UFC Fight Night 26: Shogun vs. Sonnen (8/17/2013) - Boston, MA (TD Garden)

[glfpunk]

I can't wait till they start rebranding stuff in a year and a half.

 

There will be:

 

Fox

Fox Mega

Fox Ultra

 

With prelims being on comedy central. 

[Elsalvajeloco]

Looking forward to the shows on Fox El Ocho.

[EricR]

I have Comcast so didn't get Fuel, but at some point I noticed that Fox Deportes was airing those cards the next day. They've also now started showing old UFC cards, all dubbed over in Spanish. They showed UFC 22 last weekend and supposedly 23 soon. Also supposedly showing UFC 1 which I'm shocked Dana would want to air.

[Kuetsar]

 

And why they putting my man Ovince on Facebook?

He might have a chance to be in the main event depending on what happens tomorrow.

 

 

 

On Thursday, a closed-door session of the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission – spurred by a union complaint – will determine whether UFC fighter Chael Sonnen receives a license to fight at UFC Fight Night 26 next week.

A representative for the state's Department of Public Safety, which oversees the commission, said that following a complaint from a New York-based union, the commission elected to hold the meeting to determine whether Sonnen is appropriately using testosterone replacement therapy.

"The commissioners will sit in and they'll hammer out the issue," DPS spokesman Terrel Harris today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "When they've made a final decision, they'll let everybody know what that decision was. Bottom line is that they have to do it relatively soon, because the fight's a week from Saturday."

 

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/08/still-unlicensed-for-ufc-fight-night-26-chael-sonnen-awaits-commissions-ruling?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

This sounds like something Vince would have tried on Crockett back in the day. . .

[epwar]

OSP vs. Donovan result GIF:

 

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/801004829.gif?1376773567 

[hammerva]

Someone might want to tell Overeem that he isn't as great in the UFC as he thinks he is.  Two fights in a row where he dominates only to treat his opponent like nothing and get the shit knocked out of him at the end

[epwar]

Nice to see the same old Overeem show up.  

[Elsalvajeloco]

PRIDE DEAD! IT GONE!

[keith_h]

Wow... Didn't see that happening.

[glfpunk]

Great fight card in my opinion. Everybody keeps saying Overeem not respecting his opponent but i think dude was just tired. He punched himself out early.

I thought Shogun was a good matchup for Sonnen. Just dominated.

[J.T.]

Don't ever change, Chael Sonnen.  A Superstar Billy Graham promo.  Get the fuck outta here.

 

Wow,  Conor McGregor is quite the living incarnation of Fighty McIrish, ain't he?

[Elsalvajeloco]

Great fight card in my opinion. Everybody keeps saying Overeem not respecting his opponent but i think dude was just tired. He punched himself out early. 

Yeah, he was tired from laying it in the first half of the round.

 

And how awful is Yamasaki for missing that blatant illegal knee(s)?

[hammerva]

Oh my god Sonnen did a Superstar Billy Graham promo that probably took him a day to remember.  GIVE THAT MAN ANOTHER TITLE SHOT 

[epwar]

They give Sonnen title shots when he wins?

[MGFanJay]

Loved the prelims and main card. Overeem being owned and Sonnen whooping ass ruled.

 

Some highlights -

 

 

 

[Zero]

Vitor Belfort is the last of a dying breed. He's the last guy of the old guard still fighting high level right? 

 

Him vs. Chael will be a good fight to make. Is Overeem cut? Who's next for Matt Brown? So many questions. 

[Elsalvajeloco]

Leprechaun dude had to be plant. It was just so random for him to be on camera.

[The Natural]

Someone might want to tell Overeem that he isn't as great in the UFC as he thinks he is.  Two fights in a row where he dominates only to treat his opponent like nothing and get the shit knocked out of him at the end

 

Don't tell Overeem, it's fun seeing him get KO'd.

 

Look at this picture:

 

[Craig H]

Overeem is really fucking dumb. As soon as he started going ham without putting away Browne I figured he'd lose. Overeem may just have a worse gas tank than anyone else at heavyweight.

[DreamBroken]

Pretty entertaining show all the way through. Travis Browne's KO was a huge highlight.

[The Natural]

Bonuses:

 

Fight of the Night: Michael McDonald vs. Brad Pickett.

Knockout of the Night: Matt Brown and Travis Browne.Submission of the Night: Michael McDonald and Chael Sonnen.

[TheVileOne]

Here's another good one for Sonnen/Shogun

 

 

Can't really ask for much more for the FS1 debut.

 

Also is it time to anoint Uriah Hall as Phillipe Nover 2.0?

[Elsalvajeloco]

He's the Uriah Hall 1.0. There are a bunch of guys on the roster whose careers would be served better if they were in Bellator. They're not crappy enough to go back to the local circuit or good enough to consistently put together back-to-back wins in the UFC. All Uriah Hall would do if he got cut is go 5-0 w/ 5 KOs in the SoCal bum circuit or some money mark Asian promotion and then get signed by the UFC again only to be cut a few fights later. He still could be a quality pickup for a secondary promotion.

[epwar]

I feel bad for Hall as the Dana TUF Curse put huge pressure on him.  Just give him Josh Samman next, please!

[The Natural]