UFC Ongoing Thread (1 Viewer)

[Casey Trowbridg]

The prospect of Machida somehow eventually ending up with that belt makes me very nervous. Mainly because it has a real good chance of happening if for no other reason than to spite me.

So, while the UFC has been chearning out new matches all week and stuff, there's been something going on I haven't even mentioned here.

There was to be a World Cagefighting Organization show last night in San Diego. Renato "Babalu" Sobral was to headline and it was going to feature other big names like Ricco Rodriguez, David "The Crow" Loiseau and Joe Riggs.

The weigh-ins on Friday took nearly 5 hours to complete for various reasons, people not showing up and what not and then the show was actually canceled yesterday. Why was it canceled? Because the CSAC determined that the group had insufficient funds to pay the fighter's purses.

I guess it is good to get that first big disaster of a show out of the way early in the calendar year, and it could be awhile before we see a failure so spectacular again.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

In other, happier news, it looks like the UFC is lining up some big name sponsors.

Harley Davidson recently signed on and UFC is trying to secure a deal with Budweiser

It is nice to see that sort of thing because big name sponsors really help to validate your sport in the public eye in a lot of ways.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

The streak of UFC match announcements continues. Jason MacDonald Vs. Joe Doerksen at UFC 84

The Canadian debut is going to be a strong show. I know that the Sherk fight has been moved to May in all likelyhood but still it is a strong show.

 

[JoshRas]

Is Sherk fighting for the belt or another match? The owner of the show that got cancelled was on Inside MMA the other day, he sounded really excited for his organization, this almost sounds like the death blow to it though.

As bad as it is for it to fail, the other mid level organizations could use their top talent...IFL, WEC, EliteXC, M-1.

 

[Andres Munoz]

Each fight would be interesting for their own reasons. Liddell vs. Jardine because I'd love to see Liddell avenge that loss. And Liddell vs. Silva because I'd love to see another great brawl, just like the first one was and maybe we'll get to see a more aggressive Silva this time. But I think those matches should wait until they are title matches to make them a hell of a lot more interesting.

 

[Mikah Cerucco]

I'm a big fan of pointing out that just because someone beats someone else on any given night doesn't mean that same result would happen on a different night -- especially in MMA, where so many things can happen. Still, my general thought about rematches is there has to be a reason. Reasons can be things like controversial win, uncommon mistake, etc. I didn't see any of that in either of Chuck's recent fights. I'd rather Silva go against Jardine and Chuck gets the winner. As for Tito Ortiz, I don't see where he's earned a shot at any of the top fighters, but of course he's money in the bank still. I would have no problem with a Liddell v Rua fight.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Mac Danzig to fight at UFC 84

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

While Danzig's next match is now known (see previous post)
several TUF 6 fighters get released

Nearly half of this season's cast got released from their UFC deals.

 

[JoshRas]

A lot of them were too one dimensional or just lacked the experience to compete right now in the UFC. I think even tommy speer falls into this category. Lots of brute strength but what else does he have? not much right now. Unless he is just handed a complete can, he wont be doing so good for a year or 2.

I think a better avenue for the UFC to take with the Ultimate Fighter show is to use the fighters they already have. I know very little about guys who are fighting on the undercard of most cards, other than their name. It would make those fights a lot more interesting. The UFC is getting big enough, and Im sure Spike would love this too...have another show to feature the newbies and one for guys already in the UFC. The current TUF format is getting a little stale.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

UFC kind of did that with TUF 4 and the results were less than stellar.

The problem is that you've got 2 forces fighting against one another. UFC who wants to cast guys that can fight, and SpikeTV who wants to cast guys who are interesting personalities. Face is both of those masters have to be served somehow for the show to be any good. A show with a bunch of great fighters who are as boring as rocks would be a complete disaster. A show with guys who can't fight but are entertaining in the house or whatever would turn off the fight fans.

This last time I think they went too far with the people they thought were good personalities.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Father and son to fight in bouts at Cage Rage 25

I'll be watching.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

good news if you hate hearing about people failing drug tests

 

[Andres Munoz]

Wow, Melvin Guillard is clean?

How good is Ryan Shamrock? I've never seen him fight.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

He's only had one pro fight.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Full WEC 32 line-up (press release)

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

The inevitable has happened

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

British heavyweight heads to the UFC

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

It is rare that I link to something that isn't on my website in one form or another but I thought I'd cut out the middle man this time.

Check out Dave Meltzer's column at Yahoo on the failure that was the WCO event.

 

[JoshRas]

sounds like belochhio was WAY over his head. I thought Joe Riggs was still with the UFC?

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

No, Riggs was to appear in the WEC earlier in 2007 but asked for and got out of his UFC deal.

Riggs is a classic example of a beast in training who is missing something during the actual fights.

Of course, he has at times had to deal with more pressing issues like the death of a young son.