Elsalvajeloco Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes II October 25, 2014 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ginásio do Maracanãzinho) UFC Featherweight Championship: José Aldo © (145) vs. Chad Mendes (145) (seventh defense) - Aldo, DEC (unanimous) Glover Teixeira (205) vs. Phil Davis (205) - Davis, DEC (unanimous) Fábio Maldonado (205) vs. Hans Stringer (206) - Maldonado, TKO (punches), R2 (4:06) Darren Elkins (145) vs. Lucas Martins (146) - Elkins, DEC (split) Carlos Diego Ferreira (156) vs. Beneil Dariush (156) - Dariush, DEC (unanimous) Fox Sports 1 Preliminary Card: William Macário (170) vs. Neil Magny (171) - Magny, TKO (punches), R3 (2:40) Yan Cabral (156) vs. Naoyuki Kotani (155) - Cabral, SUB (rear naked choke), R2 (3:06) Scott Jorgensen (128)* vs Wilson Reis (125) - Reis, SUB (arm triangle choke), R1 (3:28) Felipe Arantes (146) vs. Andre Fili (146) - Fili, DEC (unanimous) Fight Pass Preliminary Card: Gilbert Burns (155) vs. Christos Giagos (156) - Burns, SUB (armbar), R1 (4:57) Fabrício Camões (158) vs. Tony Martin (157) - Martin, SUB (kimura), R1 (4:16) *Chose not to reweigh; forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight Event Bonuses ($50,000): Performance of the Night: Gilbert Burns Performance of the Night: Fábio Maldonado Fight of the Night: José Aldo vs. Chad Mendes Attendance: 11,415 Buyrate: 180,000 Cancelled Bouts: Fabrício Camões vs. Josh Shockley - Injury to Shockley Alan Patrick vs. Beneil Dariush - Injury to Patrick (Broken Jaw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Now that's a good poster, although it seems like Aldo is sad because he has no competition left and is doing laps on cleaning out the division. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshEngleman Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I had absolutely no idea Glover/Davis was happening until I opened this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I like Mendes, but I just don't see him exploiting any of Aldo's weaknesses this time around. I'm guessing Aldo wins and then UFC books McGregor/Aldo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 the poster i like a lot. the card, not so much. i don't see much interesting past the top two fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 IMO, Ferreira/Dariush is a good fight. Also Jorgensen/Reis on the prelims. Elkins/Martins is a good featherweight match-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Arantes/Fili should be good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Some good fights, but nothing that is must see or I need to spend 50 bucks on this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I like Mendes, but I just don't see him exploiting any of Aldo's weaknesses this time around. I'm guessing Aldo wins and then UFC books McGregor/Aldo. Well it seems that McGregor hanging around in Brazil has been more important than the actual fight tonight. Something tells me that Connor is going to do something to spark attention tomorrow night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Which means Mendes wins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Which means Mendes wins.Unless Aldo grabs the cage avoiding a takedown and knees him in the face ratting his brain enough to see him go unconscious within 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Prelims over. Good stuff. Missed the Fight Pass stuff, caught the stuff on Fox Sport 1. Fili/Arantes delivered as expected. Fun back and forth fight. FOTN and it's going to be hard to surpass it. Reis put on a solid performance against Jorgensen. Hurt him with a body kicked and then pulled out the arm triangle. Cabral struggled a bit in the first, but turned it on and beat Kotani by submitting him in the second. Magny/Patolino was fun too. Patolino almost finished Magny in the second and Magny fought back and almost finished Patolino in the second too and in the third he eventually kept on the pressure and finished Patolino by ground & pound. Good prelims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Phil Davis out grapples Glover for 15 minutes, takes the UD and then calls out Anderson Silva (?!?!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 He quoted that one line from Passenger 57. Clearly, his IMDB game has improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Not a great main card by any chance, but it's been entertaining. Dariush dominated Ferreira was entertaining. Elkins/Martins was pretty bad. Elkins is the most uncharismatic fighter ever. Also he clearly won by unanimous decision as he controlled for at least 14 minutes of that fight. I have no idea how one judge scored it 30-27 for Mineiro. Fabio/Stringer was pretty bad technique-wise, but it's ways entertaining watching Fabio. Mr. Wonderful/Glover wasn't particularly great, but it wasn't Elkins/Martins level boring. Glover looked like he was 500 years old in that fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Great fight. FOTY candidate up there with Weidman/Machida and Brown/Silva. Aldo/Conor next seems like a lock once Conor beats Siver in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 My FOTY. Basically a caged street fight. People might talk about the end of round 1, but the combo started during the bell, and the ref should have been there. edit. Oh yeah, the rest of the card sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 That combo at the VERY end of round 1 was one of the filthiest combinations I've ever seen, and it reminded me exactly of the one Marco Antonio Barrera landed on Erik Morales in the first fight. What's crazy is that Barrera did his off a counter and Aldo just completed faded Mendes without one. I think the speed was so blinding that Goddard couldn't even warn Aldo and/or take a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 One of my favorite moments was Chad's first takedown, Aldo looked like an alien popping up instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I thought the main event was closer than 49-46, but Mendes put on a gutsy performance all things considered. Wish he would've tried to do more in round 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Wilson Reis leaves his mark... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Ouch. Thought more people would be calling foul on Aldo for the shots landed on Mendes at the end of the first round. I didn't think the main card was as bad as some others on here. The prelims were good stuff though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 They don't have a ton of depth when it comes to the hometown Brazilians guys. Guys like Arantes, Lucas Martins, the Marajo brothers, and others (especially the TUF Brazil guys) are all Fight Pass/FS1 prelim fight fodder. Maybe Marcos Pezao can be a main card guy eventually and take the place of a Feijao. However, that remains to be seen. They will probably keep Durinho in Brazil as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiller Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I don't know that the Aldo shots after the bell matter that much since Mendes eye-poked and crotch-shotted him throughout the fight. I'd say it kind of evens out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 https://twitter.com/BrianStann/status/526746574291206144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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