UFC 81: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs. Tim Sylvia / Brock Lesnar Vs. Frank Mir

mookie blaylock 10mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
no need to waste any time starting a new thread :D, as ufc 81 is only a little over a week away...so we have nogueira vs. sylvia for the "interim" HW championship (i hope nogueira wins!). the debut of brock lesnar, in only his second mma match, against the former HW champion frank mir. also, a couple of interesting returns in jeremy horn at MW and ricardo almeida, coming off a long hiatus.

could be a decent card, but we'll have to see. not the most exciting card for me personally, but maybe i'm just excited for montreal. ;) ...and i'll probabaly end up being just as hyper for this one by next saturday night anyway.


UFC 81, February 2, 2008 - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada - PPV

Main Card:

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs. Tim Sylvia - "Interim" HW Championship
Brock Lesnar Vs. Frank Mir
Nate Marquardt Vs. Jeremy Horn
Ricardo Almeida Vs. Rob Yundt (Alan Belcher out due to illness)
Tyson Griffin Vs. Gleison Tibau

Pre-lims:

Chris Lytle Vs. Kyle Bradley
Terry Martin Vs. Marvin Eastman
Rob Emerson Vs. Keita Nakamura
David Heath Vs. Tim Boetsch
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  • rumours for upcoming UFC (and WEC) cards...



    WEC 32, February 13, 2008 - Santa Ana Star Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico - Versus

    Main Card:

    Carlos Condit Vs. Carlo Prater - WEC WW Championship
    Rob McCullough Vs. Jamie Varner - WEC LW Championship
    Chase Beebe Vs. Miguel Torres - WEC BW Championship
    Micah Miller Vs. Chance Farrar
    Leonard Garcia Vs. Hiroyuki Takaya

    Pre-lims:

    Cody Wheeler Vs. Del Hawkins
    Mark Hominick Vs. Josh Grispi
    Jeff Bedard Vs. Yoshiro Maeda
    Manny Tapia Vs. Antonio Banuelos
    Jesse Morenge Vs. Scott Jorgensen




    UFC 82, March 1, 2008 - Nationwide Arena, Cloumbus, Ohio - PPV

    Main Card:

    Dan Henderson Vs. Anderson Silva - MW Championship Unification Match (Pride and UFC Titles)
    Cheick Kongo Vs. Heath Herring
    Evan Tanner Vs. Yushin Okami
    Jon Fitch Vs. Chris Wilson (Akihiro Gono out due to injury)
    Diego Sanchez Vs. David Bielkheden (Roan Carneiro out due to illness)

    Pre-lims:

    Andrei Arlovski Vs. Jake O'Brien
    Josh Koscheck Vs. Dustin Hazelett
    Alessio Sakara Vs. Chris Leben
    Luke Cummo Vs. Luigi Fioravanti
    Jorge Gurgel Vs. John Halverson




    UFC Fight Night 13, April 2, 2008 - Broomfield Event Center, Broomfield, Colorado - Spike TV

    Main Card:

    Kenny Florian Vs. Joe Lauzon
    Karo Parisyan Vs. Thiago Alves
    Stephan Bonnar Vs. Matt Hamill
    Frankie Edgar Vs. Gray Maynard
    Spencer Fisher Vs. Marcus Aurelio


    Pre-lims:

    Houston Alexander Vs. James Irvin
    Clay Guida Vs. Samy Schiavo
    Din Thomas Vs. Josh Neer
    George Sotiropoulos Vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
    Anthony Johnson Vs. Tommy Speer




    The Ultimate Fighter 7 - Premieres April 2, 2008 on Spike TV.

    Cast of 32 MW competitors. Tournament of 16 MW competitors. Coaches: Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin.

    Cast:

    Aaron Meisner
    Amir Sadollah
    Brandon Sene
    C.B. Dollaway
    Chris Clements
    Dan Simmler
    Dante Rivera
    David Roberts
    Jesse Taylor
    Jeremiah Riggs
    Luke Zachridge
    Matt Brown
    Mike Marrello
    Paul Bradley
    Prince McLean
    Steve Byrnes
    Timothy Credeur




    WEC 33, March 26, 2008 - Sacremento, California - Versus

    Urijah Faber Vs. Jens Pulver - WEC FW Championship
    Paulo Filho Vs. Chael Sonnen - WEC MW Championship
    Doug Marshall Vs. Brian Stann - WEC LHW Championship
    Brock Larson Vs. John Alessio




    UFC 83, April 19, 2008 - Bell Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada - PPV

    Georges St-Pierre Vs. Matt Serra - WW Championship
    Rich Franklin Vs. Travis Lutter
    Patrick Côté Vs. Alan Belcher or Anthony Rees
    Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig
    Kalib Starnes Vs. Nate Quarry
    Michael Bisping Vs. Charles McCarthy
    Jason MacDonald Vs. Joe Doerksen
    Ed Herman Vs. Demian Maia
    Sam Stout Vs. Rich Clementi
    Jonathan Goulet Vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka




    UFC 84, May 24, 2008 - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada - PPV

    Sean Sherk Vs. BJ Penn - LW Championship
    Tito Ortiz Vs. Lyoto Machida
    Wanderlei Silva Vs. Keith Jardine
    Rashad Evans Vs. Thiago Silva
    Ivan Salavarry Vs. Rousimar Palhares
    Dong Hyun Kim Vs. TBA
    Steve Bruno Vs. TBA




    UFC 85, June 12, 2008 - O2 Arena, London, England - Spike TV or PPV

    Chuck Liddell Vs. Mauricio Rua
    Brock Lesnar Vs. TBA
    Brandon Vera Vs. TBA
    Marcus Davis Vs. TBA
    Terry Etim Vs. TBA
    Goran Reljic vs. TBA
    Neil Wain vs. TBA




    The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Rampage Vs. Team Forrest Finale, June 21, 2008 - The Palms, Las Vegas, Nevada - Spike TV




    UFC 86, July, 2008 - PPV

    Quinton Jackson Vs. Forrest Griffin - LHW Championship




    UFC, Fall, 2008 - Germany
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    meh... not so excited about the UFC 81 line-up either... I'm not a huge Tim Syliva fan.... i'm wondering why these two particular fighters were chosen for the interim title? (i'm sure there's a reason)... are these the best HW's we've got? ... :o

    and this Lesner guy? i don't know... i guess i've got something against guys that can't put their arms all the way down. :rolleyes: :p
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I'm a fan of the "fake" pro-wrestling thing and would like to see how Brock Lesnar do in a real fight.

    I know he used to do (real) Greco-Roman Wrestling in HS & College but that was years ago. but Frank Mir is a former UFC heavyweight champion. :eek:

    I just dont think Lesnar will last one round.
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  • meh... not so excited about the UFC 81 line-up either... I'm not a huge Tim Syliva fan.... i'm wondering why these two particular fighters were chosen for the interim title? (i'm sure there's a reason)... are these the best HW's we've got? ... :o

    and this Lesner guy? i don't know... i guess i've got something against guys that can't put their arms all the way down. :rolleyes: :p

    well, ceg, the natural went and screwed it all up by quitting the ufc! :D

    when nogueira came in, they said it would likely be one win until he would challenge for the title. so he won his first match against heath herring. couture, the ufc, and many fans wanted to see randy fight fedor at this event, but fedor and the ufc couldn't come to terms on an agreement. so randy then quits saying that the fedor match was the only one that made sense to him. personally, i would have been very excited for a couture vs. nogueira match and i think most fans would have been too...then maybe fedor later if something could get worked out. so apparently couture was offered the fight with nogueira several times, even after he quit and decided not to return. sylvia was really the only option they had...(arguments could be made for cheick kongo and andrei arlovski)

    it gets crazier, though, as the winner of this match is supposed to face fabricio werdum! he's an excellent fighter, but only 1-1 in the ufc with a poor performance in a loss to arlovski (poor performance from arlovski too), and a win over gabriel gonzaga where he lost the first round. not enough to warrant a title shot, i don't think.

    so yeah, the HW division is a bit of a mess again now, which is really too bad because it was starting to look very promising with fighters like cro cop, vera, werdum, nogueira, couture, arlovski, kongo, gonzaga all there at one point and the possibility of the signing of fedor and perhaps a few more well known HW's.

    now we can only hope that nogueira wins! if he does, it would be a rematch with werdum...a potentially very good fight, as their first match was excellent. a sylvia vs. werdum match is certainly less appealing.

    give it a year or so and it might straighten itself out...:D

    we'll have to continue to enjoy the LW's, where the competition right now is simply silly!

    ...oh yeah, it's being called the "interim" title because they can't strip randy of the title due to current legal proceedings.
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    LongRd. wrote:
    I'm a fan of the "fake" pro-wrestling thing and would like to see how Brock Lesnar do in a real fight.

    I know he used to do (real) Greco-Roman Wrestling in HS & College but that was years ago. but Frank Mir is a former UFC heavyweight champion. :eek:

    I just dont think Lesnar will last one round.
    He's 1-0, but I don't really follow it so I know nothing about the guy (Kim?) he beat.
  • LongRd. wrote:
    I'm a fan of the "fake" pro-wrestling thing and would like to see how Brock Lesnar do in a real fight.

    I know he used to do (real) Greco-Roman Wrestling in HS & College but that was years ago. but Frank Mir is a former UFC heavyweight champion. :eek:

    I just dont think Lesnar will last one round.

    it will be interesting to see how he does. his first fight wasn't much to speak of. he got a takedown straight away and immediately took control and started to work to get mount, then transitioned to full mount where he proceeded to land strikes for a tko in about a minute.

    mir's improved stand up is one thing that has impressed me in his last couple of fights, even though he was ko'd in the 1st in one of those. i doubt that it will be a factor here and i doubt that mir will last the first round in this one, however. his cardio is absolutely terrible and i have a feeling brock will shoot for a takedown immediately and try to outwork frank for a couple of minutes using position control and avoiding submissions until mir is simply exhausted and lesnar will grind out a tko.

    just my opinion...that's how i see it going...;)
  • Rygar wrote:
    He's 1-0, but I don't really follow it so I know nothing about the guy (Kim?) he beat.

    yep, Min Soo Kim, a judo player who hasn't has a whole lot of success in mma. he's faced a few guys of note, but has for the most part lost to them.
  • here is lesnar's first mma match, from K-1's dynamite show in los angeles last summer...

    Brock Lesnar Vs. Min Soo Kim:


    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25l0g_k1-dynamite-usa-brock-lesnar-vs-min_sport
  • looks like there were some scoring errors from the fantasy league last night. somehow i moved up to third place, despite losing points after the corrections were made! :D the champ remains the same! :)

    UFC® Fight Night™ Swick vs Burkman :: LEAGUE RESULTS


    The Evolution Fight Club

    Rank Avatar Player Total Points Awarded
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    2 J Bully 168
    3 battery 147
    4 DAKATAK 141
    5 krs82 129
    6 Loveboatcapt0226 95
    7 beachdweller No Play
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    :D thanks for the 'final fantasy' league results mookie!

    i have to get my picks in for UFC 81... but unfortunately, i won't be around on the 2nd to watch with you guys... i'll be on the annual Crown Royal Invitational, a.k.a ice fishing trip.... :)

    see mookie... you need a cell phone so you can text me updates!! :p
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • :D thanks for the 'final fantasy' league results mookie!

    i have to get my picks in for UFC 81... but unfortunately, i won't be around on the 2nd to watch with you guys... i'll be on the annual Crown Royal Invitational, a.k.a ice fishing trip.... :)

    see mookie... you need a cell phone so you can text me updates!! :p

    it's just as well that this happens to be one that you're not so interested in, if you've got some good times with the ice fishing on the go! :)

    ....still no cell phone for me. sorry, my friend. ;)
  • ReleasHReleasH Posts: 743
    :D thanks for the 'final fantasy' league results mookie!

    i have to get my picks in for UFC 81... but unfortunately, i won't be around on the 2nd to watch with you guys... i'll be on the annual Crown Royal Invitational, a.k.a ice fishing trip.... :)

    see mookie... you need a cell phone so you can text me updates!! :p

    I would text you updates Ceg, but I don't think I'll be able to watch this one either. I'm on call that weekend. Which is probably good news for my cable bill (damn Comcast) and I wasn't thrilled about the fight card for this one either. I'll just have to save my money for the Montreal trip! :)
  • ReleasH wrote:
    I would text you updates Ceg, but I don't think I'll be able to watch this one either. I'm on call that weekend. Which is probably good news for my cable bill (damn Comcast) and I wasn't thrilled about the fight card for this one either. I'll just have to save my money for the Montreal trip! :)

    +1 on the cable bill with two shows so close together!
  • damn! doesn't sound like patrick cote will be on the card for montreal, after all. :(


    COTE’S NEXT GIG

    Canadian’s Fight Night Win Nets New Opportunity

    By Mike Russell
    thefightnetwork.com


    Victory is sweet, but the rewards that come after can be even tastier.

    Patrick Cote’s first-round drubbing of Drew McFedries at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas not only boosted his stock in the UFC’s rebounding middleweight division but also earned the Rimouski, Quebec native a cushy gig at the promotion’s Saturday, April 19 event at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

    “To be honest, [the UFC] wants me to do the French commentating for that show, so I don’t know if I’ll be fighting on it,” Cote told The Fight Network. “That’s okay; I’ll get to be the French Joe Rogan and do the play-by-play.”

    The French-Canadian striker was considered an option for the quickly filling April 19 roster, but it seems the TKO middleweight champion will temporarily trade in his gloves for a microphone.

    In a gripping 185-pound showdown, Cote (12-4) connected with a right-left combo that stunned McFedries (6-3) and then folded the Miletich Fighting Systems pugilist with a quick sequence of uppercuts that flattened him against the cage.

    Though Spike TV commentator Joe Rogan asserts the 27-year-old had been “rocked” by McFedries’ handiwork just prior to the finish, Cote said the exchange only flipped his switch into “Predator” mode.

    “[McFedries] hit me, but let me just say that I was not hurt by it at all. It just made me focus to go in for the kill,” said Cote. “I knew then that I was in the fight, and it cleared my head. I was never rocked.”

    With Cote’s third consecutive TKO – he floored “The Ultimate Fighter 3” winner Kendall Grove at UFC 74 in August – momentum has spurned the former Canadian Army soldier to reach for new heights.

    “[The UFC] asked me who I want to fight next, and I told them if they offered me Anderson Silva tomorrow, I would take it,” Cote said. “I’m not afraid of anyone in my weight class. I don’t want easy fights. I can wait if it means I’ll have a bigger name guy to fight on another card.”

    http://thefightnetwork.com/news_detail.php?nid=6075
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    That sounds like a fun opportunity for him though! i'm certain he'll get another fight soon, and with a good opponent too, like he said....

    i think he should stand in for Bruce for the night, and do the introductions in french! :D
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • That sounds like a fun opportunity for him though! i'm certain he'll get another fight soon, and with a good opponent too, like he said....

    i think he should stand in for Bruce for the night, and do the introductions in french! :D

    yeah, i have a feeling his quick win was almost his ticket off the montreal card and put him in place to be maybe a couple of wins away from either a #1 contender match or possible title shot :eek: ...maybe!?! :D

    some sad news for mookie today, though, regarding montreal...no more yushin okami vs. evan tanner in montreal. i knew it was too good to be true! :mad: it will be at UFC 82 in ohio instead. :(

    (..and i was wondering about the announcing too, because all the TKO shows at the bell centre in montreal have bilingual announcements...hmmm...we'll put you on the translations part, ceg. just make the fighters who aren't the favourite have uninspired introductions! haha)
  • Tanner vs. Okami Official; Koscheck vs. Hazelett Un-Televised at UFC 82
    MMA Junkie.com
    January 25, 2008

    After weeks of speculation, a UFC 82 middleweight bout between Evan Tanner and Yushin Okami is now official. Additionally, the UFC today revealed that a welterweight bout between “The Ultimate Fighter 1” standout Josh Koscheck (9-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) and Cincinnati-based fighter Dustin Hazelett (10-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) will appear on the event’s un-televised preliminary card.

    The news was posted on UFC.com this afternoon.

    UFC 82 takes place March 1 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva faces Dan Henderson in the night’s main event.

    News of the Tanner vs. Okami has been reported — and re-reported — for the past month. However, Tanner’s camp couldn’t confirm the bout to MMAjunkie.com (http://www.mmajunkie.com), and a source close to the UFC told us that UFC executives were “extremely pissed” that news of the fight got out in the first place.

    Tanner hasn’t fought in the UFC for nearly two years. The former UFC middleweight champ rebounded from back-to-back losses to Rich Franklin and David Loiseau with a victory over Justin Levens at UFC 59; however, he disappeared from the organization soon after the April 2006 fight. However, he continued to post updates on his official website and even documented his troubles with alcohol.

    However, in a recent interview with MMAjunkie.com, Tanner said he had signed a new four-fight deal with the UFC, was back to training and leading a healthy lifestyle, and that he’s determined to reclaim the middleweight title.

    In the interview, Tanner also revealed that the UFC had an extremely difficult time finding him an opponent. The bout was offered to four fighters — all of whom turned it down. The UFC eventually booked Okami, a middleweight contender who’s 5-1 in the UFC. He signed a new contract with the UFC after his most recent fight: a UFC 77 unanimous-decision victory over Jason MacDonald.

    The Tanner-Okami bout is scheduled for the televised main card — unlike a fight between Koscheck and Hazelett.

    Earlier this week, we took a look at the rumored UFC 82 fight card and determined that at least one pivotal bout would be left un-televised. With Koscheck vs. Hazelett being the victim of a stacked card, rumored Heath Herring vs. Cheick Kongo and Andrei Arlovski vs. Jake O’Brien bouts should be guaranteed TV time.

    http://mmajunkie.com/2008/01/25/tanner-vs-okami-official-koscheck-vs-hazelett-un-televised-at-ufc-82/
  • I can't wait to see Brock powerbomb Mir thru the canvas. LOL
  • I can't wait to see Brock powerbomb Mir thru the canvas. LOL

    i can see it now...lesnar jumps off the top of the octagon to deliver a flying elbow to the groin, only to get caught in a mir triangle and to escape he lifts mir up in the air and slams him through the canvas with the powerbomb. how de we pick that one on fantasy league?! :D
  • press conference for the april show in montreal will be shown live on sportsnet at 10 a.m. eastern on feb 4th. also, a little more on patrick cote doing commentary for the show...or still possibly being on the card? guess we'll find out on feb. 4th.

    Cote to analyze, not fight, in Montreal?
    Saturday, January 26, 2008
    By James Brydon, Sportsnet.ca



    Patrick Cote, right, is coming off perhaps his most impressive win in the UFC, a first-round knockout of Drew McFedries.

    Patrick Cote might be at the Bell Centre in Montreal for the UFC's first event in Canada. He just might not be on the card.

    The Rimouski, Que., native said he was asked by the UFC to do commentary for the French broadcast of UFC 84. He's willing to do it, even if it isn't his first choice.

    "If I'm not on the card and it's something to do for the UFC, I'll do it for sure," said Cote. "But in my mind I'm a fighter, my first job is a fighter and I want to be on the card for sure.

    "It is nonsense for me if they don't put me on this card, but the final decision, it's not mine."

    It would definitely raise some eyebrows if the UFC chose not to put the rising middleweight contender on the card, which is expected to be announced shortly to take place on April 19 in Montreal. Cote, like Georges St. Pierre, is an absolute fan favourite in Montreal having gotten his early experience as a mixed martial artist fighting in the locally-based TKO circuit where he is the current title-holder and remains undefeated (7-0) lifetime.

    He is also on a hot streak unparalleled by any other Canadian fighter in the UFC. He has won three straight matches, the last two being knockout victories over decent competition in Kendall Grove in August and Drew McFedries at the Fight Night on Wednesday. Add to that another first-round knockout win at the Bell Centre in a TKO event last year.

    His most recent win was perhaps his most impressive. The two fighters known for their standup went toe-to-toe looking for opportunities to throw. McFedries landed a few shots, but Cote showed his strong chin.

    "He gave me a good shot but I wasn't hurt at all. It was just a wakeup call to me."

    Cote managed to land the decisive blow which knocked his opponent off-balance and allowed him to force McFedries to the cage and finish him with a flurry that caused the referee to call a stop to it at 1:44.

    "I wanted to knock him out in the first round like I said in the pre-fight interviews" said Cote. "The best thing happened for me. I don't have an injury and I'm healthy."

    Cote has no medical suspension to contend with, so he would certainly be ready to fight again in April. Fellow Canadian Sam Stout, who also regularly fights in TKO, is coming off a win four days earlier at UFC 80 in Newcastle, England, and he will reportedly take on Rich Clementi at the Montreal event. One would expect Cote to get his next fight on a similar timeframe.

    The Fight Network first reported that he was asked to do the commentary, potentially quashing rumours that he will be fighting at the event. He would clearly be a commodity for the UFC as a commentator, but he would certainly represent a stronger draw as a fighter.

    "That's okay; I'll get to be the French Joe Rogan and do the play-by-play," Cote told The Fight Network's Mike Russell.

    Whether his next fight is in his home country or not, Cote will get back to business as usual and just hope for the best.

    "I'll take maybe a week or two of a break, and then go back in the gym," Cote said. "I'm a fighter, I'm not a commentator. I want to fight."

    NOTES: The UFC is holding a news conference in Montreal on Monday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. ET where it is expected to announce details of the card. Sportsnet will air the news conference live and have interviews with Dana White and Georges St. Pierre, who will be in attendance along with Matt Serra.

    No word on whether other fighters will be there, but Cote said he would definitely be there if invited. …

    Another rumoured fight for the Montreal card won't be happening then. A number of sites reported that Yushin Okami would take on Evan Tanner in April, but according to the UFC's website the two will square off at UFC 82 on March 1 in Columbus, Ohio.

    Also added to that card, which is headlined by the Anderson Silva vs. Dan Henderson unification match, Heath Herring will take on Cheick Kongo and Dustin Hazelett will fight Josh Koscheck. …

    http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2008/01/26/cote_montreal/
  • got the picks in for next weekend...:)

    UFC 81, February 2, 2008 - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada - PPV

    Main Card:

    Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs. Tim Sylvia - nogueira by submission
    Brock Lesnar Vs. Frank Mir - lesnar by tko
    Nate Marquardt Vs. Jeremy Horn - marquardt by decision
    Ricardo Almeida Vs. Rob Yundt - almeida by sumission
    Tyson Griffin Vs. Gleison Tibau - griffin by tko

    Pre-lims:

    Chris Lytle Vs. Kyle Bradley - lytle by submission
    Terry Martin Vs. Marvin Eastman - eastman by tko
    David Heath Vs. Tim Boetsch - boetsch by ko
    Rob Emerson Vs. Keita Nakamura - nakamura by submission
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    i can see it now...lesnar jumps off the top of the octagon to deliver a flying elbow to the groin, only to get caught in a mir triangle and to escape he lifts mir up in the air and slams him through the canvas with the powerbomb. how de we pick that one on fantasy league?! :D

    i think that would fall under the category of "Disqualification" ;):D
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • i think that would fall under the category of "Disqualification" ;):D

    that's a bold prediction, eh? :D the old fashioned DQ!
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    got the picks in for next weekend...:)

    UFC 81, February 2, 2008 - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada - PPV

    Main Card:

    Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs. Tim Sylvia - nogueira by submission
    Brock Lesnar Vs. Frank Mir - lesnar by tko
    Nate Marquardt Vs. Jeremy Horn - marquardt by decision
    Alan Belcher Vs. Ricardo Almeida - almeida by sumission
    Tyson Griffin Vs. Gleison Tibau - griffin by tko

    Pre-lims:

    Chris Lytle Vs. Kyle Bradley - lytle by submission
    Terry Martin Vs. Marvin Eastman - eastman by tko
    David Heath Vs. Tim Boetsch - boetsch by ko
    Rob Emerson Vs. Keita Nakamura - nakamura by submission

    Here are mine! we're pretty close this time, Mookie! I'll just have to cross my fingers, and check the scores after the ice fishing trip!! :eek: :D

    Tim Sylvia v. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    Winner: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Split Decision 5 5

    Frank Mir v. Brock Lesnar
    Winner: Brock Lesnar Technical Knock Out 2 1

    Jeremy Horn v. Nate Marquardt
    Winner: Nate Marquardt Unanimous Decision 3 5

    Ricardo Almeida v. Alan Belcher
    Winner: Ricardo Almeida Submission (Arm Lock) 3 2

    Gleison Tibau v. Tyson Griffin
    Winner: Tyson Griffin Technical Knock Out 2 4

    Chris Lytle v. Kyle Bradley
    Winner: Chris Lytle Submission (Other) 1 3

    Marvin Eastman v. Terry Martin
    Winner: Marvin Eastman Split Decision 3 5

    David Heath v. Tim Boetsch
    Winner: Tim Boetsch Technical Knock Out 3 2

    Keita Nakamura v. Rob Emerson
    Winner: Rob Emerson Knock Out 1 3
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • looks like either we're both crazy, or we're both coming out with virtually the same number of winners, ceg. 1 of 9, 2 of 9? :D i will keep my rounds and times a secret for now...a couple of bold predictions for you on the decisions, there! i'm tempted to cross over to your decision picks after your call on the liddell silva decision!

    this event has a lot more question marks than the last one, i think. i found a lot of these really tough to call. i hope we're on about nogueira though! if he beats tim sylvia, i will be happy. :)
  • very nice signing for the WW division, and rumoured to be making his debut in montreal...i hope! :)

    TOP KOREAN FIGHTER, KIM SIGNS WITH UFC
    Tuesday, January 29, 2008
    by John Evans (Translation by Mi Gyoung Yoo)
    MMAWeekly.com


    PUNDANG, South Korea – Undefeated welterweight Dong Hyun Kim held a press conference at the offices of the Super Action cable network on Tuesday to officially announce his newly signed contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

    Kim, who stands at over six feet, is a lankly welterweight who walks around at better than 185 pounds. As originally reported on the Korean website MFight on Friday, the UFC contract will be for four fights at 170 pounds.

    Few other details of the contract were discussed during the conference, save for the speculation that since Kim had received a “better” offer than some Japanese fighters from the now defunct Pride Fighting Championships, his management team was hopeful that his first UFC fight would escape the anonymity of a non-televised undercard. His UFC debut is set for April or May.

    In response to questions from the local media, Kim commented that he was not particularly worried about the transition from ring to cage, nor did he anticipate any problems with adding elbows strikes to his game while deleting soccer kicks and stomps. His plan is to relocate to the United States approximately one month prior to his first fight for cage training, but he has not yet decided upon a gym.

    Though he got his start in Spirit MC, Kim is best known in Asia as the fighter who scored a third round TKO over current DEEP welterweight champion Hidehiko Hasegawa in a non-title contest, only to be handed a controversial draw in the rematch that followed.

    He was cautious with his words today and the press conference rhetoric was pretty standard, but among fight fans on this side of the world, Dong Hyun Kim’s promises ring with truth.

    “I’ll do my best. I will train hard and progress step-by-step. I will never let down my fans. So keep watching me.”

    UFC fans will have no choice but to watch Dong Hyun Kim, as he will enter the ranks of the ten best welterweights in the world within the next eighteen months.

    http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5580&zoneid=13
  • sweet! kalib starnes is being added to the montreal card in a match against nate quarry. should prove to be an interesting fight, and it's good to see kalib get on the canadian card. :)

    so it's not looking like the super card it was shaping up to be at the beginning, but there are still some very good matches and excellent fighters on the card, and GSP of course!

    so montreal now looks like...

    UFC 83, April 19, 2008 - Bell Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada - PPV

    Main Card:

    Georges St-Pierre Vs. Matt Serra - WW Championship
    Mauricio Rua Vs. TBA
    Rich Franklin Vs. Travis Lutter
    Kalib Starnes Vs. Nate Quarry
    Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig

    Pre-Lims:

    Jason MacDonald Vs. Joe Doerksen
    Dong Hyun Kim Vs. TBA
    Sam Stout Vs. Rich Clementi
    Jonathan Goulet Vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka
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    sweet! kalib starnes is being added to the montreal card in a match against nate quarry. should prove to be an interesting fight, and it's good to see kalib get on the canadian card. :)

    so it's not looking like the super card it was shaping up to be at the beginning, but there are still some very good matches and excellent fighters on the card, and GSP of course!

    so montreal now looks like...

    UFC 83, April 19, 2008 - Bell Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada - PPV

    Main Card:

    Georges St-Pierre Vs. Matt Serra - WW Championship
    Mauricio Rua Vs. TBA
    Rich Franklin Vs. Travis Lutter
    Kalib Starnes Vs. Nate Quarry
    Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig

    Pre-Lims:

    Jason MacDonald Vs. Joe Doerksen
    Dong Hyun Kim Vs. TBA
    Sam Stout Vs. Rich Clementi
    Jonathan Goulet Vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka

    looks good to me, mook! can't wait for the official annoucement! :D
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  • 01/30/2008
    Yundt to replace Belcher on UFC 81 Card
    Thomas Gerbasi, UFC.com

    Unbeaten UFC newcomer Rob Yundt (7-0) has stepped in on short notice to replace middleweight up and comer Alan Belcher against Ricardo Almeida on Saturday night's UFC 81 card in Las Vegas. Belcher was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a severe case of bronchitis.
  • looks like cards have to be submitted once again due to the change in the status of alan belcher. i went with the same...almeida by submission in the first!

    also countdown to UFC 81 and all access: brock lesnar with releash...i mean...rachelle leah...on spike tv tonight. :)

    edit: actually, i think the all access show might be on thurdsday night...
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