UFC 99

[130R]

Catchweight (195 lb) bout: Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva
Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Cain Velasquez
Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Ben Saunders
Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy
Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Caol Uno
Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Mostapha Al-turk

Pretty decent looking card. I think Franklin is going to beat Silva and it will be interesting to see how Cro Cop looks coming back at heavy.

[tim2100]

Don't forget quite a few brits on the undercard

We have
- Justin Buchholz vs. Terry Etim
- Peter Sobotta vs. Paul Taylor
- Roli Delgado vs. Paul Kelly

Paul Taylor always has exciting fights!

[tim2100]

Woohoo Everybody has made weight! Event will air live on Setanta!

[dr.pepper]

I wish we see Mirko return to his old form. After losing to Gonzaga in a bad way, it will have dented his confidence a little. A win for him would set the ball rolling to make the HW division more entertaining.

Edited by dr.pepper on Friday 12th June 16:19

[tim2100]

dr.pepper said:

I wish we see Mirko return to his old form. After losing to Gonzaga in a bad way, it will have dented his confidence a little. A win for him would set the ball rolling to make the HW division more entertaining.

Edited by dr.pepper on Friday 12th June 16:19

He has had two wins outside of the UFC since loosing to Kongo.

This is a 1 fight contract he is on.

[dr.pepper]

You are correct. It's a bit of a shame as it would have been good to see Crocop (if in shape), deal his left high kick to Lesnar.

[tim2100]

dr.pepper said:

You are correct. It's a bit of a shame as it would have been good to see Crocop (if in shape), deal his left high kick to Lesnar.

If he beats Al-Turk, I think you will see him back in the UFC and will be able to progress through the division.

[Johnny]

Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy... fking awesome action!

[130R]

Johnny said:

Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy... fking awesome action!

Yep, Silva vs. Franklin was a war too. I had Silva winning but I can definitely understand how Franklin was given 2 of the rounds, close fight. Meanwhile Kongo badly needs a ground game because Velasquez was done while the fight was stood up.

p.s. The lack of adverts was great

Edited by 130R on Saturday 13th June 23:32

[deevlash]

cro cop has signed a 3 fight deal with dream, royally screwing over the UFC and dana white, white is apoplectic
the silva franklin fight got fight of the night somehow, god knows how it was st, both gassed after the first and silva should just hang them up, hes not got the same ability to explode anymore.

Kongo is 34, hes never going to get a ground game now especially training with kickbxers at wolfslair, hed be better off going to K1 really hes never going to be in proper contention for a title shot.

In other news, tim sylvia was fighting at the weekend on some crappy card, he was fighting 48 year old washed up boxer ray mercer, this is what happened to the stupid knock kneed 311lbs ex ufc champion, this gif is of the whole fight too, al 9 seconds of it

[Fittster]

tim2100 said:

dr.pepper said:

You are correct. It's a bit of a shame as it would have been good to see Crocop (if in shape), deal his left high kick to Lesnar.

If he beats Al-Turk, I think you will see him back in the UFC and will be able to progress through the division.

Wasn't impressed by Crocop, I feel his best days are behind him.

[deevlash]

tim2100 said:

If he beats Al-Turk, I think you will see him back in the UFC and will be able to progress through the division.

Thats what he had dana believing too!

[Fittster]

Johnny said:

Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy... fking awesome action!

Not sure about the decision personally, Davis seemed more effective on the ground.

[deevlash]

Fittster said:

Johnny said:

Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy... fking awesome action!

Not sure about the decision personally, Davis seemed more effective on the ground.

that fight was very close, I think Hardy won it right at the end though. It was funny to hear goldberg and rogan though, goldberg trains at the same gym as davis and hardy has been training with eddie bravo at 10th planer jui jitsu, where rogan also trains and theyre good friend with their respective training partners.

[XitUp]

Well, I got all but one of my picks right on mmaplayground.com

Why did Kongo think it was a good idea to keep clinching with a strong wrestler?

[Fittster]

Terry Etim was lucky the ref didn't stop the fight in the first round, did well to win in the second.

[deevlash]

XitUp said:

Well, I got all but one of my picks right on mmaplayground.com

Why did Kongo think it was a good idea to keep clinching with a strong wrestler?

I picked kongo and wandy to win, oops! I couldnt understand that with Kongo either, he dropped velasquez to his knees with strikes, hes a bit like a heavyweight Houston Jardine!

[XitUp]

Oi, don't lump Houston Alexander and Keith Jardine together. Jardine is a much better fighter. I don't think Kongo is terrible outside of striking but you need to know when to use certain techniques, and you don't clinch with a strong wrestler.

[Lil' Joe]

Couple of questions about UFC/MMA...
I've not been watching to long so am unsure of the set up. Are there lots of different leagues that they fight in? I was told that Fedor Emilie-thingy was the world champion but can't see him in the UFC. Can someone explain how it works? He seem's to fight in Japan?

Also, I was watching some old UFC fights from the 90's ad blokes were getting headbutted on the floor and all sorts but that seem's to have been stopped. what are the rules of engagement, as it were?

Any decent websites you recomend?

Cheers guys.

[XitUp]

Lil' Joe said:

Couple of questions about UFC/MMA...
I've not been watching to long so am unsure of the set up. Are there lots of different leagues that they fight in? I was told that Fedor Emilie-thingy was the world champion but can't see him in the UFC. Can someone explain how it works? He seem's to fight in Japan?

MMA is the sport, UFC is just a promotion in that sport.
Fedor is the best heavyweight in the world, his last two fights and his next one were/are in America, under the Affliction promotion. The UFC has a pretty weak HW division in comparison to it's other weight classes.

Lil' Joe said:

Also, I was watching some old UFC fights from the 90's ad blokes were getting headbutted on the floor and all sorts but that seem's to have been stopped. what are the rules of engagement, as it were?

First few had very little rules, I think no biting or eye gauging was about as far as it went, no rounds, no time limits, no judges. More rules were added over the years, read this for a bit more detail - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts_ru...

Lil' Joe said:

Any decent websites you recomend?

Cheers guys.

www.fightlockdown.com for some great articles and one of the best forums around.
www.cagepotato.com for news and lolz