TheVileOne Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Well the earliest reports of him dying were apparently premature, but now he has definitively been taken off life support and passed away. RIP Shane. EDIT:My apologies everyone because Shane Del Rosario isn't dead yet. In my defense several outlets including ESPN reported that he was dead. And his coach even basically said he was dead. He's not out of the woods, but I am praying he will pull through and survive this at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 RIP, just way too young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Colin Oyama, who is Shane Del Rosario's trainer, last night wrote on Facebook, "Start praying people cause we got a shot!." www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/97-ufc/34225-shane-del-rosario-update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Ross Finkelstein @rossfinkelstein 34m Update re: Del Rosario: He has brain activity, off life support, squeezed mother's hand. Long way to go, but he is alive. #SDR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glfpunk Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 That is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Great to hear, hope he makes a full recovery. I would have to imagine that his MMA career is and probably should be over with now but just him surviving this situation is a miracle in every sense of the word. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 First fight at UFC 170 has been announced, Rustam Khabilov vs. Rafael dos Anjos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I know fans feared it, but it looks like the "UFC foreign events available only online" kicks into effect next month. The UFC show in Singapore will not be shown on TV in the US, but will be made available via the UFC's new online subscription network. That will surely work out well for them. http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/12/2/5166852/ufc-subscription-digital-network-international-cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 When will they start making foreign belts, and clouding everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I give this a year before they drop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_h Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 When will they start making foreign belts, and clouding everything? I really hope they don't do this... we don't need MMA to become like boxing with regional, regular, and super champions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 When will they start making foreign belts, and clouding everything? Here you go Vitor, here is the UFC 195lb Brazilian TRT Championship. I LIKE TO THANK HESUS 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 When will they start making foreign belts, and clouding everything? I really hope they don't do this... we don't need MMA to become like boxing with regional, regular, and super champions... Since they do have sponsor taxes and whatnot, why not fucking do sanctioning fees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 So TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia will actually air on Fox Sports 1 here starting in January. TUF: Penn vs. Edgar doesn't start until April 2014, which means their fight probably won't be until July/August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin877 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 There has been talk of all the International events diluting the television product. I will admit, I have had UFC "burnout" with so many events going back to back and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Yeah. I haven't missed a show in nearly a decade, but I'm starting to feel the burnout. This past weekend during the TUF finale, I was watching but spent more time reading. It is hard to let go though, as I know the second I do the first show I miss will have 5 FOTY candidates on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_h Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I agree. I have started to pay less attention to the smaller fight nights. Lately I have just been watching the main cards and skipping the prelims (baring an interesting fight or fighter that I want to see). A year ago I couldn't imagine skipping the prelims, but now I just find it hard to sit through six hours of UFC so many times per month. Cards like the recent Fight for the Troops and Henderson/Belfort literally had ONE fight that was worth watching. The UFC is becoming what Dana always said was terrible about boxing. You get a main event worth watching and then a bunch of crap fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Cards like the recent Fight for the Troops and Henderson/Belfort literally had ONE fight that was worth watching. T Disagree with that. The Henderson/Belfort show had quite a few brutal knockouts on that show and the crowd at the Troops show made it worthwhile. The pacing of it was terrible, but a few good fights nonetheless. These international shows won't have most of those aspects. You'll have the occasional UK show with an energetic crowd, but I see some of these shows being OneFC and Cage Warriors shows on HGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Hysterical that Penn actually thinks he has a chance against Edgar. Some people just don't know when to hold'em and when to fold'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 So I think I heard that one of these internet "house shows" for lack of a better term will be the Gustafsson main event. So you went from being one of the top 5 fights of the year to main eventing a show that maybe 8000 people will watch online. I didn't know the phrase "moving down the cards" also applied to MMA but definitely does in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glfpunk Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Probably will try to somewhat make the initial shows appealing to attract viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 The UK shows won't be that much of a problem. By the time those get up and going, college football will be long over. I think with the Asian shows, they may have to go the Top Rank undercard route of finding local draws rather than actual, legit talent. If they are picking guys that haven't fought MMA in a few years to coach TUF Nations or whatever the fuck it's called, then it's obvious they trying to be committed to a local international fanbase rather than us. You have your obvious drawbacks, but it's something I hinted back on the board a couple years ago. You can't make an indelible mark on a place running one show a year. We're far removed from having a UFC version of Tyson vs. Tubbs in Tokyo, but they're finally understanding they have to do the job the local national promotions can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 On that note, Askren is fighting Phil Baroni in One FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 The rumored TUF: Canada vs. Australia cast. There are like 5 Bellator guys on there. Team Canada: Olivier Aubin-Mercier Luke Harris Kajan Johnson Chad Laprise Nordine Taleb Elias Theodorou Sheldon Westcott Team Australia: Priscus Fogagnolo Vik Grujic Daniel Kelly Tyler Manawaroa Jake Matthews Brendan O’Reilly Zein Saliba Richard Walsh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Speaking of Bellator, former Bellator bantamweight champion Zach Makovsky signed with the UFC and is fighting Scott Jorgensen at UFC on Fox 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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