UFC on Fox 2 Fight Card: Evans vs. Davis
by Tim Burke on Jan 8, 2012 10:00 PM EST
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The UFC returns to the big time with it's second live card on Fox on January 28th. Instead of just one fight on the main card, they will go with three this time. The main event will be a five-rounder between top light heavyweight contenders Rashad Evans and Phil Davis. The televised card also includes two excellent middleweight fights, with Chael Sonnen and Mark Munoz facing off in a probable number one contender's bout, and Michael Bisping meeting Demian Maia. Here's the whole card (prelims after the jump):
Jan 28th, live on Fox from Chicago, IL:
Main Card:
Rashad Evans (16-1-1) vs. Phil Davis (9-0)
Mark Munoz (12-2) vs. Chael Sonnen (27-11-1)
Michael Bisping (22-3) vs. Demian Maia (15-3)
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Preliminary Card:
Evan Dunham (12-2) vs. Nik Lentz (21-4-2, 1 NC)
Michael Johnson (9-6) vs. Shane Roller (10-5)
Johnny Bedford (18-9-1) vs. Mitch Gagnon (8-1)
Jon Olav Einemo (6-2) vs. Mike Russow (14-1, 1 NC)
George Roop (12-8-1) vs. Cub Swanson (15-5)
Charles Oliveira (14-2, 1 NC) vs. Eric Wisely (19-6)
Joey Beltran (13-6) vs. Lavar Johnson (15-5)
Chris Camozzi (15-5) vs. Dustin Jacoby (6-1)
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I hope they do.
Bisping/Maia a darkhorse to shake up the division.
Read my tweets or whatever - @SSReporters
Maybe not. Bisping has a decent td defense. He might pepper punch his way to a ud.
by vivero on Jan 9, 2012 12:09 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I definitely think Maia can put him down
If Mayhem could do it, I think Maia can take him down and control him for two rounds.
by discoandherpes on Jan 9, 2012 2:42 AM EST up reply actions
I’m loving the fact the card that I’d pay for is free and the 142 ppv is the one I’d skip
by terzergoss on Jan 8, 2012 10:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Phil Davis
Looks like a mix of B.o.B. and Kid Kudi
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by halitosis on Jan 8, 2012 10:14 PM EST via mobile reply actions
He doesn't look like Cudi at all.
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They do share one trait that's important, according to him.
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you mean explosiveness and athleticism?
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 8, 2012 11:33 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Cudi:
"Computer being attacked by virus contracted from watching illegal japanese schoold girl porn. Bare with me." - Our Bovine Public
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Davis has the same head proportion as Cudi
And a similar face to B.o.B.
Ruining Your Special Night with all caps and the like. Be prepared to be disappointed. But not by us. Because of us.... We're not disappointing, it's the things we say to you, and.... fuck it, everyone else sucks. Mmkay?
by halitosis on Jan 8, 2012 10:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Have you ever said two white guys looked alike because of head proportion?
Then someone falls in love
And someone's beaten up
Someone's beaten up
And the senses being dulled are mine
--The Smiths
yes, haven't you?
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No
But it can be applied to white people as well
Ruining Your Special Night with all caps and the like. Be prepared to be disappointed. But not by us. Because of us.... We're not disappointing, it's the things we say to you, and.... fuck it, everyone else sucks. Mmkay?
by halitosis on Jan 8, 2012 10:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Tito has a big head.
Not relevant, just pointing that out.
In real life everything I utter is original and poignant.
by Andy Anderson on Jan 8, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
cootie?
'Would you kindly head to Ryan's office and kill the son of a bitch?'
-Atlas
by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 8, 2012 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
haha Kid Cootie
someone should make a video of that thing rapping “Day n Night”
I JUST WANT MY BASKETBALL BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Sean in Vancouver on Jan 9, 2012 1:40 AM EST up reply actions
I absolutely love it when people say a black person looks like another black person that looks nothing like them.
"UFC is so gay, pride is awesome!"
by Hendo_One-Shot on Jan 8, 2012 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
i may be wrong, but I think there's an actual reason for that
Like a genetic/racial reason. Blacks look the same to whites, whites look the same to blacks, asians look the same to us, we look the same to them….
I could be wrong so don’t get mad.
BOOSH
Could be. I grew up around nothing but black people so I can’t speak for anyone in a different situation, but they look nothing alike to me. Don’t see how you could see a similarity.
"UFC is so gay, pride is awesome!"
by Hendo_One-Shot on Jan 9, 2012 12:38 AM EST up reply actions
you know why he’s saying this come on…..
i agree though im black and white people dont look the same because mullets and mutton chops dont work on every white guy they just dont
like water
and this was the way i felt watching the reem kill brock
"He got knee'd right in the diverticulitis
by Balrog on Dec 30, 2011 9:20 PM PST"
JOE's bout to get his first UFC win
Carwin better watch out!
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LOL at Pittsburgh.
Ahoy-hoy.
Last round pick of the Filipino Reccing Machines = What I deserve for thinking Brock Lesnar would beat Alistair Overeem.
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by Sugel Mendoza on Jan 9, 2012 12:00 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
completely LOL its like everyone can shut up now the man prays alot and has god on his team damn it! you be a good stubborn christian and like it!!!!
like water
and this was the way i felt watching the reem kill brock
"He got knee'd right in the diverticulitis
by Balrog on Dec 30, 2011 9:20 PM PST"
...
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 9, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
Sonnen and Munoz isn’t for the belt?
by Afrotikiman on Jan 8, 2012 10:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Its Sonnen's 3rd title defense.
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-Joell Ortiz
by The Lethal Haze on Jan 8, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
Beating Anderson doesn't count as a defense
Ruining Your Special Night with all caps and the like. Be prepared to be disappointed. But not by us. Because of us.... We're not disappointing, it's the things we say to you, and.... fuck it, everyone else sucks. Mmkay?
by halitosis on Jan 8, 2012 10:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
he was defeding his WEC belt.
When I'm on the mic it goes down, CINTRON
-Joell Ortiz
by The Lethal Haze on Jan 8, 2012 10:45 PM EST up reply actions 10 recs
I legit LOL'd at that.
That was actually Chael level trolling.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
Go Demian!
Be careful, my opponents - Junior "Cigano" dos Santos
How glorious would it be if he submits Bisping via triangle.
by vivero on Jan 9, 2012 12:01 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nega Alves fighting 3 times in this card
Be careful, my opponents - Junior "Cigano" dos Santos
I don't know they're letting him cut to bantamweight
Ruining Your Special Night with all caps and the like. Be prepared to be disappointed. But not by us. Because of us.... We're not disappointing, it's the things we say to you, and.... fuck it, everyone else sucks. Mmkay?
by halitosis on Jan 8, 2012 10:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He had surgery
To remove his unnecessarily large chest. That cut is going to be easy now
by av1o3 on Jan 8, 2012 10:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Chests are never unnecessarily large
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 8, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
After Sonnen/Munoz
Who gets the next shot? You have Bisping/Maia (not interested in the latter), Tree Stump, and Belfort/Rumble.
Thoughts?
I believe Dana said it was going to be Bisping/Maia.
Fuck you, double fingers
- Nick Diaz
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society
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by TheLastEmpress on Jan 8, 2012 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
am i the only one sick enough to want to see Palhares/Bisping?
'Would you kindly head to Ryan's office and kill the son of a bitch?'
-Atlas
by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 8, 2012 11:35 PM EST up reply actions
evidently not...
I think belcher is gonna get palhares
If you are going to lie to me, then we are going to box
by Luke Nelson on Jan 8, 2012 11:46 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Great match
Belcher is pretty decent and Palhares has potential to hold a belt wants he check the crazy…..or goes full retard.
If Maia wins and sonnen beats both munoz and silva I wanna see a rematch.
Maia could hold gold. Odd.
Love the main events
- Rashad 2.0 via TKO
- I want Munoz to win, however Chael has shown he has good boxing to supplement his granite chin and imposing wrestling, Munoz’s wrestling hasn’t exactly transitioned to the most effective stuff in the cage.. Chael will win this via decision
- Bisping will frustrate Maia to a decision
I am willing to test myself against the toughest fighters in the world, in front of hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans, over and over again. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, but I always come to fight. I've been doing this for the past fourteen years, and I have at least a few more strong years left in me. What have you done in the past fourteen years other than act like a moron on this forum and hang on Anderson's nuts? - Dan Henderson.
I don't know why people think Rashad is completely different now
He beat Tito Ortiz who accepted the fight on like a one week notice. Not that impressive when you remember that.
by av1o3 on Jan 8, 2012 10:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
different or not
rashad has always been a beast, and i think he’s the most motivated when people doubt his abilities, i thought 2.0 was impressive as hell just the way he completely dominated tito and made him look like nothing
I am willing to test myself against the toughest fighters in the world, in front of hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans, over and over again. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, but I always come to fight. I've been doing this for the past fourteen years, and I have at least a few more strong years left in me. What have you done in the past fourteen years other than act like a moron on this forum and hang on Anderson's nuts? - Dan Henderson.
his standup is significantly better. his jiu-jitsu/submission game has allegedly improved with the people he’s surrounded himself with.
'Would you kindly head to Ryan's office and kill the son of a bitch?'
-Atlas
by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 8, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
His submission game has improved?
Great news. That means he might finally attempt a submission in the UFC.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
Rashad Evans has 0 submission attempts in the UFC
And there is no evidence his stand-up is significantly better. I mean, Tito Ortiz’s striking is pathetic.
Read my tweets or whatever - @SSReporters
Tito has strength
Rashad over powered him badly, he dumped him on his back like he was fighting a featherweight, so if anything we saw how explosive and strong rashad can get
I am willing to test myself against the toughest fighters in the world, in front of hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans, over and over again. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, but I always come to fight. I've been doing this for the past fourteen years, and I have at least a few more strong years left in me. What have you done in the past fourteen years other than act like a moron on this forum and hang on Anderson's nuts? - Dan Henderson.
Tito is about 543 years old
Why is this comparison even being made?
Read my tweets or whatever - @SSReporters
because he flattened and choked out bader propelling himself into relevancy again?
before Rashad sent him back to the depths of retirement
I am willing to test myself against the toughest fighters in the world, in front of hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans, over and over again. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, but I always come to fight. I've been doing this for the past fourteen years, and I have at least a few more strong years left in me. What have you done in the past fourteen years other than act like a moron on this forum and hang on Anderson's nuts? - Dan Henderson.
16-2-1? Why are they trying to fade Rashad?
Fuck you, double fingers
- Nick Diaz
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society
- Mark Twain
I sincerely want to hear psychoblack’s take on the main event.
Then someone falls in love
And someone's beaten up
Someone's beaten up
And the senses being dulled are mine
--The Smiths
by Bolshevik on Jan 8, 2012 11:41 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Nice Card
I need to get cable and stop making SOPA angry.
Davis by submission in the second. Talks of Jones vs Davis explode.
Munoz by KO in the first. Alot of early ko’s lately and i feel like the bug is still out there. Dislike sonnens talk but want him to rematch Silva.
Maia by submission round 1 rear naked after rockin bisping like he’s nothing.
Palhares waits patiently…
I believe that
Those are the 3 most unlikely of outcomes.
That was a real kick and good for laughs and lashings of the old ultraviolent.
by mistake4 on Jan 8, 2012 11:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Maybe
But Davis by submission? I could see that definately, he has the skills and I havn’t seen Rashad juijitsu tested.
Munoz has KO power and if Fitch can get ko’d so can Sonnen.
Maia is an unlikely nuthuggery call.
I’m not saying that shad couldn’t be subbed, but I don’t recall a fight where he has even been close to any danger of being submitted. I’m convinced chael is next to impossible to knock out (sub is a different story tho obviously) and I think we would ALL like to see maia choke out bisping.
That was a real kick and good for laughs and lashings of the old ultraviolent.
by mistake4 on Jan 9, 2012 12:30 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Rashad has never fought somebody
with better wrestling than him. We have no idea how Rashad will react being on his back.
Fitch had been KO’d twice before in his career… not that surprising that he got KO’d, really. Sonnen has never been KO’d, and took a few good shots from Anderson Silva that barely fazed him. Munoz won’t be able to KO Sonnen with his sloppy standup.
THIS
If Anderson “laser guided” Silva did not KO Sonnen, I seriously doubt Munoz will. Nothing is ever impossible, especially in MMA, but I would not coach Munoz in that direction. Considering Sonnen’s handling of both Marquardt and Stann, I think he decisions this fight pretty easily.
Munoz should concentrate on stuffing Sonnen’s takedowns, work standup, and look for a submission, especially a standing guillotine.
Rashad outpoints Davis to a unanimous victory
Bisping squeaks by Maia because Damien can’t keep him down.
Sonnen lays on Munoz for three rounds.
All judges decisions.
In the clinch
His shot leaves much to be desired. Bisping will probably try to maintain distance with his jab.
Chael’s really has to dig down against Munoz. Mark might negate his wrestling. Should be a good match when both of them attempts to td each other.
by vivero on Jan 9, 2012 12:06 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Chael is going to fuck Munoz up and submit him late.
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Chael’s really has to dig down against Munoz. Mark might negate his wrestling. Should be a good match when both of them attempts to td each other.
by vivero on Jan 9, 2012 12:12 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I think Munoz’s plan will probably be sprawl and brawl. He hits really god damn hard.
I like the idea of Chael’s main weapon getting negated and Munoz just beats on him for three rounds.
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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 9, 2012 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
Chael has better standup though
by Afrotikiman on Jan 9, 2012 2:04 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
lol not at all
Munoz’s stand up was bad but it has improved after every fight. Chael’s stand up is slow and predictable.
Chael dropped Anderson Silva
I got him winning if they are on the feet.
by discoandherpes on Jan 9, 2012 2:45 AM EST up reply actions
Chael Sonnen rocked Anderson Silva once and knocked him down once. Suck it haters.
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by Tim Bernier on Jan 9, 2012 3:29 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
That did happen
but it was obvious something was wrong with Anderson in that fight. Even Chael was shocked that he knocked down Silva.
Munoz is going to pull a Hendricks in this fight.
Chael Sonnen rocked Anderson Silva once and knocked him down once while juicing and when Anderson had a rib injury.
Fixed.
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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 9, 2012 6:15 AM EST up reply actions
Huh?
Did Sonnen punch him in the ribs? Unless Silva had a broken face, then I fail to see how that caused him to drop after the shot to the face.
by Atomic Salmon on Jan 9, 2012 1:04 PM EST up reply actions
King Mo vs Davis?
keep the hair ‘shuga’
by Tatsu Maki Sen Puu Kyaku on Jan 9, 2012 1:30 AM EST reply actions
Good card for FOX
I think these are some careful picks, meant to showcase the more “mainstream” side of MMA.
Rashad & Davis can be counted on to be explosive, whether throwing haymakers or slick transitions and wrestling defense. I seriously doubt there’d be any lay and pray between these two. I give Rashad an edge for his experience and having fought higher level opponents.
Sonnen & Munoz I see a lot like Rashad & Davis, only a slightly higher chance for boring wrestling on the mat. The more time these two spend on their feet, the more the casual fan will enjoy the fight. I think Sonnen will have an easier time of controlling Munoz than Evans will with Davis.
Bisping & Maia should also be fast-paced. I hate Bisping the person, but as a fighter, I have to respect how busy he stays, how much movement he utilizes until he spies a weakness. Maia too easily loses his game plan and fights the other fighter’s fight, and Bisping is exactly the kind of fighter to capitalize on that. I don’t see this as an easy fight for either one, but I give the edge to Bisping for executing his game plan better and for his very solid BJJ defense.
The rest of the card shapes up a bit more predictably; again, I see the majority of these fights being picked for excitement and casual fan interest. Lentz & Dunham should be very technical, no lay and pray; Roller & Johnson should bang, you KNOW Einemo and Russow will bang, and Joey Beltran will either deliver or receive a dynamic knockout. Swanson & Roop will be very fast paced…will Swanson win the stand up?
This isn’t just a good card; it’s a good card to put on FOX.
heres my thoughts on your thoughts
I agree with you on your rashad pick and sonnen as well even though I want munoz to win. However I disagree with you on the bisping pick. Mayhem was able to take down and control bisping for a round and Maia is worlds ahead of mayhem in grappling skills and has better takedowns to. I honestly believe Maia can take down and control bisping en route to a UD if not pulling out a submission along the way. Lentz can definitely make his fight lay and prey, and when was the last time beltran got knocked out? He’s like the terminator.
by benten20 on Jan 9, 2012 11:09 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
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