UFC 109 Predictions + Live Thread

scudzilla

mailburner wrote: »

thanks
had no idea
all to suit the yanks...
thatll be 3pm here so i guess
Perfect!

Nope, 3am

mailburner

scudzilla wrote: »

Nope, 3am

Yikes!
im sayin no more
cant even count back the hours right
thanks again

Minstrel27

mailburner wrote: »

Yikes!
im sayin no more
cant even count back the hours right
thanks again

The Sydney card will be no different tv scheduling wise.

scudzilla

Minstrel27 wrote: »

The Sydney card will be no different tv scheduling wise.

Apart from it starting at 2pm local (Sydney) time, so will be the normal 3am start for us here

wingnut4

what happened to Nate the great? Hes one of my favourite fighters and I was disappointed. He used his elbows well on his back mind you but he needs to learn to work of his back better but i guess its easy saying that when you dont have someone as strong on top of you!

the bjj guy making his debut at the start was brilliant, the fight against guillard which I think should of swung the other way, hes one to watch out for!

sonic.trip

Got the Paulo Thiago one vvery wrong, he's a real contender now and swick is back at the middle of the pile. The marquardt v sonnen fight was brilliant, sonnen is one to watch now too.

Kent Brockman

Very disappointed with that gracie fella they showed at the end of the show. Looked very poor with zero cardio or striking and I am surprised that the gracies would take a chance putting him in before he was ready.

rovert

Kent Brockman wrote: »

Very disappointed with that gracie fella they showed at the end of the show. Looked very poor with zero cardio or striking and I am surprised that the gracies would take a chance putting him in before he was ready.

Im not given the exploits of the current generation of Gracies. They are more interested in open a Gracie gym franchise and earning $$$ than devoting themselves to competitive MMA.

mailburner

sonic.trip wrote: »

Got the Paulo Thiago one vvery wrong, he's a real contender now and swick is back at the middle of the pile. The marquardt v sonnen fight was brilliant, sonnen is one to watch now too.

I feel bad for nate myself
So near to another title shot but now so far.
I think he would have given silva a much better
fight than sonnen if it ever happened.
can you imagine sonnens face if he went the
distance with silva given how badly he was
cut there?
I think you wouldnt recognise him tho it would probably
be stopped for a cut.
On the other hand theres no quit in that guy whatsoever
and altho im not a fan of sonnen i do admire his mental
strength and never say die attitude.
I never thought in a million years that nate would let
me down for my fivefold either

Jason McCabe

I think a wrestler has the best chance of beating Anderson.


He's got good submissions and good striking so I think the guy to take him will have good GNP.

IMO.

rovert

From Dave Meltzer:

Mark Coleman was cut by UFC, becoming the first UFC fighter cut within days of headlining a show. My impression is it was a decision that nobody was happy about making, but that everyone also realized was unavoidable.

--There is a story on Coleman being cut at http://ugo.com/tv/here-today-gone-tomorrow-ufc-headliner-cut-from-his-con tract

livinginkorea

Ya a first in UFC history, Coleman getting cut. In all fairness it's for his own protection, he just doesn't have it and he made Randy look even better than he is. I mean, come on a rear naked choke!!!

Trigg seems to be out as well

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=news.detail&gid=217078

Thiago looks really good and Sonnen generally too. Other than that it was disappointing overall. Hopefully Thiago gets better. Wouldn't mind seeing him and GSP in the cage.

Tito was just a clown as usual. He said that Coleman's manager said some crap, blah blah blah, who cares? Not going to happen anyway.

Roll on 110.

rovert

A lot of people are expecting Strikeforce to sign Coleman to feed to Lashley on CBS.

Davei141

rovert wrote: »

A lot of people are expecting Strikeforce to sign Coleman to feed to Lashley on CBS.

After strikeforces last card i would think they would be wanting to move away from mickey mouse fights

Professey Chin

livinginkorea wrote: »

Ya a first in UFC history, Coleman getting cut. In all fairness it's for his own protection, he just doesn't have it and he made Randy look even better than he is. I mean, come on a rear naked choke!!!

Trigg seems to be out as well

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=news.detail&gid=217078

Thiago looks really good and Sonnen generally too. Other than that it was disappointing overall. Hopefully Thiago gets better. Wouldn't mind seeing him and GSP in the cage.

Tito was just a clown as usual. He said that Coleman's manager said some crap, blah blah blah, who cares? Not going to happen anyway.

Roll on 110.

That article also confirms Hague and Nover are gone too

rovert

Davei141 wrote: »

After strikeforces last card i would think they would be wanting to move away from mickey mouse fights

Their matchmaking has always for the most part been about protecting dudes by varying degrees.

evil_seed

i caught the repeat of this. it was OK. thiago looked good. did he get sub of the night? i was impressed with sonnen too, but he doesnt seem to have the knock-out power required. he should really have destroyed marquardt