UFC Fight Night 61: Bigfoot vs. Mir

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22 feb

MAIN CARD
FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Silva
Edson Barboza vs. Michael Johnson
Sam Alvey vs. Cezar Ferreira
Rustam Khabilov vs. Adriano Martins
Iuri Alcantara vs. Frankie Saenz
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Sean Strickland

PRELIMINARY CARD
FOX Sports 1, 6 p.m. ET
Jessica Andrade vs. Marion Reneau
Matt Dwyer vs. William Macario
Mike De La Torre vs. Tiago Trator


PRELIMINARY CARD
UFC Fight Pass, 5 p.m. ET
Cody Gibson vs. Douglas Silva
Ivan Jorge vs. Josh Shockley

bt sports 11-1 prelims 1-4 main card

nothing like a fight night from brazil (if youre a brazilian maybe)

the johnson barboza bout stands out like a sore thumb here, should be a war
Find it hard to shout against either here

mir bigfoot...couldnt care less

ferreira should gain another shaky pts win

martins khab could be decent

the wimens should put on a good show

Paully D

Sunday night :mad:

Any reason this one is on Sunday instead of the Saturday?

Utopia Parkway

Think I might give this one a miss.

TimRiggins

I'll be watching only because I have nothing better to do. Its a bad card having Edson Barbosa and Michael Johnson means its already gonna be better then next weeks UFC 184

riffmongous

Not a very exciting card, I'll watch Mir-Silva since I'm a sucker for HWs but thats about it

Beersmith

riffmongous wrote: »

Not a very exciting card, I'll watch Mir-Silva since I'm a sucker for HWs but thats about it

Johnson barboza is way more exciting that seeing a drug cheat fight a past it fighter on a 4 fight losing streak

riffmongous

Beersmith wrote: »

Johnson barboza is way more exciting that seeing a drug cheat fight a past it fighter on a 4 fight losing streak

Meh, sure it'll be a good fight but good fights are 10 a penny if you watch enough mma.

Beersmith

riffmongous wrote: »

Meh, sure it'll be a good fight but good fights are 10 a penny if you watch enough mma.

Watching two over the hill big names is also 10 a penny and depressing.

riffmongous

Beersmith wrote: »

Watching two over the hill big names is also 10 a penny and depressing.

touche :pac:

mailburner

decent enough so far and never a bad thing to see the home crowd silenced

riffmongous

Damn that was boring, there needs to be penalties for passivity

Zero-Cool

HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT

MIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

Didn't even look like he got a full swing on the hook. Beaming!!!

sc86

looked like he took a dive lol

smilerf

I thought Bigfoot looked a bit flabby and out of shape. Maybe he's always been like that though. Can't remember

MartyMcFly84

I thought Bigfoot looked a bit flabby and out of shape. Maybe he's always been like that though. Can't remember

Yeah is arms were pencil width compared to what they used to be. He suffers from a hormonal condition Acromegaly. Its the main cause of his giant head and oddly shaped body. He was taking TRT as a part of treatment but abused it , now that TRT is banned there is a noticeable difference in him physically.

I don't know if he can continue at this level without it personally. The jab/hook that dropped him did not look like it had a lot on it to be honest. Could be is chin is gone also.

riffmongous

I actually missed the fight as it was over so quick. It is strange to think that Silva was able to go 5 rounds with Hunt only 2 fights ago

TimRiggins

Enjoyed the event last night to be fair. Some good fights. Sam Alvey is hillarious. Thought Barbosa was poor, seemed to be afraid to let off his shots. No real leg kicks either. Was disappointed with Rustam Khabilov, suprised he even got a SD in Brazil against a Brazillian, no way he won that fight.

Was suprised to see Mir look as good as he is. Don't know if Bigfoot is gone or what but he said he completely reevaluated his training and boxing, clearly worked for him too.

Paully D

Underdogs go 10-1. Crazy! :eek:

Mellor

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

I don't know if he can continue at this level without it personally. The jab/hook that dropped him did not look like it had a lot on it to be honest. Could be is chin is gone also.

Medically, I think he needs TRT. TUE's existed for people in his situation. But the system was to open to abuse, even by the likes of Bigfoot who needed it.

As for the finish, it was a short hook, but he caught him on the button. And it only dropped him. The follow up finished the fight.

sc86 wrote: »

looked like he took a dive lol

Mir's a big guy, prob 120kg. His sheer mass drops a lot of people.

If i was gonna take a dive verses Mir, I wouldn't choose to do it by taking 8 unanswered shots on the ground.

MagicIRL

Good night of fights overall! I didn't really expect much if I'm honest. The "local" Argentinian lad on the Prelims had a deadly little fight. Reminded me a lot of Dublin, the crowd were behind him from the moment he stepped out.

The women's main event prelim was savage too. Punches swinging until a wicked triangle got locked up. Slick, slick, jiujitsu.

Mr. CooL ICE

MagicIRL wrote: »

Good night of fights overall! I didn't really expect much if I'm honest. The "local" Argentinian lad on the Prelims had a deadly little fight. Reminded me a lot of Dublin, the crowd were behind him from the moment he stepped out.

The women's main event prelim was savage too. Punches swinging until a wicked triangle got locked up. Slick, slick, jiujitsu.

It seemed a bit strange. Looked like Andrade escaped one triangle, postured up and went straight back into a second one. Looked nice nonetheless.

That_Guy

Very enjoyable card which was pleasantly surprising. Few highlights on the card for me were the women's fight and Sam Alvey, having absorbed so much through 3:30 of the first round, throwing two punches which led to a KO.

However, this was amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVlIrx2nNSU