UFC on fuel 7: Barao v McDonald

Shazbot

Good card on tonight. Facebook prelims start at 17.15 and the main card starts at 8 on ESPN. I#t's nice to have a championship fight back in the UK.

Bantamweight Renan Barão (ic) vs. Michael McDonald
Featherweight Cub Swanson vs. Dustin Poirier
Light Heavyweight Jimi Manuwa vs. Cyrille Diabaté
Welterweight Gunnar Nelson vs. Jorge Santiago
Light Heavyweight James Te-Huna vs. Ryan Jimmo
Welterweight Che Mills vs. Matthew Riddle
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Lightweight Terry Etim vs. Renee Forte
Lightweight Paul Sass vs. Danny Castillo
Featherweight Andy Ogle vs. Josh Grispi
Middleweight Tom Watson vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Bantamweight Vaughan Lee vs. Motonobu Tezuka
Flyweight Phil Harris vs. Ulysses Gomez

Dana's blogs in case anyone missed them. The second one has footage of his trip to Dublin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gJL0KQfbD0

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

Excited to see Gunni fight again, I have put a single on him to win by sub and a double for Gunni by sub and Poirier by sub. Swanson and Poirier will be fight of the night too.

Shazbot

On a side note, it's great to see a full house for the first fight. Goes to show there's some great fans that appreciate the entire card and not just the big fights.

Scar Tissue

Woke up for the prelims, took me a few seconds to recognise what the #10 beside Gomes was, derp

Mr. Manager

I'm sorry but that is some of the worst judging in a long time. Honestly, could it be anymore fúcking rigged for the home fans.

Scar Tissue

Completely agree, home soil bias to the max

Shazbot

30-27? You're having a laugh.

Mr. Manager

Scud, I hope your mate was the one who gave a round to Gomez...

sonic85

balls anyway didnt realise the pre-lims were starting so early

Mr. Manager

Absolutely cracking round just there! Great finish from Nedkov

Professey Chin

Well that was a fun fight :pac:

sonic85

nice speech there from tom. testosterone eh

unknown13

Delighted to see Watson win the UFC. Always a good fighter to watch.

Shazbot

Great fight and nice finish by Tom. Gutted cause I had money on Nedkov but nice to see Watson get the win.

scudzilla

just tuned in with a minute left of 1st, looked great, had Nedkov to win by TKO in 2nd, using a boost, thought it was in the bag

Watson's got some chin on him

unknown13

Leben / Watson anyone ?

sonic85

good win for ogle. four losses on the trot for grispi -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2R3P-IN-Q

Professey Chin

sonic85 wrote: »

good win for ogle. four losses on the trot for grispi -

Summed up perfectly

Matt Bishop ‏@mbish86
Ogle tells Grispi he's a bad man. Grispi responds "I was." That tells it all. #UFC

Right in the feels man

scudzilla

My facebook feed just froze during the Phil Collins walkout music, then went back to the last 40 secons of Sass's fight????????

mailburner

Shazbot wrote: »

Great fight and nice finish by Tom. Gutted cause I had money on Nedkov but nice to see Watson get the win.

same as that

fair play to ogle, delighted for him
was thinking if it came down to who wanted it more then ogle
would win
not sure what happened to grispi though over the past couple
of years

not one to be betting on so far
a lot of doubles trebles and the likes gone south there

Lenin Skynard

Good song about Renan Barao.

mailburner

jaysus the ads :mad:

time to pause this fooker for a while

Mr. Manager

Motonobu Tezuka and Matt Riddle should not fight.

All they want to do is grind out a decision... Tezuka has 16 decisions!!! :eek:

mailburner

riddle is just piddle to watch

scudzilla

How can Che's corner say it's 1 round each, why not be honest and say he's gotta finish it.

Very poor cornering

Mr. Manager

Not that I'm one for blood baths and broken bones but that shít pisses me off.

Not much to celebrate at the end IMO.

mailburner

scudzilla wrote: »

How can Che's corner say it's 1 round each, why not be honest and say he's gotta finish it.

Very poor cornering

thought i was missing something in round one when i heard that
really poor alright

dont mind a lad on top doing some damage but that is dung

sonic85

takedown after takedown after takedown. no real attempt to finish the fight - rubbish really.

mailburner

jesus 29-28 mills....WOW!

Must be related
two scores like that and you're talking the worst ever decision

Mr. Manager

Judges have been utterly fúcking useless tonight. How hard is it to score a 15 minute fight, seriously?

sonic85

really tough fight that. great first round for jimmo but after that it was all te huna

Lenin Skynard

Wow Nelson is very unorthadox

Mr. Manager

Strange to hear an Irish accent from Gunnis team

Does Nelson have an Irish coach?

Shazbot

Pappa Dolla wrote: »

Does Nelson have an Irish coach?

That's john kavanagh from sbg

Professey Chin

Deleted User wrote: »

Does Nelson have an Irish coach?

John Kavanagh from SBG

themandan6611

gunni has a huge head

Mr. Manager

Holy shít. Absolutely vicious uppercuts!

Professey Chin

Stupidly clumsy at the very end but a good overall performance

sonic85

great on the ground but hell get KTFO one of these days. cant keep your hands that low all the time and it showed there. got clipped quite a bit

EDIT: some difference in scores 29-28 29-28 and 30-27

the incredible pudding

30-27? nah, santiago definitely got the first imo. I think one of the judges is drunk.
Gunnar deserved the win, but only just really, was very sloppy in the final round.

scudzilla

sonic85 wrote: »

great on the ground but hell get KTFO one of these days. cant keep your hands that low all the time and it showed there. got clipped quite a bit

EDIT: some difference in scores 29-28 29-28 and 30-27

Not really a big difference, that's only 1 round different.

A big difference is he scores in Che Mills fight, 1 judge gave him a 29-28 win, and another gave him, (deservedly), a 30-27 loss

Dtp79

the incredible pudding wrote: »

30-27? nah, santiago definitely got the first imo. I think one of the judges is drunk.
Gunnar deserved the win, but only just really, was very sloppy in the final round.

A good wrestler with good striking would give nelson trouble

themandan6611

Dtp79 wrote: »

A good wrestler with good striking would give

anyone trouble

Dtp79

themandan6611 wrote: »

anyone trouble

I was sure I included the word trouble!!

the incredible pudding

Dtp79 wrote: »

A good wrestler with good striking would give nelson trouble

A lot of fighters in that division would give him trouble i think. Maybe give him rick story or someone and see how he copes.
To be fair, he's still young and will improve. His machida impression isn't quite there yet though. You'd best be good at counter punching if you're going to hold your hands like that!

sonic85

scudzilla wrote: »

Not really a big difference, that's only 1 round different.

A big difference is he scores in Che Mills fight, 1 judge gave him a 29-28 win, and another gave him, (deservedly), a 30-27 loss

yeah youre right. i was just a bit surprised - thought it wouldve been 29-28 across the board

sonic85

diabate seems to have hurt himself - ah jaysus!

mustve really done a number on it

the incredible pudding

If diabate had an eyepatch he could do a good sagat impression!

the incredible pudding

the incredible pudding wrote: »

If diabate had an eyepatch he could do a good sagat impression!

and then he goes and gets injured, i feel bad now!

sonic85

sh!te way for a fight to end really. that was one of the fights i was most looking forward too aswel!

sonic85

swanson looked good - especially in that last round. just had too much for poirier. that throw was excellent!