Alexander Gustafsson Vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Headlining UFC Sweden
by Josh Nason on Jan 10, 2012 5:34 PM EST
in UFC News
Email
Print
The UFC announced Tuesday that top light heavyweight prospect Alexander Gustafsson will face PRIDE veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in the main event of UFC Sweden on Saturday, April 14, the organization's first event in the Scandinavian country.
The main fight will be also be three rounds, essentially meaning the UFC's 2011 mandate of all non-title main events being five rounds is over.
Gustafsson (13-1) is riding a four fight win streak and is 5-1 since joining the UFC in November 2009 with seven straight finishes. The Stockholm, Sweden, native turns 25 this week and last defeated Vladimir Matyushenko by first round TKO at UFC 141.
After a two fight losing streak, Nogueira (20-5) defeated Tito Ortiz by first round TKO at UFC 141. The 35-year-old had seven straight victories before losing to Ryan Bader and Phil Davis respectively.
The show will be at Stockholm's Ericsson Globe Arena with tickets going on sale this Friday, priced from $65 USD to $290 USD. The card has filled up in recent weeks with the following fights confirmed by the UFC:
- Brian Stann vs. Alessio Sakara
- Brad Pickett vs. Damacio Page
- James Head vs. Papy Abedi
- Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Paulo Thiago
- DaMarques Johnson vs. John Maguire
- Jorgen Kruth vs. Cyrille Diabate
- Magnus Cedenblad vs. Francis Carmont
It's expected the card will air on Fuel TV in the U.S. as it's not a numbered event.
156 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I’d go with.
1) Hendo
2a) Shad
2b) If PD wins, winner of PD vs Mauler.
In that order.
http://mma.ly - all your favorite MMA websites, on one page.
While I'd be interested in a Gustafsson vs Davis rematch down the line
I don’t really see the point in making that fight now.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
they're training partners now though
don’t know if they would fight each other
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 5:52 PM EST up reply actions
They said they will if they have to, but that it shouldn’t be a problem very soon since they fought not too long ago.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, nice and all, but what's more important...
…ze fuck is wrong with them? Why u no 5 rounds, UFC? Was Hendo vs. Shogun such an atrocious fight that they decided: “No more of that shit! Make it 3 rds again!”?
"A belt only covers two inches of your ****and the rest you need to back up on your own." Royce Gracie (allegedly...I just read it somewhere and thought it was cool for my sig!)
Last two rounds of that fight were the two worst rounds of that fight. We’re not losing much by removing them from that fight. Besides, having 5 rounders for title fights and maybe #1 contender matches makes sense.
You're losing a lot by removing those rounds
if you remove them from that fight what you have is Hendo widely beating shogun. Those rounds while technically kind of sloppy were an amazing display of heart by both fighters. To me 3 rounds is too short, I know it would probably never happen but I’d like all fights to be 5 rnds and title fights seven.
BECW season 2 member of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team.
Draft number: 72.
by Sweet Scientist on Jan 10, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
Hendo WAS widely beating Shogun until both started badly gasping for air. Shogun then turned it around in the last two rounds mostly because he’s younger than Hendo and in slightly better shape.
The truth is that nobody trains to go 25 minutes in MMA, save for the champions and those that are next challenging for belts, and this is especially true for the MW guys and above, where cardio is obviously tougher to develop because of all the muscle mass.
If every single fight was 5 rounders, I’d be okay with that as everyone would have to get used to it and training would always be geared towards that… but you can’t be asking guys to train for 3 rounders then suddenly go to 5 rounds, then back to 3 rounds. They can’t yo-yo like that. This fight showed exactly why 5 rounders between two guys not used to go 5 rounds is bad. Last two rounds were horrible compared to the first 3 of that fight. By that measure alone, I would’ve rather not seen the last two rounds at all.
The reason for UFC going back to 3 rounds in the main event has nothing to do with a personal decision
The issue lays in the Swedish laws. The UFC would have been in swedish soil earlier if it wasn’t for the strict rules. Sweden doesn’t even allow pro boxing, so that tells u about the current situation. So in order to expand (which the UFC is doing this year) they are forced to compromise a bit. The UFC visited Sweden last year in order to talk with he swedish equivalent to the US athletic commission, and they helped with allowing elbows on the ground, a rule that wasn’t allowed last year. So yes it has to do with rules i guess, they couldn’t get 5 rounds, so they compromised.
And if you dont know, now you know..... !
Might also have to do with the fact that the event is on fuel.
I don’t know how they’ll make it work with the events that are on TV vs those on PPV. Anybody knows if Evans-Davis on fox is 3 or 5 rounds? (I’m guessing three but one can hope)
BECW season 2 member of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team.
Draft number: 72.
by Sweet Scientist on Jan 10, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
Def right, I kind of like the Alliance camp.
Same with Blackzilians, Black House and Jackson’s/Tristar completely dominated the past couple of years.
http://mma.ly - all your favorite MMA websites, on one page.
Haven't really seen much of the Blackzillians though
their top fighter has only fought like once in two years. Jackson/Tristar seems like its been on the decline in 2011 same with Black House.
True.
AJ with them now. Tyrone Spong training with them. Bigfoot. Michael Johnson + Claude Patrick also.
http://mma.ly - all your favorite MMA websites, on one page.
Is Bigfoot the only non black guy there?
lol
Is Tyrone Spong getting into MMA? Because his striking his awesome.
Michael Johnson was doing well in his last fight, until he almost got his ankle broken.
Haha, well I guess that's why they chose Black + Brazilian.
Not sure, but Spong definitely gets to train with some top-level athletes.
http://mma.ly - all your favorite MMA websites, on one page.
Bigfoot is at Blackhouse
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 10, 2012 5:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I know he was at some point.
Rashad said Bigfoot is training with Blackzilians.
Forgot to add Jorge Santiago and Melvin Guillard as well.
http://mma.ly - all your favorite MMA websites, on one page.
I've seen videos of Bigfoot training there
and according to Rashad, Bigfoot thought of the name.
Team Nogueira.. but did you see the newest Rumble training video though? Bigfoot was seen training with them at Imperial in that one. Not sure exactly when the footage was from, but it was made to seem as very recently.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 5:52 PM EST up reply actions
When he has a fight he trains with Team Nog now. I’m pretty sure that he lives in Florida so when he is in between bouts he stays in shape with them.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 10, 2012 5:59 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Must be weird training with Rashad and Lyoto...
http://mma.ly - all your favorite MMA websites, on one page.
He had said in the past that tho he works out at Imperial he never felt part of the team. I don’t think he heavily interacts with them the way the rest do or an AKA or Black House member would with their team.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 10, 2012 6:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Ah, okay. Yeah, that makes sense.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 6:02 PM EST up reply actions
As far as I know
Nobody trains at Blackhouse during their actual fight camps.
by discoandherpes on Jan 10, 2012 6:05 PM EST up reply actions
Awesome fight
I like how they brought up Gustaffson, they didn’t rush him but they didn’t feed him cans either.
Scared for Nog
Hope he can pull it off though
IAMEXCITE
But really, solid card so far, for Europe.
"Computer being attacked by virus contracted from watching illegal japanese schoold girl porn. Bare with me." - Our Bovine Public
Captain of The Bus Feeders, Bloody Elbow Civil War, Season Two
by T.C. Engel on Jan 10, 2012 5:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yeah
Pickett vs Page, Gustafsson vs Lil Nog and to some extent Stann vs Sakara are great fights featuring guys that are borderline contenders. Some solid Swedish prospects as well.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely. I’d expect another main card calibre fight too, or at least hope for one.
"Computer being attacked by virus contracted from watching illegal japanese schoold girl porn. Bare with me." - Our Bovine Public
Captain of The Bus Feeders, Bloody Elbow Civil War, Season Two
by T.C. Engel on Jan 10, 2012 5:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
don't sleep on
thiago BOPE vs Siyar Bahadurzada, going to be complete and utter awesomeness
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 5:55 PM EST up reply actions
Oh most definitely
I was referring more to name value/divisional relevance. Thiago vs Bahahrudhaudhruhauhzzaaada is a decent pick for FotN, I reckon.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 5:57 PM EST up reply actions
Sakara is all borderline
and no contender
Cecil People's Champs
Still the head conductor of the Charles Oliveira hype train.
WHOA!
Kid shows potential but you think he’s ready?
Me > Ben Henderson
@KrimsonTVN
Dia2iLL.com is up AND RUNNING!!!
Absolutely
Nogueria hasn’t looked that good in the UFC.
He destroyed Tito, but that doesn’t really mean much in 2011. He should’ve been on a three fight losing streak before the Tito fight too (He lost too Brilz imo).
He destroyed Tito
But he kind of was supposed to. Nog is the perfect gatekeeper. He is tough, has some good defense, and can hurt guys on the feet and is dangerous on the ground.
by discoandherpes on Jan 10, 2012 6:06 PM EST up reply actions
The UFC
Has used Lil’ Nog almost exclusively as a gatekeeper since his fight with Forrest Griffin fell apart a couple of years ago. Bader, Davis, and now Gustafsson… that’s a murderer’s row of prospects.
Proud member of The Voices in Paul Harris' Head, BECW Season 2.
"By doubting we come to inquiry and by inquiry we perceive the truth." -- Abelard
by Patrick Wyman on Jan 10, 2012 6:15 PM EST up reply actions
It was close
it’s been a while since i’ve seen the fight though.
it was extremely close
but it was Brilz ability to almost sub and rock Nog coupled with his top control that had people giving him the nod
It’s a good matchup that makes sense and fits stylistically. Both tend to strike even though Nogueira has great BJJ. The height of Gustaffson, and him arguably just being the better striker has me picking him for the win.
Check out the C&D Channel on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/Gobusiness123 for MMA reviews, predictions, analysis, and other MMA related content.
Why are they renegging on making main events 5 rounds?
Didn’t we see with Shogun/Hendo how much the championship rounds benefit a main event fight?
I'm guessing
It has to do with the fact that it’s airing on FUEL.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
Don't they have some strange rule/law
that limits the fights to 15 minutes??
by BrandtShaft! on Jan 10, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
5 rounds isn't legal in Sweden
See below.
Bloody Elbow Grappling Editor.
Follow me on Twitter @KJGould
Like me on Facebook
What's the reasoning then for Miller/Guillard being 3 rounds?
Time limits on FX?
by MS_Dos_Santos on Jan 10, 2012 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
Probably
Maybe the intent is to have 5 round PPV main events.
Bloody Elbow Grappling Editor.
Follow me on Twitter @KJGould
Like me on Facebook
Certainly seems that way
And it would make sense, too, although I’d prefer it if all MEs were five-rounders. Should appease some of the folks that feel non-title events should never go 5 rounds.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
This card is turning out to be much more interesting than this weekend’s card.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 10, 2012 5:46 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Oh geez..
Is this a meme now?
Mike Massenzio's left MCL, ACL and PCL
11/01/1982-01/14/2012
by Charles Awad on Jan 10, 2012 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
I think the word meme has become a meme. It is waayyyy overused here.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 10, 2012 5:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Agreed.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 5:53 PM EST up reply actions
I just realised your name isn’t meme tim
Quietly leading Cecil Peoples Champs to victory and beyond.
All in the game yo, all in the game
by Our Bovine Public on Jan 10, 2012 5:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Nicely done.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 10, 2012 5:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He's right.
It’s like “Howdy Honda Housey”. I can’t help but read it as memeTim unless I concentrate.
Wiki says
It is generally accepted that meme tim is a killer of some sort, so you might want to be a little careful around him …
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
I agree and I can see why it would sound like that. But I used the name long before meme became a common term. It is a long story why I use it, it’s a goof.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
by memitim on Jan 10, 2012 6:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Definitely agreed.
"Computer being attacked by virus contracted from watching illegal japanese schoold girl porn. Bare with me." - Our Bovine Public
Captain of The Bus Feeders, Bloody Elbow Civil War, Season Two
by T.C. Engel on Jan 10, 2012 5:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Find one other time I've used it
….still waiting.
Mike Massenzio's left MCL, ACL and PCL
11/01/1982-01/14/2012
by Charles Awad on Jan 11, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Five round fights are illegal in Sweden
Which is the reason for this one being a three rounder.
by thievesdont on Jan 10, 2012 5:50 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
That's friggin retarded.
"Computer being attacked by virus contracted from watching illegal japanese schoold girl porn. Bare with me." - Our Bovine Public
Captain of The Bus Feeders, Bloody Elbow Civil War, Season Two
by T.C. Engel on Jan 10, 2012 5:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
pro boxing got legal like three years ago
and marijuana is worse than rape
this country is retarded in many ways..
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
I was just going to bring up the boxing thing, haha.. funnily enough, pro kickboxing and Muay Thai was legal before boxing, guess it flew under the radar or something. All in all we’re pretty lucky to have MMA fully legalized now, maybe they can get 5 rounds in a couple of years as well.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 5:59 PM EST up reply actions
And for those wondering, pro boxing was illegal from 1969 – 2007. MMA with basically the unified rules got approved a year or two ago.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 6:01 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
that’s weird as hell. there’s still no 12 rounders in boxing though right?
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 6:09 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I think there’s only 4 rounds allowed, 12 minutes total. Haha.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
haha
stupidest thing I’ve heard
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
Boy am I glad I don't live in Communist Sweden.
Ahoy-hoy.
Last round pick of the Filipino Reccing Machines = What I deserve for thinking Brock Lesnar would beat Alistair Overeem.
"The sad thing about old FanHouse shutting down is that the comments are lost to history. They were hilarious variations of Titan fans saying 'Don't you know that Nashville is the Athens of the South,' and me responding, 'Well, ew, you named your team after inbred, child-eating, mother-brother-sister fornicating children of Uranus who were ultimately defeated. Aren't there any Greek myths that are less disgusting?'" - Battle Red Blog
by Sugel Mendoza on Jan 10, 2012 7:33 PM EST up reply actions
Yo goatboy
Check your e-mail!
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
I once took the Swebus from Copenhagen to Malmö
And got strip-searched on the way over because the customs officer didn’t trust me. As it were, he was right not to but I thankfully got rid of the tiny bit of weed I’d honestly forgotten I had in my back pocket before anyone found out. I wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t had the presence of mind to dump my stash …
I like your country and your people, but you guys have some fucked up laws.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 6:03 PM EST up reply actions
all true
can’t stand the zero tolerance on drugs and the brain-washing by the politicans/media. my girlfriend got worried when I told her I like to smoke weed because she though I was gonna overdose and die..
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
*politicians
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
That’s what I liked about living in Norway.. way more relaxed about that stuff there.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
Denmark, bitches
Ok, so our government is fucked too, and our immigration policies are xenophobic and/or in violation of basic human rights, but cops don’t arrest you for smoking weed (and in Copenhagen you can buy it almost literally on the street) and a beer costs like 3 SEK if you buy the cheap stuff. Hell, our girls are even decent-looking.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 6:32 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
I love denmark, my only complaint is your mushy butchering of the scandinavian language ;)
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
In full agreement there
I’d have to say Dutch is the only language I can think of that is worse. Still, I’ll take the Danish butchering of Scandinavian over having to listen to people from Skåne any day of the week.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 6:47 PM EST up reply actions
haha
there was a website (maybe it’s still around) where some guys were trying to rally people up and start to “dig skåne away” so it would float away to it’s rightful owner, with whom they share their native tongue: the danes!
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 6:52 PM EST up reply actions
STOP IT WITH THIS NONSENSE
Every Swedish person I’ve talked to has this ridiculous idea that people from Skåne sound like Danes. THEY SOUND NOTHING LIKE US!
Do you think this guy sounds Swedish, then?
I will give you that we do share the butchering of the letter R but that’s about it.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
well,
skånska is still derived from danish, so there are similarities, and it seems like people from skåne understand danish better, but mainly I’m just making fun of skåningar and you danes ;)
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, yes. Unfortunately your language is completely incomprehensible gibberish though, thus making it impossible for outsiders to ever establish themselves there. Especially such refined gentlemen as us, considering that we actually pronounce the words and not just drag them out and butcher them mercilessly.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
At least I’m not a fan of the Ultimate Fighting Shampionship. What do you think of Yon Yones?
Seriously, Swedish is hands down by far the nicest Scandinavian language. Your complete refusal to pronounce foreign words in a way that even remotely resembles the way they were supposed to sound is terrible, though.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
like this guy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx3GlYAIK6c&feature=related
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 6:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yes and no
That guy is a blinkered wanker whose biggest problem clearly isn’t his pronunciation.
What I’m referring to is Swedes that speak perfectly fine English, like at a near-native level, but still say that they yust don’t like that Yon Yones guy.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 7:00 PM EST up reply actions
Haha! Fair point. I guess I could explain it as that we tend to find it pretentious, snobbery, or just silly to pronounce things in their proper foreign tongue, so instead we prefer to just say it like it was a swedish word. The day I say “parmechano!” instead of “parrmesaan”, shoot me.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 6:57 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, when you’re speaking English it’s really pretentious to actually, y’know, speak English.
Of course you Swedify words when you speak Swedish, that’s not the issue. I don’t call the capital of France Pa-ree unless I am actually speaking French and anyone who would do that should be fucking murdered, but refusing to pronounce the word “just” with a j? I’ll chalk that one up to the “we’re Swedish and we know better” mindset.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 7:04 PM EST up reply actions
Aha, that’s what you were getting at. I don’t know, do we really do that on purpose though? Maybe it’s just ignorance or lack of skill in said language. Not sure.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 7:11 PM EST up reply actions
If we’re talking lack of skill then the flat, Danish way of speaking English is almost as bad as “let’s just pretend we’re still speaking Swedish but with foreign words”.
I once met a girl at a music festival in Sweden who spoke way better English than I did, mainly owing to her having a grandmother or aunt or something in England who she’d visited a lot as a kid. Really, her level of fluency, the idiomatic expressions she used … in writing, nobody would’ve guessed she wasn’t English/American. She still pronounced j’s as y’s and ch’s as sh’s.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 7:18 PM EST up reply actions
Haha, okay. I don’t really know what to say about that, maybe it’s just something about our own language that makes it hard for us or something. Like the chinese and L / R.
I figure I can read and write better english than the vast majority in Sweden, but my pronunciation is HORRIBLE, like really awful. But that’s the way she goes I guess.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 7:27 PM EST up reply actions
I dunno what it is. It just never fails to surprise me when I encounter a Swede who’s fluent in English and has a decent grasp of idioms and slang and generally pronounces everything correctly but still talks about going to the supermarket to get some sheddar sheese.
I went to school with three Chinese guys, a Brazilian and a couple of Russians among other nationalities and the Brazilian guy was the one who had by far the hardest time speaking Danish because of the fact that the letter R as we all know is pronounced like an H in Brazilian. He was quite literally incapable of producing the Danish R sound. It’s not like you Swedes cannot pronounce an English J, right?
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, I see. No, I think we damn well can, in fact I just tried it to make sure. And I see where you mean the difference, and you’re right: I know how it’s supposed to be pronounced, but still I say “Yon” instead of the correct “Jon”. I guess maybe it’s just laziness or something. Hmm.. a mystery indeed.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
there's a commercial over here spoken in english
for a mobile phone company where the running gag is centered around a sheep, which is supposed to be funny because he can say things like “there’s more to life than being cheap” and the joke is supposed to be that sheep and cheap sounds the same but it bugs the hell out of me since their pronounced differently but I guess it works here since we pronounce both of them “sheep”. Like how we pronounce cheese “sheees”
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 7:11 PM EST up reply actions
haha well spoken!
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 6:53 PM EST up reply actions
retarded in many ways..
but happy with their universal tax-funded childcare, parental leave, health care, education (including university), retirement pensions and sick leave.
I was just going to write this
Thanks.
Bloody Elbow Grappling Editor.
Follow me on Twitter @KJGould
Like me on Facebook
I am so going
anyone have any clue how the subscribe-to-newsletter-get-tickets-early-thing works?
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 5:53 PM EST reply actions
The newsletter tickets
Will go on sale 9am on Thursday according to mmanytt.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 6:52 PM EST up reply actions
yeah there seems to be some sort of code that you will get in the newsletter. haven’t got one yet though, although other people on the site seems to have gotten theirs
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 10, 2012 6:55 PM EST up reply actions
Here is the UFC on Fuel TV 2 tickets sales schedule (All times CET):
UFC Fight Club presale: Weds., Jan. 11, 2012, at 11 a.m.
UFC Newsletter presale: Thurs., Jan. 12, 2012, at 9 a.m.
General tickets sale: Fri., Jan. 13, 2012, at 9 a.m.
See and learn the secret death touch!
by Horselover Fat on Jan 10, 2012 7:00 PM EST up reply actions
go to UFC.com
enter your email in the text box field somewhere for their newsletter… subscribe 2 or 3 of your email accounts in case the emails from UFC get picked up as spam, or jsut ask on forums for the code
Do you pick every UFC winner? Then get into Fantasy MMA! on SB Nation
Follow @benbauman3
sign up on two different accounts
still no email or code. annoying as hell seeing that other people has gotten theirs.
Now I've switched signature to this one.
by the guy with the big nose on Jan 11, 2012 4:33 AM EST up reply actions
If Gustafsson wins this
I would give him an elite guy. Maybe they make Machida/Shogun III and give him the winner, or maybe the winner of Bader/Rampage. Thiago Silva is somewhere in that mix if he wins his next fight though.
I would've liked
Gustafsson vs Silva in Sweden, mainly because how the fuck can you root against a Nogeira? Silva on the other hand coming off a suspension would get loudly booed by each and everyone in attendance. It’s a great fight for Gustafsson if he gets past Lil Nog, though.
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 6:12 PM EST up reply actions
This kid appears to be on a collision course with our hero, JJ.
No, you're not drunk. I am this good-looking.
Gustafson or however you spell it
by TKO 3rd.FOTN
Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed.
Im so excited
and i just can’t hide it. This will be epic. I really feel like Alex will win, and after that, it’s just glory ahead.
That’s wonderful news but wat about a main event for montreal 3 weeks earlier?
by GSP_RAMPAGE_COUTURE on Jan 10, 2012 6:44 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I think you mean later, and I'd be shocked if it wasn't Bones/Hendo.
"Computer being attacked by virus contracted from watching illegal japanese schoold girl porn. Bare with me." - Our Bovine Public
Captain of The Bus Feeders, Bloody Elbow Civil War, Season Two
Nope 3 weeks earlier. March 24th. Heard Bones/hendo but it is a terrible match up.
by GSP_RAMPAGE_COUTURE on Jan 10, 2012 9:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I was thinking this was on the date of UFC on FX 2 from Sydney. Anyways, if you aren’t okay with seeing possible the best fighter in MMA fighting a top three LHW, you’re.. In the minority.
"Computer being attacked by virus contracted from watching illegal japanese schoold girl porn. Bare with me." - Our Bovine Public
Captain of The Bus Feeders, Bloody Elbow Civil War, Season Two
No I’d be all for that. But hendo vs jones is way too lop sided. Don’t u think?
by GSP_RAMPAGE_COUTURE on Jan 10, 2012 11:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
ahh let me just stretch over there on this side of the pond
seriously though, rogerio has been shown to have a weakness against wrestlers recently, is gustafsson’s wrestling now far enough advanced that he can rely on that? also sloppy standup recently, points to a win for the european boy, preferably in a standup war!!
That’s wonderful new but wat about a main event for montreal 3 weeks earlier?
by GSP_RAMPAGE_COUTURE on Jan 10, 2012 6:50 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Heard that too but its not confirmed and I really hope that doesn’t happen. Hendo, altho I love him, has no chance. Jones will fuck up his shit bad.
by GSP_RAMPAGE_COUTURE on Jan 10, 2012 6:59 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
This is a good test for Gustafsson – if he gets through little Nog then he could find himself a few fights away from a title shot. I hope the UFC don’t try and fast track him before he’s ready though.
Also, I think that if little Nog loses here, he should join the light-heavyweight ranks over at Strikeforce.
http://www.katana-clothing.com/
Please check us out on Facebook and follow us on Twitter
by @KatanaClothing on Jan 10, 2012 7:16 PM EST reply actions
Pickett vs. Page is a great match up. Makes for an interesting fight – the winner should get an title eliminator bout with either Bowles or Johnson (if he doesn’t drop down).
http://www.katana-clothing.com/
Please check us out on Facebook and follow us on Twitter
by @KatanaClothing on Jan 10, 2012 7:18 PM EST reply actions
Johnson is dropping down
For the flyweight tournament. And Page is on a two-fight skid and if he beats Pickett, why would he face one of the two guys he just fought and lost to (in the case of Bowles, twice)?
BECW Season 2 Captain of the Intellegent Northern English Picking Team - taking INEPTitude to new levels!
by wonderfulspam on Jan 10, 2012 7:21 PM EST up reply actions
That's basically my thoughts too.
"Computer being attacked by virus contracted from watching illegal japanese schoold girl porn. Bare with me." - Our Bovine Public
Captain of The Bus Feeders, Bloody Elbow Civil War, Season Two
Are you predicting that he's going to hit Lil Nog so hard that Big Nog gets KO'd too?
Because he’s going to hit Lil Nog so hard that Big Nog gets KO’d too.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
by pdl on Jan 10, 2012 9:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
PICKETT!!!!!!!
Pumped up to see Brad Pickett on the card he’s an awesome fighter and probably my favorite bantamweight
by Sonnens Political Adviser on Jan 10, 2012 7:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Europe vs the World? i like it.
this is gonna be great. it’s an excellent test for the Mauler.
'Would you kindly head to Ryan's office and kill the son of a bitch?'
-Atlas
by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 10, 2012 8:31 PM EST reply actions
Does Nog owe somebody in the UFC money?
The Goose has been beating the shit out of guys lately, I wouldn’t want to be in Nogs shoes.
I'll take little Nog against most fighters without solid wrestling backgrounds.
If it stays on the feet, Mauler gettin’ mauled son.
I think Gustafsson beats him standing myself
Lil Nog is not an elite level talent.
by discoandherpes on Jan 11, 2012 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
Gustaffson is much more athletic, but I think Nog knocks him around on the feet.
Rogerio hasn’t really had much chance to let his hands go thus far in the UFC, instead being forced to fight wrestler after wrestler. It’s a pity because he has serious boxing talent.
gustafsson takes me back to the days when guys like shogun and bj were freshly arrived on the mma scene
as time goes by a steady transition from talented fighters to talented athletes seems to be taking place. Tyrone Woodley’s performance last saturday is the perfect example of this. Fighting, it seems, has been infected by the filthy, aggravating phenomenon found throughout the sports world; an obsession with points. GSP, phil Davis, men like these are stand out athletes. As far as i can see, Gustafsson is the first stand out FIGHTER to arrive on the seen since Nick Diaz. and i dare say that i like it
"he will have a two pound reach advantage"- mike goldberg
Carlos Condit
Quietly leading Cecil Peoples Champs to victory and beyond.
All in the game yo, all in the game
by Our Bovine Public on Jan 11, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Bloody Elbow
Related FanShots on Bloody Elbow
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
MMA Rankings
