UFC returning to Dublin for st Paddy's day 2010?

PADRAIC.M · 14-07-2009 1:37pm #1

http://www.mmabay.co.uk/ufc%20on%20st%20pattys%20day.html

rovert · 14-07-2009 1:43pm

Glad Boston didnt get this event.

This may just be a Fight Night Card.

DoireNod · 14-07-2009 1:44pm

Sweet. I wonder if Rogan will do stand-up while he's here. Didn't he do that last time?

rovert · 14-07-2009 1:45pm

DoireNod wrote: »

Sweet. I wonder if Rogan will do stand-up while he's here. Didn't he do that last time?

Yep

I wonder how many Irish guys will be on this.

rovert · 14-07-2009 1:52pm

It is a Wednesday guys so yeah it will be a Fight Night but if it was anything like the last Fight Night bring it on.

chopperbyrne · 14-07-2009 1:55pm

Was the last Fight Night the Fight for the Troops?

My girlfriend is not a big fan of combat sports (even though she has a few belts in Shotokan Karate), but I made her sit through it while I watched it. There were several bad injuries on that show. Needless to say, MMA did not gain a fan that day!

How has Tom Egan done since that loss at 93?

Has he had any more fights?

Mossy Monk · 14-07-2009 2:20pm

St. Pattys Day. Heh

ginoginelli · 14-07-2009 2:23pm

Whats the bets town will be even more chaotic this paddys day. Scummers everywhere thinkin theyre chuck liddell.

PADRAIC.M · 14-07-2009 2:26pm

yeah by the look of other news articles it could be the weekend before or after and could be a full ufc event and not just a fight night, will just have to wait and see what happens..

mirwillbeback · 14-07-2009 2:33pm

ginoginelli wrote: »

Whats the bets town will be even more chaotic this paddys day. Scummers everywhere thinkin theyre chuck liddell.

yeah, face down and unconscious

calex71 · 14-07-2009 2:43pm

ginoginelli wrote: »

Whats the bets town will be even more chaotic this paddys day. Scummers everywhere thinkin theyre chuck liddell.

they'd need to know who that was before they could do that

Has o be a fight night dont remember any numbered events that were durring the week,

Professey Chin · 14-07-2009 2:56pm

Anyone got a different source? I dont trust this one

Hellsing · 14-07-2009 3:27pm

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Anyone got a different source? I dont trust this one

During UFC 100, Dan Wetzel from yahoo sports posted this on twitter , quoting Lorenzo. So it seems legit

Perfect fit · 14-07-2009 3:34pm

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Anyone got a different source? I dont trust this one

Inside word from UFC is that its true, it was always there plan to come back on paddys day even before the success of ufc 93

Evil_Clown · 14-07-2009 3:41pm

If it's a fight night I bet Marcus Davis will be on the main or co-main event

dunkamania · 14-07-2009 3:59pm

Hopefully not, dont really want to see him fight live for the 3 rd time, specailly not as a main event. At this stage the amount of top tier talent that will do over card events is low. NO PPV money in it

Professey Chin · 14-07-2009 4:01pm

Hellsing wrote: »

During UFC 100, Dan Wetzel from yahoo sports posted this on twitter , quoting Lorenzo. So it seems legit

Perfect fit wrote: »

Inside word from UFC is that its true, it was always there plan to come back on paddys day even before the success of ufc 93

Thanks

I just dont trust MMABAY

rovert · 14-07-2009 4:42pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Was the last Fight Night the Fight for the Troops?

My girlfriend is not a big fan of combat sports (even though she has a few belts in Shotokan Karate), but I made her sit through it while I watched it. There were several bad injuries on that show. Needless to say, MMA did not gain a fan that day!

No it was the TUF Finale:

The event’s official results were:

■Diego Sanchez def. Clay Guida via split decision (28-29, 29-27, 29-28)
■James Wilks def. DaMarques Johnson via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 4:54
TUF 9 Welterweight Final
■Chris Lytle def. Kevin Burns via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
■Ross Pearson def. Andre Winner via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
TUF 9 Lightweight Final
■Joe Stevenson def. Nate Diaz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
■Melvin Guillard def. Gleison Tibau via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
■Brad Blackburn def. Edgar Garcia via split decision (29-28, 28-28, 29-28)
■Tomasz Drwal def. Mike Ciesnolevicz via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:48
■Nick Osipczak def. Frank Lester via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 3:40
■Jason Dent def. Cameron Dollar via submission (anaconda choke) — Round 1, 4:46

scudzilla · 14-07-2009 7:28pm

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Anyone got a different source? I dont trust this one

You're right not to trust any trash that comes out of MMABAY, i've known for a while that they would be back on St Paddy's week. A few of my american buddies who came over for 93 were in Vegas last weekend and chatted to Marcus Davies. He said that UFC would be returning to Dublin on Paddy's day for a UFN event.

I'm thinking that Forrest Griffin and Marcus are shoe in's for this event

14-07-2009 9:29pm

scudzilla wrote: »

You're right not to trust any trash that comes out of MMABAY, i've known for a while that they would be back on St Paddy's week. A few of my american buddies who came over for 93 were in Vegas last weekend and chatted to Marcus Davies. He said that UFC would be returning to Dublin on Paddy's day for a UFN event.

I'm thinking that Forrest Griffin and Marcus are shoe in's for this event

Griffin won't be fighting at a FN... he has Silva coming up and even if he loses he won't drop much in the rankings

Tones69 · 14-07-2009 9:43pm

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Griffin won't be fighting at a FN... he has Silva coming up and even if he loses he won't drop much in the rankings

Why wouldnt he? Diego sanchez did and hes next inline for a title shot at 155, plenty of very good fighter at the FN events

RCNPhotos · 14-07-2009 9:49pm

Meh, not Davis for a main event please and thank you. Also, his kilt thing. I've never known any of us to wear kilts etc but maybe I'm wrong. Anyone ever seen this, asides from irish/americans?

shenanigans1982 · 14-07-2009 9:54pm

Tones69 wrote: »

Why wouldnt he? Diego sanchez did and hes next inline for a title shot at 155, plenty of very good fighter at the FN events

Diego Sanchez is no Forrest Griffin in terms of profile though. Wonder if they would still charge crazy prices for seats for a fight night?

scudzilla · 14-07-2009 11:18pm

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Griffin won't be fighting at a FN... he has Silva coming up and even if he loses he won't drop much in the rankings

I'd put money that Forrest Griffin will be on the Fight Night card in Dublin.

Anderson Silva recently fought on a Fight Night Card in his first fight at 205.

The reason why we're having a Fight Night is that these are usually held on Wednesday or Sundays, and in the UFC's infinite wisdom :rolleyes::rolleyes: they have decided to have an event on Paddy's day itself, which is a Wednesday, guess nobody's told them how mad town is on Paddy's day.

The only venue they can use is The Point (still refuse it to call it the new name), they will still have to shift close to 12,000 tickets. Only way they're gonna do that is by putting Forrest in as a headline fight and a decent card.

Also the bars in the U.S will be packed on Paddy's night, so they'll want a decent card to show, the advertising will be massive.

And to answer some1 elses question, Fight Nights are usually a bit cheaper than Full Events

dunkamania · 15-07-2009 12:09am

I disagree, if they already filled the point without him, why must they have him to fill it the second time around

Perfect fit · 15-07-2009 1:13am

Why has it jumped into peoples heads that forrest is inline to headline it....? Fair enough it will be a big name they no better than to screw europe over with a crappy card but god only knows come next march who will be in contention to fight who and who else may have signed etc, its WAY to early to be speculating about any of the fights on the card, but davis wont headline it. And besides they will want to keep things new and exciting here as its a new market for them so the fact Forrest faught in Belfast would prob put them off it. As for people thinking Forrest is to big for a FN, if the UFC gets what its looking for there will probably be about 2 FN per month and there normal events plus the fact they are dropping pretty much anyone average i think FN will be as high profile as any other event.

Sammy83 · 15-07-2009 9:17am

scudzilla wrote: »

I'd put money that Forrest Griffin will be on the Fight Night card in Dublin.

Anderson Silva recently fought on a Fight Night Card in his first fight at 205.

The reason why we're having a Fight Night is that these are usually held on Wednesday or Sundays, and in the UFC's infinite wisdom :rolleyes::rolleyes: they have decided to have an event on Paddy's day itself, which is a Wednesday, guess nobody's told them how mad town is on Paddy's day.

The only venue they can use is The Point (still refuse it to call it the new name), they will still have to shift close to 12,000 tickets. Only way they're gonna do that is by putting Forrest in as a headline fight and a decent card.

They stuck on Silva's fight @ 205 to combat Affliction's event on the same day.

I think it's an AWFUL idea to have a UFC event in Ireland on Paddy's Day. I'm embarrassed enough about Dublin as it is, let alone on National 'Act the B*llix' day.

Fight Night or UFC event number 1xx; it all depends on the card. Some of the more recent Fight Nights have been quite entertaining whereas one or two of the more recent UFC numbered events have been pretty poor bar a few bouts.

Regardless, I can see this selling out the o2 with a poor card (UFC 93 - 9,500 tickets sold out in four days... more like two weeks).

shenanigans1982 · 15-07-2009 1:00pm

Sammy83 wrote: »

They stuck on Silva's fight @ 205 to combat Affliction's event on the same day.

I thought it was more of a showcase to the public in an effort to increase ppv's he headlined.

Sammy83 · 15-07-2009 1:20pm

shenanigans1982 wrote: »

I thought it was more of a showcase to the public in an effort to increase ppv's he headlined.

Not likely

Although that is a valid statement... That Fight Night in question seemed to come out of nowhere if my memory serves me correctly.

15-07-2009 1:39pm

RCNPhotos wrote: »

Meh, not Davis for a main event please and thank you. Also, his kilt thing. I've never known any of us to wear kilts etc but maybe I'm wrong. Anyone ever seen this, asides from irish/americans?

I think he wears the kilt because his granny is Scottish

Professey Chin · 15-07-2009 1:44pm

Sammy83 wrote: »

Not likely
Although that is a valid statement... That Fight Night in question seemed to come out of nowhere if my memory serves me correctly.

Did indeed.A fight night suddenly appearing on the same saturday as afflictions debut show after affliction was announced.Didnt seem suspicious at all

UFC returning to Dublin for st Paddy's day 2010?

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