Nate Diaz (15-7) vs. Jim Miller (21-3)
Josh Koscheck (17-5) vs. Johny Hendricks (12-1)
Alan Belcher (17-6) vs. Rousimar Palhares (14-3)
Pat Barry (7-4) vs. Lavar Johnson (16-5)
Tony Ferguson (13-2) vs. Dennis Hallman (51-14-2, 1 NC)
John Dodson (12-5) vs. Darren Uyenoyama (7-3)
John Hathaway (15-1) vs. Pascal Krauss (10-0)
Danny Castillo (13-4) vs. John Cholish (8-1)
Pablo Garza (11-2) vs. Dennis Bermudez (7-3)
Nick Denis (11-2) vs. Johnny Bedford (18-9-1)
Mike Massenzio (13-6) vs. Karlos Vemola (8-2)
Louis Gaudinot (5-2) vs. John Lineker (19-5)
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I feel like Belcher is going to be suffering from a knee injury after this fight
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
that's right.
Make no mistake about it people. Palhares is the main event here. All other people might as well not show up.
SheepleBuster - February 19, 2012
somehow...I actually agree with you on something...
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
We agree on a lot of things Chris
You just don’t want to admit it. I understand :D
SheepleBuster - February 19, 2012
lol
Earl Montclair - February 19, 2012
Love the new avatar MDH
That is all
hardlyworking - February 20, 2012
thanks
Earl Montclair - February 20, 2012
If he's smart
He’ll have a staph infection a month or so.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
Poor timing on that one...
www.headkicklegend.com/2012/2/19/2810593/king-mo-lawal-in-serious-condition-after-acl-surgery
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
yeah, way to go
dick
Earl Montclair - February 19, 2012
I had staph this summer.
True story. Ate a tiny hole into my bicep. Have a few scars. Imma badass.
T.C. Engel - February 20, 2012
He says he's ok
financially, too.
I think he’s just trying to stave off any pity, though. He’s a proud man.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
Yeah, hopefully Zuffa gave him some help outside of the insurance plan.
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
He says they did right by him
I believe it. From what I’ve seen, there are some very decent people at Zuffa.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
Damn
Well I hope everything works out for him. Sounds like it is.
UncleMax - February 20, 2012
i dont
belcher is gonna put pallhares to sleep
dan miller nearly did
P86 - February 19, 2012
Paul still thought he'd won
Was goin’ in for a hug, got punched in the face. As long as he doesn’t try to hug Alan…
WheelieMonkey - February 19, 2012
Have you *seen* Alan Belcher?
Not hugging that man is going to be one tall order.
Bloody L - February 20, 2012
Real talk.
NickRingp4pGOAT - February 21, 2012
This card is sickkkk.
Call a doctor.
Dustin Luff - February 19, 2012
Great card
Made better by the fact that its free.
RandyCouture'sDivorceLawyer - February 19, 2012 via mobile
They need a Main Event
Diaz vs Miller is not a main event I would expect for a fox card.
evenflow10 - February 19, 2012 via mobile
Isn't it a number 1 contender bout ?
Not bad for a free card.
Mongoose44 - February 19, 2012
I really doubt as we go that UFC on Fox main cards will start to resemble PPV less and less
that being said, these are four pretty good fights with some good names and everyone is coming off wins or a on a streak.
mikedh - February 19, 2012
These new MMA fans feel so entitled.
It’s a fantastic main event, better than Rashad vs Davis.
Kenya_MMA - February 19, 2012
Easily
We don’t agree too often but this ME is 10x better at least.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
I agree,
I would prefer these two as a main event, not only because it’s an awesome fight, but also because I want fans to see how great these lighter weight classes are, and hopefully become more interested in them. I want these glorious little bastards to make lots of green for all the great fights they put on.
Sugel Mendoza - February 19, 2012
better than to have a good fight than big names. Miller-Diaz should be a 25 minute brawl
Randy Marsh - February 20, 2012
Let's be real here
as far as name recognition goes, this reeeeeaaaallly wouldn’t be a first choice, not to say there’s any fight that would be better on this card.
Fake Emcee - February 20, 2012
Name recognition isn't a big deal
No one knew who Forrest and Bonnar were either.
HaterSlayer - February 20, 2012
A lot of people knew who Franklin and Shamrock are tho.
Chris Hall - February 20, 2012 via Android app
I believe they have changed there tune
Now its not all about promoting one guy as a draw, but the UFC in itself. Which I think is a smart idea. Let the fans decide who they wanna follow and just set up fantastic fights. Leaves more room to grow then putting all your eggs in the Brock Lesnar/GSP basket.
cager - February 20, 2012
Nick Denis vs. Johnny Bedford and Louis Gaudinot vs. John Lineker are going to be funnzies on the undercard. Solid maincard as well. Never understood all the freaking out over this card.
MaZZacare - February 19, 2012
Best Fox card yet!
ANance - February 19, 2012 via mobile
If they are doing four fights with a five round main event
I guess that means less filler garbage
mikedh - February 19, 2012
Sincerely doubt it
I expect that the main card will go down to 3 fights it just hasnt been announced yet. Belcher/Palahres is most likely heading to FUEL TV.
bigdmmafan - February 19, 2012
before Barry/Johnson?
I sincerely hope not
Our Bovine Public - February 19, 2012
Only hardcores are that excited about Belcher/Palhares and Barry/Johnson is that guarenteed slugfest that they need to open the show.
bigdmmafan - February 19, 2012
I get the stand and bang angle
But Palhares is bat shit crazy and is a real character that new fans could embrace. Plus this fight has more relevancy to its divison than Barry/Johson
Our Bovine Public - February 19, 2012
I think Palhares would be the champ after Anderson retires.
Sugel Mendoza - February 19, 2012
I wouldnt go that far
He still has serious problems in the stand up department but if he gets you to the ground…
Our Bovine Public - February 19, 2012
His stand up is pretty good
and getting better quickly.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
Here's the thing with Palhares
His Jiu-Jitsu is clearly not technical like Demian “Ernesto Hoost-level kickboxer” Maia. He fought a seasoned grappler like Jeremy Horn and didn’t finish him. Sure he slammed him 500 times but didn’t do enough to submit him.
I think on two occasions he had Dan Henderson in a leglock and finished neither. Henderson has excellent submission defense and has only tapped out to the Nogs and Anderson after he was rocked.
Then he had the Marquardt leglock and proceeded to get pounded out. And Marquardt has a very good ground game.
Dan Miller he didn’t really go for the submissions as much because he was winning the striking exchanges, but that still went the distance.
Palhares very much has trouble submitting high-level grapplers or anyone in the top 15. Dave Branch, Tomasz Drwal, and Lucio Linhares are all out of the UFC. Massenzio is an unranked MW. His career has mostly consisted of submitting guys who pose no threat to him and then stumbling against the very best of the division.
The title talk to me is a bit premature.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
its premature
But I think he really does have the potential to win the belt in a few years.
The Miller fight shouldn’t have went the distance. I swear I heard someone scream “STOP!” right before Palhares declared himself the winner.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
That's what Palhares said
That Miller verbally submitted.
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
He didn't, though.
Full stop. I would bet my life savings with absolute confidence that you will never see a Miller brother submit to strikes in their career.
JustBlogGuy - February 20, 2012
He may not have
But someone did, and it sounded like him.
TheFilt - February 20, 2012
You say that like it’s a fact, when it’s not. I know there were people who thought they heard somebody (not Miller) say stop, there were more people who heard nothing of the sort.
JustBlogGuy - February 20, 2012
rewatch the fight
I heard it pretty clearly
halitosis - February 20, 2012 via mobile
I’ve rewatched the fight plenty of times. Miller never says stop, and is in the process of extending his arm up and kicking off with his legs (ie, still attempting to get out of the position, not quitting) when Palhares decides to stand up. He was in worse shape than that later in the fight and still responded immediately every time Herb threatened to stop it. Not to drop “I know this dude” evidence, but quite simply, there is zero chance in hell Dan would verbally submit to strikes in that fight, knowing a loss might mean his job and knowing how badly and why he needed to keep it to provide for his family. It just didn’t happen, and watching the video does nothing to change that because you can’t hear Dan saying anything at the time because he’s too busy worrying about the dude punching him in the head to have a chat.
Is it possible Dean said something that Palhares mistook for Miller saying stop, I suppose (though I and many others didn’t hear anything like it) but that doesn’t excuse Palhares, because a pro fighter really ought to be able to tell the difference between instructions from a ref to his opponent and his opponent verbally quitting, or make it any less lame that Bustamante said he was merely “too naive,” trying to dirty the reputation of an honest dude by saying he tricked Palhares to cover for his own fighter’s mistake.
JustBlogGuy - February 20, 2012
ADCC.
juanchoD - February 20, 2012
muh
It looked good at times against Miller but then he got dropped right after the whole crazy celebration thing. Didn’t really get a chance to see how it had progressed in his last fight but he still has defiencies
Our Bovine Public - February 19, 2012
Definitely possible
He’s got some powerful, technically sound striking and wrestling to go along with his freak strength, aggression and legit world class BJJ.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
Barry/Johnson was confirmed main card
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
Dana said in the future
The MC will be 4-5 fights.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
FOX has a 2 hour Primetime window from 8-10 et. 2, three round fights + 1 five round fight easily fits that window and as we saw last time if all the fights go the distance plus filler it can go over.
I know what Dana said but I’m not buying it until I see it.
bigdmmafan - February 19, 2012
Does it?
Usually, they seem to plan 30 mins for every 15 min bout and about 50 mins for a 5 rd. main event. Can’t see that fitting a 2 hr. format.
KGNLuc - February 20, 2012
Well, they always prefer wiggle room
But the reality is that actual fight-time, a 3 round is maximum 17 minutes(3X5 + 1 minute between rounds 1-2 and 2-3) and a 5 round fight is a maximum of 29 minutes
plus fighter introductions tend to be ABOUT 1.5 minutes max I’d say.
So, say all 4 fights go to decision…that’s 17+17+17+29 = 1 hour 20 mins of ‘start-to-end’ fight time, leaving 40 minutes for commercials and ancillary stuff..that seems do-able to me.
But when you have 4 fights, one between two heavyweight heavy hitters, another between a pair of 185ers with very high finish rates…then I’d say the chances of all 4 fights going the distance are pretty slim.
Chris Groves - February 20, 2012
Oh shit, might have to go to this UFC if Diaz and Palhares are gonna be there
The Lethal Haze - February 19, 2012
UFC has no idea what to do with these Fox shows.
Glad they are experimenting to figure out what works.
pdl - February 19, 2012
Nate Diaz and Jim Miller in a god damn five round fight
I don’t care if the ratings do shit, this is an awesome fight and shall be treated as such.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
If the ratings aren't good
Then they’ll know that they need to put “names” on the card. If not – and my suspicion is that they won’t be bad – then we can count on action fights like this one as the free card main events, with new fans to follow soon thereafter.
Patrick Wyman - February 19, 2012
They just don't know.
They did good ratings with Heavyweights and Title Fight, but bad action because it was too quick. Then they gave us three rad co-main events to fill out a card but the action wasn’t there. Now they are trying fights that have to be awesome but with little name value. We’ll see how that and the August card do for ratings and hopefully by 2013, UFC and Fox will be close to dialing in what works for everybody.
pdl - February 19, 2012
I wonder how much name value is needed. I would think that as far as name value is concerned on a Fox card, they could have a name fighter on the main event. I just don’t see it being necessary to have all the other fights have names on those bouts. It would think a mixture of all the things you listed would be the right formula for a Fox card. With this card though, at least some people should be familiar with Koscheck and Diaz. In the future, I would like to see more Title fights, especially in the lighter weight classes, headline a Fox card.
chrisbboy82 - February 19, 2012
Yep
Best thing they could do.
I honestly expect this one to be the best one, entertainment wise.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
The whole lineup for the Fox show looks really good
Which should keep people tuning in and not switching the channel after a bad fight
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
That's what I'm thinking
If you tune in and see Barry/Johnson, you’ll probably stick around or check back in later in the show.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
This is a great card.
For the first time in my life, I wish I was going to be in New Jersey. Just kidding
Earl Montclair - February 19, 2012
I hope they have a stretcher nearby
For when Hendricks uppercuts Koscheck Shoryuken-style he flies out of the Octagon and right into the arms of paramedics.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
Absolutely
This:
Plus this:
Equals this:
halitosis - February 19, 2012
Was that last GIF the Drew Fickett fight?
I think he was dominating that one before he got dropped like a sack of potatoes and then choked out with 30 seconds left.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
Nah
It was also the Paulo Thiago fight
halitosis - February 19, 2012
Thanks. Spike logo through me off.
Holy shit I like how they call it “live”.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
through = threw
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
No, actually it's not.
Color of his shorts are different and Koscheck was vehemently protesting that he’d been KO’d after the Thiago fight.
Damon O. - February 19, 2012
And just because I can
Damon O. - February 19, 2012
I actually have never seen that fight,
massive knee there.
ElliotMatheny - February 20, 2012
The last minute is insane
Bad stand up leads to a massive knee that leads to Drew Fickett choking out Kos cold.
discoandherpes - February 20, 2012
On top of that, I just got done watching the Fickett fight and that is definitely where the gif is from.
Hendo_One-Shot - February 19, 2012
I am not a Kos fan, he is a dink imo, but he was not finished in the Paulo fight and was winning up to that point
schm1583 - February 20, 2012
plz!!!!
as if kos is going to stand with johnny, he going to use his anthony johnson blueprint for this fight.
carmine99 - February 19, 2012
"He's going to use his Anthony Johnson blueprint"
He’s going to pretend he got poked in the eye?
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
dont be like that....
you guys are making the same mistake as ppl did with condit/diaz. short term memory is where its at, condit and nick had amazing last performances so it obviously meant their fight was going to be a epic war.
hendicks got a KO, KOS boxed against peirce so it might mean that he will do the same, he aint dumb, he going in there with a gameplan, most likely LnP. he only trades with guys who he knows he can hang with, he is no different than GSP in terms of fighting against his opponents strengths.
carmine99 - February 19, 2012
Not really, no
Hendricks has the wrestling to stop Kos and the cardio to do it for all three rounds if need be. Of course, he won’t need that, Koscheck’s getting smashed in about two minutes.
halitosis - February 19, 2012
speculation is all we got yo....
i dont see hendricks stopping kos’s power double, or getting off from underneath him. even GSP couldnt stop Kos, and he is the best in the biz.
carmine99 - February 19, 2012
Hendricks neutralized Fitch pretty well
By simply pressing the off switch on his brain.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
and that must mean something right ?
did it occur to you that kos has seen that fight many times by now ?
carmine99 - February 19, 2012
Koscheck probably knows Pierce had tons of power
And yet Koscheck chose to strike with him and got outstruck.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
he knew rumble and daley....
had cracking power and took them down over and over, that right hand is not his only choice, he is actually a very well rounded cerebral fighter, he knows how to exploit his opponents, except for GSP who happens to be notch up both mentally and physically.
im not even a Kos fan, its kinda funny to me the way ppl are writing him off, way worse than when he fought daley, its kinda surprising that ppl have so much faith in hendricks.
carmine99 - February 19, 2012
Motherfucker hits hard.
And his wrestling is at the very least on par with Koscheck’s, at this juncture.
Either way, I’ll pick him to wreck Kos.
Unabomberman - February 19, 2012
I am like Hendricks more than Kos easily, but to me this fight is a 50/50. Hendricks has equal wrestliing on a pure wrestling stand point but in MMA I believe Kos is a ways ahead of him, but we will see.
schm1583 - February 20, 2012
Yeah, I may be getting ahead of myself.
Kos is a solid guy. But hopefully he gets KTFO’d.
Unabomberman - February 20, 2012
I hope so too, but both have a lot of power in their striking (Hendricks probably has more) and neither are super technical striking (again Hendricks is probably more technical) and I give Kos the MMA wrestling advantage, to me it is as toss up
schm1583 - February 20, 2012
I would agree with this. Will definitely be cheering for Hendricks though
Horselover Fat - February 20, 2012
Because he can do that every time
C’mon. Even if he fought Fitch again this is not likely to happen twice.
KGNLuc - February 20, 2012
I agree...
12 seconds tells you nothing of a fighter’s abilities, much less a fighter against Jon Fitch. I highly doubt that KO would happen 9/10 times… but I’d wager some cash on Hendricks getting Fitched 9/10 times. For sure.
Atomic Salmon - February 20, 2012
should be a fun show to watch
The fans should have no complaints. Fox may be pissed about a card with no draws if the ratings slip though
Duffman - February 19, 2012 via mobile
It's a seven year contract
SEVEN YEARS!
Does anyone remember the very first UFC Fight Night on Spike? It was complete shit. Cote/Leben was the only redeeming entertainment that night. Marquardt/Salaverry was less watchable than ogre porn, Quarry/Sell I had a bullshit stoppage, and I honestly can’t remember anything about Sam Hoger. It was an awful televised card.
I think patience is the key. You can’t get it right on the first try every time.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
You don't like ogre porn?
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
it cant be as cool as pterodactyl porn
Earl Montclair - February 19, 2012
Nothing is as cool as pterodactyl porn
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
There's an actual pterodactyl porn, guys.
There’s a blonde in it…and it is pure horror.
Unabomberman - February 19, 2012
if by horror you mean fantastical
Earl Montclair - February 19, 2012
By horror I mean a real porn where dudes are dressed as pterodactyls.
I swear by Cthulhu this shit is real.
Unabomberman - February 19, 2012
oh i know it is real sir
and it is fantastical
Earl Montclair - February 19, 2012
WHAT?!
Unabomberman - February 19, 2012
smurf porn is better.
Body Triangle - February 20, 2012
pussy train.
gspmademegay - February 20, 2012
Gotta grow this one, next to its 'lets mutherfukers' cousin.
This is kinda what happened to Diego, and what will happen to everyone from now on when they start losing.
Can’t escape the pussy train. Gotta lay down on those tracks. And wake up in them train yards.
Unabomberman - February 20, 2012
Dude, don't watch Shrek 5-hole
The copy I got just creeped me out.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
So stoked for this card
kick_puncher - February 19, 2012
I think it's pretty obvious now that the UFC gives zero shits about you advancing far on TUF
Bermudez gets Pablo Garza, who is a very good fighter. Bedford will get crushed by Nick Denis.
Dodson vs. Uyenoyama is going to be a very competitive battle.
And to cite earlier examples they put Brookins on the Facebook show of a FUEL TV card behind guys like Walel Watson.
It’s good. Very good.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
I must say that its been only last week i have seen Brookins fight
And i have changed my opinion on him, because previously was just a guy who looked horrible at times but i could see how much talent he s got. Tell me, what went wrong with his career? Or its that he is too nice /weird looking to be able to get promoted or gain a better position?
Walel was zero so i think they have still made the ground for Urijah upps . Dillashaw to proceed no?
szanpan - February 20, 2012
WAR PAUL HARRIS!!!!!
Tatsu Maki Sen Puu Kyaku - February 19, 2012
Paul harris is getting TKO'ed
He is going to get dropped then finished on the ground. Mardquart style but without the greasy leg.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE - February 19, 2012
Alternatively
He gets the takedown on Belcher, who isn’t a great wrestler, starts grabbing shit, and then proceeds to bring a knife and fork with him after he removes Belcher’s lower left leg.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
Not only that
Belcher is kind of a spaz sometimes.
One error of judgment(no, not another terrible tattoo), and its over.
TheFilt - February 19, 2012
naw
story of Paul’s life. His best win is Dan miller. Most of the people he has beaten are not in the UFC anymore (jeremy horn, salavarry, dave branch, Thomas Drwal, that lucio guy etc.) I just see him losing this.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE - February 19, 2012
For the life of me I don’t get why Belcher is considered a top fighter. On the same metric as Palharres’ record, only Ed Herman (a split decision) is still in the UFC of Belcher’s wins, and he also has losses to Akiyama, Day and Grove, none of whom are even top-25 level opposition. The only time he has fought a legit top middleweight he got dominated by Okami.
JustBlogGuy - February 20, 2012
MacDonald is still in the UFC
SSreporters - February 20, 2012
My mistake, I thought he was released again, recently. Probably a result of his injury having him on the sidelines so long. Still, the general point is that shy of his debut when he was worked (not that being dominated by Okami is necessarily a thing to be ashamed of or means somebody can’t now be a top fighter) he has never, in his wins or his losses, been thrown in against anybody that is anywhere near the top of the division, and instead has been matched with mid-to-lower UFC level middleweights. An 8-4 record in the UFC is never anything to be scoffed at, but Belcher seems like he often gets talked about as an elite guy, and somebody who is on the edges of the title picture and until he actually faces some ranked opposition I just don’t get degree of the hype.
JustBlogGuy - February 20, 2012
There we go
People are all over the belcher train and I just
cager - February 20, 2012
I kind of think he beat Akiyama but I get your point.
But Belchers resume is a little better and I think he TKO’s Paul.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE - February 20, 2012
So um....I got off the John Hathaway wagon after he arguably lost to Kris McCray
Let me know when I can get back on and be ridiculed again.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
pdl will make sure you are well ridiculed.
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
With a quick search I'll probably just counter with his seemingly sober statement
That Dominick Cruz hits really hard.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
That's ridiculous. He must have been sober when he said that.
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
Who is this guy?
John Hathaway? Could you please tell me more about him?
szanpan - February 20, 2012
British welterweight, holds a win over Diego Sanchez. People still can’t tell if he’s overrated or underrated though, based on some of the problems he’s had with lesser competition.
Tim Burke - February 20, 2012
I used to love Vemola
I really don’t care much for him now. Massenzio is still pretty legit and I expect him to take the W
halitosis - February 19, 2012
I hate all of Vemola's fights except the Seth beatdown
He probably has the worst striking in the UFC. And I include Leonard Garcia. His wrestling isn’t that functional and when that isn’t working he resorts to open handed swim techniques he calls punches.
His issue is not weight classes, it’s lack of overall skill.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
Before seeing him fight that Brazilian guy
The only fight of his I saw was the one with Seth. You can see how I thought he was a monster.
halitosis - February 19, 2012
Ronny Markes was the Brazilian fighter
He fought Jon Madsen at heavyweight and got smothered in a shit awful fight, which prompted the move to 205 where he proceeded to kill Petruzelli.
Markes was a replacement for Stephan Bonnar, actually.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
I didnt know that he actually cant wrestle
Its strange when it comes to Brazilian fighters who cant wrestle? I dont think his last win was a clear one… It wasnt a good fight at all ..
szanpan - February 20, 2012
i still think Condit vs Ellenberger would be the perfect main event for this card
Nevertheless, still awesome, still stacked.
darkotto23 - February 19, 2012
Meh
Not to impressed with the UFC offerings on FOX this could almost be an FX type card. They have 2 more after this right will be interesting to see where it goes from here. I still think they need some bigger names on these FOX cards to get the casual fans attention. With 3 rumored fights for UFC 146 it already looks so much better than this and I know the money is the PPV an blah blah but to me this is another waste of a FOX card strike 2.
nickrodamous - February 19, 2012
Rashad Evans is a million buy PPV fighter. Twice.
His fight was boring as shit.
Big names is not the problem. Interesting fights are.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
ask 10 casual fans who Rashad Evans is.
I bet you 3 of them know his name.
nickrodamous - February 19, 2012
Not to mention who was he fighting in those million PPV buys?
it wasn’t Thiago Silva.
nickrodamous - February 19, 2012
Rampage and Forrest
You know, two guys who have drawn like shit in their last several headlining spots.
SSreporters - February 19, 2012
So Rashad is a bigger name than Rampage and Forrest?
oh ok.
nickrodamous - February 19, 2012
Is that really what you took from that statement? Really?
MicahtheCynic - February 19, 2012
Literal lawls...thank you
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
thats what he said....
nickrodamous - February 19, 2012
oh you guys and your gifs and pics tehehe
nickrodamous - February 19, 2012
I think it's a combination
Yes you need exciting fights but you also need names. Even if this a FOTY canidate I expect the lowest ratings for a FOX card yet. They wont be horrible but I’m not expecting better ratings than FOX 1 or FOX 2.
bigdmmafan - February 19, 2012
Agreed
It is a combination why doesn’t the UFC understand that? It doesn’t seem that difficult but who knows must be a lot of things going on behind the scenes at FOX and the UFC but I just haven’t been to impressed.
nickrodamous - February 19, 2012
You are amazingly negative
Chris Hall - February 19, 2012
Fuck the ratings,
Diaz, Miller, Palhares and Hendricks are some of MMA’s best kept secrets, and I don’t want it to stay that way. These guys could be around for a while, so why not give them the exposure they deserve?
Sugel Mendoza - February 20, 2012
Can they just realize that having a FULL, 4-5 fight main card on Fox is the way to go?
Enough of this ’It’s Fox, so fewer fights and more storytelling’ bullcrap.
The more fights you have, then there is more of a chance of a WAR or knockout that redeems potentially not-so-great fights.
If the 3 top fights go to uneventful decision, but you at least opened with an ‘epic KO’…the main card doesn’t seem as ‘bad’
Chris Groves - February 20, 2012
There's four main card fighst on this event...
Chris Hall - February 20, 2012
I saw that
And I’m hoping it stays that way…
There was a rumor further up that they would scale it back to 3…I was just being paranoid.
Chris Groves - February 20, 2012
Ok...I missed that one
Chris Hall - February 20, 2012
It's all good.
Chris Groves - February 20, 2012
Ratings may start a little lower on this one due to the lack of names, but these fights are a great way to build interest as the broadcast goes, and to generate some hype for the next FOX show.
Also Diaz-Miller is going to be amazing, if they get to scrambling shits gonna be bananas
jammin.. - February 20, 2012
B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
Chris Groves - February 20, 2012
I like to pretend that song never existed
jammin.. - February 20, 2012
I am really looking forward to this card
Johnathan Willis - February 20, 2012
I'm so happy Ortiz-Forest III is off
The 2nd fight was garbage and I think that would have stunk up the card. All those dudes have is name value.
HaterSlayer - February 20, 2012
I didn't think their 2'nd fight was that bad at all.
ElliotMatheny - February 20, 2012
Lavar Burton in the UFC still makes me laugh
I mean, yeah, it’ll be a fun rock ‘em sock ’em robot fight, but Daniel Cormier must look at his name on a card like this and be hatin’ exquisitely.
some schmuck in texas - February 20, 2012
One more fight for Cormier though
and he’ll come to the UFC as “The Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion of the world”
That is unless The Warmaster/Babyfat Assassin takes him out, and then he’ll just be a guy who’s not in the UFC and has a loss in his last fight.
Wah, wah, waaaaaah
hardlyworking - February 20, 2012
I doubt he'll be sixed for a loss - maybe in a div. other than hw.
He KOed Bigfoot and Bigfoot got moved over. It’s too bad Josh is such a juicy fighter. I love that guy’s skillset.
some schmuck in texas - February 20, 2012
Lavar Burton??
jammin.. - February 20, 2012
lolderp
nice one. I’m not even that big a fan of Star Trek (uh, anymore.)
some schmuck in texas - February 20, 2012
Great Card!
The UFC is bringin the heat!
Taiter - February 21, 2012
WAR Nick Denis.
Ninja of Love gonna break Bedfords heart.
NickRingp4pGOAT - February 21, 2012
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