UFC 93 Crowd

Derek Coleman

I was disappointed with the reaction of the crowd tonight. Firstly they booed Hathaway who was brilliant. (But understandable I suppose). Then they booed Mark Coleman when he entered the cage and cheered him after the fight!
Then they booed Dan Henderson after the result as if he had robbed Franklin. (What was the 30-27 all about?)
And when any fight went to the ground for more than 5 seconds I had a group of idiots behind me shouting "Fuk sake, stand it up ref".

I'm not writing this thread to start arguements with people so take it for what it is.... an observation.

Also.... I must of had to stand up over a hundred times for people going in and out of the arena to get drink. They were missing most of the fights.:mad:

What did yall think?

I was a bit peeved with people booing Coleman. He deserves more respect than that.

Vince135792003

I think the booing thing was all panto. At the start people booed Coleman but by the end the same people were then cheering him.

I thought the crowd was ok. The typical Irish crowd you'd expect when drink is flowing.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Vince135792003 wrote: »

The typical Irish crowd you'd expect when drink is flowing.

Yup, muppets.

That O2 is one expensive kip too!.

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ginoginelli

Didnt like the coleman booing either, he showed alot of heart in that fight, the crowd saw that and voiced their appreacation. I thought the crowd were decent overall, they booed way less than the american crowds, and were nice and loud throughout. Plenty of singing too. I think we represented ourselves quite well for what was a mediocre night of fights.

JokerD

My word the drinks thing, I was up and down like a yo-yo all night. Don't like booing. When Bisping appeared on the screen the first time there was a little booing which I didn't like at all. At least the second time he appeared it was all cheers. Mostly though the crowd were great. Really enjoyed it.

Utopia Parkway

Crowd were not keen on Coleman at first but he showed such testicular fortitude during the fight that they were cheering him like crazy towards the end. It was like something out of Rocky.

In general on other MMA forums everyone seems to think the crowd was fantastic. The booing was nowhere near the level of many US shows especially the ones outside Vegas. Remember the one in Chicago? They practically booed all night.

Only thing that annoyed me was the ole ole brigade but that's just because I can't stand it in general.

pepsicokeacola

any links to those forums mate?

ginoginelli

here you go.

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f2/congrats-irish-fans-902753/

rizzla

Thought the crowd where great from watching it on tv. If there was ever a drop in the action it may have gotten more quite but there was never booing.

Derek Coleman

My little brother made the same comment about the Rocky thing. ha.

And why people would spend all the money to go to an event and get drunk is beyond logical. I wanted to soke up every bit of it. The last thing I'd want is a drunken memory.

I'm glad we came across well but I felt like a lot of the crowd were un-educated about why they should be cheering or booing.

Pride Fighter

There was clapping for things like securing good takedowns, guard sweeps and transitions as well as the stand up action. There were some absolute muppets but I thought the majority of the crowd was good. Negatives, booing Hathaway. Positives, booing 1992 olympic gold medalist Bernard Dunne:D:D, did anyone else see that on the big screen:D

Derek Coleman

LMAO at Ber Nard Dunn. Michael Curruth must be spinning in his grave. Even tho he's not dead.

The Sparrow

I thought the crowd were savage tbh.

There were very few boos for lack of action and they were much more educated than I would have thought. Hathaway should have been booed because he was fighting the hometown hero. Fair play to Hathaway he turned it around and destroyed Egan and won the crowds applause. That is the way it should be.

I've been to UFC shows in Belfast and London and this crowd was by far the best.

Plus boos are not a bad thing. I'm sure Coleman would rather be booed than get no reaction whatsoever.

Valmont

I can handle booing but all the drunk knackers just pissed me off. "Knock his bollix off" and "dont f***ing hug him ya queer" and the all too pervasive "stand it up ref yi prick"

That said, I really enjoyed the event and I thought most of the fights were good especially Coleman vs Shogun because it was just bizarre and Belcher's great comeback.

hunter164

Overall thought the crowd was good except for the drunk poshys behind us that spilt beer evrywhere and screamed left jab for the whole night.

Derek Coleman

LMAO at Left jab! Hopefully they weren't shouting that at south paw fighters!

hunter164

Yes, yes they were.

siochain

Though the crowd and atmosphere was very good.

Gavin "shels"

From what I seen of it all I'll say is "Olé, Olé Olé Olé, Olé" and "The Fields Of Athenry" :rolleyes:

Scramble

Early on I had high hopes for the crowd around me. People were clapping when a fighter regained guard and generally showed that they knew a bit about the sport.

Later on with a few more drinks on board things were a little ropier, but no worse than some of the other UFCs I've been at.

My major beef was the way that Hathaway was booed. I thought it was incredibly juvenile and embarassing. An Irish fighter fighting in a UFC held in the UK would not have been booed in the same way. The crowd did clap him after he won, but it had more to do with the fact that Tom Egan (The gentleman that he is) held up his hand and gestured for the crowd to do it.

Bisping was indeed also booed by people around me when he appeared on the screen, and I thought this was pretty dumbass too, frankly.

Marcus Davis was more or less adopted on short notice and generated a huge response from the crowd. At times, though, when they started singing 'the fields of athenry' and 'ole ole' it seemed to me that it had only the faintest connection with what was actually going on in the cage between the two pro athletes they'd paid money to watch compete.

liger

Scramble wrote: »

My major beef was the way that Hathaway was booed. I thought it was incredibly juvenile and embarassing. An Irish fighter fighting in a UFC held in the UK would not have been booed in the same way.

Hattaway could have been from any country, He'd have still been booed, The crowd were backing the hometown boy. Hattaway got booed at the weigh in's too, both then and in the cage he had the same reaction. He Smiled.


Only thing bad i can say about tonight is a couple of the fans in my section, someone threw a beer in the direction of the cage, it hit the fans just behind bernard dunne. and another idot shouting racist stuff at John Hattaway during the egan fight, He totally freeked out the lady sitting in front of him, had her in tears. Security at the o2 is pure sh*te.

ShawnRaven

Crowd were fine most of the time. This is Dublin, so if you're English, you're gonna get booed out of the building if you're going against an Irish guy, it's that simple. Bisping was in the crowd, but he didn't exactly get booed whenever the camera focused in on him.

The only Rocky similarity I could find with Coleman was how he sounded like him in the post Match interview!

One thing that pissed me off but also made me laugh at the same time was in front of us, some jackass decided to hurl a beer into the middle of the centre section, for whatever reasons. The lack of respect for the people there made me sick, however what did make me howl was the fact that he chose to do it at the beginning of the live screening, where security were all over the place, and right in front of him doing it. He got propped up and turfed right out of the block.

There was an English couple beside where we were sitting, and jesus, i never felt sorry for a lady in my life than I did for this girl, Her boyfriend was almost parylatic drunk before the prelims had even finished and what he thought was playful choking out was actual full force! We caught her crying on at least ten occasions. I kept my cool (didn't particularly want to get turfed out of the building either) but i thought my best mate was going to destroy him.

Didn't let it ruin the night, but it feels that the older I get, people behave more like assholes at gigs/events. Sad generalisation I know, but it's only what i see through these tired eyes as of late.

****, i'm drunk, i need sleep!!

Axwell

liger wrote: »

Only thing bad i can say about tonight is a couple of the fans in my section, someone threw a beer in the direction of the cage, it hit the fans just behind bernard dunne. and another idot shouting racist stuff at John Hattaway during the egan fight, He totally freeked out the lady sitting in front of him, had her in tears. Security at the o2 is pure sh*te.

I was sitting on the opposite side of the steps to that girl, that guy was a complete twat he was standing up shouting abuse at Hattaway when he won and threw the end of his beer down towards the cage. Some of it spilled on the girl thats why she was upset and he was flipping out like a complete retard but at the same time didnt have a clue what was going on really apart from some irish guy was fighting an english guy. Later on he was stumbling round the place drunk, complete idiot with no knowledge of what was going on and there cos it was fighting and an excuse to get drunk. Security in the stands were pure non existant, not that there was much hassle but idiots like that should have been told to cop on or get out.

Just like to add well done to Bernard Dunne our 1992 Olympian..:D

amacachi

Can't comment on how the crowd was at the event, but on TV they were probably as decent as any. On telly there was a small bit of Booing the first time they showed Bisping, second time none.
Of course Hattaway was going to be booed, nothing to do with being English, just that he beat the Paddy.

ShawnRaven

amacachi wrote: »

Of course Hattaway was going to be booed, nothing to do with being English, just that he beat the Paddy.

He wasn't booed as heavily after the match, from where we were sitting (Block M). Now during his entrance, he was booed unmercifully.

So bang goes the theory of it being because he "beat the Paddy"

Curlypinkie

After watching it on TV I really liked the way you could hear almost every word of "fields of Athenry".

But was also a bit dissapointed they booed at Coleman. The man is a legend and does not deserve being booed. But then again a crowd is fickle, not sure why and how it works but especially when drink is involved, there would be a slight case of collective mind!

All in all very enjoyable 3 hours from my ringside on the couch.

amacachi

ShawnRaven wrote: »

He wasn't booed as heavily after the match, from where we were sitting (Block M). Now during his entrance, he was booed unmercifully.

So bang goes the theory of it being because he "beat the Paddy"

Should've said just the fact that he was against the Paddy :P On the TV coverage I didn't see the entrances, when the fight was over there seemed to be a lot of booing, subsided by the time Hattaway was interviewed.

rovert

Curlypinkie wrote: »

But was also a bit dissapointed they booed at Coleman. The man is a legend and does not deserve being booed.

The pre video and his own interview made himself out to be the person to be booed in fairness. Mark was looking to get booed.

Scramble wrote: »

My major beef was the way that Hathaway was booed. I thought it was incredibly juvenile and embarassing.

As people already said it was panto and done in good spirits. I didnt hear abusive comments against Hathaway in my section.

Vince135792003

Scramble wrote: »

Early on I had high hopes for the crowd around me. People were clapping when a fighter regained guard and generally showed that they knew a bit about the sport.

Later on with a few more drinks on board things were a little ropier, but no worse than some of the other UFCs I've been at.

That's pretty much how the crowd around me were like.

And just on Hathaway, I was with some English people and I booed him and it was completely good natured. After he won, the same people who were booing, cheered him including me. It was all tongue in cheek for 90% of the people I'd say.

Spaco

There was some booing around us but most people just starting cheering over them around where i was sitting and they piped down.
But thought the whole day was excellent. few drunks but great atmosphere and lots o cool people around us to chat with, so can't wait for the next one over here.

arybvtcw0eolkf

liger wrote: »

and another idot shouting racist stuff at John Hattaway during the egan fight, .

What kind of racist sh*t?.

rovert

Mairt wrote: »

What kind of racist sh*t?.

Does that matter? If he did he was in the minority. It seems to me so far is that you are only focusing the negative in this thread.

arybvtcw0eolkf

rovert wrote: »

Does that matter? .

Actually to me it does.

rovert wrote: »

. It seems to me so far is that you are only focusing the negative in this thread.

I've ONE post in the thread for crying out loud, ffs :rolleyes:

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cowzerp

The crowd was good overall, The Ole chanting is fun and just builds up the atmosphere! its not like as if we have songs for hendo to sing etc..

or would people prefer if we just sat there talking and clapping occasionally? i got a couple of the ole's going myself and was dead proud!!

rovert

Mairt wrote: »

I've ONE post in the thread for crying out loud, ffs :rolleyes:

Two actually and now three. Still waiting for something positive from you.

arybvtcw0eolkf

cowzerp wrote: »

The crowd was good overall, The Ole chanting is fun and just builds up the atmosphere! its not like as if we have songs for hendo to sing etc..

or would people prefer if we just sat there talking and clapping occasionally? i got a couple of the ole's going myself and was dead proud!!

I thought the 'Ole' was good too, I like it.

Although cranky ol' Grandpa Simpson here wouldn't dare engage in such joyous behaviour, but I was glad some felt the need :P.

I have Egans entry on video if anyone is interested I'll throw it up on youtube. I had intended recording the entire bout but my memory card was full (didn't check it before leaving) and by the time I'd the memory sorted the damn fight was over. But his entrance and crowd reaction are here if anyone would like to see it.

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arybvtcw0eolkf

rovert wrote: »

Two actually and now three. Still waiting for something positive from you.

Go fourth from this place, and multiply my friend :P

helimachoptor

Drunken idiots, had 2 cokes as I wanted to stay in my seat as much as possible! A spa in front of me decided to give his OH a running commentary on the fight. He got so loud that the guy in front of him (2 rows in front of me) told him to STFU!

Then a few moments after.. a guy took a tumble down the steps about 10 rows:D



I think Hathaway was in coppers afterwards:D:D

Mikel

liger wrote: »

Hattaway could have been from any country, He'd have still been booed, The crowd were backing the hometown boy.

I don't think that's true. Davis was adopted as Irish and cheered to the rafters but his opponent didn't get the same reaction as Hathaway.
Personally I hate the 'Ole Ole' stuff but to each their own

vasch_ro

Mairt wrote: »

I thought the 'Ole' was good too, I like it.

Although cranky ol' Grandpa Simpson here wouldn't dare engage in such joyous behaviour, but I was glad some felt the need :P.

I have Egans entry on video if anyone is interested I'll throw it up on youtube. I had intended recording the entire bout but my memory card was full (didn't check it before leaving) and by the time I'd the memory sorted the damn fight was over. But his entrance and crowd reaction are here if anyone would like to see it.

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if u could stick it on it would be great !

arybvtcw0eolkf

vasch_ro wrote: »

if u could stick it on it would be great !

I'm trying, but its taking ages.

Youtube can be a royal pain in the tits sometimes.


Here's a rough panaramic view from my seating position.

Can anyone spot Roper?.. :P

Turbo_diesel

Enjoyed the night myself thought the UFC put on a good show was impressed with the setup in the O2. Few fools at the event alright but I suppose that was to be expected. Though the atmosphere was good in general had seats in block K so had a decent enough view of the cage but still found myself being drawn to the big screen anyone else find this? Seen alot of people leaving early during the Franklin Hendo fight didnt understand this to be honest? Fairplay to Mark Coleman the man is a legend gave everything in the octagon last night. Seen an interview with him afterwards the man looked devastated.

Anyone see the scumbags exiting the evet? They kicked some lads car on the rd. The driver got out to take them on then some other scumbag takes his car keys from the car & throws them in the Liffey.

adamski8

liger wrote: »

Hattaway could have been from any country, He'd have still been booed, The crowd were backing the hometown boy. Hattaway got booed at the weigh in's too, both then and in the cage he had the same reaction. He Smiled.


Only thing bad i can say about tonight is a couple of the fans in my section, someone threw a beer in the direction of the cage, it hit the fans just behind bernard dunne. and another idot shouting racist stuff at John Hattaway during the egan fight, He totally freeked out the lady sitting in front of him, had her in tears. Security at the o2 is pure sh*te.

I totally agree with the security thing, saw a near fight over who's seats were who's and a bunch of guys were smoking for long spells a couple of seat beside me, took security a couple of hrs to see them smoking. a young female security guard was less than 10 seats away from them opn the same row and actually watched one of them smoke for nearly a whole minute without doing anything.

chiliconparmi

Turbo_diesel wrote: »

Anyone see the scumbags exiting the evet? They kicked some lads car on the rd. The driver got out to take them on then some other scumbag takes his car keys from the car & throws them in the Liffey.

Disgraceful

Did you see what happened after that? Did they run off or whatever?

Turbo_diesel

chiliconparmi wrote: »

Disgraceful

Did you see what happened after that? Did they run off or whatever?

Ye there was a bit of a scuffle & altercation lads ran off into the crowd. As I kept walking the cops arrived on the scene quickly but didnt see what happened after. You get these types of scumbags at all events. No interest in anything but causing trouble.

chiliconparmi

Turbo_diesel wrote: »

Ye there was a bit of a scuffle & altercation lads ran off into the crowd. As I kept walking the cops arrived on the scene quickly but didnt see what happened after. You get these types of scumbags at all events. No interest in anything but causing trouble.

I feel sorry for the guy getting his keys trown in the liffey. Unless he has a spare set at home he is screwed.

Yeah you're right you do get these type of scumbags at all events, what really annoys me is how much they get away with. At least in most cases they are in a minority

yomchi

chiliconparmi wrote: »

I feel sorry for the guy getting his keys trown in the liffey. Unless he has a spare set at home he is screwed.

Yeah you're right you do get these type of scumbags at all events, what really annoys me is how much they get away with. At least in most cases they are in a minority

+1
These morons show up at any events that involve combat sports. Even at the Dublin junior league finals (boxing) they were there, intent on being the morons that they are.
You'll find that these muppets have no back ground in sport and are just larger louts, they've never trained or understand any aspect of the sport(s) they 'support'. Most of them are still in bed this morning nursing hangovers, they'll blend back into their chavy life styles until the next big sporting occasion that needs hard men in the audience.

Great event by the way. Not a huge UFC follower but really enjoyed it. Fair play to the Irish lad Tom Egan, even spaired a few words as Gaeilge at the end! Well done.

p to the e

Mairt wrote: »

I'm trying, but its taking ages.

Youtube can be a royal pain in the tits sometimes.


Here's a rough panaramic view from my seating position.

Can anyone spot Roper?.. :P

that's weird i'm just slightly out to the right of this shot. dam!

there was one guy in front of me who kept asking who all the fighters were. the bloke with downs syndrome that he asked obliged and told him everything about them. also there was a lad in front who it seemed to have brought his girlfriend who looked like she couldn't have been arsed being there.

there was some awful shaping and eye staring going around aswell. buffed up gits with testerone running high

Kur4mA

Jaysus lads I've never seen anything like last night. I was expecting the Dublin scummers to ruin it but I was actually shocked when I didn't see one bit of trouble from them so it was nice to see that a lot of them are genuine fans!

Mine and my missus night was very close to being ruined. We had a bunch of Cork lads behind us who at the start of the night seemed nice enough- just doing what any bunch of lads would do by taking the piss etc. They were clearly down for de weekend craic in Dublin and proceeded to knock the beers back, then one of them puked all over the place... nearly on me and the missus. Another one was spilling his beer all over us and I came VERY close to just losing the plot altogether.

The security was not nearly good enough to be honest and the O2 staff didn't keep a leash on things the way it should be at this type of event. People should NOT be allowed to all stand around as close to the cage as they can possibly get behind the barriers. It was pretty much chaos and it was only when a bunch of rockers kicked up murder in the stand behind us that security's ears seemed to perk up because they realised things were getting outta hand. I looked around the place and suddenly people were being roared back into the stands and into their seats! About ****ing time like!

If they'd just told people from the start that if they weren't going to the toilet or getting drinks to keep their bums in their seats then it would have been a much better night and way less messy.

I went to see UFC in the Odyssey up in Belfast last year and it was organised so much better with a constant security presence in place that were actively doing their jobs to keep things tidy. Last night even with a fairly significant Garda presence, they all seemed to just be standing around watching the fights and not watching the bloody crowd like they should be.

Fair enough, I know it's their first UFC in Dublin but the have had similar events on a smaller scale before and should have been much much better prepared. I've seen nearly every UFC event on telly plus the one I attended in the Odyssey and I've NEVER EVER seen the fans/crowd been given as much free reign as last night to just run rampant and fall around the place like gob****es. We came close to just walking out a few times. Other than all of this, there were some good fights and it was brilliant to see a lot of the fighters come out and mingle signing autographs etc.

*Edit*
Feck sake, the missus got texts sayin we were seen on the telly. Both of us probably didn't look very impressed at the time lol

Sm0ke

I taught the atmosphere was brillant, the banter where i was was great aswell. i was hoarse with the amount of screaming for coleman i did! Seriously even tough it wasnt the best card in the world I still have to say it was one of the most enjoyable experiences i ever had. Im just sad now its over

Great night, O2 is a really good arena (other than rip off ireland prices!). I had walked up expecting the usual que for 2 hours jobby but we were in the place in secounds! it was great being a henderson fan because of the crowd to the left of me with the massive "Rich Ace Frankiln" Postery thing! G'WAN Hendo.

Also in fairness with hathaway they wern't booin him at the end.