The MMA thread

[g4ry13]

It really was boring. By the time Machida came on I was falling asleep and he didn't help matters. So many fights resulted in the person being stuck in a body triangle for the whole round.

[Haggleburyfinius]

militantmandy said:

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In my mind I love watching Machida but somehow the reality's never as good. Probably worth the boring stuff for the flashes of utter amazingness.

The card just seemed to be endless ground battles with not much going on. I was shedfaced when I watched the first two fights though!

I could watch Machida fight like that all day.

People have labelled him a boring fighter for nearly 10 years now but in my eyes he is the most interesting to watch.

[Don1]

The whole card was boring... Hopefully 170 will be better.

[g4ry13]

Anyone watching 170 tonight?

Cormier is going to kill Cummins tonight

[Don1]

I recorded it and watched it - some good fights, and DC certainly did the business. Herb looked like he had a bad night at the office - strange, as he generally is so good.

[g4ry13]

I thought the card was pretty weak last night. Herb made a bit of a mess up with the Faber fight and then 2 questionable decisions last night. He's start to get known for it.

[VEA]

g4ry13 said:

Anyone watching 170 tonight?

Cormier is going to kill Cummins tonight

And he did.

Just caught up on this one.

I thought the earlier fights were better. Rory MacDonald looks like he could potentially be quite the fighter (not that he isn't already), he did everything he needed to do and did it well. Desrving of the win against a fighter who seems to only be capable of going for the take down.

Cormier just looked brutal, Cummins didn't know what hit him right from the start.

Rowsey vs McMann... well that was dull... I'd like someone to at least give her a good fight, admitidely I think she got away with that lightly. Herb probably stepped in a little early. I know they have a job to do protecting fighters if they are down, but she looked like she was getting back up pretty quickly to me. Good on her for taking it so well.

Didn't bother watching the later fights.


Oh and I thought that the Pyle vs Wldburger fight was pretty good. Pyle looked very slick in the way he moved and countered everything that was being thrown at him. Good to watch that one.

[g4ry13]

Not being sexist, but women's MMA really isn't the same spectacle. I did see one which was rather brutal, but it's really not main even status. The card was pretty weak. The McMann stoppage was a little on the early side and I wasn't happy about that. Herb stopped the last main event pretty early too. I think it sort of short changes people when main events are stopped really early and they should be a little more lenient. At least let her get a few unprotected blows in before calling it.

[davey68]

Also thought the card was a bit weak. Enjoyed wonderboy thompson v whitaker though, great kickboxing.

[Johnny]

Just seen Belfort is out of UFC173... Machida to step in and fight Weidman for the title.

[Chris77]

Looks like Fight night London is on channel 5, not sure how this will affect BTsport?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a553997/ufc-fi...

[Chris77]

Actually just seen this http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-extend-btsport-deal

[Don1]

It looks like TRT is banned from the UFC.... what was that about a mohawked Brazilian not fighting...?

[anonymous-user]

Don1 said:

It looks like TRT is banned from the UFC.... what was that about a mohawked Brazilian not fighting...?

I did think that myself, but hey Machida.........yay

[Don1]

Yeah, his last fight was worthy of a fast forward button... There is a UFC on tonight by the look of things.

[davey68]

Yep we don't get it live but BT sport are showing the main card tonight and repeated tomorrow. Card is hardly exciting though, hathaway is the main event v stun gun but the few times ive seen john fight its been a bit...boring. Hopefully i'm wrong and there are some good scraps. UFC london is next weeked.

[g4ry13]

I'm a Matt Mitrione fan, it's good to see him back.

[Don1]

Let's hope he can keep his mouth shut. Should be an interesting scrap, none the less.

[g4ry13]

So this weeks card has already happened, there was me thinking i'd watch it tonight.

[Don1]

I tend to keep off the results pages until I've watched something I've recorded. That includes this thread and Youtube!