UFC Fight Night 53 - Nelson vs Story

Anyone else thinking of heading out to these events? Got my stockholm tix for £55 return from london, from Dublin it's 100 euro at the minute, sure to go up soon. Istanbul tix were £94 return from London

ThePhilip

Both events would be cool, those prices sound decent too. I´m interested in Istanbul because they´ve never been there, always cool to see how new markets will react, I can imagine it going down well there.

Any idea who´s on the cards yet? I wonder if they´ll put Gus on the Stockholm card now that he´s out of the Jones fight? I think he´s only going to be set back around two weeks or so.

Wrongway1985

ThePhilip wrote: »

Both events would be cool, those prices sound decent too. I´m interested in Istanbul because they´ve never been there, always cool to see how new markets will react, I can imagine it going down well there.

Any idea who´s on the cards yet? I wonder if they´ll put Gus on the Stockholm card now that he´s out of the Jones fight? I think he´s only going to be set back around two weeks or so.

No news on Istanbul but 4 bouts announced for Sweden so far, think Cathal Pendred wants to be part of this card also...

Featherweight - Dennis Siver -V- Robert Whitford
Featherweight - Nicklas Backstrom -V- Mike Wilkinson
Featherweight - Zubaira Tukhugov -V- Ernest Chavez
Welterweight - Amir Sadollah -V- Nico Musoke

Dave 101

ThePhilip wrote: »

Both events would be cool, those prices sound decent too. I´m interested in Istanbul because they´ve never been there, always cool to see how new markets will react, I can imagine it going down well there.

Any idea who´s on the cards yet? I wonder if they´ll put Gus on the Stockholm card now that he´s out of the Jones fight? I think he´s only going to be set back around two weeks or so.

didnt pendred tweet #UFCStockholm the other day???

Dave 101

Dave 101 wrote: »

didnt pendred tweet #UFCStockholm the other day???

Norman Parke knows his next match-up too and is teasing twitter with it. Could be stockholm. Gunnar Nelson for main event maybe?

RoboRat

Norman Parke knows his next match-up too and is teasing twitter with it. Could be stockholm. Gunnar Nelson for main event maybe?

Norman is a lightweight and Gunni is a middleweight so don't think it will be that. I think Gunni will be on the card though.

Wonder if Gus will have recovered? I doubt he would be on the card as its a fight night but I would say he would love to be on it.

Easy Rod

RoboRat wrote: »

Norman is a lightweight and Gunni is a middleweight so don't think it will be that. I think Gunni will be on the card though.

Wonder if Gus will have recovered? I doubt he would be on the card as its a fight night but I would say he would love to be on it.

Don't think he was implying they'd be fighting each other, just both on the card with Gunni headlining... also Gunni is a ww.

MrStuffins

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

No news on Istanbul but 4 bouts announced for Sweden so far, think Cathal Pendred wants to be part of this card also...

Featherweight - Dennis Siver -V- Robert Whitford
Featherweight - Nicklas Backstrom -V- Mike Wilkinson
Featherweight - Zubaira Tukhugov -V- Ernest Chavez
Welterweight - Amir Sadollah -V- Nico Musoke

I remember being really impressed by this guy in his last fight. Will look forward to seeing him on this card.

RoboRat

also Gunni is a ww.

Yup, meant that, not sure why I said MW!!

Jan Blachowicz vs. Ilir Latifi

No surprise Latifi's on the card

Card taking shape quickly now:
Mairbek Taisumov meets Marcin Bandel

Dermighty

RoboRat wrote: »

Norman is a lightweight and Gunni is a middleweight so don't think it will be that. I think Gunni will be on the card though.

Wonder if Gus will have recovered? I doubt he would be on the card as its a fight night but I would say he would love to be on it.

Is Gunnar Nelson not a welterweight?

Dermighty

Dermighty wrote: »

Is Gunnar Nelson not a welterweight?

see post 7

Gunnar nelson vs Rick Story

DrPhilG

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Gunnar nelson vs Rick Story

Nice.

It's the headliner too.

I've asked the Mods to edit the thread title.

I like Gunnar alot, have seen him in Manchester, London and Dublin but it's not a main event imo. Not against Story anyway

El Guapo!

DrPhilG wrote: »

I've asked the Mods to edit the thread title.

Sorted

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Jebus Diced

DrPhilG wrote: »

Nice.

It's the headliner too.

I've asked the Mods to edit the thread title.

El Guapo! wrote: »

Sorted

El Guapo! wrote: »

There's another thread for this.

Thanks, Didn't notice the thread with the other title

El Guapo!

Jebus Diced wrote: »

Thanks, Didn't notice the thread with the other title

No prob.

Wrongway1985

Story should be an easy win for Gunni, Story's last 10 fights he is 5-5 in UFC not the type of bout that should be in order for Gunni certainly not to headline; even if the "Horror" holds a win over the current champ but that was yonks ago.

Although saying that the card is taking right shape now with 8 bouts announced so imagine only 2-3 to be announced; surely get a least 1 Irish lad on card??

Jebus Diced

Info on the event/fighters ... ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-stockholm

xtal191

Pendred vs Umalatov confirmed

xtal191

xtal191 wrote: »

Pendred vs Umalatov confirmed

Must be 9 fights now, would be nice to see a few women make it onto the card after the lack of any on the Dublin card

DrPhilG

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Must be 9 fights now, would be nice to see a few women make it onto the card after the lack of any on the Dublin card

Wasn't one of the 115lb girls from a few weeks back from Finland or somewhere? I'd have thought she'll be pushing to get on the card, if they have enough girls available before TUF ends.

Lenin Skynard

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Story should be an easy win for Gunni, Story's last 10 fights he is 5-5 in UFC not the type of bout that should be in order for Gunni certainly not to headline; even if the "Horror" holds a win over the current champ but that was yonks ago.

What a pile of crap. I hope Nelson wins it too but this post stinks of someone who reads wikipedia fight records rather than actually watching the fights. Story is serious business, even in his losses he has looked like an absolute monster. If one or two things had gone his way, he could be champ now and I wouldn't rule it out in the future. Very tough fight for Gunni.

Wrongway1985

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

What a pile of crap. I hope Nelson wins it too but this post stinks of someone who reads wikipedia fight records rather than actually watching the fights. Story is serious business, even in his losses he has looked like an absolute monster. If one or two things had gone his way, he could be champ now and I wouldn't rule it out in the future. Very tough fight for Gunni.

Sound for that!!

Story could have been champ go way outta that and his level of competition would have to be questioned in his last fights most of those fights I have seen some I haven't as I don't always get to see the prelims where he has mainly has been and can't remember thinkin he was the same beast he was a few years ago and that was when Kos and Shields were getting title shots, his time has passed thats my opinion if you don't agree fair enough.

As for the fight records wikipedia isn't the only place for those . I'm afraid my head doesn't have the capacity to log every fighters record so I'm not gonna state a particular one without confirming it first no matter how much I could guess I'm sure I'm not the only one.

csallmighty

Never heard of Umalatov before today but just watched his last fight against Paulo Thiago. He looks to be a decent grappler and striker and is a master of sports in sambo. Could be a very tough fight for Pendred.

Lenin Skynard

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Sound for that!!

Story could have been champ go way outta that and his level of competition would have to be questioned in his last fights most of those fights I have seen some I haven't as I don't always get to see the prelims where he has mainly has been and can't remember thinkin he was the same beast he was a few years ago and that was when Kos and Shields were getting title shots, his time has passed thats my opinion if you don't agree fair enough.

As for the fight records wikipedia isn't the only place for those . I'm afraid my head doesn't have the capacity to log every fighters record so I'm not gonna state a particular one without confirming it first no matter how much I could guess I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I don't mentally log each fighter's record either but your post seemed to make out that Story is some kind of bum being fed to Nelson. Story stands out for me, I remember his fights because he's a high level fighter. He was on an impressive title run before the Marquart steroid mess and he could get back there IMO. He's only 29/30 and we've seen older/worse fighters than him putting together a good run.


This isn't some kind of Rick Story admiration post, I do like his fights but I'll be rooting for Gunni. To make Story out as some kind of walkover is ridiculous though, and if you'd seen his fights you'd agree with me. Very tough fight for Nelson but an excellent main event.

Wrongway1985

I didn't say Story was a bum and again I've seen a number of his fights but clearly not the ones you're referring to. I said it should be an easy fight for Gunni and I stand by that.

The last fight will be the Korean Zombie vs Akira Corrasani..... fantastic

Wrongway1985

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The last fight will be the Korean Zombie vs Akira Corrasani..... fantastic

Nice

darced

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SevereMMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBo9JZlhFmU

Pendred talks UFC Sweden, UFC Dublin, King's failed drug test and the difference between PEDs in MMA and other sports, funny stories from TUF, and more

croket

Deleted User wrote: »

The last fight will be the Korean Zombie vs Akira Corrasani..... fantastic

Korean Zombie is injured and replaced by Max Holloway...

I'm going to this event even so but I hoped a better fight card.
I'm french and in France MMA is not legal so I have to travel to see this sport
I'm still happy because a french guy, Taylor Lapilus, will face Denis Siver during this fight night

croket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLYe-gt2YGM

croket

croket wrote: »

Korean Zombie is injured and replaced by Max Holloway...

I'm going to this event even so but I hoped a better fight card.
I'm french and in France MMA is not legal so I have to travel to see this sport
I'm still happy because a french guy, Taylor Lapilus, will face Denis Siver during this fight night

Well that changed quickly, Lapilus is out too

Zero-Cool

Prelims start at 5pm Irish time. Cathal should be on around 6 but will be tuning in before that. Absolutely can't wait to see how he gets on!

Main card starts 8pm so Gunni should be on around 9. Hopefully a 1st round sub to shoot him into the top 10!

Wrongway1985

Like UFC178 which airs tonight on 3e; the same channel will also air FN53 in Sweden not live either but it will be the Monday night again, there is a doc called UFC Swedish giants that airs at 9:30pm with the Card being shown after it at 10pm.

mailburner

what do folks genuinely think of cathals chances here?

I see he's favourite to beat umalotov which surprises me given he looks to be a
fairly big step up from king
He'll need to be an awful lot better than in Dublin, goes without saying I suppose.

think I'll be more nervous watching this one than mcgregor given like a lot
here confidence was high on the mcgregor ko

Richy06

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Like UFC178 which airs tonight on 3e; the same channel will also air FN53 in Sweden not live either but it will be the Monday night again, there is a doc called UFC Swedish giants that airs at 9:30pm with the Card being shown after it at 10pm.

I reckon that's just a countdown style show tbh. The doc that is.

p to the e

mailburner wrote: »

what do folks genuinely think of cathals chances here?

I see he's favourite to beat umalotov which surprises me given he looks to be a
fairly big step up from king
He'll need to be an awful lot better than in Dublin, goes without saying I suppose.

think I'll be more nervous watching this one than mcgregor given like a lot
here confidence was high on the mcgregor ko

You have to remember that he fought King at MW but he's fighting Umalatov at WW where he's spent most of his career.

Zero-Cool

Also, King was on that Jesus Juice. I agree though, I'll be more nervous watching this fight than Conor's.

adamski8

Richy06 wrote: »

I reckon that's just a countdown style show tbh. The doc that is.

Its just that one thats already on the ufc YouTube channel as of the weekend. I watched 2/3rds of it. Extremely boring! Those swedes could do with learning a thing or two from conor

Lenin Skynard

Yeah I thought that documentary was farily boring too. Surprising all the same though to see how many UFC fighters they have in that gym. Themselves and SBG seem to be the two main European clubs in a UFC context.

I watched some of Umalatov's fights. His striking looks to be a slightly better than Pendred and he's faster with a good submission game. Pendred is a good bit bigger though and everyone says he has freakish strength. I wouldn't be surprised to see this ending up pretty much like every other Pendred fight; clinching up against the fence, throwing short punches and grinding Umalatov to a late submission or a decision.

John_D80

adamski8 wrote: »

Its just that one thats already on the ufc YouTube channel as of the weekend. I watched 2/3rds of it. Extremely boring! Those swedes could do with learning a thing or two from conor

I saw it as well. I lasted about ten minutes. Very snoozy.

I worked in a group of about 150 Swedes before. Very dry people. You have to be one of them to get their sense of humour I think. Finns are the very same and I'm told Norwegians are as well.

In fairness though the Swedes (and Finns) love a party and REALLY loosen up after a few vodkas.

Wrongway1985

Gunni & Pendred on Off the Ball soon.

Zero-Cool

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Gunni & Pendred on Off the Ball soon.

They just finished, cannot wait to see the boys wreck shop saturday night.

Wrongway1985

sheehy83 wrote: »

They just finished, cannot wait to see the boys wreck shop saturday night.

Oh will they be on podcast/replay u know?

Zero-Cool

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Oh will they be on podcast/replay u know?

Not sure but id say 2fm will have all their programs recorded. The Irishness in Gunni's accent is gas.

mailburner

listen back here
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