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

ReleasH wrote:

I'm putting in my picks now, Comm. Mookie!

LMFAO!!! If you could only see how far from Rachelle Leah I look right now. I might resemble a female version of Clay Guida after not showering or sleeping for the last 40 hours! (I'm not sure though, I'm afraid to look in a mirror)

hahah

i resemble evan tanner when he was growing his beard in the middle of his hiautus from fighting (don't know if you saw those...but the fans were wondering if he'd gone crazy or was homeless ) so i'm doing pretty well myself. ceg can dress up in her kiss outfit and we'll be all set! like our own "tapout" crew.

good luck on the picks. i found this one tough on a few of the matches. i think nogueira was the only one i picked with bias because i relly hope he wins, but also i feel he is the tougher, more well rounded fighter. i hope!

+1 to what you said about the tickets as well. i think we're all on the same page...affordable, yet decent view. i'd have to say that area we talked about is our best bet. much better than paying too much to sit too low and spend the whole show trying to watch the big screen!

so all the bouts are confirmed for montreal except two. you know mirko cro cop hasn't fought in a while...hmm....;)

it's going to be deafening before the main event!



UFC president: Montreal will set record
Thursday, January 31, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS

LAS VEGAS -- The UFC's Canadian debut April 19 in Montreal will be the UFC's biggest ever, UFC president Dana White predicted Thursday.

"It's going to be crazy. Twenty-two thousand, we're going to sell it out," White told The Canadian Press after a news conference for Saturday's UFC 81 show at the Mandalay Bay. "We're going to sell out the Bell Centre."

The UFC's current attendance record of 19,049 was set at UFC 68 on March 3, 2007, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio -- a show that produced the biggest crowd ever for a mixed martial arts event in North America. The gate of US3 million-plus was also tops for the Columbus arena, erasing the previous record held by the Rolling Stones.

"Canada will be the (attendance) record. Canada will be the biggest UFC event ever," said White.

Tickets for UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre 2 in Montreal have yet to go on sale, although members of the UFC's fan Fight Club can take part in a pre-sale starting Sunday. More ticket information is expected Monday when White and headline fighters Georges St. Pierre and Matt Serra hold a news conference in Montreal.

Serra upset St. Pierre at UFC 69 in April in Houston to win the 170-pound title. But when Serra injured his back and had to withdraw from a scheduled bout with Matt Hughes at UFC 79 in December, St. Pierre stepped in and beat Hughes to claim the interim title. Serra and St. Pierre will now decide the championship for real in Montreal, St. Pierre's home town.

White says the early word on Canadian ticket sales is very bright, saying the organization is getting bombarded with inquiries asking not when tickets go on sale, but how many can people buy.

"We've been dying to go there. Now that we're going, I think the fans are going to be insane up there. I think it's going to be great, I'm excited," he said.

The Montreal card also features former middleweight champion Rich Franklin against Travis Lutter, White confirmed.

Middleweight Jason (The Athlete) MacDonald has confirmed he is taking on Winnipeg's Joe Doerksen on the undercard while other reports have Toronto lightweight Marc Bocek facing Mac Danzig, lightweight Sam Stout of London, Ont., facing Rich Clementi, middleweight Kalib Starnes of Surrey, B.C., fighting Nate Quarry and welterweight Jonathan Goulet of Victoriaville, Que., tackling Kuniyoshi Hironaka.

"When you're going to have that many eyeballs and that much focus on an event, we want to make the Canadians stars in Canada," White said.

Despite the Canadian fan interest, the UFC president believes Canadian sponsors have a way to go to appreciate a fighter like St. Pierre.

"That kid is such a home run for sponsors, man," he said. "You've got a kid from Canada that's as good-looking, athletic and fights like this kid fights and he's not the darling of Canada. It's beyond me. I don't get it."

http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2008/01/31/ufc_canada/

good luck on the picks, leafs4ever. so you're going to montreal too? sounds like a pj / ufc meet up in montreal may be in order.

i have a feeling i know what the answer to your question will be about how wintersleep was last night...:D

thanks for the friday wishes. same back at you!

just finished watching the weigh-ins. everybody made weight and looked to be in about the same shape as usual. chris lylte, though, was probabaly in the best shape i've ever seen him and tim boetsh is huge for 205...almost thought he was going to weight in about 20 lbs over!

lots of boo's for brock lesnar, and they had him come out second which is probably a little insulting to frank mir. not too many boo's for tim sylvia this time around, though. more cheers than boo's for a change.

also, rob emerson is sporting some cheesy new ink...a spartan mask from the movie 300 (could be a gang thing ), and terry martin gave marvin eastman a little shove after not appreciating eastman getting too close for the stare down. martin received absolutely no response at all when he came out. just silence, then joe even had to ask the audience "not even a little clap?"

Main Card:

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (237) Vs. Tim Sylvia (261) - "Interim" HW Championship
Brock Lesnar (265) Vs. Frank Mir (255)
Nate Marquardt (185) Vs. Jeremy Horn (185)
Ricardo Almeida (185) Vs. Rob Yundt (185) (Alan Belcher out due to illness)
Tyson Griffin (155) Vs. Gleison Tibau (156)

Pre-lims:

Chris Lytle (170) Vs. Kyle Bradley (170)
Terry Martin (186) Vs. Marvin Eastman (185)
David Heath (205) Vs. Tim Boetsch (205)
Rob Emerson (155) Vs. Keita Nakamura (155)

UFC 83 is listed on UFC.com under the events heading! the only confrirmed bout they have listed is georges vs. matt, but most of the others have been confirmed by conference calls and press conferences this weekend.

looks like tickets will range fom 50$ - 550$. i'm thinking sections 201 and 213 look most appealing, depending on price, of course.


UFC 83 Serra vs St-Pierre 2
Date Time: 04/19/2008 7pm PT / 10pm ET
Event Type: PPV Live
Location: Centre Bell, Canada

Description: Venue: Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Fight Club Presale: Starts Sunday, February 3 – Noon ET / 9am PT
UFC Newsletter Presale: Starts Wednesday, February 6 – Noon ET / 9am PT
Public On-Sale Date: Starts Friday, February 8 – Noon ET / 9am PT

UFC comes to Canada for the first time ever on Saturday, April 19th! One year ago, Matt "The Terror" Serra shocked the world by defeating Georges "Rush" St-Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Championship. Now, after defeating Matt Hughes in December, St-Pierre enters the Octagon as the Interim Welterweight Champion to face the man who took his title - this time, in his home province of Quebec. Can Serra beat St-Pierre for a second time? The undisputed king of the 170-pound weight class will be determined at UFC 83: SERRA VS. ST-PIERRE 2 - Saturday, April 19, live on Pay-Per-View from Montreal, Quebec.

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.seatingChart&eid=1082

LongRd. wrote:

is there a free live online broadcast somewhere tonight?

i should have mentioned that if you wanted to see the show later on the files are usually uploaded by people to bittorrent sites by the morning. not sure if that helps...