UFC 131 - June 11th

Zero-Cool

So, only 3 days away, anyone looking forward to this? I'm sure JDS and Carwin will be a slug fest but who knows since both havn't fought in nearly a year.

Not a great card but looking forward to seeing Maia and Soszynski again.

Main card

• Heavyweight bout: Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin[1]
• Featherweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes[1]
• Heavyweight bout: Jon Olav Einemo vs. Dave Herman[1]
• Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Mark Muñoz[1]
• Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. Vagner Rocha[1]

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

• Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Yves Edwards[1]
• Middleweight bout: Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Chris Weidman[1]

Preliminary card (Facebook/Youtube)

• Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Mike Massenzio[1]
• Middleweight bout: Nick Ring vs. James Head[1]
• Featherweight bout: Dustin Poirier vs. Jason Young[1]
• Heavyweight bout: Joey Beltran vs. Aaron Rosa[1]
• Featherweight bout: Michihiro Omigawa vs. Darren Elkins[1]

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

fightireland

sheehy83 wrote: »

Not a great card but looking forward to seeing Maia and Soszynski again.

That's gas man - out of all the quality on that card (which I personally think is decent) your picking out Soszynski? :D

Maia off his back should be interesting although I never like seeing Munoz lose he seems like a gent.

DodgeyKeeper

Will be interesting to see how Kenny Florian gets on in the featherweight division. Think its the fourth class he's fought in? The headline will no doubt be a slugfest with both fighters who like to stand and bang

Zero-Cool

fightireland wrote: »

That's gas man - out of all the quality on that card (which I personally think is decent) your picking out Soszynski? :D

Ah I was a fan of him on TUF 8 and look forward to his fights, didn't mention anything about him being better than the other fighters

Xlami

Really want to see Chris Weidman again. Very impressed with his debut and I expect him to get the finish this time. Also may watch all of the undercard on youtube, some very decent fights. Poirer Vs Young should be entertaining and hope Joey Beltran can pick up a much needed victory.

Mellor

sheehy83 wrote: »

Ah I was a fan of him on TUF 8 and look forward to his fights, didn't mention anything about him being better than the other fighters

I'd of rathered if Perosh was till fighting Kristoff

drayme

Paul Heyman interview coaching Carwin REALLY paid off if you watch the Countdown special.

#OMGMMAISTURNINGINTOPROWRESTLING :eek::eek::eek:

Seriously it was great.

fightireland

sheehy83 wrote: »

Ah I was a fan of him on TUF 8 and look forward to his fights, didn't mention anything about him being better than the other fighters

Far point Sheehy83 I didn't mean to be picking on you - for what it's worth he has one the greatest nicknames in the entire fight game :-)

drayme

drayme wrote: »

Paul Heyman interview coaching Carwin REALLY paid off if you watch the Countdown special.

#OMGMMAISTURNINGINTOPROWRESTLING :eek::eek::eek:

Seriously it was great.

Yeah he was hilarious in those interviews.

My picks..
Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin
Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes
Jon Olav Einemo vs. Dave Herman
Demian Maia vs. Mark Muñoz
Donald Cerrone vs. Vagner Rocha

fightireland

drayme wrote: »

Paul Heyman interview coaching Carwin REALLY paid off if you watch the Countdown special.

#OMGMMAISTURNINGINTOPROWRESTLING :eek::eek::eek:

Seriously it was great.

They're great - I posted the whole set here: a few days ago.

Enjoy :-)

Zero-Cool

fightireland wrote: »

They're great - I posted the whole set here: a few days ago.

Enjoy :-)

Savage, must watch these later!

Denners.ie

The main event will be a war but I don't think it will be a "slugfest". I would presume it would be technical with JDS circling and utilising leg kicks with Carwin trying to pressure and pin him against the cage. If both fighters just stood and threw down it isn't really working in their favour as you could flip a coin to see who is getting sparked.

JDS by 2nd round TKO.

vangoz

Heres my bet slip from paddy power - just stuck a 10er on.

UFC Matches Shane Carwin v Junior Dos Santos
12-06-2011 04:00
Match Betting
Junior Dos Santos @ 8/15

UFC Matches Diego Nunes v Kenny Florian
12-06-2011 02:00
Match Betting
Diego Nunes @ 2/1

UFC Matches Demian Maia v Mark Munoz
12-06-2011 02:00
Match Betting
Mark Munoz @ 8/11

UFC Matches Dave Herman v Jon Olav Einemo
12-06-2011 02:00
Match Betting
Jon Olav Einemo @ 7/4

UFC Matches Donald Cerrone v Vagner Rocha
11-06-2011 23:30
Match Betting
Donald Cerrone @ 2/9

fightireland

sheehy83 wrote: »

Savage, must watch these later!

No worries mate enjoy

Zero-Cool

Vangoz, how much you looking to win if they all come through?

I'd say Carwin would prefer to get in close for some dirty boxing while JDS would prefer to stay on the outside, really looking forward to it anyway. I like Carwin but think JDS will give Cain a better fight in the title shot.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

JDS to win by KO or Points at evens is decent, imo.

riffmongous

Interesting set of fights, I'm looking forward to Maia-Munoz the most at the moment, but chances are Munoz won't let it hit the ground.

fightireland

baz2009 wrote: »

JDS to win by KO or Points at evens is decent, imo.

Agree with bet myself - cardio going to be a big problem for Carwin again...

JDS to technical on the feet against a tired Carwin - he'll drop him.

fightireland

baz2009 wrote: »

JDS to win by KO or Points at evens is decent, imo.

Agree with bet myself - cardio going to be a big problem for Carwin again...

JDS too technical on the feet against a tired Carwin - he'll drop him.

Zero-Cool

Full Countdown show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSX3Sdb3BFo

the_doctor199

Pity Brock isn't fighting here anymore, he may have worn a Bruins jersey :pac:

Can't see the main event going into the 3rd round, I have a feeling Carwin is going to catch JDS with a big shot though.

Mellor

fightireland wrote: »

Agree with bet myself - cardio going to be a big problem for Carwin again...

JDS too technical on the feet against a tired Carwin - he'll drop him.

i don't know if it will.

Carwin was 285 for the Lesnar fight. He has cut down to about 255-265 now. Mostly fat loss, so i'm expecting him to have a much better gas tank.

cehck out his training log on youtube, looks much better

Mellor

oh also forgot

Heavyweight bout: Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin
Featherweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes
Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Mark Muñoz (vis rd 2 sub)
Heavyweight bout: Jon Olav Einemo vs. Dave Herman
Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. Vagner Rocha
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Yves Edwards
Middleweight bout: Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Chris Weidman
Featherweight bout: Dustin Poirier vs. Jason Young
Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Mike Massenzio


Have a few bets placed. Time to shine

vangoz

sheehy83 wrote: »

Vangoz, how much you looking to win if they all come through?

I'd say Carwin would prefer to get in close for some dirty boxing while JDS would prefer to stay on the outside, really looking forward to it anyway. I like Carwin but think JDS will give Cain a better fight in the title shot.

290.....will be nice if it comes in, although it never does:mad:

Diab Soule

Carwin by KO due to dos Santos getting hit too often. However if JDS survives the first, he wins.
Florian by decision I think, though I'm not too confident in that pick.
Maia over Munoz, possibly by decision.
Einemo by submission, based on his not having lost to Mu Bae Choi.
Cerrone by TKO, much as I hate the thought of it.
Stout by decision.
Weidman by wrestling dominance and late submission.
Young over Poirier by KO, just for the hell of it. Gotta pick at least one long shot.
Omigawa by ude gatame. Why not?
Soszynski by whatever because I've no interest in this fight.
Nick Ring vs. James Head; I've not seen either guy enough to make a call.
Beltran vs. Rosa, I don't really care.

JoeyJJ

Really like JDS however I think Carwin might take the fight however it could be won by the difference of a someone connecting before the other.

Interested to see kenny Flo back in the cage see if he can get sustain a run at a title shot.

Young English fighter on the card should be worth a look too, he came accross well on mma hour.

Can someone tell me how Jon Olav Einemo hereby referred to as JOE can fight with a dead foot? Heard this but it might be just a rumour.

I'm changing my bet to JOE by TKO late in the fight, due to watching his fight against Werdum (bull**** decision btw). I think he'll beat Pee Wee with his counter striking game. Seriously close fight to call though.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Lads throw all your money on Carwin to win via front head kick!

@ShaneCarwin
Steven Segal taught me how to weigh in like that #Justsayin

Zero-Cool

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

Lads throw all your money on Carwin to win via front head kick!

Imagine it hahahahahahahha

Zero-Cool

Anyone find the weigh in vid? 3 links I tried were fake

fightireland

sheehy83 wrote: »

Anyone find the weigh in vid? 3 links I tried were fake

Il hope to have it have it up in the next ten mins mate.

fightireland

Have it up on site now mate: http://www.fightireland.com/2011/06/ufc-131-weigh-in-video.html

Click through and the rest will be on youtube.

Carwin looks in good shape.

Zero-Cool

2 beasts alright!

Full vid is on here

http://www.fightline.com/fl/news/2011/0610/540506/ufc-131-weigh-ins/

callaway92

Diab Soule wrote: »

Carwin by KO due to dos Santos getting hit too often. However if JDS survives the first, he wins.
Florian by decision I think, though I'm not too confident in that pick.
Maia over Munoz, possibly by decision.
Einemo by submission, based on his not having lost to Mu Bae Choi.
Cerrone by TKO, much as I hate the thought of it.
Stout by decision.
Weidman by wrestling dominance and late submission.
Young over Poirier by KO, just for the hell of it. Gotta pick at least one long shot.
Omigawa by ude gatame. Why not?
Soszynski by whatever because I've no interest in this fight.
Nick Ring vs. James Head; I've not seen either guy enough to make a call.
Beltran vs. Rosa, I don't really care.

wow. . . . . .

Big Show

I'm going for Carwin here as well, 1st round KO to the engineer...

fightireland

Big Show wrote: »

I'm going for Carwin here as well, 1st round KO to the engineer...

Can't see it mate - I'm all about JDS in this one

mailburner

baz2009 wrote: »

JDS to win by KO or Points at evens is decent, imo.

stuck this in a bet before ever seeing it here

had planned to go big on it weeks ago but chickened
out as i want to see how the new shane carwin gets on
especially if it goes past the first round
his cardio will surely have improved a great deal but for
him to survive three rounds would be some improvement
ill probably regret not going with my original pick tho
the price is awful tempting

ScareGilly

Useless decision,

Omigawa mauled him..

MisterCadbury

ScareGilly wrote: »

Useless decision,

Omigawa mauled him..

That was embarrassing like, impossible to understand, idiots

themandan6611

MisterCadbury wrote: »

That was embarrassing like, impossible to understand, idiots

backed the winner so i am happy

Zero-Cool

can a Mod add 'Spoilers' to the title so people can discuss this freely as it happens? I won't be up for it myself, just the prelims, but better to be able to talk about it as it happens.

Zero-Cool

Joe called it with the Vaseline haha

ScareGilly

30-27?

I had Young winning at least 1 round

These judges are sh1t! :mad:

ScareGilly

Hmm... Bad judges? Nick Ring? Ring any bells?


See what I did there? :rolleyes:

Oh_Noes

These judges are shocking tonight, I'm glad Beltran fished because I felt that both Young and Omigawa won their fights convincingly yet the scorecards both practically gave 30-27 in the opposite direction. I'm happy Beltran finished his fight because theose judges really look like they're not worth a sh1t.

Zero-Cool

10-10????

Zero-Cool

man he's opened up!

ScareGilly

First time I've seen a Sumi Gaeshi in MMA by Head ... Or it could've just been a butterfly sweep, it was too quick to see

ScareGilly

Sloppy RNC

Head didn't even try to defend

It was like he just wanted to give up due to the cut..

Zero-Cool

TBH I'd say he was mad to give up but didn't want to tap to strikes.

Zero-Cool

cmon The Polish Experiment!!!!