UFC London 16th March 2019

Whelo79 · 08-02-2019 6:14pm

akelly02 wrote: »

WHELO 79??

No it's not me, it was Tiree Terror.

D.Q · 08-02-2019 8:49pm

ktulu123 wrote: »

Where is a good area to stay the night that is not too far from the 02? Going to fly in Saturday morning and out Sunday evening from Gatwick

The O2 is a bit out of the way. Better off getting somewhere on one of the tube lines that goes directly out to North Greenwich

Southdubin6 · 08-02-2019 8:53pm

Sorted tickets on toutless today, any ideas for cheapest accommodation lads never been to London at all. Boston New York And Vegas but a UFC London virgin.

Card has shaped up lovely.

D.Q · 09-02-2019 12:55pm

Southdubin6 wrote: »

Sorted tickets on toutless today, any ideas for cheapest accommodation lads never been to London at all. Boston New York And Vegas but a UFC London virgin.

Card has shaped up lovely.

I'm heading over with 3 mates, got a 4 bed private in generator hostel London. 268 for two nights between us. Very central, right beside St Pancras.

Southdubin6 · 09-02-2019 1:09pm

D.Q wrote: »

I'm heading over with 3 mates, got a 4 bed private in generator hostel London. 268 for two nights between us. Very central, right beside St Pancras.

Is that a form just for your own group? There’s 2 of us going trying to keep as cheap as possible.

D.Q · 09-02-2019 5:44pm

Southdubin6 wrote: »

Is that a form just for your own group? There’s 2 of us going trying to keep as cheap as possible.

Yeah, 4 man private dorm with a private bathroom.

Have look on the generator site itself as opposed to booking.com. Booking.com was showing nothing available for me. The generator site let's you book and pay at property.

Was considering a hotel but any hotel around the centre if London was either already booked, an absolute kip, or too expensive.

Kessler3000 · 09-02-2019 6:11pm

ktulu123 wrote: »

Where is a good area to stay the night that is not too far from the 02? Going to fly in Saturday morning and out Sunday evening from Gatwick

If you're not fussed on staying in central London, then you could do worse than Croydon. I've done it for UFC as it's considerably cheaper to stay there and handy. It's on the train line from Gatwick that goes into Victoria in central London so you'll be travelling through it anyway. It's 15 minutes on the train from Gatwick. East Croydon is the train station. Premier Inn is a one minute walk at £58 a room for the night. Travelodge is a 3 minute walk at £48. Plenty of others.

For the O2, it'll take you half an hour. Regular trains every 5-10 minutes to London Bridge. Journey is 17 minutes. Then the tube to North Greenwich for the O2 is 8 minutes. The only thing is you'd want to get the last fast train back from London Bridge that night at 00:17, otherwise it'd be a long enough bus. The UFC should finish by 11pm so you'll have time. There's plenty of pubs, clubs, restaurants within a 5 minute walk of the train station in Croydon and you could easily get the train to central London on the Sunday.

dulux99 · 09-02-2019 6:13pm

Lads for those more experienced with London than I am, is there a convenient place to try and catch the Ireland v Wales game before the event?

As it stands Joe Duffy looks to be early in the prelims so it could be a matter of deciding to watch either the Duffy fight or the Ireland match. I'll probably be the only one in my party who would prefer the fight.

ASOT · 09-02-2019 6:23pm

D.Q wrote: »

Yeah, 4 man private dorm with a private bathroom.

Have look on the generator site itself as opposed to booking.com. Booking.com was showing nothing available for me. The generator site let's you book and pay at property.

Was considering a hotel but any hotel around the centre if London was either already booked, an absolute kip, or too expensive.

Mate give the generator a call just to make sure your rooms sound, they stung me and a few as being overbooked before for a concert!!

D.Q · 09-02-2019 6:37pm

ASOT wrote: »

Mate give the generator a call just to make sure your rooms sound, they stung me and a few as being overbooked before for a concert!!

Really yeah? That's not ideal. What did yous end up doing? I'll send them an email. Sound for the heads up.

ASOT · 09-02-2019 6:38pm

D.Q wrote: »

Really yeah? That's not ideal. What did yous end up doing? I'll send them an email. Sound for the heads up.

We just booked an airbnb last minute; to be honest it worked out better but the stress wasnt ideal.

ianob7 · 09-02-2019 8:04pm

dulux99 wrote:

Lads for those more experienced with London than I am, is there a convenient place to try and catch the Ireland v Wales game before the event?

There's a pub contained within the O2 itself that I went to last year for the IREvENG and it was grand

Tommo3434343 · 11-02-2019 12:21pm

dulux99 wrote: »

Lads for those more experienced with London than I am, is there a convenient place to try and catch the Ireland v Wales game before the event?

As it stands Joe Duffy looks to be early in the prelims so it could be a matter of deciding to watch either the Duffy fight or the Ireland match. I'll probably be the only one in my party who would prefer the fight.

They haven't set the bout order yet. I reckon he'll definitely be further up the card. Himself and Diakiese both have a little bit of name recognition and it has the potential to be an exciting fight so I'd imagine they'll be at least half way up the card. I could see them being the prelim headliner or main card opener.

dulux99 · 11-02-2019 1:43pm

Tommo3434343 wrote: »

They haven't set the bout order yet. I reckon he'll definitely be further up the card. Himself and Diakiese both have a little bit of name recognition and it has the potential to be an exciting fight so I'd imagine they'll be at least half way up the card. I could see them being the prelim headliner or main card opener.

Yeah I think your right. Even so, I want as little clash as possible between the rugby and the fights!

akelly02 · 11-02-2019 5:14pm

tickets dear for this fight??

ASOT · 11-02-2019 5:15pm

akelly02 wrote: »

tickets dear for this fight??

Its sold out and tickets are over 250e on the resale sites.

rob316 · 27-02-2019 12:09pm

Anyone receive their tickets yet?

dulux99 · 27-02-2019 1:37pm

rob316 wrote: »

Anyone receive their tickets yet?

Not yet!

D.Q · 27-02-2019 6:02pm

dulux99 wrote: »

Not yet!

I got my e tickets the other day

Autecher · 27-02-2019 6:22pm

Here is the main card running order, it's this way on the UFC website too but taking a screenshot is much easier on google.

At a guess I'd say Duffy will be headlining the prelims.

Autecher · 27-02-2019 6:25pm

Actually both google & wikipedia have this down as the prelims running order so who knows?

rob316 · 01-03-2019 11:46am

Got my tickets from AXS in the mail today.

JitzNdHitz · 02-03-2019 12:14am

Anyone going to Polaris this weekend.
Tom Halpin is on the main card.

Can't wait great weekend

dulux99 · 02-03-2019 11:40am

I read somewhere yesterday Gokhan Sakhi has pulled out injured.

D.Q · 05-03-2019 12:41am

Ben Askren self confirmed as guest fighter. Would like to meet him

ktulu123 · 06-03-2019 4:52pm

Has anyone got their tickets from the official sites yet? Got my tickets through StubHub which says delivery before 14th. Not sure if the seller has actually received the tickets yet.

Mr. Manager · 06-03-2019 8:31pm

I just checked the letterbox there and my tickets have arrived from Ticketmaster

dulux99 · 08-03-2019 9:49am

Haven't got my tickets yet but not really worried . Can anyone tell me the definitive time the doors open?

ktulu123 · 08-03-2019 10:43am

Thankfully got the UPS shipping email last night. Should have the tickets at the house today

D.Q · 11-03-2019 4:50pm

Will there be any sort of embedded or countdown for this show?

Autecher · 11-03-2019 5:26pm

D.Q wrote: »

Will there be any sort of embedded or countdown for this show?

If there is not one up by the end of today then I would doubt it. There was this a few weeks ago by BT

And Inside the Octagon from yesterday

ASOT · 15-03-2019 10:41am

Till 171 with a towel, doesn't look as bad as usual.

Axwell · 15-03-2019 6:01pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkT2JPuYt1Y

UFC London: Till vs Masvidal - Main Event Preview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3k__nJWDn0

UFC London: official weigh-in highlight

EagererBeaver · 15-03-2019 9:02pm

Everything a bit flat or just crap audio?

ASOT · 15-03-2019 9:08pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Everything a bit flat or just crap audio?

Crap audio as usual. It seems to get worse each time.

Whelo79 · 16-03-2019 1:12pm

It looks like JK won't make it back from Singapore after cornering Cian Cowley last night to corner for John Phillips' fight and he may miss Gunni's too!

I don't see it having any real effect on either fight but he is spreading himself very thin with all this globe trotting. Dubai, Singapore, London in the last 7 days, plus he was in China just before Dubai.

mailburner · 16-03-2019 2:09pm

I would love to see masvidal win this

pastorbarrett · 16-03-2019 2:39pm

mailburner wrote: »

I would love to see masvidal win this

Fan of both, tbh. Seems like it'll be a good scrap anyways. Suspect Till might be too powerful early on.

ricero · 16-03-2019 3:12pm

Ben Askren is the real star of this London event and he's not even fighting. Guy is all over Twitter and youtube with interviews and other bits and pieces.

EagererBeaver · 16-03-2019 4:09pm

ricero wrote: »

Ben Askren is the real star of this London event and he's not even fighting. Guy is all over Twitter and youtube with interviews and other bits and pieces.

He had more than enough for some of the London MMA intelligentsia at the Q&A.

ASOT · 16-03-2019 4:25pm

Tom Breese out of his fight due to health concerns.

Porthallian · 16-03-2019 6:17pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

He had more than enough for some of the London MMA intelligentsia at the Q&A.

Anyone know who the Irish journalist was who asked Askren about a Robbie Lawler rematch?

Whelo79 · 16-03-2019 6:53pm

Porthallian wrote: »

Anyone know who the Irish journalist was who asked Askren about a Robbie Lawler rematch?

Haven't seen the video but I'd guess it was Niall McGrath or Petesy Carroll?? Do you have a link?

ASOT · 16-03-2019 7:07pm

This is a great scrap so far.

Porthallian · 16-03-2019 7:08pm

Whelo79 wrote: »

Haven't seen the video but I'd guess it was Niall McGrath or Petesy Carroll?? Do you have a link?

https://youtu.be/YelK7WZRZn0

Whelo79 · 16-03-2019 7:15pm

Porthallian wrote: »

https://youtu.be/YelK7WZRZn0

That's not either of them anyway, it's not a familiar voice. Was it just journos asking questions or did fans get to ask too?

ASOT · 16-03-2019 7:21pm

Jesus some finish there from Ige

Porthallian · 16-03-2019 7:23pm

Whelo79 wrote: »

That's not either of them anyway, it's not a familiar voice. Was it just journos asking questions or did fans get to ask too?

I'm not sure to be honest. Sounds like a Monaghan/Armagh accent. Could be a fan alright didn't think on that.

Definitely not a familiar voice

themandan6611 · 16-03-2019 7:25pm

That's three very good fights to start off

Whelo79 · 16-03-2019 7:29pm

Good start so far alright. Hopefully the quality keeps going strong.

UFC London **16th March 2019**

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UFC London 16th March 2019