Karlos Vemola, Jon Madsen, and just many other prospects that were in the prelims. We here on Bloodyelbow might know who Koch is, but the fact is that many others don’t. Also, while I like Koch, his strength of competition doesn’t exactly warrant a higher spot on the card.
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by chrisbboy82 on Mar 10, 2011 12:50 AM EST up reply actions
It's pretty bullshit Miguel Torres gets his two fights in good spots on television..
while the man who completely whooped his ass is being flushed away on the unaired portion of the card.
But, I expect Benavidez’ fight to be aired anyway, since he finishes all his fights quickly and in exciting fashion. Damn shame we don’t get to see it live.
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Joseph Benavidez has a grand total of three finishes out of seven WEC fights
Two of them in the 2nd round and the other was his beheading of Rani Yahya.
He hasn’t finished any fights quickly lately but I do agree he’s exciting.
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We the fans should be treated to being able to watch the exciting fighters.
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by TooLegitToQuit on Mar 9, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
You are.
Anthony Njokuani (WEC!!!!) is on Spike TV.
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Brought back after Vemola pulled out to injury
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Yeah
he was released for being boring. Unfortunately, he hasnt done much since then to change that perception. To his defense, they fed him wrestlers, who were not really willing to engage. This is a big change for him and a chance to put in an exciting fight, win or lose. Hopefully he will regain some of his pre-TUF form and mix it up.
This card is deceptively stacked, especially the prelims.
Akiyama vs. Marquardt is going to be an embarrassment for Akiyama
Miller is going to school Shalorus who will just headhunt with sloppy punches
Schaub will make Cro Cop retire
but the rest of the card under that is solid as hell.
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