UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Mir

Paully D

Date: Saturday 19th March
Times: Fight Pass Prelims (10:30pm, Fight Pass), Prelims (12am, Fight Pass), Main Card (2am, Fight Pass & BT Sport 2)
Venue: Brisbane, Australia
Odds: Hunt (8/13) vs Mir (6/4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VshRzgTcB1w

Paully D

Hunt via Decision

I actually thought this card was this weekend despite typing "Saturday March 19th", so apologies for the way too early thread

Anyway, Lombard v Magny is a very interesting fight. Also, I didn't know Scoggins had been booked again so soon after fighting last month. I really enjoyed his fight against Borg so I'm looking forward to this one against Nguyen.

CatFromHue

That's quite a leg reach advantage Hunt has over Mir!!

I wonder if Scooooogggiinnns fan will be in the crowd too

Swashbuckler

CatFromHue wrote: »

That's quite a leg reach advantage Hunt has over Mir!!

Hunt is only fighting midgets. ..Sorry I couldn't resist. Cheers Paully!

Gamebred

Hunt via Decision

Scoggins is a beast his last win was one of the most impressive ive seen all year,Hope Magny beats that cheat.

Zero-Cool

Ah a Pauly fight card thread, just feels right! Like all my Mir picks, gonna go with a Mir win by sub. I know in reality he will stand and bang and most likely be KO'd but he has got some nice KO's lately. I just miss the old Frank, love watching him work his jitsu.

Mr. Manager

Hunt via Decision

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I'm mostly excited about this. All the I-told-you-so's coming out the woodwork after the fight will be a thing of the past.

Paully, well done!

callaway92

Hunt via Decision

"Australian, Mark Hunt"

Jaysus..

0byme75341jo28

Hunt via Decision

I'm a bit confused.. Is the fight Saturday morning or Sunday morning? As in, will I be staying up Friday or Saturday night if I want to watch this?

Paully D

Hunt via Decision

Joseph Thankful Factory wrote: »

I'm a bit confused.. Is the fight Saturday morning or Sunday morning? As in, will I be staying up Friday or Saturday night if I want to watch this?

Saturday night mate.

It's on Sunday over in Australia, late Saturday night/extremely early Sunday morning for us.

Gamebred

Hunt via Decision

Took me till wednesday to get my sleeping back to normal after staying up for press conferences ect for 196 think ill give this one a miss live.

Paully D

Hunt via Decision

Gamebred wrote: »

Took me till wednesday to get my sleeping back to normal after staying up for press conferences ect for 196 think ill give this one a miss live.

Amateur. :P

Gamebred

Hunt via Decision

Paully D wrote: »

Amateur. :P

Feck off ive not missed an event live in donkeys :pac:



Im not really desperate to see anyone on the card either Hunt is a legend but outside of that all I wanna see is Scoggins,hoping that cheat lombard gets bet.

ASOT

Hunt via Decision

I ended up staying in my mates drinking until Monday morning the body still isn't right, no way will I be staying up for this! I taught Oz cards were usually am our time as in like 7/8 I remember watching them at breakfast, or I could be compleatly wrong.

Swashbuckler

ASOT wrote: »

I ended up staying in my mates drinking until Monday morning the body still isn't right, no way will I be staying up for this! I taught Oz cards were usually am our time as in like 7/8 I remember watching them at breakfast, or I could be compleatly wrong.

Drinking Monday morning from the fight Sat night?!?

ASOT

Hunt via Decision

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Drinking Monday morning from the fight Sat night?!?

Yeah, never again. Thank baby jesus I had a few days off work. Heading to vegas in 8 weeks so that was the blow out.

Swashbuckler

ASOT wrote: »

Yeah, never again. Thank baby jesus I had a few days off work. Heading to vegas in 8 weeks so that was the blow out.

Absolute legend. Haha. I had to stop at 7am Sunday morning. That's fair going.

Paully D

Hunt via Decision

ASOT wrote: »

I ended up staying in my mates drinking until Monday morning the body still isn't right, no way will I be staying up for this! I taught Oz cards were usually am our time as in like 7/8 I remember watching them at breakfast, or I could be compleatly wrong.

They're 10 hours ahead in Brisbane so it probably has happened with Australian cards before. For example if a card kicked off at 5pm over there it would be 7am our time, but the UFC have it on early Sunday afternoon over there, same as the Ronda/Holm card. The first bout on that card kicked off at 10:15am in Australia, with the main event at 4pm :eek: Must be tough on the fighters from abroad.

Mellor

Paully D wrote: »

They're 10 hours ahead in Brisbane so it probably has happened with Australian cards before. For example if a card kicked off at 5pm over there it would be 7am our time, but the UFC have it on early Sunday afternoon over there, same as the Ronda/Holm card. The first bout on that card kicked off at 10:15am in Australia, with the main event at 4pm :eek: Must be tough on the fighters from abroad.

Australian cards have always on at the normal UFC time. Early morning, 10am-12pm start. As in the same time as a US PPV airs in Australia.
Should make no difference to the time from an irish perspective.

Not sure about the fighters, but from a fan's perspective it feels completely normal.

ASOT

Hunt via Decision

Trujillo & Scoggins both off the card. Trujillo has visa issues and can't make the flight, absolute amature hour by the ufc, he was never going to get a visa due to his criminal record. Scoggins is injured apparently, bummer hopefully they can get a replacement for Ben he's a good lad.

Wrongway1985

Hunt via Decision

TUF Nations winner Chad Laprise in to fight Pearson now.

John_D80

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

TUF Nations winner Chad Laprise in to fight Pearson now.

Woah, how did that happen? Trujilo injured?

EDIT: Sorry just saw ASOT's post now.

Paully D

Hunt via Decision

FFS. I was looking forward to seeing Scoggins again. I retain hope now that they'll give him Smolka next however.

Laprise is a tough fight for Ross on such short notice. Though both fought Trinaldo recently with Pearson bringing him to a decision while he KO'd Laprise. Ross has also tended to rotate wins and losses over the last few years so he's a due a win next weekend. Fingers crossed.

Mellor

ASOT wrote: »

Trujillo & Scoggins both off the card. Trujillo has visa issues and can't make the flight, absolute amature hour by the ufc, he was never going to get a visa due to his criminal record. Scoggins is injured apparently, bummer hopefully they can get a replacement for Ben he's a good lad.

Ben's fight is scrapped.
Currently looking for a last minute opponent for Alan Patrick.

ASOT

Hunt via Decision

Mellor wrote: »

Ben's fight is scrapped.
Currently looking for a last minute opponent for Alan Patrick.

Gutted he's a legend. Still can't believe they didn't realise abel wouldn't get a visa, amature stuff.

NightmareUFC

Hunt by KO, easily

Mellor

Ross Pearson and Chad Laprise agree to ditch the weight cut fight at welterweight for their fight.

https://twitter.com/RossTheRealDeal/status/708529512032538624

https://twitter.com/ChadLaprise/status/708530027764166656

Zero-Cool

Frank said he's been really working on his leg locks lately and "If Hunt doesn't tap, I will end his career". War Frank (scary bastard) Mir

chopperbyrne

Just noticed the graphic has Mir with 0" legs.

No way is he getting leg locked.

Mellor

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Frank said he's been really working on his leg locks lately and "If Hunt doesn't tap, I will end his career". War Frank (scary bastard) Mir

Usually whenever Frank comes out with "I've been working on..." before a fight, it's a load of bollox. Cardio, Striking, getting big enough to beat Lesnar.

But leg locks and submissions in general is old school Mir and what he has needed to get back to for a long time. Interesting.

Paully D

Hunt via Decision

Mellor wrote: »

Ross Pearson and Chad Laprise agree to ditch the weight cut fight at welterweight for their fight.

Man, I love Pearson. He's far from the best, but there's not many tougher.

Gamebred

Hunt via Decision

I met Pearson (i had a few on me) all I could think of asking him was ''Whats it like getting kicked by Edson Barboza?'' :rolleyes: Still feel like a prick to this day for that,great bloke he is.

Swashbuckler

Gamebred wrote: »

I met Pearson (i had a few on me) all I could think of asking him was ''Whats it like getting kicked by Edson Barboza?'' :rolleyes: Still feel like a prick to this day for that,great bloke he is.

Haha. What did he say?

ASOT

Hunt via Decision

Gamebred wrote: »

I met Pearson (i had a few on me) all I could think of asking him was ''Whats it like getting kicked by Edson Barboza?'' :rolleyes: Still feel like a prick to this day for that,great bloke he is.

Hahaha that's what happened with me and Porier I felt terrible asking him what it felt like to have his head used like a basket ball, he just kept laughing so it was alright.

Paully D

Hunt via Decision

Ross is a top man. No idea how he pulled Kristie mind, but he'd probably tell you the same thing. :pac:

Gamebred

Hunt via Decision

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Haha. What did he say?

Ah he laughed awkwardly and moved along my mate only reminded me the next day I felt awful hes a sound chap,he comes to fight wouldnt like a left hook off him,

ASOT wrote: »

Hahaha that's what happened with me and Porier I felt terrible asking him what it felt like to have his head used like a basket ball, he just kept laughing so it was alright.

Ah thats terrible asking poor dustin that :pac: he was a gent I met him in his hotel the night he found out his fight was cancelled and he was a gent himself and Mike Brown.

Subcomandante Marcos

Hunt via Decision

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NightmareUFC

Hunt by KO first round, then Travis Browneye

John_D80

NightmareUFC wrote: »

Hunt by KO first round, then Travis Browneye

Mir, Kneebar, within 2 minutes.

NightmareUFC

John_D80 wrote: »

Mir, Kneebar, within 2 minutes.

he won't takedown fresh Hunt, only if he gasses. And in last fights Mir has improved his stand up skills, so i think Mir will stand with Hunt and gets KO'd in first

Mellor

NightmareUFC wrote: »

he won't takedown fresh Hunt, only if he gasses.

Why do you think that? Hunt hasn't exactly got elite wrestling.
Besides he doesn't need to take Humt down to leg lock him.

Mir will get a tagged a few times, then goes for an imanari roll. It ends there, either Hunt pounds him out or Mir gets the heel hook.

Mellor

Anybody else think Pearson is undervalued verses Laprise. Wouldn't have put him as the dog.

Paully D

Hunt via Decision

Mellor wrote: »

Anybody else think Pearson is undervalued verses Laprise. Wouldn't have put him as the dog.

Yep, I do. It stood out to me when searching through the odds. You never know what you're going to get from Ross but I'd certainly have him as the favourite here. Most analysts seem to fancy Pearson here too. I'll be having a small punt.

That_Guy

Nothing says "this is going to be a long night" like Jon Anik commentating on fights.

ASOT

Hunt via Decision

Not great from Patrick there imo, expected better considering Brown was a last minute replacement. Would have expected a finish atleast.

Gamebred

Hunt via Decision

He must be one of the worst fighters in the game with a 13-1 record.

That_Guy

To be honest, his body was probably all over the place given that he only made his way to the Octagon at 9am local time.

Gamebred

Hunt via Decision

Ross Ko rd 2 3m45s mark left hook.

ASOT

Hunt via Decision

That_Guy wrote: »

To be honest, his body was probably all over the place given that he only made his way to the Octagon at 9am local time.

Fairly ridiculous, the last Stockholm event was the opposite they went into the octagon at like 1am local time, fairly poxy on the fighters.

ASOT

Hunt via Decision

Pearson won the battle of the walkout songs now it's just the fight left to win.

That_Guy

ASOT wrote: »

Fairly ridiculous, the last Stockholm event was the opposite they went into the octagon at like 1am local time, fairly poxy on the fighters.

But sure the US audience is all that matters :rolleyes: