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UFC/MMA etc crossover Thread *Spoilers for latest show*

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  • #122
    Tinie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Tinie


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B70cDgoaVMY


  • #123
    gnfnrhead
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    He is going to have to improve a lot if he plans on doing it at a higher level. He spent the first half of the fight getting his head punched in, a better fighter would have beaten him as a result.


  • #124
    GTR63
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,469 ✭✭✭✭GTR63


    He is just a shìt Herschel Walker really.


  • #125
    GTR63
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    Anybody staying up for UFC 153 tonite?


  • #126
    Cherry_Cola
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Cherry_Cola


    GTR63 wrote: »
    Anybody staying up for UFC 153 tonite?

    Yeah, it's the best card they've had in a while IMO so hopefully it'll be worth it!


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  • #127
    rovert
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    UFC President Dana White told The Times on Tuesday that Jones and Sonnen have been assigned as opposing coaches in the third installment of "The Ultimate Fighter" on FX, creating some extensive pre-fight hype for their April 27 pay-per-view title match at a site to be determined.

    "The Ultimate Fighter" with Jones and Sonnen is set to begin shooting on Oct. 29 in Las Vegas, with a debut in early January as young middleweights participate in a tournament that leads up to an April "TUF" finale at the Vegas Hard Rock Hotel, where the winner will receive a multi-fight UFC contract.

    Lots of UFC is turning into WWE outrage by fans online. I think my enlightened brothers of the Pro Wrestling realise UFC at it's most sucessful has always been sports entertainment.


  • #128
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    I've been wondering, do you think MMA rose in popularity when the Hulkamaniacs grew up?


  • #129
    gnfnrhead
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    Did that not get crap ratings last year, or is that something else I'm thinking of?


  • #130
    rovert
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    gnfnrhead wrote: »
    Did that not get crap ratings last year, or is that something else I'm thinking of?

    The current season as well. Worst ever.


  • #131
    Cherry_Cola
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Cherry_Cola


    I think the Friday night slot isn't doing it any favours. I really enjoyed the last season with the whole Michael Chiesa story.

    The latest season has been pretty poor, the UK vs Aus one is quality so far though.


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  • #132
    GTR63
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    Sonnen vs Jones will finish even quicker than Bonnar vs Silva, a joke of a fight imo. Who is Chael going to do the "Even I know I got no chance" ads with?


  • #133
    rossie1977
    Registered Users Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    Stereomaniac wrote: »
    I've been wondering, do you think MMA rose in popularity when the Hulkamaniacs grew up?

    no, ufcs rise in popularity happened when the ultimate fighter aired on spike in 2005, spikes strategy of airing tuf after raw was brilliant and it meant the show captured alot of the wwe fans at the time
    gnfnrhead wrote: »
    Did that not get crap ratings last year, or is that something else I'm thinking of?

    the tv shows have been doing very poor ratings this year, three years ago october 2009 one episode of ultimate fighter did 5.3 million viewers, last friday the show did 640,000, smackdown amongst other things is killing them


  • #134
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    Well, I for one have been more than aware of UFC since well before 2005. 1997 to be precise, when Ken Shamrock and later Dan Severn made the crossover. I looked back over to where they came from. I meant in America, or worldwide, not in Ireland. Just a theory.


  • #135
    GTR63
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    To quote my brother Dana White is getting a bit tarry now.


  • #136
    Cherry_Cola
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Cherry_Cola


    Very good fight, was a little worried for GSP there for a bit but it all worked out well in the end. The way they kept showing Silva on screen during the fight, I was expecting some epic promo to build a fight at the end.


  • #137
    GTR63
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    Cherry_Cola wrote: »
    Very good fight, was a little worried for GSP there for a bit but it all worked out well in the end. The way they kept showing Machida's moustache on screen during the fight, I was expecting some epic promo to build a fight at the end.
    Thats all I saw.


  • #138
    GTR63
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    What was sadder BJ Penn's performance or Shogun not being in shape yet again?


  • #139
    Ando's Saggy Bottom
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    Anyone else gotten a bit bored if UFC/MMA in general. Seems to have lost the must- see buzz it had a while back for me anyway. The depth of quality just doesn't seem to be there anymore.


  • #140
    Stereomaniac
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    I don't find it that entertaining to watch at all, to be honest. I watch it when I have some sort of vested interest, like when Batista was fighting. But otherwise it find it to be barbaric.


  • #141
    gnfnrhead
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    Pete Campbell wrote: »
    Anyone else gotten a bit bored if UFC/MMA in general. Seems to have lost the must- see buzz it had a while back for me anyway. The depth of quality just doesn't seem to be there anymore.

    Too much of it now. An entire show was cancelled recently when the main event was taken away. A few years ago they could have easily replaced it with another fight. They have too many shows, PPV's etc for that to happen nowadays. Used to have a few good looking fights per card, now it's often a one fight card. Outside of the main event, the card doesnt really matter.


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  • #142
    GTR63
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    Last night's show had a good card(for a change but just never got going in the entertainment stakes, fu<king calf punching).
    But yeah there are too many cards e.g. 2 TUF finales on next weekend which is just stupid.
    The next numbered card has Dos Santos vs Velasquez on the 29th and fecking nothing else on it.


  • #143
    rossie1977
    Registered Users Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    last night was really good i thought, a hot crowd adds so much to an event be it wrestling, ufc, basketball, wwe should do a big ppv in seattle some day again like a rumble or summerslam


  • #144
    Cherry_Cola
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Cherry_Cola


    Anyone watching the Ultimate Fighter final? That Russian lad just got three savage German suplexes, Kurt Angle would be proud.


  • #145
    stiffler123
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    Cherry_Cola wrote: »
    Anyone watching the Ultimate Fighter final? That Russian lad just got three savage German suplexes, Kurt Angle would be proud.

    As Taz would say the three amigos:D Not enough suplexes in UFC.


  • #146
    GTR63
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  • #147
    rovert
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    UFC 92 I had five lads over. Tonight none. Just got Kid Rock blasted at me. Along with celebrities such as MC Hammer, the redhead from That 70's Show and Jaime Presiely.

    Let's not even talk about the fights so far.


  • #148
    GTR63
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    Its a 1 fight card and that fight will go 2 rounds max. Miller vs Lauzon would of nearly been a prelim 5 years ago, its a fight where the winner will go nowhere in the lightweight title reckoning. Much better watching than the horrid Okami or Leben fights.


  • #149
    GTR63
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    Main event was a pure damp squib. The fight changed on 1 punch in the 1st Round and Velasquez should of put him out of there despite Cigano showing Fabio Maldonado level heart.


  • #150
    scudzilla
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    GTR63 wrote: »
    Main event was a pure damp squib. The fight changed on 1 punch in the 1st Round and Velasquez should of put him out of there despite Cigano showing Fabio Maldonado level heart.

    And there is the proof that you should stick to pro wrestling as you obviously know fcuk all about MMA


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  • #151
    GTR63
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    scudzilla wrote: »
    And there is the proof that you should stick to pro wrestling as you obviously know fcuk all about MMA

    Dos Santos was standing on instinct alone in the last 4 rounds he was fùcked(thats how to spell it btw). Cain should of been able to finish him imo.


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