Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Guilherme Cruz @guicruzzz 1m TUF Brazil 3 Finale with Wanderlei Silva vs. Chael Sonnen set for Sao Paulo, according to Grace Tourinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 http://mmajunkie.com/2014/03/ufc-173-weidman-vs-machida-lineup-finalized-varner-krause-kicks-off-ppv/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter UFC 173 card two months out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 ...Weidman just hurt his knee. MY BAD YALL The bout is being moved to the July 5th show. New main event will be announced soon. http://www.ufc.com/news/UFC-173-update-weidman?utm_campaign=UFC+173&utm_source=15600&utm_medium=Twitter%3A+ufc& Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 They just had to make the card official with 2 full months to go, they tempted their fates with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 http://mmajunkie.com/2014/03/ufc-173-weidman-vs-machida-lineup-finalized-varner-krause-kicks-off-ppv/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter UFC 173 card two months out I was this close to replying "when will the injuries hit" dammit! What the hell can they put on the main event now? My bet is they move Chael/Wanderlei to this card. And is this move because Rousey's bouts fell through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Dos Santos/Miocic (or any replacement bout) isn't a big enough co-main event to being doing all that. They need the help in May when everyone has spent their money on Pac/Bradley II and Mayweather/Maidana. Cotto/Martinez is two later weeks after 173. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 They have to add some sort of a big fight to the card. At minimum they'll need another title fight for the card with the FW, BW and FLW titles being the only possibilities as far as that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Aldo/Mendes II since JDS trains at Nova Uniao would make the most sense, but they probably would have announced that bout already if it was happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Can Renan Barao vs. Raphael Assuncao make this card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Can Renan Barao vs. Raphael Assuncao make this card? I intentionally left that out. You don't go to the MGM with that fight. Hell, you would do that at the Marquee ballroom inside the hotel. I know Aldo and Barao are the same level of draw, but Barao/Assuncao is a fight you do in Northeast Brazil on FS1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 So Mendes vs. Aldo II then? Sans Coach of the Year Duane Ludwig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Aldo is already training so I guess they would have contacted him by now. It doesn't sound like he is too keen on a rematch from an interview I've read, but he is not in a position to negotiate since 169 was far from gangbusters in terms of buys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Aldo is already training so I guess they would have contacted him by now. It doesn't sound like he is too keen on a rematch from an interview I've read, but he is not in a position to negotiate since 169 was far from gangbusters in terms of buys. Who else can he fight right now? Pettis isn't fighting him. All the other guys in the top 5 are guys he's beaten before. So it's a rematch or bust. Mendes is ranked No. 1. Aldo is in no position to turn down fights. Not saying I expect Mendes to beat him this time, but that's the fight right now since Swanson has a fight lined up with Stephens. He's also noncommittal about making a move up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He said it himself that it was between Mendes and Swanson and now just Mendes since Cub was given a fight already. I don't think he has any illusions of any other options on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 You would think that this news affects what takes place at UFC 174. If they bump up Aldo/Mendes to May when they were planning on doing it in June potentially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 June in the UFC is the August of professional boxing. It wouldn't be the first time a UFC PPV in June has gotten screwed over. Every June PPV in the TUF era has stunk when it came to star power and card depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Indeed. Last year we got a June show headlined by Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson with Roy Nelson vs. Stipe Miocic as the co-main. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hey @danawhite, let me have @lyotomachidafw, just like you let him have @jonnybones when I got hurt @ufc Please no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitlick Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Isn't Machida a MW now? Would he really gain anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 See you let that miserable old bellend win a match and he gets back to thinking he's anything other than one trick roided up pony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Just throwing out ideas here but what about Henderson vs. Cormier for 173? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshEngleman Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The only fight that makes any sense in Lil Nog. Henderson has absolutely nothing for Cormier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The TUF 19: Team Penn vs. Team Edgar cast features a guy (Nordine Taleb) who was just on TUF: Nations. The full cast pre-eliminations: Corey Anderson (3-0), 24, Lincoln, Ill.Kelly Anundson (6-1), 29, Deerfield Beach, Fla.Anton Berzin (3-1), 24, Philadelphia, Pa.Josh Clark (7-2), 29, Richmond, Ky.Chris Fields (8-4), 30, Dublin, IrelandMatthew Gabel (8-3), 28, Le Mars, IowaLyman Good (15-3), 28, New York, N.Y.Eddie Gordon (6-1), 29, Uniondale, N.Y.Jacob Heun (6-3), 26, Coconut Creek, Fla.Mike King (5-0), 30, Naples, Fla.Tyler King (7-1), 33, North Attleboro, Mass.Dhiego Lima (8-1), 33, Sugar Hill, Ga.Adrian Miles (14-5), 30, Biloxi, Miss.Tyler Minton (5-1), 26, Johnson City, Tenn.Todd Monaghan (8-2), 31, Clinton, IowaCody Mumma (5-1), 30, Henderson, Colo.Cathal Pendred (13-2), 26, Dublin, IrelandJohn Poppie (3-1), 24, Ettrick, Wis.Doug Sparks (7-2), 31, Bloomington, Ind.Daniel Spohn (8-3), 29, Columbus, OhioJoshua Stansbury (4-2), 29, East Liverpool, OhioIan Stephens (4-0), 25, Ringgold, Ga.Adam Stroup (5-1), 27, Denver, Colo.Nordine Taleb (8-2), 32, Montreal, CanadaHector Urbina (16-8), 26, Coconut Creek, Fla.Matt Van Buren (6-2), 27, Chula Vista, Calif.Bojan Velickovic (8-2), 33, Delray Beach, Fla.Daniel Vizcaya (7-2), 28, Aurora, Ill.Patrick Walsh (4-1), 25, Stoughton, Mass.Tim Williams (8-1), 27, Millville, N.J.Roger Zapata (5-1), 27, New York, N.Y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 They going retro Bellator with Lyman Good and Hector Urbina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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