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Post by Shark on Jul 2, 2014 19:09:50 GMT -5
Aldo's out of his fight with Mendes due to injury. No idea what the new main event will be for that show.
I personally wonder if they'll make Mendes vs. Swanson for an interim title instead.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jul 2, 2014 19:14:19 GMT -5
Aldo's out of his fight with Mendes due to injury. No idea what the new main event will be for that show. I personally wonder if they'll make Mendes vs. Swanson for an interim title instead. I think Dana's trying his hardest to avoid doing interim belts nowadays so I doubt it.
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Post by Shark on Jul 2, 2014 19:20:43 GMT -5
Aldo's out of his fight with Mendes due to injury. No idea what the new main event will be for that show. I personally wonder if they'll make Mendes vs. Swanson for an interim title instead. I think Dana's trying his hardest to avoid doing interim belts nowadays so I doubt it. Yeah and it does depend on how long Aldo's injury is. Still if he's gonna be out for a while, Mendes vs. Swanson is the most logical fight to make for the division.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jul 2, 2014 19:24:07 GMT -5
I think Dana's trying his hardest to avoid doing interim belts nowadays so I doubt it. Yeah and it does depend on how long Aldo's injury is. Still if he's gonna be out for a while, Mendes vs. Swanson is the most logical fight to make for the division. But would it be a good PPV main event? I know the match would be great but would it do a good buyrate (especially after reports of how low the last two went, with 174 possibly being below 100K. WAY below)?
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Post by Shark on Jul 2, 2014 19:26:47 GMT -5
Yeah and it does depend on how long Aldo's injury is. Still if he's gonna be out for a while, Mendes vs. Swanson is the most logical fight to make for the division. But would it be a good PPV main event? I know the match would be great but would it do a good buyrate (especially after reports of how low the last two went, with 174 possibly being below 100K. WAY below)? Unless they want to move something, and there's really nothing, every title fight it locked up. Only ones that aren't are the lighter weight classes. Unless they're able to swing Hendricks, but I doubt it. Or bump up Jones-Gus.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jul 2, 2014 19:29:58 GMT -5
But would it be a good PPV main event? I know the match would be great but would it do a good buyrate (especially after reports of how low the last two went, with 174 possibly being below 100K. WAY below)? Unless they want to move something, and there's really nothing, every title fight it locked up. Only ones that aren't are the lighter weight classes. Unless they're able to swing Hendricks, but I doubt it. Or bump up Jones-Gus. Part of why Jones took so long to sign to fight Gustafsson again was because he was supposed to go to a wedding around the earlier time, right? Or was that a different month? And not every title match is locked up but I don't think Mightymouse is going to headline a PPV card ever again if 174 was indeed a buyrate flop. Maybe a FOX card in December again (which would be awesome).
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Post by Shark on Jul 2, 2014 19:33:47 GMT -5
Well I meant the only ones not locked up are the ones Dana doesn't want headlinig shows anyway.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jul 2, 2014 19:58:05 GMT -5
UFC is close to finalizing Dillashaw vs. Barao 2 for 8/30 in Sacramento according to Ariel Helwani.
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Post by mo on Jul 2, 2014 20:25:09 GMT -5
Sucks but not a shocker, Aldo's one of those who seems to pull out of every other fight.
Was looking forward to that fight though.
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Post by Shark on Jul 2, 2014 23:12:22 GMT -5
Ok looks like Aldo suffered a shoulder and cervical spine injury and can't train for 3 weeks and he'll be reevaluated then. So no idea what the UFC is gonna do here. Aldo may be fine after those 3 weeks and they just bump the title fight to October/November or they keep Mendes on the August card and have him fight someone else. Just have to wait and see.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 2, 2014 23:13:13 GMT -5
UFC is close to finalizing Dillashaw vs. Barao 2 for 8/30 in Sacramento according to Ariel Helwani. He kicked his perfectly healthy and excuseless ass for five rounds and knocked him out. Why do we need a rematch? Did Shogun get a rematch versus Jones? Did Brock get a rematch versus Cain? No, because they were clearly defeated. Move on and let Barao earn his shot back.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Jul 3, 2014 0:08:48 GMT -5
UFC is close to finalizing Dillashaw vs. Barao 2 for 8/30 in Sacramento according to Ariel Helwani. He kicked his perfectly healthy and excuseless ass for five rounds and knocked him out. Why do we need a rematch? Did Shogun get a rematch versus Jones? Did Brock get a rematch versus Cain? No, because they were clearly defeated. Move on and let Barao earn his shot back. My guess is since Dillashaw winning was a massive upset and Barao will most likely beat everyone else in the division is they just want to get the rematch out of the way and be done with it.
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Post by Shark on Jul 3, 2014 2:28:26 GMT -5
Anyone else feel like this is gonna go down like Edgar-Penn 2?
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jul 3, 2014 12:19:32 GMT -5
Anyone else feel like this is gonna go down like Edgar-Penn 2? Yes, if not more dominating for Dillashaw.
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Post by Shark on Jul 3, 2014 12:56:42 GMT -5
Anyone else feel like this is gonna go down like Edgar-Penn 2? Yes, if not more dominating for Dillashaw. That's not to say Barao is done by any stretch. I guess the more accurate comparison would be Cain-JDS 3.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Jul 3, 2014 23:37:24 GMT -5
Well Andrei Arlovski will be getting a rematch against Bigfoot in Brazil this September
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Post by Toxik916 on Jul 6, 2014 21:19:13 GMT -5
Well looks like UFC 177 in Sacramento is officially happening.
I think I'll buy tickets, but WWE is having a house show the week before so I have a decision to make as far as where I want to spend my money.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jul 8, 2014 14:23:20 GMT -5
Yoel Romero vs. Tim Kennedy has been added to the UFC 178 card.
....KENNEDY!!!!
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Post by Spider2024 on Jul 8, 2014 16:38:41 GMT -5
You learn something new everyday. As someone who follows sports but not necessarily MMA, I just learned the term 'medical suspension' as it relates to MMA. Apparently in MMA, it means a forced leave of absence due to injury. I bring this up because at first glance, it sounds like... a different kind of 'medical' suspension. And because of that, you could say this news headline is misleading: www.mmafighting.com/2014/7/7/5879133/ufc-175-medical-suspensions-weidman-rousey-faber-among-nine-fightersJust to clarify, there is NO mention of failed drug tests in this article. So yeah, am I right to assume that MMA fans could hear the term 'medical suspension' and only think of injury and NOT drug testing?
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jul 8, 2014 21:22:12 GMT -5
UFC has announced that UFC 176 is cancelled.
Wow.
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