majjpc19 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Im proud of Brandon, thou im disappointed in his last fight with the maniac. Too bad he broked his hands on the fight, i really felt that he could have win it. Tough luck it should have been his ticket to a title shot... Quote Link to comment
textickles Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Minotauro Nogueira and Frank Mir named Ultimate Fighter coaches for season 8 the ultimate fighter 8 coachesFormer UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir has been tabbed as one of two coaches who will appear on season eight of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), which will begin taping soon and is expected to debut on Spike TV sometime in September, according to Yahoo!Sports.com. His opposing coach is none other than UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, setting up an eventual blockbuster title match on New Year’s Eve 2008. This is quite a reversal of fortune for “The Baddest Man on The Planet.” Less than 18 months ago, most were quick to write off Mir as a gifted and technical fighter who could not replicate his previous exploits inside the Octagon after recovering from a near fatal motorcycle wreck. In fact, he lost two of his first three bouts when he returned to action — and his lone win over Dan Christison during that span was less than impressive. But things began to turn around for Mir when he submitted Antoni Hardonk with a textbook kimura at UFC 74: “Respect” in August 2007. He did what everyone was waiting for him to do and he looked good doing it. The “old” Frank Mir was back. That was no more evident than when in his next bout Mir weathered a brutal attack from the massive Brock Lesnar at UFC 81: “Breaking Point” to pull off a crafty fight-ending submission (kneebar). It appears that the two back-to-back wins, as well as a visible re-dedication to training, has earned Mir another shot at championship glory. First, however, he will have to train and manage a team of mixed martial arts hopefuls in front of a national television audience. That shouldn’t be a problem because Mir is comfortable in front of a camera thanks to his role as ringside announcer at World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) events. He also knows a thing or two about Brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA overall. Mir has a ton of fight experience and he’s not even 30 years old. Nogueira — who defeated Tim Sylvia to win the interim heavyweight championship at UFC 81 — is the first man ever to hold Pride FC and UFC belts. He is undefeated inside the Octagon (2-0) and will look to win over several new fans (and students) while on the show. Despite his talent and unrivaled accomplishments, it appears that Nogueira has yet to gain widespread respect and notoriety from casual fans. That could all change … soon. TUF 8 is expected to feature light heavyweights and lightweights, breaking from recent tradition of focusing on just one weight class. Filming is set to begin soon and the show will run from September through December. Quote Link to comment
riceb0i Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 wow, so it's all set then? Nog vs Mir? i was hoping that Nog would face someone else and Mir could've put a few more wins before they actually meet. nyweiz the UFC HW division ain't that much stacked than the other divisions ata. inaabangan ko yung laban ni Kongo tsaka ni Tim, hehehe too bad ala na si Tim sa UFC kya nde natuloy. Quote Link to comment
fatso8 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 sana build up nila si Kongo.. Mir?! Title shot agad?! Newcomer lang tinalo nya, bugbog pa sya.. Ang dami mas deserving sa kanya. Quote Link to comment
geneticfreak Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 wow, so it's all set then? Nog vs Mir? i was hoping that Nog would face someone else and Mir could've put a few more wins before they actually meet. nyweiz the UFC HW division ain't that much stacked than the other divisions ata. inaabangan ko yung laban ni Kongo tsaka ni Tim, hehehe too bad ala na si Tim sa UFC kya nde natuloy. Just shows you how shallow the HW division of the UFC currently is. Anyhow I remember reading somewhere that Tim Sylvia was set to Fight Fedor in a promotion owned by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. I remember Arlovski and Ben Rothwell from the IFL being in the same card. Any word on this? Clearly these are the HW's Dana White needs to sign to spice things up in the HW class. (and hopefully convinces Couture to come back too) Quote Link to comment
Capt Spaulding Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Just shows you how shallow the HW division of the UFC currently is. Anyhow I remember reading somewhere that Tim Sylvia was set to Fight Fedor in a promotion owned by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. I remember Arlovski and Ben Rothwell from the IFL being in the same card. Any word on this? Clearly these are the HW's Dana White needs to sign to spice things up in the HW class. (and hopefully convinces Couture to come back too) Final Card: * Fedor Emelianenko vs Tim Sylvia * Josh Barnett vs Pedro Rizzo * Ben Rothwell vs Andre Arlovski * Aleksander Emelianenko vs Paul Buentello * Matt Lindland vs Fabio Negao * Renato Sobral vs Mike Whitehead * Savant Young vs Mark Hominick * Brett Cooper vs Mike Pyle * Ray Lamaza vs Justin Levens * JJ Ambrose vs Patrick Speight Quote Link to comment
moonman2002 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 wow! are those really the line up for the ppv event of mark cuban??? cool! its better than the UFC! is arlovski done with the ufc already? look, matt lindland is the 5th fight from the main event, that's crazy card! i would love to watch this... Quote Link to comment
Larry Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Mark Cuban isn't behind this This is an Affliction event. *edit: just found out that they aren't working with Golden Boy anymore the card looks great, but I doubt if they can come up with follow up events that can come close to this one. My guess is they blow away all their money for this one and fizzle out in the future. hopefully I'm wrong, and Affliction turns into a good rival for the UFC. Edited May 15, 2008 by Larry Quote Link to comment
ixnay Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 anong date nung laban ska san pwd mapanood if televise?.. Quote Link to comment
geneticfreak Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Mark Cuban isn't behind this This is an Affliction event. *edit: just found out that they aren't working with Golden Boy anymore the card looks great, but I doubt if they can come up with follow up events that can come close to this one. My guess is they blow away all their money for this one and fizzle out in the future. hopefully I'm wrong, and Affliction turns into a good rival for the UFC. Ah yes. Affliction pala. but I did read something like the carrier was gonna be HD NET which is apparently owned by Mark Cuban. As for the card. yah it looks like one of those old PRIDE FC super cars that drew 50-60,000 people. pero yah I agree with you that it will be quite hard to keep putting up such a card with this quality. Quote Link to comment
fatso8 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Aleksander Emelianenko vs Paul Buentello --> sapakang umaatikabo ito!========mas OK yung card nila than UFC 85. Edited May 15, 2008 by fatso8 Quote Link to comment
riceb0i Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Final Card: * Fedor Emelianenko vs Tim Sylvia * Josh Barnett vs Pedro Rizzo * Ben Rothwell vs Andre Arlovski * Aleksander Emelianenko vs Paul Buentello * Matt Lindland vs Fabio Negao * Renato Sobral vs Mike Whitehead * Savant Young vs Mark Hominick * Brett Cooper vs Mike Pyle * Ray Lamaza vs Justin Levens * JJ Ambrose vs Patrick Speight HD Net fights will show this fight cad alright and yup Affliction clothing along with a part of the defunct M1 organization will sponsor the event. siguro if they do this like quarterly kaya nilang tumabo ng pera but they can't compete with UFC's monthly outings kung panay super card sila tulad nyan. shempre magpapapresyo yung mga fighters din kahit papano. ang maganda dito eh si Babalu lalaban ulit! hehehe kaso tibay si Mike Whitehead din. but never the less Sobral via RNC ito! tapos Grim Reaper KO's Buentello tapos Fedor via armbar or Timmy Boy via boring UD jabfest Barnett via SD kung nde nya madadala sa ground si Rizzo Quote Link to comment
Great Milenko Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4946/afflictionbannedqx1.jpg Quote Link to comment
Larry Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 reading the card again, there's only two not to miss fights there: Fedor/SylviaRizzo/Barnett the others I'm not really stoked about. but if it were available here, I'd buy it just to see Fedor fight again. Quote Link to comment
fatso8 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 baka sunod na Fedor vs Arlovski! Quote Link to comment
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