UFC 79: Georges St-Pierre Vs. Matt Hughes III & Chuck Liddell Vs. Wanderlei Silva

mookie blaylock 10

no computer fix still...the plumbing underneath my bathroom has apparently sprung a leak and i had to wait around for plumbers to come today. they just forgot to arrive, i guess. now my computer monitor is flashing in and out like it did the last time it blew. oh yeah, good times.

anyway, a couple of good fights on unleashed tonight, huerta vs. garcia and aurelio vs. guida. good preview for the upcoming finale.

looking forward to tonight. could be a good match, should be lots of "drama", and plenty of bleeping from the censors when dana comes to give the obligatory speech after the war machine / jared incident.

hoping this computery thingy hangs on until the end of the show...

mookie blaylock 10

this incident wasn't worthy of a visit to the house for dana to make a speech, i guess.

half hour left in the show, so it could be a longer fight coming up. that may not bode well for ben if he's sick...

ReleasH

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

this incident wasn't worthy of a visit to the house for dana to make a speech, i guess.

half hour left in the show, so it could be a longer fight coming up. that may not bode well for ben if he's sick...

That might have been the silliest, most frat boy "incident" in all the seasons. :cool:

mookie blaylock 10

ReleasH wrote:

That might have been the silliest, most frat boy "incident" in all the seasons. :cool:

indeed. kind of gross, but punishment enough for the to have to clean it up, i suppose.

pretty good first round. it was close, but i think tommy might have been pulling ahead at the end. i thought ben had him the triangles and that armbar had me tapping here! kind of like tommy's fight with war machine. he escapes the early tight submissions to get on top and start landing shots. this time he didn't get nearly as many in, though.

mookie blaylock 10

tommy's round completely in the second. easy one for the judges. tommy wins the decision. i'm surprised he was able to keep ben down, but ben looked like he didn't have the strength to even think about trying.

it's surprising they didn't leave us with a cliff hanger there about who be facing each other in the semi's, but it does look like the rumours that were going around are true. somebady's coming back to replace one of the semi-finalists. i'm guessing it has to be tommy with the cuts.

looks also like they're trying to get a george vs. mac final, which would be an outstanding fight, i think. probabaly the one most of us expected. we'll have to wait and see what happens...

ReleasH

Good fight tonight. Ben was soooooo close with those triangles and armbars. I have to hand it to Tommy for really sticking with it to get the decision.

I was surprised they picked the semis so quickly. These are the matches I would have picked.
Matt v. MAC DANZIG
George v. Tommy

I wonder who isn't going to be able to fight. I'm guessing Tommy. I'm crossing my fingers that it isn't Mac

mookie blaylock 10

ReleasH wrote:

Good fight tonight. Ben was soooooo close with those triangles and armbars. I have to hand it to Tommy for really sticking with it to get the decision.

I was surprised they picked the semis so quickly. These are the matches I would have picked.
Matt v. MAC DANZIG
George v. Tommy

I wonder who isn't going to be able to fight. I'm guessing Tommy. I'm crossing my fingers that it isn't Mac

true enough. that's two fights now where tommy has been in situations where the fight looked certain to be over and he got through them both.

tommy's definitely the most banged up of the four, so that's my guess too. i'm wondering who they bring back.

mookie blaylock 10

just started thnking. if these guys are already announced in the final....Jared Rollins, Jon Koppenhaver, Paul Georgieff, Troy Mandaloniz, Richie Hightower, Dorian Price...it would make sense that none of them are the one selected to come back, as the outcome of the semi-final would already be known, right?

civ_eng_girl

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

anyway, a couple of good fights on unleashed tonight, huerta vs. garcia and aurelio vs. guida. good preview for the upcoming finale.

caught the last two rounds of Roger's fight... I read a new nickname for him on Facebook..... "All Man-ador"....

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

pretty good first round. it was close, but i think tommy might have been pulling ahead at the end. i thought ben had him the triangles and that armbar had me tapping here! kind of like tommy's fight with war machine. he escapes the early tight submissions to get on top and start landing shots. this time he didn't get nearly as many in, though.

granted, i was drifting in and out a little during the fight, but from the bits i saw, i would have given the first round to Ben... although i do admire Tommy for not tapping right away, like we've seen ALL the other guys do as soon as someone even remotely sinks in a hold....

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

looks also like they're trying to get a george vs. mac final, which would be an outstanding fight, i think. probabaly the one most of us expected. we'll have to wait and see what happens...
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yah, their intensions seem pretty obvious.... i feel bad for Matt A. though... i feel like they just fed him to the wolves... :(

i agree that none of the guys who have been announced for the show will be the replacement fighter... who does that leave? Kolosci maybe?

civ_eng_girl

aw crap... i just realized it'll probably be Dan B, due to his "controvertial loss".... meh.

mookie blaylock 10

stopping by for a quick minute again...:)

too funny, "all man-ador" is. good one, ceg. i was just reading that ben saunders is facing dan barrera in a rematch at the finale, so billy miles, maybe?!?! kolosci probably won't be able to go, after his fight with mac. billy might be the only one healthy enough at this point.

the preview for next week was on and dana says at one point that he couldn't believe how easily the guy who couldn't continue gave in, so that makes it all the more odd. you just reminded me too, that maybe it's actually tommy's arm and not the cuts that force him out. i could see him not showing a lot of emotion if the doctors say he can't continue...so many questions for next week!

mookie blaylock 10

looks like gray will have a different opponent at the UFC fight night show in january...



Gray Maynard vs. Dennis Siver Set for UFC Fight Night 12
November 29, 2007


“The Ultimate Fighter 5’s” Gray Maynard will take on German fighter Dennis Siver (11-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at a UFC Fight Night 12 event planned for Jan. 23.

A source close to Maynard told MMAjunkie.com (http://www.mmajunkie.com) of the bout this afternoon. Additionally, a representative from Siver’s camp confirmed the bout.

UFC Fight Night 12 features a main event between Mike Swick and Josh Burkman and airs live on Spike TV.

As MMAjunkie.com reported last week, Maynard was expected to fight fellow collegiate wrestler Matt Grice at the event, but the former University of Oklahoma Sooner apparently turned down the bout.

Instead, Maynard will fight a submission specialist from the German-based OC Fight Team.

Maynard, part of Randy Couture’s Xtreme Couture team, was a cast member on “The Ultimate Fighter 5,” where the 28-year-old posted victories over Wayne Weems in a preliminary fight and Brandon Melendez in the show’s quarterfinals. However, eventual show winner Nate Diaz defeated Maynard in the show’s semifinals.

Maynard, a wrestling teammate of Rashad Evans at Michigan State Univerity, next fought Rob Emerson at The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale in June, but the fight was ruled a no-contest when Maynard slammed his opponent to the mat. Emerson worsened a pre-existing rib injury and was forced to verbally submit, but Maynard temporarily knocked himself out in the process, prompting a ruling of a no-contest.

Maynard most recently scored an impressive nine-second KO of newcomer Joe Veres at UFC Fight Night 11 in September.

His opponent, Siver, made his octagon debut at UFC 70 with a first-round submission loss to Jess Liaudin. However, he bounced back at the UFC’s next U.K. show with a second-round KO of Naoyuki Kotani at UFC 75.

Six of Siver’s 11 victories have come via submission. He’s won four of his past five fights.

http://mmajunkie.com/2007/11/29/gray-maynard-vs-dennis-siver-set-for-ufc-fight-night-12/

ReleasH

I was literally just coming here to post that article!!

Vas-y Gray!

mookie blaylock 10

ReleasH wrote:

I was literally just coming here to post that article!!

Vas-y Gray!

i'm sniffing out the stories and rumours like an ole hound dog!

just got back from getting my computer "fixed". it's only four or five years old, and already they don't make this particular fan anymore. therefore i'm on a hunt on ebay to find the right one, or buy a new tower for about 275$. i'm thinking i'll hold old for a bit, run this one into the ground and get a new system when i can.

frustrating to spend a few hours only to find out they can do anything for you but clean it, and it sounds pretty much as bad as it did. feckin' feck! :mad:

anyhoo...

sounds like matt grice had to decline because he's joing the police academy and couldn't get the necessary time off for the fight, so dennis siver steps in. i think gray wins both fights, but both guys are very talented fighters. i can't decide which one is the better match for gray. siver might be the easier match, despite his experience. i'm willing to bet gray has made vast improvements over the past several months.

civ_eng_girl

sorry you couldn't get your puter fixed, mook! :( i hope it holds out for a while for you!

btw... i had totally forgotten that Kolosci just fought Mac... oops!

i think that does really only leave Billy...

mookie blaylock 10

civ_eng_girl wrote:

sorry you couldn't get your puter fixed, mook! :( i hope it holds out for a while for you!

btw... i had totally forgotten that Kolosci just fought Mac... oops!

i think that does really only leave Billy...

i was going around wracking my brain trying to think who might be healthy enough, and then i remembered that mac said the only one cleared for him to spar with was billy, but tht he made a poor sparring partner. i think everyone else is banged up or already confirmed for the finale.

kolosci would likely be game to go, but he took a beating against mac and i'm sure he wouldn't be cleared in time for contact.

thanks for the kind wishes on the devil machine here. it's starting to quiet down again, but it's only a matter of time before it goes kaput. :(

ReleasH

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

i was going around wracking my brain trying to think who might be healthy enough, and then i remembered that mac said the only one cleared for him to spar with was billy, but tht he made a poor sparring partner. i think everyone else is banged up or already confirmed for the finale.

kolosci would likely be game to go, but he took a beating against mac and i'm sure he wouldn't be cleared in time for contact.

thanks for the kind wishes on the devil machine here. it's starting to quiet down again, but it's only a matter of time before it goes kaput. :(

I agree that Billy is the only one left. we'll see how it goes, eh?

I'm sorry too about the devil computer, mooks. As long as it hold up for the TUF finale!

ReleasH

UFC Ultimate Knockouts 4 and Fight Night (Diego Sanchez v. Joe Riggs, Marcus Davis v. Shonie Carter) on tonight, starting at 9 pm EST.

Maybe they'll show Gray Maynard first punch knockout of Veres ...followed by his all too cute wink,

mookie blaylock 10

ReleasH wrote:

UFC Ultimate Knockouts 4 and Fight Night (Diego Sanchez v. Joe Riggs, Marcus Davis v. Shonie Carter) on tonight, starting at 9 pm EST.

Maybe they'll show Gray Maynard first punch knockout of Veres ...followed by his all too cute wink,

missed your post last night, releash, so i missed the shows. i think i must have fallen asleep pretty early, and woke up to a winter wonderland today!

they probably didn't have time to show gray's ko due to time contstraints, eh?

one more week until the finale!

ReleasH

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

missed your post last night, releash, so i missed the shows. i think i must have fallen asleep pretty early, and woke up to a winter wonderland today!

they probably didn't have time to show gray's ko due to time contstraints, eh?

one more week until the finale!

you didn't miss a whole lot, mooks. Pretty standard knockout highlights. Alas, no Gray Maynard. :( I watched part of the fight night on mute, but ended up falling asleep pretty early too.

Oooohhh, I miss snow!! and mountains!! and skiing! Enjoy your winter wonderland.

I'm looking forward to the finale. It's free and I have the whole weekend off!

Any luck with the computer fan?