Elsalvajeloco Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 UFC Fight Night 70: Machida vs. Romero June 27, 2015 Hollywood, FL (Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino) Lyoto Machida (186) vs. Yoel Romero (186) - Romero, KO (elbows), R3 (1:38) Lorenz Larkin (170.5) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (170.5) - Larkin, TKO (strikes), R2 (3:07) Antônio Carlos Júnior (185) vs. Eddie Gordon (184.5) - Carlos Júnior, SUB (rear naked choke), R3 (4:37) Steve Bossé (185.5) vs. Thiago Santos (185.5) - Santos, KO (head kick), R1 (0:29) Hacran Dias (145.5) vs. Levan Makashvili (145) - Dias, DEC (split) Fox Sports 1 Preliminary Card: Alex Oliveira (170) vs. Joey Merritt (169) - Oliveira, DEC (unanimous) Fox Sports 2 Preliminary Card: Leandro Silva (170) vs. Lewis Gonzalez (174)* - Silva, DEC (unanimous) Steve Montgomery (170) vs. Tony Sims (170) - Sims, TKO (punches), R1 (2:43) Sirwan Kakai (135.5) vs. Danny Martinez (135.5) - Kakai, DEC (unanimous) *Chose not to reweigh; forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight Event Bonuses ($50,000): Performance of the Night: Thiago Santos Performance of the Night: Yoel Romero Fight of the Night: Lorenz Larkin vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio Attendance: 5,604 Rating: 909,000 viewers Cancelled Bouts: Hacran Dias vs. Chas Skelly - Skelly Removed Due to Illness Erick Silva vs. Rick Story - Silva Visa Issues Masanori Kanehara vs. Rani Yahya - Visa Issues Nikita Krylov vs. Marcos Rogério de Lima - Visa Issues Viscardi Andrade vs. Andreas Ståhl - Injury to Ståhl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 If you were wondering, this is indeed the last UFC event with sponsor banners and non-Reebok, non-UFC affiliated apparel/performance gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Florida has a casino???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Well it's on a Native American reservation. Still looking forward to Machida/Romero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Eight years ago and some change, Jordan Radev almost died at the Seminole Hard Rock. So much that they turned out the lights, and he was magically teleported from the cage to never be seen on TV again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 The battle for the right to fight Jacare is now official. Also, Lewis Gonzalez missed weight by a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The battle for the right to fight Jacare is now official. Also, Lewis Gonzalez missed weight by a lot. Poor Jacare, if it was my choice, he would've fought for the title instead of Vitor Belfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 I mean the safe thing would be to put him in a relatively safe fight in Sep/October just so you have that option if Rockhold gets hurt. However, I am not sure how much that helps his marketability fighting guys on the Camozzi level. Romero getting injured actually helped Romero out and hurt Jacare significantly. Romero is getting a real tough fight, but it's still a main event against a guy who might be ripe for an upset. Jacare's title shot chances went to nil once Romero got hurt, and NY was looking like it might legalize pro MMA. Now, he has to get the winner of Machida/Romero or wait at least a few more months for the next MW title fight to roll around. Definitely not a good set of circumstances considering he is the #1 contender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 This man is about to fight in the UFC, folks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Well, that was brutal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 This man is about to fight in the UFC, folks: And down he went......yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Head kicks are not very prevalent in hockey, I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Glad Larkin is back on track. He looks beastly at welterweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Glad Romero learned some English... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Glad Romero learned some English... I see what you did there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scizzy Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 "Gay Jesus" is going to go down in history. Great job by Romero to throw away all that good will I had for him after that KO in a few seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I don't want to be considered an instigator or anything but the idea of #gayjesus trending would be awesome just to see already pissed off people get really pissed off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 I don't want to be considered an instigator or anything but the idea of #gayjesus trending would be awesome just to see already pissed off people get really pissed off I missed the rant, but all I know is my timeline blew up in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 1m Stay tuned ... I'll get to the bottom of this "no for gay Jesus" vs. "no forget Jesus" stuff. Either way, Jesus will be involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 MMAFighting.com @MMAFighting 40s Romero said he wasn’t talking about gay marriage. He said he was talking about the American dream. Yeah, he is also upset Dusty Rhodes passed on. Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'm so confused but also so impressed with Romero. He looks incredible in terms of reflexes at 38, while Machida looks a shell of his former self and it's sad to see. Another really good night of fights for the UFC. They've been consistently delivering some high quality stuff this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I know Machida recently got destroyed by Rockhold and all, but this was really the first time Machida looked old and slow in the cage to me, and every bit his age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Well, Machida won the first round. I don't think it was his age as it was Romero eating his strikes and forcing him to fight a bit lackadaisical. He hit Romero with couple lefts that would have dropped a bunch of middleweights. Romero turned up the pressure and started landing shots as Machida was backing away. That forced Machida to abandon his kicks. The kicks set up the feints and punches. Machida thought he was going to land that one big clipping left that he just conceded Romero all the space in the cage. There was nothing to separate Machida and Romero. As a result, Romero bowled him over with that takedown and the rest is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 This is just my opinion, but I thought Romero edged out round 1. Just didn't think Machida scored any effective offense in that frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Lyoto's footwork and striking speed just seemed really labored compared to his normal (incredibly high) standards. It was still a really high level fight between two terrific athletes. I enjoyed it a lot but this ain't the same Machida of a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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