UFC 141 - Brock vs Overeem is on tonight

jaykhunter

Our boy Lesnar is fighting tonight, against former Pride champion Alistair Overeem.




Main Card

• Main event, heavyweight division; Brock Lesnar versus Alistair Overeem
• Lightweight division; Donald Cerrone versus Nate Diaz
• Welterweight division; Jon Fitch versus Johny Hendricks
• Lightweight division; Vladimir Matyushenko versus Alexander Gustafsson
• Featherweight division; Nam Phan versus Jimy Hettes

Main event'd start about 3:16am.

V interesting article about the main event here, includes the full card

rovert

Talking about this from a Pro Wrestling POV if Brock loses here the chances that we will see him wrestle goes up a million percent as we've seen in the past if cant be Number 1 at what he does he doesnt stick around.

This fight is a massive test for both has the level intrigue in terms of styles, records, business and personal ramifications to make it a must see. Brock really wants to win this one.

campo

Was thinking to myself last night I wonder is there any pro wrestler out there at the moment besides Angle who would do well at MMA

rovert

campo wrote: »

Was thinking to myself last night I wonder is there any pro wrestler out there at the moment besides Angle who would do well at MMA

Harry Smith has gotten very high praise for those in the know. His grappling and ground game is there but his striking is something he wants to work on before having his first fight.

Digitalism

rovert wrote: »

Talking about this from a Pro Wrestling POV if Brock loses here the chances that we will see him wrestle goes up a million percent as we've seen in the past if cant be Number 1 at what he does he doesnt stick around.

This fight is a massive test for both has the level intrigue in terms of styles, records, business and personal ramifications to make it a must see. Brock really wants to win this one.

Nope. Mir v Lesnar III is what would probably happen. Mir wants a fight against lesnar again and it would get a big buy rate and be a big pay day for Mir/Lesnar I think. If Lesnar did win that fight, id imagine he would get at least another HW title shot before he retires.


This fight can be summed up in a few lines. If it goes to ground and lesnar gets ground control, Its over. If Overeem gets a sub in, its over.

Lesnar cant stand and trade with overeem also. Id give the edge to Overeem, going to stick a bet on him to win by TKO.

rossie1977

campo wrote: »

Was thinking to myself last night I wonder is there any pro wrestler out there at the moment besides Angle who would do well at MMA

swagger would be a decent mma hw with enough training

angles too old and too much baggage and injuries at this stage

grames_bond

I think I am more looking forward to the Diaz fight than the Brock one! Strange that!! Should be good though!

Either way they could NEVER match the Shogun vs Henderson fight but I'm still looking forward to it

Icky Thump

rossie1977 wrote: »

swagger would be a decent mma hw with enough training

angles too old and too much baggage and injuries at this stage

wow you might as well say christian or Santino

Swagger is over rated. i dont think he would have the stamina for a real fight.

would have liked to see goldberg or Cena(just to see him get killed:D)

GTR63

I think Lesnar loses when he gets caught with a knee to the body. As for him returning to wrestling he is better than the vast majority of the ufc heavyweight division, so he isn't going to go just yet. I think even if Lesnar wins this he hasn't a notion of beating Dos Santos who'd destroy Lesnar on the feet and has good takedown defense unlike Overeem.

gimmick

jaykhunter wrote: »

Our boy Lesnar is fighting tonight, against former Pride champion Alistair Overeem.

Main Card

• Main event, heavyweight division; Brock Lesnar versus Alistair Overeem
• Lightweight division; Donald Cerrone versus Nate Diaz
• Welterweight division; Jon Fitch versus Johny Hendricks
• Lightweight division; Vladimir Matyushenko versus Alexander Gustafsson
• Featherweight division; Nam Phan versus Jimy Hettes

Main event'd start about 3:16am.

V interesting article about the main event here, includes the full card

The main card does not KO until approx 3am. The pre lims start at 11.50pm our time.

Looking forward to this. Apart from the Fitch fight that is. He usually bores me to death.

GTR63

gimmick wrote: »

The main card does not KO until approx 3am. The pre lims start at 11.50pm our time.

Looking forward to this. Apart from the Fitch fight that is. He usually bores me to death.

Jon Fitch the ulster football championship of the UFC. Gustafsson vs Matyushenko in a Light Heavyweight fite btw. Lesnar's fite will probably be on before 5, its a five round fight I assume. Ufc have made all non title main event ones 5 rounders iirc.

D.Q

GTR63 wrote: »

Jon Fitch the ulster football championship of the UFC. Gustafsson vs Matyushenko in a Light Heavyweight fite btw. Lesnar's fite will probably be on before 5, its a five round fight I assume. Ufc have made all non title main event ones 5 rounders iirc.

haha id say they could make this a 2 round fight

cian68

I don't think overeem was ever a Pride champion. He is also far too small in the first pic for my liking.

Professey Chin

Nope never Pride champion.
Dream HW champion, Strikeforce HW champion and K-1 HW GP Champion.
Ubereem!

GTR63

He's always reminded me of a huge Ruud Gullit.

riffmongous

GTR63 wrote: »

Jon Fitch the ulster football championship of the UFC. Gustafsson vs Matyushenko in a Light Heavyweight fite btw. Lesnar's fite will probably be on before 5, its a five round fight I assume. Ufc have made all non title main event ones 5 rounders iirc.

Lol funniest thing I`ve seen on boards this week.

rovert

The fix is in ref for the Brock fight is in a spot of bother:

Referee Yamasaki controversy


Ref Mario Yamasaki is in hot water over comments he made predicting that the Lesnar vs. Overeem fight would end quickly, given he's the referee for the main event tonight and will be the person who has to step in to stop it provided it doesn't go five rounds.

"I think it's going to be great," Yamasaki said today on MMA Junkie Radio. "Two big guys in a huge fight. Brock Lesnar is pretty aggressive, so this fight is going to go really fast. I don't know which way, but I don't think it goes past the first round."

Replace him with Steve Mazzagatti :eek:

gnfnrhead

I'll be shocked if he still refs it after that comment. If he does, and he stops it in the first round there will be some serious questions asked tomorrow, I imagine the UFC will want to avoid that scenario.

Charlie Haughy

Not long now till the main event, about another hour or so, some good fights until then also!

GTR63

Charlie Haughy wrote: »

Not long now till the main event, about another hour or so, some good fights until then also!

Hendricks vs Fitch might be bore. Anyone else want to see a MMA event featuring just action film stars eg Jackie Chan vs Steven Segal and Jean Claude Van Damme vs Dolph Lundgren. No just me...

Charlie Haughy

GTR63 wrote: »

Hendricks vs Fitch might be bore.

Well... WHAT A KO

rovert

Fitch didnt even get a chance to bore us

Mr Trade In

GTR63 wrote: »

Hendricks vs Fitch might be bore. Anyone else want to see a MMA event featuring just action film stars eg Jackie Chan vs Steven Segal and Jean Claude Van Damme vs Dolph Lundgren. No just me...

More a flash than a bore:D

GTR63

I know you shouldn't but I got a fit of laughing when Fitch got floored. Thats a bad loss for him, Mazzagatti could of guillotined him on the crowd which would of been gas.

Headshot

Give me a proper wrestling match any day of the week

Charlie Haughy

GTR63 wrote: »

I know you shouldn't but I got a fit of laughing when Fitch got floored.

Im not. Im glad we didnt have to sit through 15 minutes of Fitch grinding him into the floor!

Mr Trade In

Stream i am watching has had as many as 2000 viewers, I don't even think Wrestlemania had that many on the same site,damn lag is killing me.

MrStuffins

gnfnrhead wrote: »

I'll be shocked if he still refs it after that comment. If he does, and he stops it in the first round there will be some serious questions asked tomorrow, I imagine the UFC will want to avoid that scenario.

Lol! What's the big deal? He was giving an opinion, a fairly obvious one! It's a no-brainer!

I don't see the controversy!

GTR63

Headshot wrote: »

Give me a proper wrestling match any day of the week

Fitch is a great man for a dull wrestling match. But if a Matt Morgan vs Crimson or a DiBiase vs Mahal match ended like that I may remember or care about them.

Leeg17

MrStuffins wrote: »

Lol! What's the big deal? He was giving an opinion, a fairly obvious one! It's a no-brainer!

I don't see the controversy!

Exactly, an opinion.

I'd like to think that all UFC referee's are impartial and free from bias. They're not going to risk their nor the UFC's reputation.

I think if you asked any UFC follower/fan they'll say it'll be a very early finish tonight, 1st round, second at the latest.

MrStuffins

Leeg17 wrote: »

Exactly, an opinion.

I'd like to think that all UFC referee's are impartial and free from bias. They're not going to risk their nor the UFC's reputation.

I think if you asked any UFC follower/fan they'll say it'll be a very early finish tonight, 1st round, second at the latest.

I'm not sure if you agree or disagree with me?

Headshot

Majority of matches are always dull. Most fighters just box and box and box. At least with jones (think that's his name) shakes it up alot

MrStuffins

Headshot wrote: »

Majority of matches are always dull. Most fighters just box and box and box. At least with jones (think that's his name) shakes it up alot

Do you like Boxing?

Charlie Haughy

Headshot wrote: »

Majority of matches are always dull. Most fighters just box and box and box. At least with jones (think that's his name) shakes it up alot

Nah not really man, if you enjoy the technical side of it, it can be exciting. Ill admit matches with people like GSP can get so dull due to constant takedowns and not moving off the mat, but its not all about KOs either.



Anyway, really hope Diaz gets mangled in the next fight!

#WARCerrone

Insect Overlord

Had a good convo with my jujitsu instructor this afternoon about different styles and how entertaining they are. Boxing, kicking, wrestling, take-downs, throws, control, guard, submission, etc.

In the end it all comes down to personal preference. :pac:

Headshot

MrStuffins wrote: »

Do you like Boxing?

Meh, I like the good auld days of boxing. I'm not sure why your asking this thou? Maybe your trying to say if you like boxing why not like those UFC fights? Well true boxers are way more entertaining than UFC fighters

rovert

Charlie Haughy wrote: »

Anyway, really hope Diaz gets mangled in the next fight!

#WARCerrone

I thought the same until I saw the Countdown special. The cowboy is a bit of a douche.

MrStuffins

Headshot wrote: »

Meh, I like the good auld days of boxing. I'm not sure why your asking this thou? Maybe your trying to say if you like boxing why not like those UFC fights? Well true boxers are way more entertaining than UFC fighters

Each to their own i suppose!

Sure I know people who find Goodfellas a boring movie! they're all out there :P

GTR63

Seeing as this is on of a Friday did anybody come out to Rebecca black's Friday. I hope Mike Goldberg doesn't start saying stockton slap about 8,000 times a round.

MrStuffins

GTR63 wrote: »

Seeing as this is on of a Friday did anybody come out to Rebecca black's Friday. I hope Mike Goldberg doesn't start saying stockton slap about 8,000 times a round.

Ariel Helwani dared Nam Phan to do it.

It refused :P

GTR63

Undisputed 3 better be a bigger jump than UFC 2010 was. Hope Greg Jackson is in it I want to stomp on his head in pride mode.

GTR63

Great performance by Nate Diaz suprised Cerrone didn't use more kicks he was just picked apart. Fair play to Goldberg for only saying Stockton Slap once.

GTR63

Gina Carano PHWOAR!

Insect Overlord

GTR63 wrote: »

Gina Carano PHOAR!

Smart, Powerful, Sexy :cool:

rovert

The real Wrestlemania here lads

jaykhunter

GTR63 wrote: »

Gina Carano PHWOAR!

She'd make a great top babyface in WWE :pac:

Was a bit out of it but wide awake for this. I really hope Brock wins. I just have this horrible feeling Overeem will TKO Brock in Round 2. C'mon Lesnar! Bring the pain!

Headshot

**** it why did stay up or this

rovert

At least Brock can do that dream match at Mania with the Miz now.

GTR63

I think Lesnar loses when he gets caught with a knee to the body.

I wish I didn't predict this earlier but his gut is a huge target spot for anyone fighting him.

Dancor

rovert wrote: »

At least Brock can do that dream match at Mania with the Miz now.

Brock return next week on raw. Him and sable are behind them videos.

GTR63

rovert wrote: »

At least Brock can do that dream match at Mania with the Miz now.

WOW! He Quit. Its for the best it didn't look rite seeing him take them shots after that surgery. Poor Overeem totally got overshadowed.