Elsalvajeloco Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 UFC Fight Night 43: Te Huna vs. Marquardt June 28, 2014 Auckland, New Zealand (Vector Arena) James Te Huna (186) vs. Nate Marquardt (186) - Marquardt, SUB (armbar), R1 (4:34) Soa Palelei (264) vs. Jake Rosholt (259) - Rosholt, DEC (unanimous) Hatsu Hioki (146) vs. Charles Oliveira (145) - Oliveira, SUB (modified Anaconda choke), R2 (4:32) Robert Whittaker (171) vs. Mike Rhodes (171) - Whittaker, DEC (unanimous) Fight Pass Preliminary Card: Jake Matthews (156) vs. Dashon Johnson (155) - Matthews, SUB (triangle choke), R3 (3:16) Richie Vaculik (125.5) vs. Roldan Sangcha-an (125) - Vaculik, DEC (unanimous) Chris Indich (170) vs. Vik Grujic (171) - Grujic, TKO (punches), R1 (4:55) Neil Magny (171) vs. Rodrigo de Lima (169) - Magny, KO (punch), R2 (2:32) Dan Hooker (145) vs. Ian Entwistle (145.5) - Hooker, TKO (elbows), R1 (3:34) Gian Villante (205.5) vs. Sean O'Connell (205) - Villante, DEC (split) Event Bonuses ($50,000):Performance of the Night: Charles OliveiraPerformance of the Night: Nate Marquardt Fight of the Night: Gian Villante vs. Sean O'Connell Attendance: 8,089 Gate: $913,000 Cancelled Bouts: Cláudio Henrique da Silva vs. Neil Magny - Injury to Silva Jon Delos Reyes vs. vs. Richie Vaculik - Injury to Delos Reyes Gian Villante vs. Anthony Perosh - Injury to Perosh (Knee)
Guest Edwin Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 And when you think a UFC FN card can't get any worse, they somehow find a way to top themselves.
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 How did the UFC 175 main card end up with Russell Doane on the main card and this one gets Hioki/Do Bronx?
Guest Edwin Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 I remember the days when Hioki was considered a fop featherweight in the world and then he signed with the UFC and that feel apart quickly which sucked.
Joe Lucia Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Look at the bright side: at least this is only on Fight Pass. Not that the FS1 card that night is much (if at all, tbh) better....
george young Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 If you ain't from New Zealand, what the fuck are you bitching about? 1
TheVileOne Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 Turned out to be a decent card. Oliveira handed Hioki the first stoppage loss of his career. I think every one of Oliveira's UFC wins has been by submission now. Hopefully this moves him up the rankings.
Guest Edwin Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 If you ain't from New Zealand, what the fuck are you bitching about? ...? As much as I like Hioki, I think it's time to go back to Japan and fight for Shooto and VTJ for a while before hanging them up.
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2014 Author Posted June 28, 2014 As much as I like Hioki, I think it's time to go back to Japan and fight for Shooto and VTJ for a while before hanging them up. Just got done watching that fight. Hioki was dominating positionally. He just got caught napping. You can't do that against a fighter who is almost a clone of your style albeit more sloppy in terms of regaining/playing guard. His chances of winning that round went from 99.9% to 0.000001% in the matter of a few seconds. 1
TheVileOne Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 Where should Marquardt go from here? I say put him against Brad Tavares or Francis Carmont and see if he can punch them out of the UFC. Not sure he should be fighting someone in the top 10 now.
smitlick Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 This event was great for making money... Can anyone explain why Marquardt was the underdog?
Guest Edwin Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 This event was great for making money... Can anyone explain why Marquardt was the underdog? Getting your legs turned into hamburger meat by Tarec and getting you head knocked off by Lombard and Ellenberger > getting choked out by Glover and getting put to sleep by Shogun. Not sure if that makes sense, but you get the gist.
smitlick Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 Yeah but those guys that beat Nate beat Te Huna 9/10 times... If it weren't for the whole let's use Te Huna for New Zealand/Australia Id be pretty certain that they'd cut him although they cut Sotiropoulos so I guess they could cut Te Huna and move forward with Whittaker
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 29, 2014 Author Posted June 29, 2014 Te Huna coming down from 205? I dunno. He got caught by a knee like a minute in and that negated any size advantage he might have had. Turns out Marquardt is also like 20x better than him on the ground. 1
TheVileOne Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 This event was great for making money... Can anyone explain why Marquardt was the underdog? Marquardt had three straight losses, two of which were knockouts. Te Huna had only two. And he did recently have a 5-0 run at light heavyweight and he was moving down. He was probably seen as having the advantage over Marquardt who was kind of looking like damaged goods and at the end of his career at this point.
smitlick Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 I just figured Marquardt would win because he has a ground game unlike Te Huna... Completely forgot Te Huna was coming down in weight though. 1
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