"lets work guys, don't just rest"

Brazil's wrestling is pretty terrible.

I don't think Feijao can win a decision. He'll have to finish.

Feijao is going for KO's now, thats exactly what he should be doing, because he's losing on points.

Bader just wants this more. I'll be stunned if he doesn't win.

Rafael looks absolutely terrible.

Bader's playing it safe and running out the clock, he knows he's winning.

Which is fine, he did plenty of work in the first 2 rounds, its up to the Brazilian to finish as punishment for mailing in the first 2 rounds.

.. and now Bader's doing some work. This is gonna be an easy 30-27

Any judge which does not score this 30-27 Bader should be publicly executed on the spot.

Feijao literally did nothing that Black House places an emphasis on teaching that he's done repeatedly throughout his career previously (see King Mo fight).



Hats off to Bader.

The first fight was good, but we havent gotten $45 of entertainment yet. I still have hopes for the main event though, I'm pulling hard for the Russian, I've seen the puncher king fight 3 times.

This is a good fight. I think Rory won the first round, but not sure.

Is this a title eliminator? Its #2 vs #3, is Lawler getting the rematch, or is this winner getting the title shot?

I see where your loyalty lies Comrade North.

Tyron needs to get back to working in his RLK as the 3 and circle off the ****ing fence.

20-18 Rory

eh, I was initially skeptical but the spunky little russian won my loyalty, I like how brash and showey he is.

I don't know how realistic it is against mighty mouse, though.

ok, this fight is basically over, and once again it wasn't terrific.

I'm ready for a show, hopefully the main event delivers.

THis

Who was the poster here that you got all pissy when it appeared they were going to give the next title shot to Rory over Woodley after Condit got hurt?

http://i.imgur.com/1mooJBT.jpg

VS.

http://e9bbcba794ec60672475-693158ff...-w-478x270.jpg

Lets do this. My loyalty is with the puncher king!

This fight makes or breaks the card. If its not great, then UFC 174 will be remembered as hot garbage.

That was close.

no idea what the score could be. could be 19-19 or 20-18 either way

Serious? Its 20-18 MM. Not close IMO. Looking like 5-0 sweep unless MM gets the stoppage.

DJ probably won at least 1 round. 2 others are close.

How do you figure? MM is dominating the striking and all the Russian has is 2 takedowns that last about 5 seconds total. This is an ass whipping.

The judges are not listening to Joe Rogan's commentary. Ali looked better than what he was suggesting in the first 2 rounds.

Even though he didn't do much with it, Ali's got DJ dominated on control in the first 2 rounds. Its a classic case of what you value: marginal striking or control.

Control is not worth zero if you don't get a submission out of it.

160 to 50 strikes? What are you watching?

I think DJ clearly won rounds 3 and 4.

The first 2 rounds are a tossup. So, the score is somewhere between a tie, DJ by 2 rounds, or a shutout.

I'm not ignoring the wrestling and takedowns.

This is not boxing

In any event, this is not a good fight.

We did not get $45 worth of entertainment

DJ won the last 3 rounds, and therefore the fight.

Only question is the score.

50-45 all 3 judges. Sober up and watch it again tomorrow :D

MM dominated that fight start to finish, IMO. He looked untouched in the end. Yeah, he got taken down a couple of times but was right back up within seconds.

The way he took Bagautinov's back was pretty much the scariest thing I have ever seen.

That was the worst card I have watched since UFC 49.

It didn't help that the last one so good either, but yeah it was weak on paper and lived up to it.

Still think it was a close fight? Or are we still thinking all 3 judges, the announcers, and ESPN got it wrong?

"Johnson Defends Title

Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson dominated every round to earn a victory by unanimous decision over Ali Bagautinov at UFC 174 in Vancouver. Brett Okamoto "

http://espn.go.com/mma/story/_/id/11...lyweight-title

Ali had what 2 takedowns that lasted for less than a second?

That whole card stunk out loud. Woodley was a huge disappointment and Schaub vs Arlovsky was jusr ****ing terrible.

Every fight was awful

Andre Arvolsky (sp?) is back in the UFC? What a bum. I haven't watched a fight since Sonnen/Silva II

Dana is desperate for decent fighters in the HW division.

HW division is dead. He might as well bring back Mark "The Hammer" Coleman.

If Cormier ever comes back up that helps out a lot. They would have 4 top level guys with Cain, Santos, Verdum, and Cormier. Then a bunch of 2nd tier guys that just aren't at that level... Bigfoot, Barnett, Overeem.. etc..

Cain and Cormier train together.

I know. just saying he adds tiger division.

OK, I've avoided this long enough.

You were right, I was wrong. In my defense, I was drunk at the time.

Mea Culpa.

The problem is NONE of those guys can compete with Cain. Not if he's healthy.

Absolutely.

You don't think Cormier could beat cain?

He has the takedowns to do it.

DC himself says he can't beat Cain. Cain will go down as the best HW ever.

My friend (he works with my wife) is now the new welterweight kickboxing champ. He won the title at the Glory 17: Last Man Standing event in L.A. last night.

http://www.mmamania.com/2014/6/19/58...-tv-kickboxing


Joseph Valtellini def Marc de Bonte via unanimous dec (47-46 x 3)

http://cdn.fansided.com/gif/Marc_de_...Valtellini.gif

What does everyone think about the upcoming Weidman vs Machida

Machida can win a decision if he runs but if Weidman gets him against the cage he's in for a long night.

I'm also pretty stoked about the Cub Swanson Jeremey Stevens fight. That should be a brawl.

On another note has anyone ponied up for the fight pass? I can't bring myself to do it.

It'll be interesting to see if Lyoto gets back to his parry http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-On6tOryIR0...ivesound01.gif
considering how Chris leaves his RH down when throwing his lead hook. Machida's left right ala Bader also comes into play as well.


Additionally, Lyoto's trips out of over-under/ double under/overs are quite good. His footwork/timing on knees to the body are also something to take into consideration.

Really interested to see how Chris closes distance.

No hype yet for the Rousey fight, I think they are quickly running out of quality opponents for her. I guess we'll have to wait for Cyborg to see her get pushed.

fight me irl rousey

Weidman is a legit bad ass and is only going to get better.

They have to find someone else to face Rousey. Here last 2 fights have been straight ass whippings not worthy of a PPV.

Fortunately because of the apparent hand injury she took from smashing Davis's face in, the UFC will have time to find someone.

It was funny, I was watching the PPV with a few people who had never seen Rousey fight before, and I was telling them how much of a badass she is compared to the other women (they inexplicably decided, sight unseen, that Rousey was overrated and were pulling for Davis lol), but I wasn't expecting a 16 second knockout.

I saw them stitching the hand. Was it just a cut or was it a break?

I'm glad Weidman finally got a win against a top guy that wasn't controversial. The dude deserves it.

I'll give the UFC credit...they've built Rousey into almost mythical status now with joe casual fan and even some hardcores, it's complete bullshit but genius on their part.

She's the biggest smoke and mirrors act in the UFC in quite some time...maybe ever. They all but handed her the belt to start with and she's fought nobodies or fighters that 100% completely fit her one dimensional style and give her easy opportunities to win. Last nights fight was a frickin joke...anyone with half a brain knew Davis didn't belong in there and would get smashed.

I'd like to see her fight an actual good striker with KO power and range...sadly I don't know if that woman is out there and even if she is, I doubt Dana would sign her because of his unhealthy obsession with RR and wouldn't want to see his cash cow get beat.

I'm not drinking the kool aid...sorry...

Your last paragraph pretty much negates everything else you wrote. She has beaten everyone credible they have to throw at her. The only one who ever came close (Tate) they threw at her over and over again. There is no good reason to believe she wont beat Cat (who she would have fought by the way, if not for Cat's injury), Cyborg, or whatever other mythical she-beast you can dream up, either.

As for White wanting to protect Rousey, given his history, we already know thats false. He doesn't protect or put all his chips on any individual fighters, only the UFC brand. Its bad business to bet everything on one person. This isn't boxing, MMA fighters can just randomly lose. He has never cared that much if a champ loses, because he can either promote the new champ, or set up the obligatory instant rematch and sell a zillion PPV buys. If Rousey loses, she'll get an immediate rematch and that PPV would bring in huge $$$ for Zuffa.

edit: Hell, GSP proves this more than anything. He was one of his biggest draws, and after that controversial decision, rather than try to paper over it, he laid into GSP's "win" and trashed one of his biggest money-makers. Then when he went mental and quit, Dana was just like "whatever" and moved on.

Listen to the shit Dana says about Rousey and tell me he isn't delusional when it comes to RR...

“It was just so explosive and crazy and fast and just, you know, she’s unbelievable,” White said. “She’s a huge superstar, she’s one of the pound-for-pound best fighters in the world, and she’s the most unique athlete that I’ve ever worked with in my whole life in every sense of the word.”

“When you look at the NBA, women play basketball, but everybody sh-ts on it like, ‘Ah, it’s women’s basketball; it’s terrible,’” White said. “This is a chick that could leave this building, walk down the Las Vegas Strip and wreck every guy on the Las Vegas Strip. There’s never been a women in the history of the world that could do that.

“Even back in the day when you had good boxers and everyone was all crazy about Lucia Rijker, you know Lucia Rijker was a women that had to go in there and trade with a man, trade punches with a man. Ronda Rousey might get past a couple of your punches, but once she grabs on to you – I don’t care how big you are, how strong you are – she’s going to drop you on your head.”

LOL he's a blithering moron...shit like this is ridiculous. Not to mention the beyond ridiculous premise that DW and others have thrown out there that Rousey would actually beat Floyd Mayweather in a fight.

He's just doing the same shit with RR as he did with Liddell except taking it to the extreme...the creepy extreme.

The only thing I really disagreed with is that there has never been a woman in the history of the world that could do that. I'm sure there are other trained female fighters that could do the same.

Not only is RR the baddest ass woman fighter on the planet, she's also the hottest.... Just my opinion! Team Rousey for LIFE!!

I don't watch MMA except for when my brothers-in-law have the wife and I over for a fight night party, but I can confidently say that Ronda Rousey could easily make me cry like a little bitch. Even her pre-fight facial expression kind of made me want to run and hide.

Woudl you let Ronda Rousey take a crap on your chest?? It doesn't matter, she will if she wants to!

The competition in the women's division is absolutely awful.

Carano is wayyyy hotter.

The end shot... with RRs boobs bouncing with every fist that landed... Money shot for the UFC.

Idk bro. This..

Or this...maybe we need a poll??

Kyra Gracie >>>>>>> all

I'm still taking Carano over either of the other two.

uhhh, maybe you aren't aware, but some of that stuff regarding being able to wreck a guy off the street is not ridiculous at all. I'll grant you that almost any man who is a trained MMA fighter would probably handle her easily, but if you don't know what you are doing with regard to brazilian ju-jitsu, your size is not going to keep her from choking you out or breaking some bones.

oh, and for those who didnt see it, Rousey's entire fight with Davis fits in one gif.

http://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/20...6298.gif?w=650

Looks almost choreographed lol....