UFC Fight Night Silva vs. Arlovski

p to the e

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Silva_vs._Arlovski

Main card (UFC Fight Pass)
Heavyweight Antônio Silva vs. Andrei Arlovski
Lightweight Gleison Tibau vs. Piotr Hallmann
Lightweight Leonardo Santos vs. Efrain Escudero
Welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Wendell Oliveira
Bantamweight Iuri Alcântara vs. Russell Doane
Women's Bantamweight Jéssica Andrade vs. Larissa Pacheco

Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Godofredo Castro vs. Dashon Johnson
Welterweight Igor Araújo vs. George Sullivan
Lightweight Francisco Trinaldo vs. Leandro Silva
Welterweight Paulo Thiago vs. Sean Spencer
Bantamweight Rani Yahya vs. Johnny Bedford

The last couple of events where Paulo Thiago was fighting I said he would most likely be cut if he lost and surprisingly he wasn't. This has to be last chance saloon for the Brazilian.

Would like to see Jessica "the female Wanderlai" Andrade go on a bit of a streak. Thought she would have gotten a bigger name being on a two fight streak but she's young so they may be trying to build her up.

Gleison Tibau will tie the record of number of fights for an active UFC fighter with Frank Mir and Josh Koscheck (22 fights) after this bout. Chances are he'll surpass them. As they're both pretty large light weights I wonder if this will be a record for the combined heaviest LW fight in UFC history, if that makes sense.

I've liked Arlovski for a number of years and whether he win, loses or draws I just hope he doesn't put on an embarrassing performance like his last one.

mailburner

p to the e wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Silva_vs._Arlovski

Main card (UFC Fight Pass)
Heavyweight Antônio Silva vs. Andrei Arlovski
Lightweight Gleison Tibau vs. Piotr Hallmann
Lightweight Leonardo Santos vs. Efrain Escudero
Welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Wendell Oliveira
Bantamweight Iuri Alcântara vs. Russell Doane
Women's Bantamweight Jéssica Andrade vs. Larissa Pacheco

Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Godofredo Castro vs. Dashon Johnson
Welterweight Igor Araújo vs. George Sullivan
Lightweight Francisco Trinaldo vs. Leandro Silva
Welterweight Paulo Thiago vs. Sean Spencer
Bantamweight Rani Yahya vs. Johnny Bedford

The last couple of events where Paulo Thiago was fighting I said he would most likely be cut if he lost and surprisingly he wasn't. This has to be last chance saloon for the Brazilian.

Would like to see Jessica "the female Wanderlai" Andrade go on a bit of a streak. Thought she would have gotten a bigger name being on a two fight streak but she's young so they may be trying to build her up.

Gleison Tibau will tie the record of number of fights for an active UFC fighter with Frank Mir and Josh Koscheck (22 fights) after this bout. Chances are he'll surpass them. As they're both pretty large light weights I wonder if this will be a record for the combined heaviest LW fight in UFC history, if that makes sense.

I've liked Arlovski for a number of years and whether he win, loses or draws I just hope he doesn't put on an embarrassing performance like his last one.

not the best looking card on paper but 4/5 fights there that could be decent,still a struggle to get excited about some of these brazilian cards given how many there are

surprised to see escudero back in the ufc however long he'll remain there

was thinking about posting up this card also and was just about to comment
in the gambling thread about thiago and how the hell he's still there
somebody likes the guy for sure, think he'll finally be getting his p45 when spencer takes care of him

can't call the hallman/tibau fight, maybe hallman not quite the outsider like the betting suggests

hard enough to make a case for aa after his performance against schaub
silva ko looks most likely imo whenever he connects
really hoping aa has a big performance left in him but he looked so hesitant against schaub, understandable I suppose being his first fight back
has already lost to bigfoot over 3, I'm thinking bigfoot has improved since then with aa more or less having stood still
Here's hoping it goes a few rounds anyway

Devastator

mailburner wrote: »

in the gambling thread about thiago and how the hell he's still there
somebody likes the guy for sure, think he'll finally be getting his p45 when spencer takes care of him

I read that Thiago got a new 4 fight contract before this fight! He's 13/8 on PP, I think thats big although I can't recall to many of his last fights off top of my head but obviously he's had terrible recent record.

mailburner

Devastator wrote: »

I read that Thiago got a new 4 fight contract before this fight! He's 6/4 on PP, I think thats big although I can't recall to many of his last fights off top of my head but obviously he's had terrible recent record.

wow! shocked reading that

15/8 with bet365 for anyone brave enough to back him

Devastator

yeah it went 13/8 on PP, I already put it in double with Tibau before I read your post but I cant remember my bet365 details anyway lol

I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep my eyes open for the whole night but could be some decent fights in a nice lead up to the boxing a bit later

Devastator

http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/6/19/5825366/despite-skid-paulo-thiago-signs-new-four-fight-deal-with-the-ufc

Found the article, tonights card is in his hometown so he should be well up for it. I'm tempted to do it as a bigger single now aswell after reading that lol now where are my bet365 details

mailburner

at least thiago should be on around 11 being the second prelim
rest too late for me

very tempted by hallman to beat tibao also, see it very much as a 50/50 fight and think he's value at 19/10
ill need to see hallmans last fight first as I just cant remember how good he looked

mailburner

Devastator wrote: »

http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/6/19/5825366/despite-skid-paulo-thiago-signs-new-four-fight-deal-with-the-ufc

Found the article, tonights card is in his hometown so he should be well up for it. I'm tempted to do it as a bigger single now aswell after reading that lol now where are my bet365 details

damn it, didnt know that and it decreases my confidence a little with it being in his backyard, funny enough his odds have been drifting all week

don't want to say it too loudly but I am thinking that umalatov might be the
bet of the year at 27/20
already on it myself but will be going in again,if he loses I still wont be too
disappointed

cue the onslaught

Davei141

Does anyone else get fed up of Brazilian fight night cards especially? Between the endless booing if a Brazilian gets taken down and watching the exact same Brazilian fighters on the under card all the time they are easily my least favourite events.

mailburner

Davei141 wrote: »

Does anyone else get fed up of Brazilian fight night cards especially? Between the endless booing if a Brazilian gets taken down and watching the exact same Brazilian fighters on the under card all the time they are easily my least favourite events.

sick to death of them to be honest
the prelims are usually instantly forgettable most of the time
doesnt help that i usually dont know some of these fighters also
there was a card recent enough where most of the brazilians actually lost, think I enjoyed that one immensely
think it was the card where cb beat ferreira and dan beat rua actually, remember how quiet it was in particular after those fights

Davei141

mailburner wrote: »

sick to death of them to be honest
the prelims are usually instantly forgettable most of the time
doesnt help that i usually dont know some of these fighters also
there was a card recent enough where most of the brazilians actually lost, think I enjoyed that one immensely
think it was the card where cb beat ferreira and dan beat rua actually, remember how quiet it was in particular after those fights

Yeah the silence does be like music to my ears ha. There was a Brazilian event not too long ago were everyone was calling it great because there was a record number of finishes/subs. Pretty easy to get stoppages when the fights were hopelessly mismatched! Everything about the cards leave me uninspired.

mailburner

Davei141 wrote: »

Yeah the silence does be like music to my ears ha. There was a Brazilian event not too long ago were everyone was calling it great because there was a record number of finishes/subs. Pretty easy to get stoppages when the fights were hopelessly mismatched! Everything about the cards leave me uninspired.

I backed ferreira thinking he'd take care of dolloway
the silence in my living room was almost as deafening

Davei141

I backed him vs Sarafian before, he got the win but i would never back him again as his weak chin and stupid tendencies made for a very nervy fight when he should have walked it!

mailburner

Davei141 wrote: »

I backed him vs Sarafian before, he got the win but i would never back him again as his weak chin and stupid tendencies made for a very nervy fight when he should have walked it!

backed him also v sarafian
had he not sat on him for the entire third round we'd certainly have lost our money

mailburner

such a bad performance so far

ASOT

If he doesnt get cut after this i dont know what the **** is going on.

mailburner

ASOT wrote: »

If he doesnt get cut after this i dont know what the **** is going on.

that was embarrassing to be fair


no idea how he has a 4 fight deal, on the decline in a big way but hes getting
worst fight by fight

ASOT

mailburner wrote: »

that was embarrassing to be fair


no idea how he has a 4 fight deal, on the decline in a big way but hes getting
worst fight by fight

It just annoyed me it looked like he didnt want to engage atall, constantly back tracking away. Really really poor fight.

mailburner

jaysus can anyone explain that 4 fight deal at all?

he wouldnt beat the cat right now

if it were bisbing id say it was the uk market keeping him there but lord that lad
was awful, worse than normal even unless he was carrying an injury

mailburner

ASOT wrote: »

It just annoyed me it looked like he didnt want to engage atall, constantly back tracking away. Really really poor fight.

didnt look like he was able to at all, something not right
fought like a lad how had slowed down about 5 years from his previous fight

ASOT

mailburner wrote: »

didnt look like he was able to at all, something not right
fought like a lad how had slowed down about 5 years from his previous fight

Yeah exactly it was strange, This is a fairly decent fight, Silva wore himself out trying to get that RNC. Trinaldos after coming back strong.

Devastator

mailburner wrote: »

didnt look like he was able to at all, something not right
fought like a lad how had slowed down about 5 years from his previous fight

bookies were right :rolleyes::D

ASOT

Not sure about that result there, taught Silva done enough but i suppose RD1 could have gone either way!

raze_them_all_

Judges continue to make everyone wonder what ****ing fight they are watching. Robbery of a decision

ASOT

In other news im fully convinced bigfoot will KO AA tonight.

ASOT

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

Judges continue to make everyone wonder what ****ing fight they are watching. Robbery of a decision

Every event there seems to be some weird decision without fail.

Cant wait for the next two events, 178 & 179 are going to be unreal

mailburner

ASOT wrote: »

Not sure about that result there, taught Silva done enough but i suppose RD1 could have gone either way!

wow!
is all

where it this card again? :pac:

raze_them_all_

mailburner wrote: »

wow!
is all

where it this card again? :pac:

Both brazillians, the unpopular one lost.....shocking

ASOT

Brazilian crowds are so poor, it makes it unbelievably hard to watch.

mailburner

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

Both brazillians, the unpopular one lost.....shocking

you wouldve thought one was american judging by the crowd
imagine the same happening here, couldnt myself

ASOT

Lovely KO by Sullivan, Araujo is in bits on the ground.

mailburner

great performance

crowd boo...whats new

ASOT

Are they saying Boo, or Boourns?

There saying boo because there all a bunch of c*nts

raze_them_all_

mailburner wrote: »

you wouldve thought one was american judging by the crowd
imagine the same happening here, couldnt myself

yeah, even said it during the weigh in he was the only brazillian to get boo'd

ASOT

That sub was absolutely nasty

raze_them_all_

Slick as ****!!!

mailburner

nasty stuff, what a sub

mailburner

sad to see de oliveira lose in a way considering how emotional he was in his
first fight there, hope he gets another fight

good fight while it lasted
two brazil cards in the next two months, might get another shot :pac:

raze_them_all_

come on AA

mailburner

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

come on AA

I'd love it

if only he could win this fight then who knows what's next

hopefully his chin will hold up

raze_them_all_

mailburner wrote: »

I'd love it

if only he could win this fight then who knows what's next

hopefully his chin will hold up

the nostalgia is real. hope he smashes him

raze_them_all_

****ing smashed him!!!!!

mailburner

he's back

maybe a contender again

mark13

Seems like whenever a fighter cuts out the trt business, its a guaranteed loss. Delighted for Arlovski.

raze_them_all_

As much as jackson fighters usually bore me, jackson has a heavy handed aa making angles and circling away not straight back

weemcd

You cant keep a good man down, I missed it unfortunately because I slept through it but delighted for AA.

Andrei Arlovski is a top 10 UFC HW in 2014? You'd call someone mad if they said that 1/2 years ago :eek:

Mr. Loverman

I've never said this before about an MMA fight, and I've seen thousands of them: that really looked like a dive from Silva.

Davei141

ASOT wrote: »

Brazilian crowds are so poor, it makes it unbelievably hard to watch.

Absolutely despise them, the ones who boo constantly are brain dead morons.

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I've never said this before about an MMA fight, and I've seen thousands of them: that really looked like a dive from Silva.

Look at the replay before spouting utter rubbish. Great KO from Arlovksi and delighted that crowd was silenced again.

Mr. Loverman

Davei141 wrote: »

Look at the replay before spouting utter rubbish.

I'm not allowed have an opinion?

EDIT: Ah right, just looked at your post history. You're a very angry fellow.

ASOT

Delighted for AA, caught silva bang on the money and it was all over from there!

Devastator

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I'm not allowed have an opinion?

EDIT: Ah right, just looked at your post history. You're a very angry fellow.

ohhhh stop being so sensitive! Yes you are allowed your opinion, just as Dave is entitled to his about your accusation of diving, which I agree with him BTW as I expect 99.99% of people will.

Glad to see AA get the ko, its good to get someone else into HWs for more title options but I can't see AA getting past Cain. I cant stand bigfoot fighting