UFC 78: Michael Bisping Vs. Rashad Evans / TUF: Team Hughes Vs. Team Serra

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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    george did look good. some deceptively strong hands. they say his ground game is quite good as well, so it will be interesting to see who serra matches him up with in the quarter finals.

    team serra up 6-1 !! sweet. :)
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    morning guys! sorry i disappeared last night... i was so tired yesterday... i kinda drifted in and out during the fight, so i don't remember much about it, but i did see the end.... felt bad for J-rock, he seems like a really sincere guy who wants to do well... but i'm still happy about the Team Serra win!

    I think George should be matched up with Mac - the Battle of The Grumpy Old Men! ;):p


    p.s. I hate Hughes.
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    morning guys! sorry i disappeared last night... i was so tired yesterday... i kinda drifted in and out during the fight, so i don't remember much about it, but i did see the end.... felt bad for J-rock, he seems like a really sincere guy who wants to do well... but i'm still happy about the Team Serra win!

    I think George should be matched up with Mac - the Battle of The Grumpy Old Men! ;):p


    p.s. I hate Hughes.

    haha :D good call on mac vs. george. it would actually be quite a good match i think. stay clear of the loser for a couple of days, eh?

    jared seems like a really good guy with a good head on his shoulders, but at 30, he's should be in a battle against time. you'd never know it by looking at him though. he's in incredible shape. just like so may of the other guys on team hughes he looked timid out there and afraid to throw a strike. he kept pulling back, and i have to believe that all of it is in part due to the pressure hughes is putting on these guys so that his own reputation isn't tarnished.

    +1 on the disdain for hughes (as i may have pointed out before just once or twice, i think...;)). his legion of fans grows everyday! haha :D
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    this is crazy, terrell has to have the worst luck of anyone in mixed martial arts. looks like he is out once again due to injury. i'm guessing the alves vs. lytle match will be pushed up to the main card.


    Reports: Dave Terrell Scratched from UFC 78
    November 3, 2007

    Dave Terrell (6-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC), the once-promising but oft-injured UFC middleweight, has once again been forced to withdrawal from a UFC card.

    The 29-year-old has suffered a severe ankle injury and will not be able to fight Ed Herman at a UFC 78 event planned for Nov. 17 in Newark, N.J.

    The news was originally reported by MMAjunkie.com radio partner TAGG Radio and has been confirmed by Sam Caplan at fiveouncesofpain.com.

    There’s no word on a possible replacement.

    Terrell made his octagon debut by defeating top middleweight Matt Lindland with a 24-second knockout at UFC 49. The victory made Terrell an overnight contender, and in his next fight, he battled — and lost to — Evan Tanner for the vacant UFC middleweight championship.

    Injuries soon took their toll, though, and Terrell has competed professionally just once in the past 33 months. He submitted Scott Smith at UFC 59 (April 2006), but he had to pull out of UFC 62 and UFC 66 fights with Yushin Okami because of injuries.

    http://mmajunkie.com/2007/11/03/reports-dave-terrell-scratched-from-ufc-78/
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    that was fast. always count on el dirte to fill in on a moment's notice. :) at least they have fought before, so that takes some of the stong away from having less than two weeks to prepare for your opponent. with terrell, herman could have probabaly bet on him having some ring rust, but that's certainly not the case with doerksen. it's likely a much more difficult match for him.


    Joe Doerksen to Replace Dave Terrell at UFC 80
    November 4, 2007

    Dave Terrell, scratched from the UFC 78 card because of a severe ankle injury, will be replaced by Joe Doerksen (39-10 MMA, 1-3 UFC), who will take on “The Ultimate Fighter 3” runner-up Ed Herman, reports UFC.com‘s Thomas Gerbasi.

    It’ll be a rematch three years in the making.

    UFC 78 takes place Nov. 17 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The events airs on pay-per-view and features a main event between undefeated light heavyweights Rashad Evans and Michael Bisping.

    Herman and Doerksen first fought at an October 2004 SportFight event. Doerksen posted a third-round submission victory via triangle choke in the night’s main event.

    Doerksen hasn’t appeared in the UFC since a unanimous-decision loss to Nate Marquardt at UFC 58 in March 2006. After the loss, the 30-year-old strung together eight straight victories in a variety of organizations — before a first-round TKO loss to Paul Filho at WEC 29 in August. Doerksen, a nine-year MMA veteran, has posted victories over the likes of Denis Kang, Lee Murray, Chris Leben, Patrick Cote and John Alessio.

    Herman excelled on the third season of “The Ultimate Fighter” before dropping a close unanimous decision to Kendall Grove in season finale. He then suffered another loss to Jason MacDonald, but the Team Quest fighter has since posted submission victories over Chris Price and Scott Smith.


    http://mmajunkie.com/2007/11/04/joe-doerksen-to-replace-dave-terrell-at-ufc-80/
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    well, the tatted up guy who looks like a good replacement ;) takes on the country farm boy this week. nothing against tom, but i'm hoping to see serra go 7-1. :)

    they keep showing tom getting a cut worked on in between rounds during the opening credits, so am i to assume this one goes at least one round? hmmm...
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    well, the tatted up guy who looks like a good replacement ;) takes on the country farm boy this week. nothing against tom, but i'm hoping to see serra go 7-1. :)

    they keep showing tom getting a cut worked on in between rounds during the opening credits, so am i to assume this one goes at least one round? hmmm...

    how can you not root for a dude named Warmachine?? :p

    i'm so hoping for yet another team serra win! and then i want to see Mac, single handedly take them all out to win it in the end!! :D

    ps. get on those PM's, brother! :mad:
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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    that's a good enough reason to root for him, i guess. :)

    tabernac! the pm's i forgot!
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    elitexc finally decides to get their card together for this saturday. good to see antonio silva vs. jonathan wiezorek added, although i question how safe it is for silva to continue fighting...and what the heck is yves edwards doing on an undercard?...especially with this group of fighters?!?!

    having the same fighters on every card is getting stale, considering they'd started off with a couple of good shows, but at least it's still free to watch (sort of ;))

    EliteXC, November 10, 2007 - Showtime / Fight Network

    Main Card:

    Nick Diaz Vs. KJ Noons
    Jake Sheilds Vs. Mike Pyle
    Kevin Ferguson (Kimbo Slice) Vs. Bo Cantrell
    Antonio Silva Vs. Jonathan Wiezorek
    Seth Kleinbeck Vs. Kyle Noke

    Pre-lims:

    Yves Edwards Vs. Nick Gonzalez
    Geoff Bumstead Vs. Robert Ruiz
    Brett Rogers Vs. Ralph Kelly
    Jon Kirk Vs. Matt Lucas
    Jae Suk Lim Vs. Lane Yarbrough
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    pretty funny hughes' impression from serra with the fake nut shot. :D
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    what a first round! literally half and half.

    first 2:30, all war machine. next 2:30, all tommy. war machine looks staggered, but tommy's bleeding badly from a couple of gashes.

    craziness! :D
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    ugly second round. tommy wins it with ugly jiu-jitsu / wrestling and ground and pound.

    great heart shown by both guys. first, with tommy being able to get through the first 2:30 mins trying to avoid the submission, then by war machine to hang on for the next 7:30.

    team serra wins the first round 6-2. :)
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    a crazy fight indeed!! but i think my favorite of the season so far.... maybe it's just cuz it was the last one, and I was rooting for the 7-1 Team Serra lead....

    War showed some great heart, but seriously needs to work on his defence. He had no guard to speak of... and i'm suprised i only heard Serra tell him to close it up once! Even I was yelling at him to close his guard! :) Granted, he must have been tired from trying to choke out tommy... must be hard to get a good grip with someone head all covered in blood! :eek:

    Anyways, I wish War had had a better outcome, but i think he did really well, staying in it til the end.... It was nice of Serra to say that he still felt like he was 7-1... coaching for dummies... hughs needs it for sure!

    After the fight, there was a shot of Mac saying "Who's got heart!?"... do you think he was referring to tommy or War? my first thought was War... leave it to Mac to root for the other team... hehehe.... ;)

    next week looks like a great show! we get to see Mac in action again soon! :D
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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    a crazy fight indeed!! but i think my favorite of the season so far.... maybe it's just cuz it was the last one, and I was rooting for the 7-1 Team Serra lead....

    War showed some great heart, but seriously needs to work on his defence. He had no guard to speak of... and i'm suprised i only heard Serra tell him to close it up once! Even I was yelling at him to close his guard! :) Granted, he must have been tired from trying to choke out tommy... must be hard to get a good grip with someone head all covered in blood! :eek:

    Anyways, I wish War had had a better outcome, but i think he did really well, staying in it til the end.... It was nice of Serra to say that he still felt like he was 7-1... coaching for dummies... hughs needs it for sure!

    After the fight, there was a shot of Mac saying "Who's got heart!?"... do you think he was referring to tommy or War? my first thought was War... leave it to Mac to root for the other team... hehehe....

    next week looks like a great show! we get to see Mac in action again soon! :D

    yeah, i think that's actually one of those cases where the guy who got cut actually had an advantage because of the slippery arms. war machine had that choke in pretty deep too.

    serra had quite a few one-liners and funny comments last night, and i'mm still laughing about his hughes' impression from the GSP fight. :D

    not sure what mac was on about there? :confused: i'm curious to see who he'll get matched up with in the quarters...
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    the MW champ returns! :) look out anderson silva...;)



    EVAN TANNER SIGNS TO MAKE UFC RETURN
    Thursday, November 08, 2007
    by Ken Pishna - MMAWeekly.com



    Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight titleholder Evan Tanner on Thursday announced via his myspace page that he has signed a four-fight contract with the UFC. Independent sources have confirmed the signing.

    At this time, no return date or opponent has been named.

    Tanner last fought for the UFC, or anywhere else for that matter, more than one-and-a-half years ago when he defeated Justin Levens by triangle choke at UFC 59.

    He won the middleweight championship at UFC 51, defeating David Terrell by TKO. His reign didn’t last long though, as he lost the belt to Rich Franklin four months later.

    The 36-year-old fighter out of Amarillo, Texas has long been considered a nomad, never staying with one fight camp for very long. Tanner has spent time training with teams such as Team Quest and Chute Boxe USA, but is currently training at Hard Knocks Muay Thai in Las Vegas.

    http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5032&zoneid=2
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Why different color trunks were created:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pBuo2lBDUk

    Silva still hungry:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csq3fIlfK-Y

    Whackk:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnpUkneMSWE

    Anderson Silva is quickly becoming my favorite fighter to watch. His stand up defense is supernatural.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Why different color trunks were created:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pBuo2lBDUk

    Silva still hungry:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csq3fIlfK-Y

    Whackk:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnpUkneMSWE

    Anderson Silva is quickly becoming my favorite fighter to watch. His stand up defense is supernatural.

    he was dominant in those cage rage fights. incredible stuff.

    doesn't look like there will be a chance at an okami vs. silva rematch as the rumour is that the UFC has let okami go and he's signing with K-1 hero's.

    thanks for posting the clips, roland. :)
  • sweetpotato
    sweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    he was dominant in those cage rage fights. incredible stuff.

    doesn't look like there will be a chance at an okami vs. silva rematch as the rumour is that the UFC has let okami go and he's signing with K-1 hero's.

    thanks for posting the clips, roland. :)

    oh, yeah!-- that's where the big sweaty guy beat the crap out of the other big sweaty guy, right? ;)

    now that i have your attention--- check your pm's, mook! :)
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  • ReleasH
    ReleasH Posts: 743
    I'm a little late to the party, but what a great fight this week! I tivo'd the episode and just got a chance to watch it tonight. Warmachine opened up a pretty good cut on the bridge of Tommy's nose. I was surprised Tommy was able to turn it around ... losing that much blood (along with the adrenaline) will make you pretty lightheaded. I actually think Mac was talking about Tommy having heart ... he came back so strong in the second round. Warmachine was completely wasted at the end ... wobbling around. I felt kinda bad for him, because he did fight pretty well.

    I'm assuming that Dana White is not going to let Matt Serra match up Mac Danzig and Tommy Speer. I'll do my quarterfinal predictions after that gets cleared up because it makes a big difference in how Serra will go about things.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    he was dominant in those cage rage fights. incredible stuff.

    doesn't look like there will be a chance at an okami vs. silva rematch as the rumour is that the UFC has let okami go and he's signing with K-1 hero's.

    thanks for posting the clips, roland. :)

    Pretty savage standing elbow in the third clip. So clean and thoroughly devastating. Very hard to pull off effectively like that.

    You'd probably like this forum:
    http://www.sherdog.net/forums/index.php

    looking forward to the next PPV showing...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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