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

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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    might i add...

    c'est bon! :D

    p.s GSP! :D
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    just watched the press conference for ufc 83 on sportsnet. they said patrick cote will be on the card after all! :)

    apparently, fight club memberships in canada have been selling at a very high rate recently, especially in ontario and quebec. 13,000 tickets have already been sold through the pre-sale to fight club members in less than 24 hours. so i guess it's a good thing we joined the fight club, because there's not going to be much left when the public ticket sales start.

    looks like ufc 83 will be the biggest mma show ever held in north america, in terms of attendance. it's a great opportunity for some of the canadian fighters to get some press here at home.

    can't wait!
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    patrick cote back on the card, and demian maia will be in montreal! :) apparently dong hyun kim will be making his debut later than rumoured, but cote and maia make up for that, i guess ;) 10 fights on this card as well...



    UFC 83 TIX GO FAST, FULL CARD ANNOUNCED
    Monday, February 04, 2008
    by Ken Pishna & Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com


    The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Monday held a press conference in Montreal to discuss its upcoming Canadian debut on April 19.

    Georges St. Pierre and Matt Serra were on hand to help pump up their welterweight title bout, but from the news that UFC president Dana White delivered, they didn’t really need to be there.

    Tickets don’t even go on sale to the general public until Thursday of this week, but according to White, UFC Fight Club members (the only ones to whom tickets are currently available) have already purchased more than 13,000 tickets for UFC 83, which is set to take place at the 21,273-seat Bell Centre.

    “13,375 tickets, in that ballpark,” said White of the total ticket sales thus far.

    Serra defeated St. Pierre at UFC 69 in Houston, Texas to capture the UFC welterweight title. He was scheduled to defend that belt against Matt Hughes on Dec. 29 in Las Vegas, but had to withdraw due to an injury. St. Pierre stepped up to take his place and ended up defeating Hughes to capture the interim welterweight strap.

    The UFC on Monday also announced the rest of the bouts for the April 19 event, minus one opponent. It is a full fight card with 10 bouts scheduled:

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

    http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5622&zoneid=13
  • ACCBootlegGoddess
    ACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,318
    Mookie...before you get too excited about tickets...have you seen what they are charging...err gauging us for???

    My roomie looked it up after the ppv on Saturday night cause we wanted to make the trip...dude.. $550 for the closest seats!!!!!!! I know its Canadian but Canadian dollar and US are at par right now...its the same thing.

    The ppv in Dec was only $350. INSANE!!!!!! Fuck that shit I'm staying home.
    If you want something like reasonable...like $150 or less you are looking at seats above the press area which are so high you won't see anything.
    My roomie is afraid of heights so thats out of the question for me.

    Add those onto the price of hotel...and Montreal can be pretty expensive for hotels too and yer looking at over a grand.

    I wanna see that match live so bad...but I just don't have that kind of bank roll.

    If you guys do...then have fun and tell us all about it when u get back.
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    yep, already excited, meaning we already got the tickets. :) yeah, the high end 550$ seats are higher than normal...i think columbus is 400$ for floor and there is a lot more "star power" on that card. the lower bowl is comparable, though, between 200-300$, i think. we're sitting a little over three quarters of the way up the lower bowl, so the view should be good. high enough to see into the cage and to watch the big screens easily. i wouldn't want to be sitting too low, pay too much, and not be able to see anything!

    the real steal of a deal right now is the UFC fight night in colorado. only 250$ for floor tickets to one of the most talent laden cards they've ever held! it would be nice to live nearby...:D

    still, a lot of my personal faves are on the montreal card (a couple more that got moved would be nice...evan tanner and thiago alves specifically ;)) so i don't mind paying a couple of bills to see this show. should be a good time in montreal...first event in canada and the largest in north america for mma...should be insane, especially for GSP! they go crazy enough for TKO shows in quebec, i can only imagine what it will be like for this!

    i'm sorry about the rommate with the height issues. that sucks. :( we'll let you know how it goes. i'm sure we'll have some pics and a few tales.

    if i win the lottery before april, everyone in the thread is invited!
  • ACCBootlegGoddess
    ACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,318
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    yep, already excited, meaning we already got the tickets. :) yeah, the high end 550$ seats are higher than normal...i think columbus is 400$ for floor and there is a lot more "star power" on that card. the lower bowl is comparable, though, between 200-300$, i think. we're sitting a little over three quarters of the way up the lower bowl, so the view should be good. high enough to see into the cage and to watch the big screens easily. i wouldn't want to be sitting too low, pay too much, and not be able to see anything!

    the real steal of a deal right now is the UFC fight night in colorado. only 250$ for floor tickets to one of the most talent laden cards they've ever held! it would be nice to live nearby...:D

    still, a lot of my personal faves are on the montreal card (a couple more that got moved would be nice...evan tanner and thiago alves specifically ;)) so i don't mind paying a couple of bills to see this show. should be a good time in montreal...first event in canada and the largest in north america for mma...should be insane, especially for GSP! they go crazy enough for TKO shows in quebec, i can only imagine what it will be like for this!

    i'm sorry about the rommate with the height issues. that sucks. :( we'll let you know how it goes. i'm sure we'll have some pics and a few tales.

    if i win the lottery before april, everyone in the thread is invited!



    Damn! That still had to set you back at least 4 bills each! Are they hiring where u work???? hahaha kidding.

    I LOOOVE JSB and Ritchie Franklin so I sooooo wish I could be there. If I win a lotto before, I'll be there lol. OMG I have to see your pics when you get back.

    I'll be praying that one of us wins the lotto so I can go haha.
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • leafs4ever
    leafs4ever Posts: 833
    WOOHOO i got tickets to montreal!!!
    My buddy at work called his wife and she got us tickets tonite, i'm not positive which section or anything (she is e-mailing me the reciept in the am). They are the $200 tickets (green's i believe) and said something about section 302 or 304 (not really positive till the morning), but she was checking everything available and got the best ones we could in that price range. I've just been excited since my buddy came up to me and told me she confirmed it. Got 6 in a row, so maybe a PJ meet up could be arranged. We are going down on the Friday and staying at the Holiday Inn (i think) near the bell center until sunday.
    "I'll ride the wave where it takes me"
    09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    ACCBootlegGoddess wrote:
    Damn! That still had to set you back at least 4 bills each! Are they hiring where u work???? hahaha kidding.

    I LOOOVE JSB and Ritchie Franklin so I sooooo wish I could be there. If I win a lotto before, I'll be there lol. OMG I have to see your pics when you get back.

    I'll be praying that one of us wins the lotto so I can go haha.

    JSB ? you mean the jimmy swift band, accbotleggoddess? :D

    i know what you mean. :)

    lotto wins for all of us! :D
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    leafs4ever wrote:
    WOOHOO i got tickets to montreal!!!
    My buddy at work called his wife and she got us tickets tonite, i'm not positive which section or anything (she is e-mailing me the reciept in the am). They are the $200 tickets (green's i believe) and said something about section 302 or 304 (not really positive till the morning), but she was checking everything available and got the best ones we could in that price range. I've just been excited since my buddy came up to me and told me she confirmed it. Got 6 in a row, so maybe a PJ meet up could be arranged. We are going down on the Friday and staying at the Holiday Inn (i think) near the bell center until sunday.

    congrats on getting tickets, leafs4ever! it doesn't sound like there's much left.

    i have the same agenda, with a stop at the art gallery at some point ;) so i'm sure we'll all work out a place and time to meet up. la rue st-catherine's, peut-être? :D
  • Blind3
    Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    Great weekend in LV. GSP was really down to earth during the Fight Club Q&A. A true gentleman . Highlights : he'd look forward to meeting Anderson Silva at mw even though he walks around at 187 and would be a small mw; no flukes in MMA , Serra was simply better at 69 ; and there are great clubs , including strip clubs, in Montreal.

    As for the fights , i enjoyed Tim Boetschs's throwdown of David Heath; Big Dog Almeidas submission ; Light's Out Lytle 's use of his boxing background to devastating advantage; Big Nog's resilience and stick to it-iveness in getting Sylvia where he obviously didn't want to be ( the ground) ; and Mir taking advantage of Lesnar's inexperience.

    Looking forward to Columbus...a cheap date as I've a brother there ... and Montre-OUCH!! My wallet is still smoking from the pain and abuse.
    "Buy the ticket,take the ride"
    Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

    "If I wanted you to understand, I would have explained it better"
    Johan Cruijff
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    happy to hear you had a good time, blind3..and that you are still attending the live events! :)

    almeida and bog nog were highlights for me too. the electricity alone for the lesnar / mir match must have been awesome! i was impressed by tim boetsch as well, especially given the incredibly short notice.

    so, you are off to columbus next, eh? that is a spectacular show. if only roan and gono had remained on the card...could have been one of the best cards i've ever seen on paper. still, the talent on that card is nothing to sneeze at.

    i wish i could be there to cheer on evan tanner in his return, but montreal is calling...:)

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