UFC 74 Tonight 9pm on Bravo (spoilers as they unfold on tv)

[Gorvid]

Randy

[Pagey]

Pvapour said:

Off to the 02 arena in a couple of weeks for the UFC75 close enough to get blood on us as well

I've got tickets

[130R]

Did anyone see the Babalu fight? That was seriously out of order.

Randy was class as always.

[130R]

deevlash said:

Bloody hell! I want to see the undercard fight that made that huge blood stain on the octagon mat!

Yep that was the Babalu fight. The blood was from a head wound and afterwards it looked like something straight out of a horror film!

[tim2100]

Was really suprised expected Ganzaga to be much better than that after seeing him fight in manchester.

Randy is awesome.

Would love to be at London, a lot of the fight card is similar fighters to Manchester. Terry Etim was superb then.

Another good fight apart from the main 3 fights will be Houston Alexander Vs. Alessio Sakara.

75 really does look to be a great Fight Card

[g4ry13]

130R said:

deevlash said:

Bloody hell! I want to see the undercard fight that made that huge blood stain on the octagon mat!

Yep that was the Babalu fight. The blood was from a head wound and afterwards it looked like something straight out of a horror film!

I was wondering about that too. Any idea where I can watch it - they didn't have it on Bravo a very controversial ending I read but I haven't watched it.

Edited by g4ry13 on Tuesday 28th August 14:16

[Gorvid]

Where was the Babalu fight?

[130R]

The Babalu fight was on the preliminary card. If you just type something like: babalu heath video, into google you should be able to find it.

[g4ry13]

Thanks, I found it - difficult to find as it's been pulled off from a lot of places.

I found it here, may not be there later though

http://www.mmatko.com/renato-babalu-sobral-vs-davi...

[egomeister]

g4ry13 said:

Thanks, I found it - difficult to find as it's been pulled off from a lot of places.

I found it here, may not be there later though

http://www.mmatko.com/renato-babalu-sobral-vs-davi...

Savage! That explains the bloodstain then!

[g4ry13]

egomeister said:

g4ry13 said:

Thanks, I found it - difficult to find as it's been pulled off from a lot of places.

I found it here, may not be there later though

http://www.mmatko.com/renato-babalu-sobral-vs-davi...

Savage! That explains the bloodstain then!

I remember when I saw I think it was Yves Edwards and Joe Stevenson - that was probably the worst i've seen. It didn't look too bad on the video but it was quite a small screen. It should have been probably been stopped for the doctors to take a look at and there were times when he was just covering up and taking punches without defending himself intelligently.

[deevlash]

That was disgusting, not releasing the hold was pathetic and he should be banned for a very long time. If the UFC really wants to protect itself from the allegations of human cockfighting it'll have to come down heavily on babalu.

[g4ry13]

deevlash said:

That was disgusting, not releasing the hold was pathetic and he should be banned for a very long time. If the UFC really wants to protect itself from the allegations of human cockfighting it'll have to come down heavily on babalu.

The UFC is so much tamer than it was at its introduction - they now wear gloves which is one major factor for a start. I don't believe UFC can be so deeply scrutinised without taking a long look at Boxing - there's far more chance of serious injury in Boxing getting knocked down repeatedly than the single knockout permitted in UFC. Sure it's bloodier in the UFC, but that's skin and on the rare occasion a broken bone. 36 minutes of getting bashed in the head is far more likely to cause serious internal injury.

Babalu's not the first fighter to keep a hold on for too long, I believe BJ Penn is another to have previously done so - although in no way was it right. He was fined half his purse by the Nevada state commission and I think the UFC was going to investigate it and see where they go from there.

[deevlash]

g4ry13 said:

deevlash said:

That was disgusting, not releasing the hold was pathetic and he should be banned for a very long time. If the UFC really wants to protect itself from the allegations of human cockfighting it'll have to come down heavily on babalu.

The UFC is so much tamer than it was at its introduction - they now wear gloves which is one major factor for a start. I don't believe UFC can be so deeply scrutinised without taking a long look at Boxing - there's far more chance of serious injury in Boxing getting knocked down repeatedly than the single knockout permitted in UFC. Sure it's bloodier in the UFC, but that's skin and on the rare occasion a broken bone. 36 minutes of getting bashed in the head is far more likely to cause serious internal injury.

Babalu's not the first fighter to keep a hold on for too long, I believe BJ Penn is another to have previously done so - although in no way was it right. He was fined half his purse by the Nevada state commission and I think the UFC was going to investigate it and see where they go from there.

Its true that the ufc is far tamer than it was previously before zuffa got involved but its also far more exposed these days, if it wants to be taken seriously as a sport its to make the running. Boxing is far more dangerous though, averaging 7 deaths a year whilst theres been none in the ufc although I dont know about the mma world in general.

[Pvapour]

deevlash said:

g4ry13 said:

deevlash said:

That was disgusting, not releasing the hold was pathetic and he should be banned for a very long time. If the UFC really wants to protect itself from the allegations of human cockfighting it'll have to come down heavily on babalu.

The UFC is so much tamer than it was at its introduction - they now wear gloves which is one major factor for a start. I don't believe UFC can be so deeply scrutinised without taking a long look at Boxing - there's far more chance of serious injury in Boxing getting knocked down repeatedly than the single knockout permitted in UFC. Sure it's bloodier in the UFC, but that's skin and on the rare occasion a broken bone. 36 minutes of getting bashed in the head is far more likely to cause serious internal injury.

Babalu's not the first fighter to keep a hold on for too long, I believe BJ Penn is another to have previously done so - although in no way was it right. He was fined half his purse by the Nevada state commission and I think the UFC was going to investigate it and see where they go from there.

Its true that the ufc is far tamer than it was previously before zuffa got involved but its also far more exposed these days, if it wants to be taken seriously as a sport its to make the running. Boxing is far more dangerous though, averaging 7 deaths a year whilst theres been none in the ufc although I dont know about the mma world in general.

more broken bones than boxing though (I would imagine) check out you tube under fight / broken leg (dont if your squeemish)

[g4ry13]

Pvapour said:

more broken bones than boxing though (I would imagine) check out you tube under fight / broken leg (dont if your squeemish)

Yes, it's pretty nasty. Most broken bones are from kicks and rarely from holds and the guy not tapping out. It tends to generally be the person kicking that gets it broken than receiving. Don't forget a kick is going to be stronger than a punch. Broken bones heal, brain damage doesn't.

I didn't realise Joe Rogan was a Brown Belt in BJJ - he does seem knowledgeable when commentating. I still hate him starting every post-fight interview with "alright" though

Edited by g4ry13 on Thursday 30th August 15:48

[Pvapour]

g4ry13 said:

Pvapour said:

more broken bones than boxing though (I would imagine) check out you tube under fight / broken leg (dont if your squeemish)

Yes, it's pretty nasty. Most broken bones are from kicks and rarely from holds and the guy not tapping out. It tends to generally be the person kicking that gets it broken than receiving. Don't forget a kick is going to be stronger than a punch. Broken bones heal, brain damage doesn't.

I didn't realise Joe Rogan was a Brown Belt in BJJ - he does seem knowledgeable when commentating. I still hate him starting every post-fight interview with "alright" though

Edited by g4ry13 on Thursday 30th August 15:48

agreed, having been hit in the head a fair few times myself and not being able to tie my own laces realy confirms this

kick boxing has its fair share of broken limbs too & weirdly i'm quite good with this kinda stuff normaly but for some reason it really makes me feel nauseous.

thought Rogan looked like he trained, did'nt know it was BJJ & i was'nt aware of this annoying characteristic either! so thanks for that! it will be bugging me too now

Pagey said:

Pvapour said:

Off to the 02 arena in a couple of weeks for the UFC75 close enough to get blood on us as well

I've got tickets

I'll be trying to look hard so you wont recognise me (you would'nt anyway)

where are you seated? peasants seating at the back or with the queens on the front row

Edited by Pvapour on Thursday 30th August 17:57

[Pagey]

Pvapour said:

Pagey said:

Pvapour said:

Off to the 02 arena in a couple of weeks for the UFC75 close enough to get blood on us as well

I've got tickets

I'll be trying to look hard so you wont recognise me (you would'nt anyway)

where are you seated? peasants seating at the back or with the queens on the front row

Floor Level seating!!

IIRC section G
£275 a pop

got to see the action live not on a big screen from the back row

what section have you got?


I will be with a guy that looks like he should be in the octagon fighting - given half a chance he would be

Edited by Pagey on Thursday 30th August 18:53