SturmCRF Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I honestly had no idea UFC over here cost that much. Not that I was desperate to go, but I'd have given it some thought next time they were at Wembley Arena for say, £40 or so. £97?! I'm amazed they sell any tickets! Some of the major US PPVs would at least go some way to justifying it, but paying that kind of money to see a one match card where the one match is Michael Bisping continuing to float around the lower reaches of the top ten seems like the mark of a lunatic with money to burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 My mistake, the cheapest tickets are £75 (plus a £8.75 booking fee, so £83.75). That's still a hell of a lot though. At UFC 105 four years ago, the same seats in the same building were £40, the the card had Couture vs Vera, Bisping vs Kang and Hardy vs Swick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Machida and Munoz trained together a bunch at Black House in the past, wonder who got the better of each other when they sparred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Just going to leave this right here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Dave Meltzer on the best MMA fights ever: http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/9/29/4779562/where-jones-gustafsson-ranks-with-the-greatest-fights-ever I'm tempted to do a UFC one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 There is something truly bizarre in Meltzer saying Jones vs. Gustafsson was great, but not an all-time great like Frye vs. Takayama or Guida vs. Diego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 There is something truly bizarre in Meltzer saying Jones vs. Gustafsson was great, but not an all-time great like Frye vs. Takayama or Guida vs. Diego. Yeah, particularly the latter fight. Here's my attempt (with little sleep) at the ten best fights in UFC history listed in the order they happened. 1. Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo, UFC 33 2. Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar, The Ultimate Fighter I Finale 3. Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg, UFC 52 4. Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia, UFC 68 5. Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen, UFC 117 6. Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard, UFC 125 7. Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio Rua, UFC 139 8. Chan Sung-Jung vs. Dustin Poirier, UFC on Fuel 3 9. Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann, UFC on Fuel TV 8: Silva vs. Stann 10. Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson, UFC 165 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Thank you for not putting Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva from UFC 79 on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glfpunk Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Man, I remember when I got back into watching MMA seven or so years ago it was so easy to get caught up in everything that had taken place in the MMA world in the years that I'd missed and so easy to catch up on watching all the great fights that had taken place up to that point in time. It would almost be overwhelming but would be so awesome to be at a point where I was just now starting to watch MMA because you could get caught up by watching an almost endless loop of all-time great fights because there's been so many of them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 pettis/henderson 1 remains the best 5 round fight i've ever seen. it's a damn shame the Meltz didn't mention it. and while i may not personally agree, but rampage/hendo was considered one of the absolute best LHW title fights ever back when it happened. kinda weird to never see it mentioned anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Anthony Pettis baby bruv Sergio has signed with the UFC and will make his debut at UFC 167 per Globo.tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 He's been fighting at Flyweight but I think his future is probably at BW as he gets older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Did any 804 guys make it to the Richmond Rumble over the weekend? I took my now ex-girlfriend to see Sheryl Underwood on Saturday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Off the top of my head, Big Nog -v- Herring at PRIDE 17 might still be my favorite fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Vaughn Lee will be Sergio Pettis' UFC 167 opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Rafael "Sapo" Natal is stepping in to fight Tim Kennedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I would just say make Carmouche vs. Davis the main event instead, but that's just me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 It's a card for the military so they can still hype up a Kennedy fight as the main event of a card like that. Say whatever you want about Kennedy but he's an Army Ranger who was a member of the special forces, that's definitely a much better back story as a main event of a military card the some random chick fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 It's a card for the military so they can still hype up a Kennedy fight as the main event of a card like that. Say whatever you want about Kennedy but he's an Army Ranger who was a member of the special forces, that's definitely a much better back story as a main event of a military card the some random chick fight. Well there was this thing called Don't Ask, Don't Tell...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Um, Liz Carmouche was a Marine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Liz Carmouche is a marine and also main evented a UFC PPV in a title fight. I just see her fight with Davis as more relevant in terms of rankings now than Kennedy vs. Natal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Liz Carmouche is a marine and also main evented a UFC PPV in a title fight. I just see her fight with Davis as more relevant in terms of rankings now than Kennedy vs. Natal. I mean I'm not a big women's MMA fan, but it makes way more sense than "Hey...it's Tim Kennedy." If you want to get any major gay and lesbian interest group to cover another UFC show outside of UFC 157, this would be it. And the UFC has already covered it twice with her. Shit, the UFC could even run video packages of how "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was a shitty piece of legislation and getting overturned was the best thing for the armed forces. Hell, the WNBA, the LPGA, and women's tennis don't even fucking do that type of stuff, have the courage to do it, or get the opportunity to do it. Plus, it would be a big FU to all those terrible coalitions or whatever stupid groups they are fighting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimoDANK Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 So is this where we talk about how badass and tough Ronda and that Armenian dude are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Armenians and Ronda are too perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Herman vs. Leites at UFC 167. That would have been an UFN co-main event in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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