TheVileOne Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Cyborg is apparently going to fight at 135 in Invicta first, so I guess we'll see. I think she and her people are nutcases. Maybe she wouldn't have problems making the weight if she got off the gear. Also I was legit scared for Carlos Condit's life when Rory MacDonald challenged him a while back.
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 MacDonald is more Patrick Bateman than Bonnar will ever be. 2
epwar Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 For being Patrick Bateman, he showed zero killer instinct tonight. 4
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 Considering that Maia was able to land right hands when Rory leaped in, I didn't have a real issue with it. I still would like him to sit down more on his punches, but that's part of his speed advantage. Someone like Lawler (a southpaw BTW) would still give him problems, but his movement was still way better tonight. Part of finishing guys with strikes standing is the angles, and he got it working in the third. If he would've did that when he started taking over the round before, Maia would have been mush before the final horn.
Zero Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Well, a little different finish in the main event, but yep that went about how I thought it would. Who knew 2 lopsided fights would only last a little over 2 minutes!
The Natural Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 UFC's great 2013 hasn't carried into 2014 yet.
Zero Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Don't worry Stun Gun vs. Hathaway will turn that around! and that super packed Fight Pass card! Yay. Bellator can't start soon enough. 1
The Natural Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 You know another reason why it felt so quick was because an hour earlier he left TJ Waldburger to die. No consistency at all. Damn.
hammerva Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 So was anyone else disgusted by the commentary on this show? I know Rogan and Goldberg are given points to emphasize, but this felt like they were reading off a script at times (esp. in the Rory match). Also the stuff said during the Cormier fight to make it seem legit was hilarious. My favorite Roganism for lack of a better word when he said I think in the prelims that Cummins had over 40 cancelled fights before going to the UFC that how scared people was of him. Apparently people were so scared of him that they couldn't even talk about him because nobody heard of the guy 2 weeks ago.
epwar Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Apparently Dana was crushed in the post-fight press conference to learn the even only had a gate of $1.5 million. That just under 1/4 of what the show in December in the same building did. "But Dana told me Ronda was a huge star! The hugest UFC ever had!" 2
hammerva Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 But the promos. Those promos by Cormier and Cummins. That is what people want. People don't want to see good fights they want good "stories". 1
Zero Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 He's Rocky remember?! I totally forgot Rocky got his head smashed by Creed in a minute.
glfpunk Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 This was an event that they put absolutely no advertising or promotion into. On top of it the second biggest star on the card had to pull out with injury. What did people expect?
Robert S Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 He's Rocky remember?! I totally forgot Rocky got his head smashed by Creed in a minute. In the end he turned out to be The Great White Hype, if anybody remembers that movie. 1
Mr Harms Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 He's Rocky remember?! I totally forgot Rocky got his head smashed by Creed in a minute.In the end he turned out to be The Great White Hype, if anybody remembers that movie. Well he was in a band called Massive Head Wound. 1
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 He's Rocky remember?! I totally forgot Rocky got his head smashed by Creed in a minute. In the end he turned out to be The Great White Hype, if anybody remembers that movie. He should have stayed in the middle of the cage until the event was completely over and the Events Center had cleared out. 1
epwar Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 Early estimates have this show doing just over 300,000 buys. But Dana told me Ronda was the "hugest" star they've ever had!
IHFP Posted February 27, 2014 Posted February 27, 2014 Over 300K is comparable to Velasquez vs JDS III, and higher than Henderson vs Pettis. Considering the weak opponent and the historically weak undercard the buyrate is not that bad. Also no wonder WWE switched to the network, the fact that a Rousey squash match can almost double the buyrate of Cena vs Bryan, Lesnar vs Punk is crazy.
throughsilver Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 MacDonald is more Patrick Bateman than Bonnar will ever be. I wish. A true MMA Bateman would be spectacular. As it is, Bonnar is way closer. He can string a sentence together, and is somewhat delusional. MacDonald is just a single-speed bike away from being the world's toughest Belle and Sebastian fan. 1
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 28, 2014 Author Posted February 28, 2014 MacDonald is more Patrick Bateman than Bonnar will ever be. I wish. A true MMA Bateman would be spectacular. As it is, Bonnar is way closer. He can string a sentence together, and is somewhat delusional. MacDonald is just a single-speed bike away from being the world's toughest Belle and Sebastian fan. MacDonald seems....I dunno...Andrei Chikatilo-ish. Like he may have some bodies buried in some random park.
throughsilver Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Yeah, there is that. Kudos on the obscure but pretty apropos reference. If MacDonald retains a vicious streak for a decade, he'll be sorted.
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