UFC - New Boss, Same Old Octagon [Archive]

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10-14-2010, 03:06 PM

UFC 119: Lesnar vs. Valesquez
Saturday, Week 4, October, California
12,894 attendance for a gate of $967,050
369,101 buys for $1,476,404
Fantastic show

PRELIMS

Heavyweight Division Fight
Gilbert “The Hurricane” Yvel d. Jon Madsen via TKO in 1:39 of round 2 (decent)

Middleweight Division Fight
Dongi Yang d. Chris Camozzi via TKO in 4:24 of round 1 (decent)

Lightweight Division Fight
“Hands of Stone” Sam Stout d. “Relentless” Paul Taylor via unanimous decision (average)

Welterweight Division Fight
Daniel “Ninja” Roberts d. Mike “Joker” Guymon via unanimous decision (poor)

Middleweight Division Fight
Patrick “The Predator” Cote d. “The Filthy Mauler” Tom Lawlor via KO in 1:43 of round 1 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
Ryan Jensen d. Court McGee via split decision (average)

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight Division Fight
Gabriel “Napao” Gonzaga d. Brendan “The Hybrid” Schaub via KO in :58 of round 1 (great)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
“The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz d. Matt “The Hammer” Hamill via TKO in :39 of round 2 (excellent)

Welterweight Division Fight
Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez d. Paulo Thiago via KO in 4:26 of round 1 (great)

Welterweight Division Fight
Martin “Hitman” Kampmann d. Jake Shields via submission (guillotine) in 3:28 of round 3 (poor)

Heavyweight Title Fight
Brock Lesnar © d. Cain Velasquez via TKO in 2:57 of round 3 (fantastic)

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10-18-2010, 06:54 PM

Ultimate Fight Night: Cro Cop vs. dos Santos
Sunday, Week 3, November, Nevada
5,384 attendance for a gate of $403,800
Average show

PRELIMS

Middleweight Division Fight
Mario Miranda d. Mike Massenzio via submission (armbar) in 3:01 or round 1 (fantastic)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
“All-American” Brian Stann d. Kyle Kingsbury via TKO in 2:13 of round 3 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira d. Mark Bocek via submission (arm triangle) in 4:45 of round 2 (decent)

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight Division Fight
Chris Tuchscherer d. Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve by unanimous decision (decent)

Welterweight Division Fight
Carlos Condit d. “New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni via submission (arm triangle) in 4:22 of round 3 (decent)

Middleweight Division Fight
Alan “The Talent” Belcher d. CB “The Doberman” Dolloway via submission (armbar) in :32 of round 1 (great)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Ryan “Darth” Bader d. Antonio “Minotoro” Rogerio Nogueira via TKO in 4:25 of round 2 (good)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Junior “Cigano” dos Santos d. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic via TKO in 2:59 of round 1 (fantastic)

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10-19-2010, 10:58 PM

UFC 120: St. Pierre vs. Koscheck
Saturday, Week 2, December, Nevada
10,738 attendance for a gate of $805,350
266,960 buys for $1,067,840
Very poor show

PRELIMS

Middleweight Division Fight
“Crazy” Tim Credeur d. John Salter via submission (armbar) in 3:28 of round 2 (fantastic)

Welterweight Division Fight
Mike Pierce d. Dong “Stun Gun” Hyun Kim via TKO in 2:22 of round 2 (fantastic)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Tim “The Barbarian” Boetsch d. Cyrille “Snake” Diabete via submission (guillotine) in 4:22 of round 1 (decent)

Lightweight Division Fight
Andre “Gutted” Winner d. Jim Miller via unanimous decision (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
“Big” Ben Rothwell d. Travis “Hapa” Browne via unanimous decision (very poor)

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight Division Fight
Roy “Big Country” Nelson d. Cheick Kongo via TKO in 2:48 of round 1 (fantastic)

Lightweight Division Fight
Cole “Magrino” Miller d. “The Fireball Kid” Takanori Gomi via submission (guillotine) in 1:41 of round 3 (good)

Middleweight Division Fight
Nate “The Great” Marquardt d. Chris “The Crippler” Leben via submission (armbar) in 3:11 of round 3 (great)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Jon “Bones” Jones d. Forrest Griffin via TKO in 4:59 of round 1 (great)

Welterweight Title Fight
Georges “Rush” St. Pierre © d. Josh Koscheck via TKO in 1:12 of round 2 (good)

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10-19-2010, 10:59 PM

UFC 121: Rua vs. Evans
Saturday, Week 4, January, Nevada
14,645 attendance for a gate of $878,700
365,568 buys for $1,462,272
Excellent show

PRELIMS

Middleweight Division Fight
Aaron “A-Train” Simpson d. Joey “The Doctor” Vedepo via submission (Americana) in 4:44 of round 1 (good)

Lightweight Division Fight
Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira d. Terry Etim via split decision (decent)

Lightweight Division Fight
Pat “Awesomely Awesome” Audinwood d. Curt Warburton via unanimous decision (good)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Goran Reljic d. Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson via split decision (decent)

Heavyweight Division Fight
James McSweeney d. Sean McCorkle via unanimous decision (average)

MAIN CARD

Welterweight Division Fight
Thiago “Pitbull” Alves d. Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy via TKO in 1:24 of round 1 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
“The Bully” Gray Maynard d. Clay “The Carpenter” Guida via submission (armbar) in 2:25 of round 3 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
Michael “The Count” Bisping d. Jorge “El Conquistador” Rivera via unanimous decision (good)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida d. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson via submission (guillotine) in 2:18 of round 1 (fantastic)

Light Heavyweight Title Fight
“Sugar” Rashad Evans d. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (c) via TKO in 1:43 of round 1 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:01 PM

UFC 122: Sonnen vs. Silva II
Saturday, Week 3, February, Nevada
9,509 attendance for a gate of $713,175
238,272 buys for a revenue of $953,088
Awful show

PRELIMS

Welterweight Division Fight
“Slick” Nic Osipczak d. Brian Foster via unanimous decision (very poor)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
“Banha” Luis Arthur Cane d. Jared Hamman via KO in 4:43 of round 1 (excellent)

Welterweight Division Fight
Ricardo “Golden Boy” Funch d. Amilcar Alves via submission (kimura) in 2:04 of round 3 (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
“The Bear” Rob Broughton d. Christian Morecraft via split decision (decent)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Igor Pokrajac d. “All-American” Brian Stann via TKO in 2:44 of round 1 (fantastic)

MAIN CARD

Lightweight Division Fight
“Lil’ Heathen” Jeremy Stephens d. Tyson Griffin via TKO in 1:12 of round 2 (fantastic)

Middleweight Division Fight
Ryan Jensen d. Alan “The Talent” Belcher via submission (guillotine) in 3:30 of round 2 (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
“The Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring d. Shane Carwin via submission (guillotine) in :59 of round 1 (great)

Light Heavyweight Fight
Randy “The Natural” Couture d. “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell via unanimous decision (good)

Middleweight Title Fight
Anderson “Spider” Silva (c) d. Chael Sonnen via KO in 1:58 of round 1 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:02 PM

UFC 123: Penn vs. Hughes
Saturday, Week 3, March
13,927 attendance for a gate of $835,620
365,568 buys for a revenue of $1,462,272
Excellent show

PRELIMS

Welterweight Division Fight
Ricardo “Golden Boy” Funch d. Jesse “Ox” Lennos via unanimous decision (average)

Welterweight Division Fight
Peter Sobotta d. Daniel “Ninja” Roberts via submission (triangle) in 1:51 of round 1 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
Aaron “A-Train” Simpson d. Nick “The Jersey Devil” Catone via TKO in 2:53 of round 2 (good)

Welterweight Division Fight
Anthony “Rumble” Johnson d. Amir Sadollah via unanimous decision (average)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Mike Russow d. Gilbert “The Hurricane” Yvel via submission (arm triangle) in 4:11 of round 1 (great)

MAIN CARD

Welterweight Division Fight
Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez d. Matt “The Terror” Serra via TKO in 2:17 of round 1 (fantastic)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Antonio “Minotoro” Rogerio Nogueira d. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz via submission (armbar) in 1:07 of round 3 (fantastic)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Gabriel “Napao” Gonzaga d. Frank Mir via submission (armbar) in 2:54 of round 1 (fantastic)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Rich “Ace” Franklin d. “The American Psycho” Stephan Bonnar via unanimous decision (average)

Welterweight Division Fight
“The Prodigy” BJ Penn d. Matt Hughes via submission (kimura) in :36 of round 1 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:04 PM

UFC 124: Lesnar vs. Dos Santos
Saturday, Week 2, April
14,111 attendance for a gate of $1,058,325
392,448 buys for a revenue of $1,569,792
Excellent show

PRELIMS

Welterweight Division Fight
Dong “Stun Gun” Hyun Kim d. Anthony “TJ” Waldburger via KO in 3:54 of round 2 (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve d. Edinaldo “Lula” Molusco via unanimous decision (poor)

Middleweight Division Fight
Tomasz “Gorilla” Drwal d. Dongi Yang via unanimous decision (average)

Lightweight Division Fight
Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira d. Dennis Siver via TKO in 4:18 of round 2 (fantastic)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Rodney “Sho Nuff” Wallace d. James Te Huna via unanimous decision (poor)

MAIN CARD

Middleweight Division Fight
“The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva d. Patrick “The Predator” Cote via TKO in 2:21 of round 2 (great)

Welterweight Division Fight
Jake Shields d. Mike “Quick” Swick via submission (rear naked choke) in 4:02 of round 2 (great)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Jon “Bones” Jones d. Thiago Silva via unanimous decision (decent)

Middleweight Division Fight
Nate “The Great” Marquardt d. Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort via unanimous decision (great)

Heavyweight Title Fight
Brock Lesnar (c) d. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos via TKO in 1:21 of round 1 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:05 PM

UFC on Versus
Sunday, Week 1, May, Nevada
5,382 attendance for a gate of $403,650
Fantastic show

PRELIMS

Lightweight Division Fight
Gabe “Godzilla” Ruediger d. Calvin Kattar via submission (armbar) in 4:49 of round 1 (good)

Welterweight Division Fight
Rick “Horror” Story d. “The Hitman” John Hathaway via unanimous decision (decent)

Middleweight Division Fight
Brad Tavares d. Court McGee via unanimous decision (poor)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Joey “The Mexicutioner” Beltran d. Jon Madsen via unanimous decision (very poor)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Chris Tuchscherer d. Mark Hunt via TKO in 3:30 of round 1 (great)

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight Division Fight
Sergei Kharitonov d. “Big” Ben Rothwell via submission (armbar) in 3:57 of round 3 (great)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Brandon “The Truth” Vera d. Tim “The Barbarian” Boetsch via KO in :51 of round 1 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
CB “The Doberman” Dolloway d. Kendall “Da Spyder” Grove via submission (guillotine) in 2:53 of round 3 (good)

Welterweight Division Fight
Carlos Condit d. Chris “Lights Out” Lytle via submission (rear naked choke) in 3:00 of round 1 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:06 PM

UFC 125: St. Pierre vs. Fitch II
Saturday, Week 4, May, Nevada
14,481 attendance for a gate of $1,158,480
518,323 buys for a revenue of $2,073,292
Awful show

PRELIMS

Lightweight Division Fight
Jim Miller d. Mac Danzig via submission (rear naked choke) in 4:55 of round 1 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
Rob “The Rosedale Reaper” Kimmons d. Aaron “A-Train” Simpson via submission (guillotine) in 2:44 of round 1 (good)

Welterweight Division Fight
Johny Hendricks d. Amilcar Alves via TKO in 1:34 of round 1 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
Andre “Gutted” Winner d. “Handsome” Matt Wiman via unanimous decision (decent)

Welterweight Division Fight
Dustin Hazelett d. Jason Norwood via submission (guillotine) in 2:02 of round 2 (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Mike Russow d. Cheick Kongo via unanimous decision (average)

MAIN CARD

Lightweight Division Fight
Evan Dunham d. Sean “Muscle Shark” Sherk via TKO in 3:15 of round 1 (fantastic)

Middleweight Division Fight
Chris “The Crippler” Leben d. Yushin “Thunder” Okami via TKO in 3:02 of round 3 (decent)

Welterweight Division Fight
Josh Koscheck d. Martin “Hitman” Kampmann via submission (rear naked choke) in 4:43 of round 1 (good)

Heavyweight Division Fight
“Big Country” Roy Nelson d. Antonio “Minotauro” Rodrigo Noguiera via TKO in 2:17 of round 2 (decent)

Welterweight Title Fight
Georges “Rush” St. Pierre © d. Jon Fitch via submission (kimura) in :41 of round 2 (good)

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10-19-2010, 11:07 PM

UFC Fight Night
Thursday, Week 2, June, Nevada
3,800 attendance for a gate of $285,000
Very poor show

PRELIMS

Welterweight Division Fight
Karo “The Heat” Parisyan d. Nate Diaz via submission (armbar) in 3:52 of round 1 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
Mark Munoz d. “KO” Kyle Noke via unanimous decision (average)

Welterweight Division Fight
Mike Pierce d. Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis via unanimous decision (decent)

Lightweight Division Fight
Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire d. Jacob “Christmas” Volkmann via KO in :29 of round 3 (good)

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Jason “Hitman” Brilz d. “The Polish Experiment” Krzysztof Soszynski via TKO in :38 of round 1 (great)

Welterweight Division Fight
TJ Grant d. “The Immortal” Matt Brown via split decision (average)

Middleweight Division Fight
Alessio “Legionarius” Sakara d. Ed “Short Fuse” Herman via submission (kimura) in 3:55 of round 2 (fantastic)

Middleweight Division Fight
Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen d. Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares via submission (guillotine) in 1:39 of round 1 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
Kenny “Ken Flo” Florian d. Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon via submission (armbar) in 4:11 of round 3 (decent)

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10-19-2010, 11:08 PM

UFC 126: Evans vs. Machida II
Saturday, Week 4, June, Nevada
12,287 attendance for a gate of $921,525
279,483 buys for a revenue of $1,117,932
Fantastic show

PRELIMS

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
“Mr. Wonderful” Phil Davis d. “The Silverback” Seth Petruzelli via submission (armbar) in 2:07 of round 1 (fantastic)

Lightweight Division Fight
Efrain Escudero d. Yves Edwards via TKO in 3:12 of round 1 (great)

Welterweight Division Fight
Claude Patrick d. Kris McCray via KO in 3:02 of round 2 (great)

Welterweight Division Fight
Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman d. Carlos “Ta Danado” Eduardo Rocha via split decision (average)

Lightweight Division Fight
Aaron Riley d. Steve Lopez via submission (armbar) in 4:55 of round 1 (decent)

MAIN CARD

Welterweight Division Fight
Thiago “Pitbull” Alves d. “Doomsday” John Howard via TKO in 1:04 of round 1 (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Shane Carwin d. Cain Velasquez via unanimous decision (good)

Middleweight Division Fight
Yoshihiro Akiyama d. Michael “The Count” Bisping via submission (arm triangle) in 1:33 of round 1 (great)

Lightweight Title Fight
“The Bully” Gray Maynard d. “The Answer” Frankie Edgar © via split decision (decent)

Light Heavyweight Title Fight
“Sugar” Rashad Evans © d. Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida via TKO in 1:54 of round 1 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:09 PM

UFC 127: Penn vs. Sanchez II
Saturday, Week 4, July
13,942 attendance for a gate of $1,045,650
565,339 buys for a revenue of $2,261,356
Excellent show

PRELIMS

Middleweight Division Fight
Rich “The Guido” Attonito d. Dennis “Superman” Hallman via unanimous decision (decent)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Stanislov Nedkov d. Ricardo Romero via unanimous decision (average)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Karlos “The Terminator” Vemola d. Matt Mitrione via unanimous decision (very poor)

Welterweight Division Fight
“Quicksand” Mike Pyle d. Jake “The Juggernaut” Ellenberger via unanimous decision (poor)

Lightweight Division Fight
Thiago Tavares d. Ricardo Tirlone via submission (rear naked choke) in 4:43 of round 2 (great)

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight Division Fight
Chris Tuchscherer d. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic via TKO in 4:42 of round 1 (good)

Middleweight Division Fight
Demian Maia d. Alan “The Talent” Belcher via submission (armbar) in 4:59 of round 1 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
Kurt “Batman” Pellegrino d. “The Fireball Kid” Takanori Gomi via submission (guillotine) in 1:04 of round 1 (great)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Forrest Griffin d. Ryan “Darth” Bader via submission (guillotine) in 4:20 of round 3 (great)

Welterweight Division Fight
Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez d. BJ “The Prodigy” Penn via KO in :31 of round 3 (good)

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10-19-2010, 11:10 PM

UFC 128: Silva vs. Marquardt
Saturday, Week 1, September
16,320 attendance for a gate of $1,305,600
792,031 buys for a revenue of $3,168,124
Very poor show

PRELIMS

Lightweight Division Fight
Ross “The Real Deal” Pearson d. Spencer “The King” Fisher via unanimous decision (poor)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Chad Corvin d. Pat “HD” Barry via TKO in 3:29 of round 1 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
Gerald Harris d. Dan Miller via KO in :20 of round 3 (good)

Welterweight Division Fight
Matt Riddle d. DaMarques Johnson via TKO in 2:10 of round 1 (fantastic)

Lightweight Division Fight
Darren Elkins d. Paul “Sassangle” Sass via unanimous decision (good)

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
“The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz d. Brandon “The Truth” Vera via TKO in 3:52 of round 1 (fantastic)

Heavyweight Division Fight
“The Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring d. Frank Mir via submission (kimura) in 1:01 of round 2 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira d. Clay “The Carpenter” Guida via submission (armbar) in 4:55 of round 2 (good)

Welterweight Division Fight
Josh Koscheck d. Thiago “Pitbull” Alves via submission (rear naked choke) in 4:09 of round 1 (great)

Middleweight Title Fight
Anderon “The Spider” Silva © d. Nate “The Great” Marquardt via KO in 3:36 of round 1 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:11 PM

UFC 129: Couture vs. Jones
Saturday, Week 3, September
11,805 attendance for a gate of $885,375
560,888 buys for a revenue of $2,243,552
Great show

PRELIMS

Welterweight Division Fight
“The Meat Cleaver” Forrest Petz d. David Mitchell via unanimous decision (decent)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Steve Cantwell d. Tom Blackledge via TKO in 1:38 of round 2 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
Gleison Tibau d. Duane “Bang” Ludwig via submission (rear naked choke) in 3:16 of round 2 (good)

Welterweight Division Fight
James “Lightning” Wilks d. Greg Soto via unanimous decision (decent)

Middleweight Division Fight
Rafael “Sapo” Natal d. Dave Branch via submission (guillotine) in 4:19 of round 1 (good)

MAIN CARD

Lightweight Division Fight
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson d. Cole “Magrino” Miller via KO in 1:24 of round 1 (great)

Welterweight Division Fight
Jake Shields d. Matt Hughes via submission (guillotine) in 3:00 of round 1 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
George Sotiropoulos d. “The Young Assassin” Melvin Guillard via submission (triangle) in 1:18 of round 3 (great)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Rich “Ace” Franklin d. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua via unanimous decision (decent)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Jon “Bones” Jones d. Randy “The Natural” Couture via TKO in 1:54 of round 1 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:12 PM

Ultimate Fight Night
Thursday, Week 3, October
8,136 attendance for a gate of $650,880
Excellent show

PRELIMS

Middleweight Division Fight
Tomasz “Gorilla” Drwal d. Rob “The Rosedale Reaper” Kimmons via TKO in 1:29 of round 1 (great)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Cyrille “Snake” Diabate d. Stanislov Nedkov via split decision (decent)

Welterweight Division Fight
Amir Sadollah d. “Doomsday” John Howard via unanimous decision (decent)

Lightweight Division Fight
Ye Won Nam d. Curt Warburton via split decision (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Travis “Hapa” Browne d. Jon Madsen via unanimous decision (good)

MAIN CARD

Welterweight Division Fight
“The Immortal” Matt Brown d. Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy via unanimous decision (awful)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Brendan “The Hybrid” Schaub d. Joey “The Mexicutioner” Beltran via unanimous decision (poor)

Middleweight Division Fight
Ed “Short Fuse” Herman d. Alan “The Talent” Belcher via submission (Americana) in 1:49 of round 1 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
Kenny “Ken Flo” Florian d. Jim Miller via TKO in 3:20 of round 2 (decent)

Welterweight Division Fight
Carlos Condit d. Karo “The Heat” Parisyan via submission (kimura) in 1:40 of round 1 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:13 PM

UFC 130: Lesnar vs. Nelson
Saturday, Week 1, November
18,272 attendance for a gate of $1,461,760
1,172,732 buys for a revenue of $4,690,928
Decent show

PRELIMS

Welterweight Division Fight
Nik “The Carnie” Lentz d. “The Dominican Demon” Julio Paulino via unanimous decision (decent)

Lightweight Division Fight
John “Quick Guns” Gunderson d. Paul “Tellys” Kelly via submission (guillotine) in 2:26 of round 3 (average)

Welterweight Division Fight
Rory MacDonald d. Pascal “Panzer” Krauss via unanimous decision (poor)

Lightweight Division Fight
Mark “Boots” Holst d. Waylon Lowe via split decision (decent)

Middleweight Division Fight
Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald d. Ricardo “Cachorrao” Almeida via submission (guillotine) in 1:27 of round 1 (great)

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight Division Fight
Junior “Cigano” dos Santos d. Cheick Kongo via submission (Americana) in 3:38 of round 3 (good)

Lightweight Division Fight
Tyson Griffin d. Dave Jansen via submission (rear naked choke) in 4:21 of round 2 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
Chris “The Crippler” Leben d. “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva via TKO in 2:03 of round 1 (fantastic)

Light Heavyweight Title Fight
“Sugar” Rashad Evans © d. Antonio “Minotoro” Rogerio Noguiera via TKO in 3:08 of round 2 (great)

Heavyweight Title Fight
“Big Country” Roy Nelson d. Brock Lesnar © via submission (guillotine) in 3:29 of round 2 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:14 PM

UFC 131: Maynard vs. Dunham
Saturday, Week 4, December
15,586 attendance for a gate of $1,246,880
930,266 buys for a revenue of $3,721,064
Very poor show

PRELIMS

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Tim “The Barbarian” Boetsch d. Kyle Kingsbury via TKO in 4:12 of round 1 (great)

Welterweight Division Fight
Anthony “Rumble” Johnson d. “New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni via KO in 1:16 of round 1 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
“Crazy” Tim Credeur d. Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen via TKO in 3:16 of round 3 (good)

Lightweight Division Fight
Andre “Gutted” Winner d. Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire via split decision (average)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Chris Tuchscherer d. Chad Corvin via TKO in 4:48 of round 1 (good)

MAIN CARD

Middleweight Division Fight
Chael Sonnen d. Alessio “Legionarius” Sakara via submission (rear naked choke) in 4:51 of round 3 (good)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Ryan “Darth” Bader d. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz via TKO in 3:36 of round 1 (good)

Middleweight Division Fight
Yoshihiro Akiyama d. Gerald Harris via unanimous decision (average)

Welterweight Division Fight
Jake Shields d. Josh Koscheck via split decision (average)

Lightweight Title Fight
“The Bully” Gray Maynard © d. Evan Dunham via submission (rear naked choke) in 2:00 of round 1 (fantastic)

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10-19-2010, 11:15 PM

UFC 132: St. Pierre vs. Sanchez
Saturday, Week 2, January
16,595 attendance for a gate of $1,327,600
1,095,315 buys for a revenue of $4,381,260
Decent show

PRELIMS

Heavyweight Division Fight
Sergei Kharitonov d. Edinaldo “Lula” Molusco via submission (rear naked choke) in 4:45 of round 1 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
Court McGee d. Chris Camozzi via TKO in 1:29 of round 1 (great)

Lightweight Division Fight
Gabe “Godzilla” Ruediger d. Pat “Awesomely Awesome” Audinwood via submission (guillotine) in 4:03 of round 1 (great)

Welterweight Division Fight
Dustin Hazelett d. Ricardo “Golden Boy” Funch via unanimous decision (average)

Lightweight Division Fight
Efrain Escudero d. Thiago Tavares via TKO in 2:49 of round 1 (fantastic)

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
“Mr. Wonderful” Phil Davis d. Jason “Hitman” Brilz via TKO in 4:33 of round 2 (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Antonio “Minotauro” Rodrigo Nogueira d. Mike Russow via submission (armbar) in 3:31 of round 2 (good)

Middleweight Division Fight
Demian Maia d. Chris “The Crippler” Leben via unanimous decision (average)

Lightweight Division Fight
BJ “The Prodigy” Penn d. Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira via unanimous decision (decent)

Welterweight Title Fight
Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez d. Georges “Rush” St. Pierre © via submission in 4:12 of round 3 (great)

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10-19-2010, 11:16 PM

UFC On Versus
Thursday, Week 3, February
8,624 attendance for a gate of $689,920
Excellent show

PRELIMS

Welterweight Division Fight
James “Lightning” Wilks d. “Doomsday” John Howard via unanimous decision (average)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Rodney “Sho Nuff” Wallace d. “The Polish Experiment” Krzysztof Soszynski via TKO in 4:26 of round 1 (good)

Lightweight Division Fight
Ye Won Nam d. John “Quick Guns” Gunderson via unanimous decision (poor)

Welterweight Division Fight
Dong “Stun Gun” Hyun Kim d. Kris McCray via submission (triangle) in 1:37 of round 3 (great)

Middleweight Division Fight
“The Filthy Mauler” Tom Lawlor d. Rich “The Guido” Attonito via unanimous decision (average)

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight Division Fight
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic d. Brendan “The Hybrid” Schaub via KO in 1:35 of round 3 (good)

Welterweight Division Fight
Rick “Horror” Story d. “The Immortal” Matt Brown via TKO in 2:40 of round 1 (fantastic)

Lightweight Division Fight
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson d. Kenny “Ken Flo” Florian via split decision (decent)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida d. Forrest Griffin via TKO in 4:12 of round 3 (decent)

awful waffle

10-19-2010, 11:16 PM

UFC 133: Evans vs. Jones
Saturday, Week 4, March
20,934 attendance for a gate of $1,674,720
1,352,179 buys for a revenue of $5,408,716
Excellent show

MAIN CARD

Middleweight Division Fight
Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort d. Yushin “Thunder” Okami via TKO in :28 of round 3 (decent)

Welterweight Division Fight
Jon Fitch d. Martin “Hitman” Kampmann via submission (armbar) in 2:17 of round 3 (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Frank Mir d. Cain Velasquez via unanimous decision (decent)

Heavyweight Title Fight
“Big Country” Roy Nelson © d. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos via TKO in 3:48 of round 1 (great)

Light Heavyweight Title Fight
“Sugar” Rashad Evans (c) d. Jon “Bones” Jones via TKO in 3:34 of round 1 (great)

awful waffle

10-19-2010, 11:23 PM

COMING UP!

UFC 134: Penn vs. Maynard
Saturday, Week 4, May

PRELIMS
Jose Aguilar vs. Calvin Kattar (Lightweight Division Fight)
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Alexander Gustafsson (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Tomasz Drwal vs. Dongi Yang (Middleweight Division Fight)
Yoon Young Kim vs. Amir Sadollah (Welterweight Division Fight)
Jon Murphy vs. Travis Browne (Heavyweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD
Phil Davis vs. Luis Arthur Cane (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Mike Pierce vs. Anthony Johnson (Welterweight Division Fight)
Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen (Middleweight Division Fight)
Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring (Heavyweight Division Fight)
BJ Penn vs. Gray Maynard (c) (Lightweight Title Fight)

UFC 135: Akiyama vs. Silva
Saturday, Week 2, June

MAIN CARD
Charles Oliveira vs. Kurt Pellegrino (Lightweight Division Fight)
Rick Story vs. Dan Hardy (Welterweight Division Fight)
Shane Carwin vs. Chris Tuchscherer (Heavyweight Division Fight)
Mauricio Rua vs. Tito Ortiz (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Anderson Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (Middleweight Title Fight)

UFC 136: Shields vs. Sanchez
Saturday, Week 1, July

MAIN CARD
Rich Franklin vs. Quinton Jackson (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Junior dos Santos (Heavyweight Division Fight)
Patrick Cote vs. Chris Leben (Middleweight Division Fight)
George Sotiropoulos vs. Evan Dunham (Lightweight Division Fight)
Jake Shields vs. Diego Sanchez (Welterweight Title Fight)

awful waffle

10-20-2010, 12:11 PM

UFC 134: Penn vs. Maynard
Saturday, Week 4, May
26,283 attendance for a gate of $2,234,055
1,525,531 buys for a revenue of $6,102,124
Very poor show

PRELIMS

Lightweight Division Fight
Calvin Kattar d. Jose Aguilar via TKO in 2:21 of round 2 (good)

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson d. Kyle Kingsbury via TKO in 2:37 of round 1 (fantastic)

Middleweight Division Fight
Tomasz "Gorilla" Drwal d. Dongi Yang via TKO in :25 of round 3 (decent)

Welterweight Division Fight
Amir Sadollah d. "Snake Eater" Yoon Young Kim via unanimous decision (decent)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Travis "Hapa" Browne d. "Man of Faith" Jon Murphy via unanimous decision (average)

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
"Mr. Wonderful" Phil Davis d. "Banha" Luis Arthur Cane via unanimous decision (very poor)

Welterweight Division Fight
Mike Pierce d. Anthony "Rumble" Johnson via unanimous decision (decent)

Middleweight Division Fight
Nate "The Great" Marquardt d. Chael Sonnen via submission (armbar) in 3:29 of round 1 (great)

Heavyweight Division Fight
Brock Lesnar d. "The Texas Crazy Horse" Heath Herring via TKO in 2:39 of round 1 (fantastic)

Lightweight Title Fight
BJ "The Prodigy" Penn d. "The Bully" Gray Maynard (c) via submission (armbar) in 3:55 of round 5 (great)

awful waffle

10-22-2010, 12:05 PM

2012: A Year of Notable Releases
Friday, Week 2, June

Despite the UFC continuing to grow as a company in what has been another great year, with the good comes the bad. This year, several notable fighters have been released from the UFC following money disputes. Top names like Wanderlei Silva, Matt Serra, Demian Maia, Sean Sherk, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko Filipovic, and then-Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans have all entered free agency this year. But despite the losses, new UFC President Scott Avatar is confident about UFC's long-term success.

"It's been tough this year. I don't wake up and say 'hey, we should get rid of our Light Heavyweight Champion.' But sometimes, you have to do what you have to do. At the end of the day, we offered guys like Rashad, Wanderlei, and Cro Cop great deals, but they think they're better off somewhere else. And that's fine, I can't force them to stay. But they should know that the best competition in MMA is right here in the UFC. If they figure that out down the road, I'll be more than happy to bring them back. But I'm not going to dwell on the past, I'm going to look ahead to the future, where UFC will continue to be the number one MMA company in the world."

When asked about the future of the Light Heavyweight Championship, Avatar responded:

That's up in the air right now. Losing your champion the way we lost Rashad was a tough call, but he felt he was worth more than we were offering him. Luckily for us, we have a deep roster in every division and finding a new champion is going to be tough, but it's not impossible. There's a bunch of names in my head right now, but nothing's definite. You can expect an official announcement within the next month, though.

All in all, despite losing current and former champions, the UFC continues to look good as evidenced by the cards they've put together, one of which will take place tomorrow night in Las Vegas, Nevada, when we get to witness UFC 135: Akiyama vs. Silva. For those interested, here's the lineup:

UFC 135: Akiyama vs. Silva
Saturday, Week 2, June

PRELIMS

Steve Cantwell vs. Stanislov Nedkov (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Willamy Freire vs. Efrain Escudero (Lightweight Division Fight)
Court McGee vs. Rich Attonito (Middleweight Division Fight)
Pascal Krauss vs. Claude Patrick (Welterweight Division Fight)
Yasuaki Miura vs. Buddy Roberts (Heavyweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

Charles Oliveira vs. Kurt Pellegrino (Lightweight Division Fight)
Rick Story vs. Dan Hardy (Welterweight Division Fight)
Shane Carwin vs. Chris Tuchscherer (Heavyweight Division Fight)
Mauricio Rua vs. Tito Ortiz (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Anderson Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (Middleweight Title Fight)

EddieFnG

10-22-2010, 01:42 PM

Thank god, an actual write-up :P

PRELIMS

Steve Cantwell vs. Stanislov Nedkov (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Willamy Freire vs. Efrain Escudero (Lightweight Division Fight)
Court McGee vs. Rich Attonito (Middleweight Division Fight)
Pascal Krauss vs. Claude Patrick (Welterweight Division Fight)
Yasuaki Miura vs. Buddy Roberts (Heavyweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

Charles Oliveira vs. Kurt Pellegrino (Lightweight Division Fight)
Rick Story vs. Dan Hardy (Welterweight Division Fight)
Shane Carwin vs. Chris Tuchscherer (Heavyweight Division Fight)
Mauricio Rua vs. Tito Ortiz (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Anderson Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (Middleweight Title Fight)

NapDaddy

10-22-2010, 01:48 PM

PRELIMS

Steve Cantwell vs. Stanislov Nedkov (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Willamy Freire vs. Efrain Escudero (Lightweight Division Fight)
Court McGee vs. Rich Attonito (Middleweight Division Fight)
Pascal Krauss vs. Claude Patrick (Welterweight Division Fight)
Yasuaki Miura vs. Buddy Roberts (Heavyweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

Charles Oliveira vs. Kurt Pellegrino (Lightweight Division Fight)
Rick Story vs. Dan Hardy (Welterweight Division Fight)
Shane Carwin vs. Chris Tuchscherer (Heavyweight Division Fight)
Mauricio Rua vs. Tito Ortiz (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Anderson Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (Middleweight Title Fight)

awful waffle

10-22-2010, 09:53 PM

Thank god, an actual write-up :P
Yeah, I actually started this game around two weeks agoand was convinced by my friend (NapDaddy) to put it up here, so I wanted to post all my shows to get everyone caught up before I started doing updates/news/etc.

Thanks for the picks! Hopefully we get a few more by the weekend and I'll post the show.

awful waffle

10-25-2010, 07:50 PM

Preview. Will post tomorrow night.

UFC 135: Akiyama vs. Silva
Saturday, Week 2, June

PRELIMS

Steve Cantwell (8-3) vs. Stanislov Nedkov (11-1) (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire (15-3) vs. Efrain Escudero (15-1) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Court McGee (11-3) vs. Rich “The Guido” Attonito (9-4) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Pascal “Panzer” Krauss (9-1) vs. Claude Patrick (13-1) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Yasuaki Miura (5-4) vs. Buddy Roberts (7-2) (Heavyweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

Lightweight Division Fight
Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira (17-1) vs. Kurt “Batman” Pellegrino (16-5)

At only 21 years of age, Charles Oliveira is certainly a future Lightweight Champion. With victories over Mark Bocek, Terry Etim, Dennis Siver, and Clay Guida, Oliveira was well on his way towards a title shot. However, in his first major test, former and now current champion BJ Penn easily dominated the youngster, taking him down at will and getting a unanimous 30-27 victory. Looking to bounce back, Oliveira will face Kurt Pellegrino, who’s coming off a quick submission victory over Takanori Gomi. If Oliveira wants another shot at Penn, the first step is getting past Pellegrino.

Welterweight Division Fight
Rick “Horror” Story (13-3) vs. Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy (23-9)

The key to this fight is going to be momentum. With six straight wins in the octagon including a quick TKO on Matt Brown, Rick Story finds himself in a fight with a man who seems to be on the opposite side of the spectrum. After being outclassed by Georges St. Pierre, Dan Hardy has struggled in the UFC, losing a quick fight to Thiago Alves and then being unanimously defeated by Matt Brown -- the same man his opponent quickly took care of. It will be wrestler vs. striker as Dan Hardy looks to get back to his winning ways while Rick Story looks to continue his. Story has the momentum on his side, Hardy doesn’t. We’ll see if that’s what decides this fight.

Heavyweight Division Fight
Shane Carwin (13-2) vs. Chris Tuchscherer (22-3)

Chris Tuchscherer has been on a roll the last few fights. After being quickly beaten by Brendan Schaub back at UFC 116, Tuchscherer has come back with a vengeance. After being Stefan Struve in a decision, Tuchscherer has won three straight fights by TKO in the very first round. His opponent, Shane Carwin, has also shown dominance in the past. Despite his loss to Brock Lesnar, and then a quick one by submission by Heath Herring, Carwin managed to win a unanimous decision over Cain Velasquez. If Carwin wants another shot at the gold, he’ll need to beat Tuchscherer first.

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-6) vs. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz (17-9-1)

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua found out the hard way that winning the championship is only half the battle. In his first defense, Rashad Evans made quick work of Shogun and easily TKO’d him in the first round to reclaim the title. In his first fight since losing the title, Shogun lost a decision to Rich Franklin. His next opponent, Tito Ortiz, is in a similar boat. Since returning to the UFC at UFC 73 in his draw with Rashad Evans, Ortiz has seen very little success. Despite TKO wins over Brandon Vera and Matt Hamill, he has lost to Lyoto Machida, Forrest Griffin, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, and Ryan Bader. At 37-years-old and with only one fight left on his contract, this is do or die for Ortiz. Can he bounce back and defeat a fellow former champion? Or will Shogun show the world why he was once king of the light heavyweight division?

Middleweight Title Fight
Anderson “The Spider” Silva (c) (29-4) vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (15-2)

Anderson Silva is unbeatable. If his 14-0 record doesn’t prove it, his submission victory after being beaten for 4 ½ rounds by Chael Sonnen should. Still not impressed? How about defeating Chael Sonnen in a rematch by knockout in the first round, and doing the same to Nate Marquardt? Silva has had little trouble since coming to the UFC, and he looks to continue his reign of dominance as he takes on veteran Yoshihiro Akiyama. With victories over the talented Michael Bisping and young up-and-comer Gerald Harris, Akiyama is enjoying a short winning streak… for now. At this point, the UFC is doing all it can to give Silva a challenge. But Silva shouldn’t be looking uhead to his next defense, becase anything can happen inside the octagon.

awful waffle

10-26-2010, 10:29 PM

UFC 135: Akiyama vs. Silva
Saturday, Week 2, June
16,725 attendance for a gate of $1,338,000
325,571 buys for a revenue of $1,302,284

PRELIMS

Stanislov Nedkov (12-1) d. Steve Cantwell (8-4) via unanimous decision (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Efrain Escudero (16-1) d. Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire (15-4) via unanimous decision (Lightweight Division Fight)
Rich “The Guido” Attonito (10-4) d. Court McGee (11-4) via unanimous decision (Middleweight Division Fight)
Claude Patrick (14-1) d. Pascal “Panzer” Krauss (9-2) via submission (guillotine) in 3:23 of round 1 (Welterweight Division Fight)
Buddy Roberts (8-2) d. Yasuaki Miura (5-5) via unanimous decision (Heavyweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

Lightweight Division Fight
Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira (18-1) d. Kurt “Batman” Pellegrino (16-6) via TKO in 1:48 of round 3

Charles Oliveira showed the world he’s for real with brilliant displays of jiu-jitsu en route to his victory over Kurt Pellegrino. Oliveira won the first round by showing great skill on the ground, sweeping Pellegrino with his back against the cage and then using a triangle attempt to get side control. The second round saw Pellegrino take advantage of his wrestling ability and take down Oliveira, controlling him on the ground for a majority of the round. But in the final round, with the score 19-19, Oliveira took matters into his own hands by getting Pellegrino on the ground, taking side control, and finally mounting him before pounding his way to a TKO victory.

Welterweight Division Fight
Rick “Horror” Story (14-3) d. Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy (23-10) via TKO in 2:04 of round 1

Rick Story must have had made plans later in the evening because he wasted no time beating Dan Hardy. The wrestler proved to be too talented for “The Outlaw” as he took him down in the opening minute, got side control, and hammered Hardy until referee Herb Dean put a stop to it. Hardy’s UFC career might be over while Story is a win or two away from a title shot.

Heavyweight Division Fight
Shane Carwin (14-2) d. Chris Tuchscherer (22-4) via unanimous decision

Unlike the preliminary fights that went to decisions, this one had the crowd on their feet the entire time. Shane Carwin proved to be the superior wrestler as he took down Tuchscherer at will and defended each of his opponent’s attempts. Carwin nearly finished the fight in the first round but Tuchscherer weathered the storm and actually landed an elbow that cut Carwin above the eye. But Carwin wouldn’t give up and despite fighting exhaustion in the third round, managed to hang on and leave with the victory.

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (20-6) d. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz (17-10-1) via TKO in 2:47 of round 1

Tito Ortiz doesn’t have it anymore. Both of his takedown attempts were met with punches that rocked the Huntington Beach native. Former champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua had no trouble in the fight, quickly countering a jab from Ortiz with a barrage of punches that threatened to knock him out. What’s next for “Shogun” remains to be seen. Perhaps a shot at being the new Light Heavyweight Champion? It’s unknown at this point. What is known, however, is that Tito Ortiz’s career in the UFC is finished.

Middleweight Title Fight
Anderson “The Spider” Silva (c) (30-4) d. Yoshihiro Akiyama (15-3) via TKO in :21 of round 2

Yoshihiro Akiyama managed to win one round against Anderson Silva. Unfortunately, he had four more rounds to fight. Silva was careful with his opponent in round one, who took advantage and managed to score a takedown on the champion and smother him for the rest of the round. Silva wasted no time in the second round, countering a jab and quickly unloading on Akiyama to secure yet another successful title defense and pick up the thirtieth victory of his career. Now, at age 37, it’s unknown what will bring an end to his title reign -- an opponent or retirement.

Fight of the Night: Shane Carwin vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Knockout of the Night: Rick Story
Submission of the Night: Claude Patrick

awful waffle

10-26-2010, 10:32 PM

EddieFnG - 7/10
NapDaddy - 7/10

awful waffle

10-29-2010, 02:06 PM

A preview of the upcoming Shields vs. Sanchez show, along with the announcement of two HUGE fights will be posted later today or tomorrow.

News & Notes for Week 4, June

The buyrate for UFC 134 was over 1.5 million. But the numbers are in, and UFC 135 had a buyrate of only 325,000. Despite a difference of over a million buys, UFC Owner Scott Avatar isn’t worried.

“It was bound to happen. We give the people a lot of shows. At $45 a show, it adds up, and with the economy the way it is, buying every single show isn’t an option. We’re not going to slow down or hold back, because there’s still a lot of interest in UFC. But at the same time, it is something we’ll keep a close eye on.”

Speaking of UFC 135, here are the injuries and recovering time coming out of the show:

Anderson Silva - Recovering - 4 months, 1 weeks
Buddy Roberts - Recovering - 39 days
Charles Oliveira - Recovering - 3 months, 1 week
Chris Tuchscherer - Recovering - 4 months, 3 weeks
Claude Patrick - Recovering - 2 months, 3 weeks
Court McGee - Recovering/Injured - 3 months, 2 weeks
Dan Hardy - Recovering/Suspended - 40 days
Efrain Escudero - Recovering - 3 months, 2 weeks
Kurt Pellegrino - Recovering/Suspended - 3 months, 1 week
Maurico Rua - Recovering/Injured - 39 days
Pascall Krauss - Recovering/Suspended - 2 months, 2 weeks
Rich Attonito - Recovering - 2 months, 3 weeks
Rick Story - Recovering - 53 days
Shane Carwin - Recovering - 4 months, 3 weeks
Stanislov Nedkov - Recovering - 2 months, 3 weeks
Steve Cantwell - Recovering - 3 months, 2 weeks
Tito Ortiz - Recovering/Suspended - 2 months, 2 weeks
Willamy Freire - Recovering - 3 months, 2 weeks
Yasuaki Miura - Recovering - 45 days
Yoshihiro Akiyama - Recovering/Suspended - 4 months, 1 week

In the past week, the UFC has signed the following fighters to contracts:

Eric Magee (2-1) - 29 years old - Light Heavyweight - Brawler
Luke Zachrich (10-2) - 30 years old - Middleweight - Wrestler
Lew Polley (11-3) - 30 years old - Light Heavyweight - Jiu Jitsu
“Head Strong” Michael Boissoneault (2-1) - 23 years old - Lightweight - Kick Boxing/Jiu Jitsu
Juliano Belgini (11-5) - 29 years old - Middleweight - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
“Big” Ben Gallant (2-1) - 28 years old - Heavyweight - Kick Boxing
Cale Yarbrough (3-1) - 25 years old - Middleweight - Kick Boxing
Ben “Smooth” Henderson (13-4) - 29 years old - Lightweight - Wrestling/Tae Kwon Do
Brian McLaughlin (8-2) - 27 years old - Lightweight - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
“Koa Boy” Koa Ramos (5-1) - 25 years old - Middleweight - Hybrid Fighting
“Weapon X” Matt Makowski (6-2) - 24 years old - Welterweight - Muay Thai
Pat Curran (16-6) - 24 years old - Lightweight - Wrestling
Dustin Poirier (8-3) - 22 years old - Lightweight - Wrestling

UFC has also resigned Calvin Kattar.

awful waffle

10-31-2010, 06:32 PM

Ultimate Fight Night, UFC 136 & 137 Announced!

UFC President Scott Avatar announced the next three shows for UFC:

Ultimate Fight Night
Thursday, Week 4, July, Nevada

PRELIMS

Greg Soto (8-2) vs. Jesse “Ox” Lennox (11-4) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Mark Bocek (8-4) vs. Steve Lopez (12-3) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Joe “The Doctor” Vedepo (11-4) vs. “The Predator” John Phillips (10-6) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Carlos “Ta Danado” Eduardo Rocha (8-1) vs. DaMarques Johnson (11-9) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Curt Warburton (5-3) vs. “Rob Roy” Sherron Leggett (17-5) (Lightweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

“Big” Ben Rothwell (32-8) vs. Brandon “Money” Cash (6-3) (Heavyweight Division Fight)
Goran Reljic (9-2) vs. Jared Hamman (12-3) (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Alan “The Talent” Belcher (17-9) vs. Gerald Harris (18-3) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson (33-10) vs. “The Answer” Frankie Edgar (12-2) (Lightweight Division Fight)
“Funky” Ben Askren (10-0) vs. Dong “Stun Gun” Hyun Kim (15-1-1) (Welterweight Division Fight)

Bottomline: Ben Askren makes his UFC debut against Judo practitioner Dong Hyun Kim and former Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar makes his return to the octagon after over a year away when he faces powerhouse Joe Stevenson.

UFC 137: Lesnar vs. Nelson II
Saturday, Week 4, August, Nevada

MAIN CARD

Georges “Rush” St. Pierre (22-3) vs. Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort (20-9) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Roy “Big Country” Nelson (c) (19-5) vs. Brock Lesnar (8-2) (Heavyweight Title Fight)

Bottomline: It's rematch time as Brock Lesnar gets another crack at Roy Nelson and looks to reclaim the Heavyweight Championship. GSP has his first as an official member of the middleweight division against Vitor Belfort.

UFC 138: Champion
Saturday, Week 3, September, Nevada

MAIN CARD

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida (18-2) vs. Ryan “Darth” Bader (13-1) (Light Heavyweight Title Tournament Semifinal Fight)
Jon “Bones” Jones (14-2) VS. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (20-6) (Light Heavyweight Title Tournament Semifinal Fight)
Machida/Bader winner vs. Jones/Rua winner (Light Heavyweight Title Tournament Final Fight)

Bottomline: One man will walk out of UFC 137 with the Light Heavyweight Championship. Whether it will be a former champion like Lyoto Machida or Mauricio Rua or a young up and comer like Ryan Bader or Jon Jones remains to be seen.

Scrazy

11-01-2010, 03:24 AM

Getting interesting. Keep it up.

Aldenvdk

11-01-2010, 09:26 PM

Greg Soto (8-2) vs. Jesse “Ox” Lennox (11-4)
Mark Bocek (8-4) vs. Steve Lopez (12-3)
Joe “The Doctor” Vedepo (11-4) vs. “The Predator” John Phillips (10-6)
Carlos “Ta Danado” Eduardo Rocha (8-1) vs. DaMarques Johnson (11-9)
Curt Warburton (5-3) vs. “Rob Roy” Sherron Leggett (17-5)

MAIN CARD

“Big” Ben Rothwell (32-8) vs. Brandon “Money” Cash (6-3)
Goran Reljic (9-2) vs. Jared Hamman (12-3)
Alan “The Talent” Belcher (17-9) vs. Gerald Harris (18-3)
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson (33-10) vs. “The Answer” Frankie Edgar (12-2)
“Funky” Ben Askren (10-0) vs. Dong “Stun Gun” Hyun Kim (15-1-1)

EddieFnG

11-02-2010, 02:38 AM

Ultimate Fight Night
Thursday, Week 4, July, Nevada

PRELIMS

Greg Soto (8-2) vs. Jesse “Ox” Lennox (11-4) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Mark Bocek (8-4) vs. Steve Lopez (12-3) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Joe “The Doctor” Vedepo (11-4) vs. “The Predator” John Phillips (10-6) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Carlos “Ta Danado” Eduardo Rocha (8-1) vs. DaMarques Johnson (11-9) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Curt Warburton (5-3) vs. “Rob Roy” Sherron Leggett (17-5) (Lightweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

“Big” Ben Rothwell (32-8) vs. Brandon “Money” Cash (6-3) (Heavyweight Division Fight)
Goran Reljic (9-2) vs. Jared Hamman (12-3) (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Alan “The Talent” Belcher (17-9) vs. Gerald Harris (18-3) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson (33-10) vs. “The Answer” Frankie Edgar (12-2) (Lightweight Division Fight)
“Funky” Ben Askren (10-0) vs. Dong “Stun Gun” Hyun Kim (15-1-1) (Welterweight Division Fight)

NapDaddy

11-02-2010, 10:55 AM

DeeGood

11-02-2010, 08:48 PM

Greg Soto (8-2) vs. Jesse “Ox” Lennox (11-4) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Mark Bocek (8-4) vs. Steve Lopez (12-3) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Joe “The Doctor” Vedepo (11-4) vs. “The Predator” John Phillips (10-6) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Carlos “Ta Danado” Eduardo Rocha (8-1) vs. DaMarques Johnson (11-9) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Curt Warburton (5-3) vs. “Rob Roy” Sherron Leggett (17-5) (Lightweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

“Big” Ben Rothwell (32-8) vs. Brandon “Money” Cash (6-3) (Heavyweight Division Fight)
Goran Reljic (9-2) vs. Jared Hamman (12-3) (Light Heavyweight Division Fight)
Alan “The Talent” Belcher (17-9) vs. Gerald Harris (18-3) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson (33-10) vs. “The Answer” Frankie Edgar (12-2) (Lightweight Division Fight)
“Funky” Ben Askren (10-0) vs. Dong “Stun Gun” Hyun Kim (15-1-1) (Welterweight Division Fight)

awful waffle

11-02-2010, 09:41 PM

Preview. Show will probably go up tomorrow night.

UFC 136: Shields vs. Sanchez
Saturday, Week 1, July, Nevada

PRELIMS

David Mitchell (11-1) vs. Matt Riddle (6-1) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Jacob “Christmas” Volkmann (11-3) vs. “Handsome” Matt Wiman (12-6) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Aaron “A-Train” Simpson (9-2) vs. Dan Cramer (4-2) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Anthony “TJ” Waldburger (12-6) vs. Brian Foster (13-6) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Aaron Riley (30-12-1) vs. Darren Elkins (13-2) (Lightweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Rich “Ace” Franklin (30-5) vs. Matt “The Hammer” Hamill (9-3)

In a rematch from UFC 88, Rich Franklin and Matt Hamill go toe to toe in the octagon. With decision victories over Stephan Bonnar and the dangerous Mauricio Rua, Rich Franklin is living proof that age is just a number. Matt Hamill will be coming into this fight with perhaps a bit of “ring rust.” The last time we saw “The Hammer” in the UFC, he was defeated via TKO by Tito Ortiz. In a battle between two of the best 205 pound fighters in the world, one thing’s for certain -- you’re going to get your money’s worth.

Middleweight Division Fight
Patrick “The Predator” Cote (14-7) vs. Chris “The Crippler” Leben (23-8)

These two fighters have something in common -- TKO decisions against Wanderlei Silva. Cote was beaten in round 2 by “the Axe Murderer” but Leben made quick work of Silva in their fight. And after being controlled by Demian Maia for 3 rounds in a unanimous decision loss, Leben looks to rebound with a win over “The Predator.” Having lost three of his last four fights, Cote needs a win if he wants to stay in the UFC, and Leben will need to string together a few wins if he wants a shot at the Middleweight Title. Two men, both coming off losses, and only one can win. Game on.

Heavyweight Division Fight
Sergei Kharitonov (19-4) vs. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos (14-3)

After winning seven straight fights, Junior dos Santos challenged Brock Lesnar for the Heavyweight Championship. But Lesnar was able to take down his smaller opponent and quickly finish him before dos Santos knew what was happening. Dos Santos managed to finish veteran fighter Cheick Kongo via submission, but in a rematch from UFC 117 -- this time when the title was on the line -- dos Santos failed to beat Roy Nelson, losing by TKO in the first round the same way he did to Lesnar. His opponent, Sergei Kharitonov, is 2-0 since entering the UFC and has won his last four fights by submission. Three years the elder, the bigger and stronger Kharitonov is a win or two away from a title shot. It will be power vs. technique in what is sure to be an exciting fight.

Lightweight Division Fight
George Sotiropoulos (14-2) vs. Evan Dunham (12-1)

Undefeated in the UFC, Australian-born Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert George Sotiropoulos is ready for a shot at the gold. With impressive decision victories over Kurt Pellegrino and Joe Stevenson and a submission win against Melvin Guillard, Sotiropoulos has finally found himself right where he feels he belongs -- the main event. On the other side will be a man who’s been as close to champion as you can be. Up until his quick submission loss to Gray Maynard, Evan Dunham was undefeated in MMA, with wins over Sean Sherk, Tyson Griffin, and Ultimate Fighter winner Efrain Escudero. But at only 26 years of age, Dunham still has things to learn before he can become a champion. A win over Sotiropoulos might put Dunham back in the title picture, but it’s easier said than done.

Welterweight Title Fight
Jake Shields (27-5-1) vs. Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez (c) (25-4)

Jake Shields did not start out his UFC career the way he planned. Despite being the superior grappler, Shields was submitted in his UFC debut by Martin Kampmann. Shields has rebounded since, submitting Mike Swick and Matt Hughes before winning a split decision over Josh Koscheck. Shields will look to use his wrestling superiority when he takes on the champion. After a humbling defeat at the hands of BJ Penn, Diego Sanchez returned to the welterweight division where he was upset by John Hathwaway. Sanchez put the loss behind him and focused on doing what he does best -- winning. That seems to have worked out pretty well for Sanchez, who since the loss, has knocked out Paulo Thiago, Matt Serra, and the man who beat dominated him -- BJ Penn. And at UFC 132, Sanchez shocked the world when he caught Georges St. Pierre in a guillotine and submitted him to become the Welterweight Champion. In his first defense, Sanchez is not going down without a fight. Will Jake Shields do what he came to the UFC to do and win the title? Or will he find himself in a nightmare he cannot defeat?

awful waffle

11-03-2010, 10:14 PM

I'm going to delay this show for a day or two in hope I'll get some picks. UFC 136 is before the Fight Night card everyone picked.

EddieFnG

11-04-2010, 06:44 AM

It's probably the fact you never announced the card before :P

David Mitchell (11-1) vs. Matt Riddle (6-1) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Jacob “Christmas” Volkmann (11-3) vs. “Handsome” Matt Wiman (12-6) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Aaron “A-Train” Simpson (9-2) vs. Dan Cramer (4-2) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Anthony “TJ” Waldburger (12-6) vs. Brian Foster (13-6) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Aaron Riley (30-12-1) vs. Darren Elkins (13-2) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Rich “Ace” Franklin (30-5) vs. Matt “The Hammer” Hamill (9-3)
Patrick “The Predator” Cote (14-7) vs. Chris “The Crippler” Leben (23-8)
Sergei Kharitonov (19-4) vs. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos (14-3)
George Sotiropoulos (14-2) vs. Evan Dunham (12-1)
Jake Shields (27-5-1) vs. Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez (c) (25-4)

DeeGood

11-04-2010, 10:23 AM

David Mitchell (11-1) vs. Matt Riddle (6-1) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Jacob “Christmas” Volkmann (11-3) vs. “Handsome” Matt Wiman (12-6) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Aaron “A-Train” Simpson (9-2) vs. Dan Cramer (4-2) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Anthony “TJ” Waldburger (12-6) vs. Brian Foster (13-6) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Aaron Riley (30-12-1) vs. Darren Elkins (13-2) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Rich “Ace” Franklin (30-5) vs. Matt “The Hammer” Hamill (9-3)
Patrick “The Predator” Cote (14-7) vs. Chris “The Crippler” Leben (23-8)
Sergei Kharitonov (19-4) vs. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos (14-3)
George Sotiropoulos (14-2) vs. Evan Dunham (12-1)
Jake Shields (27-5-1) vs. Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez (c) (25-4)

NapDaddy

11-04-2010, 03:53 PM

Aldenvdk

11-05-2010, 09:34 PM

David Mitchell (11-1) vs. Matt Riddle (6-1) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Jacob “Christmas” Volkmann (11-3) vs. “Handsome” Matt Wiman (12-6) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Aaron “A-Train” Simpson (9-2) vs. Dan Cramer (4-2) (Middleweight Division Fight)
Anthony “TJ” Waldburger (12-6) vs. Brian Foster (13-6) (Welterweight Division Fight)
Aaron Riley (30-12-1) vs. Darren Elkins (13-2) (Lightweight Division Fight)
Rich “Ace” Franklin (30-5) vs. Matt “The Hammer” Hamill (9-3)
Patrick “The Predator” Cote (14-7) vs. Chris “The Crippler” Leben(23-8)
Sergei Kharitonov (19-4) vs. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos (14-3)
George Sotiropoulos (14-2) vs. Evan Dunham (12-1)
Jake Shields (27-5-1) vs. Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez(c) (25-4)

awful waffle

11-06-2010, 04:25 PM

UFC 136: Shields vs. Sanchez
Saturday, Week 1, July, Nevada
15,607 attendance for a gate of $1,248,560
255,704 buys for a revenue of $1,022,816
Awful show

PRELIMS

Matt Riddle (7-1) d. David Mitchell (11-2) via TKO in 4:42 of round 1 (Welterweight Division Fight)
Jacob “Christmas” Volkmann (12-3) d. “Handsome” Matt Wiman (12-7) via KO in 1:34 of round 2 (Lightweight Division Fight)
Aaron “A-Train” Simpson (10-2) d. Dan Cramer (4-3) via unanimous decision (Middleweight Division Fight)
Anthony “TJ” Waldburger (13-6) d. Brian Foster (13-7) via unanimous decision (Welterweight Division Fight)
Aaron Riley (31-12-1) d. Darren Elkins (13-3) via submission (armbar) in 4:54 of round 3 (Lightweight Division Fight)

MAIN CARD

Light Heavyweight Division Fight
Rich “Ace” Franklin (31-5) d. Matt “The Hammer” Hamill (9-4) via submission (armbar) in :59 of round 1

Rich Franklin made quick work of Matt Hamill, hitting a punch out of nowhere that dropped “the Hammer.” Franklin quickly armbarred a stunned Hammill to win a very short fight. Afterwards, Franklin said he wanted a title shot against whoever walks out of UFC 138 with the belt.

Middleweight Division Fight
Chris “The Crippler” Leben (24-8) d. Patrick “The Predator” Cote (14-8) via TKO in 1:19 of round 2

The first round saw the two UFC veterans go toe to toe with strikes, both men managing to connect with jabs and leg kicks. But in the second round, Leben’s power was too much as a counter punch knocked down Cote, and from there, “the Crippler” pounded away until referee Josh Rosenthal stopped the fight. Leben said like an elephant, he never forgets, and he wants a shot at the man who knocked him out in his UFC debut -- Anderson Silva.

Heavyweight Division Fight
Junior “Cigano” dos Santos (15-3) d. Sergei Kharitonov (19-5) via unanimous decision

Junior dos Santos isn’t ready to give up his spot as a top heavyweight in Mixed Martial Arts, and he proved it by hanging in there against a superior grappler in Sergei Kharitonov. Dos Santos managed to knock Kharitonov down with a punch early in the fight, and also score a takedown to win round one. The second round saw Kharitonov show off his wrestling skills and pin Dos Santos against the cage for most of the round and control the fight when it went to the ground to tie up the score at 19-19. But in the third round, dos Santos took down Kharitonov and avoided a guillotine and then a kimura attempt, racking up the control and running down the clock to leave with a unanimous decision victory.

Lightweight Division Fight
George Sotiropoulos (15-2) d. Evan Dunham (12-2) via TKO in 3:25 of round 3

It was Evan Dunham’s fight to lose, and lose he did. After a uneventful, but close first round that saw Sotiropoulos take Dunham down and do nothing, followed by Dunham pinning Sotiropoulos against the cage and doing nothing, Dunham won the second round by keeping his opponent on his back the whole time. But in the third round, Sotiropoulos took down Dunham, and after avoiding an armbar attempt, got to side control, and then mount. Dunham gave up his back, and Sotiropoulos took advantage of Dunham’s exhaustion by punching away until the fight was stopped.

Welterweight Title Fight
Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez (c) (26-4) d. Jake Shields (27-6-1) via TKO in 1:21 in round 5

If championship fights went three rounds, we’d have a new champion. But they don’t, and Diego Sanchez is still the Welterweight Champion. Heading into the fight, Sanchez knew his best chance of winning would be on his feet. Jake Shields also knew this and took down Sanchez at will, controlling him on the ground and avoiding numerous guillotine attempts. When both men were on their feet, Shields was very comfortable, avoiding plenty of knockout punches. With a probable 40-36 scorecard favoring the challenger going into round number five, Shields looked like he was well on his way to a decision victory. But Diego Sanchez has the heart of a champion, and he showed it by countering a jab with a flurry of punches that trapped Shields against the cage, stopping the fight and giving Sanchez his first successful title defense. Sanchez thanked Shields for such a tough challenge in his first defense and told the sold out crowd he’s never going to quit as long as he’s their champion. Jake Shields credited Diego for hanging in there and having good defense on the ground. He was upset with himself for getting tired in the fifth round and not trying an immediate takedown.

Fight of the Night: Chris Leben vs. Patrick Cote
Knockout of the Night: Diego Sanchez
Submission of the Night: Aaron Riley