Elsalvajeloco Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It likes JBJ-Rumble and Aldo-McGregor could be swapping dates with the LHW title fight being on 5/23 and the FW title fight being on 7/11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 MMAFighting.com @MMAFighting Ovince St. Preux vs. Patrick Cummins slated for UFC on FOX 15 (@shaunalshatti) http://sbnation.com/e/7696574 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 The UFC is having a Fight Night card in Manila on 5/16 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 MMAjunkie @MMAjunkie 11m UFC Fight Night 63 adds Clay Guida-Robbie Peralta, Justin Jones-Ron Stallings to lineup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Andre Fili vs. Godofredo Pepey and Shayna Baszler vs. Amanda Nunes have been added to the 3/21 Rio card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 The main event for UFC 189 (July 11) is indeed Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor for the UFC Featherweight championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Until someone gets injured or pulls out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I wonder how all this is going play out because 5/23 is JBJ/Rumble, 6/13 is Velasquez/ Werdum, and 7/11 is Aldo/McGregor. Lawler is expected to return somewhere in that timeframe. Although it could be the 189 co-main event, I am not ruling the welterweight title fight headlining 7/12 or the July Fox show in Chicago. Someone is going to end up with a Rousey co-main either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 We got have a Kickstarter for Chris Weidman to find new body parts: Bloody Elbow @BloodyElbow 7m Weidman injured, Belfort fight scrapped; Rousey vs. Zingano headlines UFC 184 http://sbnation.com/e/7718660 I'm guessing Belfort fights Romero since why the fuck not. Edit: Torn rib cartilage and return set for April/May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Guilherme Cruz @guicruzzz 37s Ray Longo told Combate TV Chris Weidman had "a freak accident in a weird spot" while training wrestling. Said Weidman feels bad for Belfort. Dan Henderson has fought 3 times since Belfort beat him in Vitor's last fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 And that's when Henderson should not be fighting anymore. Weidman's career is pretty much going the way of Dominick Cruz's at this point. It's getting derailed by injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Wonderboy out. https://twitter.com/shaunalshatti/status/561326697618743297 #TheTimeIsNow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Cormier suggested Woodley take his money and fight Thatch instead. I mean that's not a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I agree with him. However, he's scheduled to be in the co-main event tomorrow. Not sure what the UFC is willing to offer him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Well all those people that tell us the Rousey was the bigger draw is going to get their chance once again. Not likely in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Well all those people that tell us the Rousey was the bigger draw is going to get their chance once again. Not likely in this case. All the armchair idiots said UFC 157 was going to bomb and it didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I agree with him. However, he's scheduled to be in the co-main event tomorrow. Not sure what the UFC iShow mes willing to offer him. Dave Sholler say's it is on and it's moot now, but they could have easily bumped McMann vs. Tate to the co-main. Fox might be a little pissed, but it's not like Lineker vs. McCall is a bad FS1 prelim headliner. I mean "Strasser" Kunimoto was out there headlining the prelims not too long ago. As far as Ronda goes, I think the Holm vs. Pennington co-main gimmick is kinda intriguing. It could also backfire because Lenny Fresquez might not put Holly in there with Ronda yet for a couple good reasons. First, they didn't go to Europe to fight Cecilia Braekhus in boxing and that would've crowned the best female fighter in the world. She would have gotten paid more in that fight than what she will get paid in her 2nd UFC fight. Second, I think Holm has said it herself she has a lot of work to do before fighting Rousey. If you know Fresquez is a notoriously hard dude to deal with (his dealings with the Sauerlands and the first Holm/UFC negotiation) and Holm might not call her out if/when she wins, you might as well have tried to get Yoel Romero or Vitor a tune-up as a co-main instead. I think that's very, very risky long-term. Short term, it can help the PPV do decent business by selling people the Rousey/Holm angle. However, people will be pissed if it doesn't happen and ends up being the winner of Bethe Correia/Sarah Kaufman or somebody who won't help promote the fight. You also have to take into account that Ronda is also very low-key since she has more responsibility with her personal brand and her movie career. She most likely isn't going to do what use to sell her fights back a year or so ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ken Erico Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Are they not going with the winner of Tate-McMann as the next contender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Probably not with Holly Holm making her debut next month. Not that she will get a fight with one win. But they are probably looking for fresher opponents for Rousey before rematches with Tate who she has finished twice and McMan. Or Zingano can always get an upset . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Sara McMann can beat Miesha 30-24 on every scorecard. She still ain't getting close to a title shot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 SportsCenter @SportsCenter · 8m UFC's @DanaWhite has a big announcement for UFC 183 Saturday night, he'll be taking over the SC account! #SCatUFC183 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ken Erico Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 What's the point of #2 vs. #3 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 What's the point of #2 vs. #3 then? To let you know who is the better girl that lost to Ronda Rousey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 What's the point of #2 vs. #3 then? It's not a title eliminator fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 What's the point of #2 vs. #3 then? To get eyeballs for the prelims. I told several of my friends about the fight and it's the only fight in the prelims they plan on watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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