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Heading out in a few to catch this at a sports bar; I'm fucking hyped! The only bad thing about these is that some jamokes always get into a fucking fight afterwards, usually two-to-three feet in front of where I'm sitting. I always manage to yell out a "KICK HIS ASS, SEABASS!" so it's not all bad.
Caught the PPV at a sports bar.
Missed the Patrick Cote fight, but I heard he won.
Rampage scored a nice knockout, but he didn't blow me away. Liddell doesn't have much to fear, IMO.
Some little Mexican completely destroyed his opponent within seconds of the opening bell. I don't know who either of them were but the fight was over before it began.
Cro Cop completely dominated Sanchez and scored a way easy TKO in the first round. Sanchez basically ran away the whole fight while Cro Cop kept walking forward like a machine. CC landed some nice kicks (including some STIFF shots to the midsection and a nice left roundhouse to the head) and punches, put Sanchez down with a good blow to the face, mounted him with ease and ground and pounded his ass until the ref stopped it. Good debut for the future UFC Heavyweight champ.
As for the main event, first I have to say that Travis Lutter is a fucking retard. The guy drops, like, 20 pounds right before the fight and still comes in 2 pounds too heavy, thus the fight is changed to a non-title match. Dana White should be furious at Lutter for fucking up the chance of a lifetime. Lutter was weak, flabby, and dehydrated.
That said, the guy STILL almost won. Anderson Silva's dropped several notches in my eyes after this fight. In fact, if Lutter dropped weight like he should have and came into this fight at 100%, Silva totally would have lost. Lutter kept taking Silva down constantly in the first round and at one point fully mounted him and landed something like 5 or 6 uncontested punches direcly into Silva's face. Sadly, Lutter's punches had nothing behind them because his weight loss rendered him so weak. Silva came back a little in the second round, managed to sink in a triangle choke and nailed Lutter's head with elbows until he tapped. I really thought Silva would destroy Lutter in seconds but it ended up being the match of the night with Silva almost getting his ass handed to him.
Overall, a good PPV.
Crocop fight was glorious. He walked forward with no expression like he was the fucking Terminator while Sanchez backed up around the octagon for four straight minutes in fear for his life. Crocop is a fucking monster. It'll be a wonderful day when he breaks Sylvia's goofy face.
I agree; I think Silva got a little exposed last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
It was definitely a good PPV, but some commentary by Goldberg and Rogan sounded very much like WWE-style promotion. I was waiting for one of the two to say slobberknocker. I realize this style is good for business, and that Dana White and the Fertitta brothers are ringing the register (though holding off on taking draws out of the company), but I felt like I was watching one squash match after another. This is the first UFC PPV where this feeling was overwhelming.
and when it happens it will be glorious. :tu:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stibbons
Apparently Anderson Silva had knee surjury just 11 weeks ago which may have/probably had a negative impact on his performance.
saw the one sheets for the april 7th ppv. the GSP/Serra fight is on as well as Koscheck vs Diego Sanchez. tough to call that 2nd fight. Diego is one tough guy but i think im going to root for Koz, just because we used to hang out when we were both at Edinboro University. great kid. i think i might head out there to watch it actually.
Diego should win the fight. I've only see Koscheck a couple times. He showed great wrestling...and nothing else. Really, really boring to watch, and I think Diego's skillset will make him the easy victor.
while i agree with that, he's still got some crazy power. itll be a little weird going back after graduating 5 years ago and having the bar filled with a bunch of fresh faces all acting like they know him. should be a pretty crazy atmosphere.
IBTN, although I noticed that Josh has improved his skills a lot in the last fight I saw him in. Still, Diego will probably beat him pretty easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkRyan
True, but Diego's no weakling, either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne
Now, if Diego wins this fight, does he finally get a title shot? The heavier weight classes are filled with guys who get title shots even if they've only fought one UFC match, or even if they've actually lost their last fight or two.