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dbreiden83080
04-27-2010, 09:58 PM
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/295580/ufc-113-poster.jpg



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Don't just watch the preview watch this trailer below. Without a doubt the best UFC trailer i have ever seen.. Amazing..


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Main Card

Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher

Preliminary Card

Middleweight bout: Joe Doerksen vs. Tom Lawlor
Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet
Welterweight bout: TJ Grant vs. Johny Hendricks
Heavyweight bout: Tim Hague vs. Joey Beltran
Welterweight bout: Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Mike Guymon

Really good card, gotta think about this one with the picks..

The TroutBum
04-27-2010, 11:33 PM
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher

These are all easy picks for me. I really don't pick with my brain, I pick who I like more... Which is why I suck at this game. Anyhow, I'd pick my right nut against Koscheck -- I hate that arrogant fuckstick, and everyone from his camp. They can all suck a large one.

CubanSucks
04-27-2010, 11:48 PM
I'm saving my money for 114. The Kos and Kimbo fights look good but for some reason I just can't get into Machida Shogun. There's nothing that really entices me with them two. Maybe it's because they're both Brazilian and I just hate any Brazilian. The moment one of them fights another American, I'll be all over that fight

CubanSucks
04-27-2010, 11:49 PM
Damn it feels good to post in this forum again. It's been dead for a good while

dallaskd
04-28-2010, 12:35 AM
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher

dallaskd
04-28-2010, 12:36 AM
Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher

lol.

polandprzem
04-28-2010, 01:46 AM
Main Card

Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher

Preliminary Card

Middleweight bout: Joe Doerksen vs. Tom Lawlor
Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet
Welterweight bout: TJ Grant vs. Johny Hendricks
Heavyweight bout: Tim Hague vs. Joey Beltran
Welterweight bout: Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Mike Guymon

sa_butta
04-28-2010, 08:59 AM
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher

ace3g
04-28-2010, 11:52 AM
My Winners:

Machida
Daley
Stephens
Kimbo
Cote

Stringer_Bell
04-28-2010, 12:32 PM
Main Card
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
- Rua has figured out Lyoto's method of attack, so Lyoto has a lot more to change/improve when it comes to creating offense while Rua can simply continue to reinforce his knowledge of Lyoto's timing and tricks. Lyoto has to deal with Rua's versatility and experience. We'll see if Lyoto wants to do the unthinkable - go on the attack and catch Rua by surprise. I don't see it happening, and if it gets passed the 4th round I foresee another decisions but this time for Rua.

Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
- Daley is a bitch, Kos is a punk, but I'd rather see Kos submit Daley than see Daley run his mouth off more. AKA has a good game plan for this, know it.

Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens

Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
- Mitrione's problem is his cardio, he's got decent instinct and good power. Kimbo always has a chance, but for the sake of my win % I'm going with the better pick.

Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher
- Belcher is the last person I want on my way back up the division, vicious KO by Belcher

MannyIsGod
04-28-2010, 01:12 PM
I hate meathead. I hope he gets destroyed.

CubanSucks
04-28-2010, 02:35 PM
Daley is a bitch, Kos is a punk, but I'd rather see Kos submit Daley than see Daley run his mouth off more. AKA has a good game plan for this, know it.

Not questioning that anything happened but what did Daley say? I gotta go with my AKA boys always

desflood
04-28-2010, 04:39 PM
Hitler reacts to Shogun/Machida 2.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd3tdk_hitler-reacts-to-ufc-113-machida-vs_shortfilms


Main Card

Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher

Preliminary Card

Middleweight bout: Joe Doerksen vs. Tom Lawlor
Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet
Welterweight bout: TJ Grant vs. Johny Hendricks
Heavyweight bout: Tim Hague vs. Joey Beltran
Welterweight bout: Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Mike Guymon

dallaskd
04-29-2010, 12:05 AM
Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher

lol

dallaskd
04-29-2010, 12:05 AM
My Winners:

Cote

lol

The TroutBum
04-29-2010, 03:16 PM
lol.

lol? Really?

http://www.khurak.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Alan-Belcher-Tattoo.jpg

That's about the only thing I'm LOL'ing about. That, and every fight I've seen this guy in he gets crushed. I'm no Cote fan, but Belcher sucks my hairy chode marbles.

dbreiden83080
04-29-2010, 10:10 PM
I'm saving my money for 114. The Kos and Kimbo fights look good but for some reason I just can't get into Machida Shogun. There's nothing that really entices me with them two. Maybe it's because they're both Brazilian and I just hate any Brazilian. The moment one of them fights another American, I'll be all over that fight

Yeah it's actually a better overall card for 113 but 114 will be the first one that gets my money since 106. Page and Shad i am so jacked up for..

dbreiden83080
05-06-2010, 04:40 PM
Main Card

Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
I think Machida will come in with a great gameplan and pull this out by decision but clear decision this time. He seems super motivated to prove he is the real champ and his era is just begginning. I think he'll show up big here..

Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Winner of this one gets next crack at GSP. I'l take Kos based on how smart i believe he will fight here. He must use his wrestling and not rush into anything stupid here. Daley will put his lights out bad if he stands and trades. Kos by GNP and decision..

Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens

Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
I don't know why i am taking Kimbo. Both these guys are nothing special. I'm sure we all agree on that..

Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher
Hopefully Cote looks good after all this time off..

djohn14
05-06-2010, 08:45 PM
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher

Stringer_Bell
05-06-2010, 10:35 PM
Not questioning that anything happened but what did Daley say? I gotta go with my AKA boys always

Daley has launched a stereotypical British campaign to photoshop whoever is fighting against the British fighter. He's also always talking about all the women he bangs, how that makes him a better fighter, and how no one can stop his ascent. I don't like Kos, but he's too smart for Daley in this fight.

dbreiden83080
05-07-2010, 05:35 PM
Weigh ins

http://www.ufc.com/

djohn14
05-07-2010, 07:02 PM
Im pumped for this card

polandprzem
05-08-2010, 01:55 PM
I'm so overworked and had so little amout of sleep that I noticed just few hours ago that they are fighting today. All week long or so I thought that they will fight nex Saturday

:rolleyes


that's better cause I'm not feeling fine mentaly
4am - good considering I'm at work and nothing will be going on at that time .. I hope

polandprzem
05-08-2010, 01:56 PM
Damn Koscheck is kinda pissed.
I see him beating Daley good if he stays carefull not going for an exchange.

CubanSucks
05-08-2010, 03:40 PM
Mitrione sportin the Pink Floyd shirt:lol, gotta root for him

CubanSucks
05-08-2010, 03:42 PM
Daley annoys me just by the way he looks. He looks like a little monkey man. And no it's not cause he's black. Forrest and Ortiz both look like monkey men themselves :rollin

cornbread
05-08-2010, 08:05 PM
Machida
Kos
Stout
Kimbo
Belcher

SpursTillTheEnd
05-08-2010, 08:21 PM
KImbo is going to whoop some ass tonight baby
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p256/tommyjmc/kimbo_slice-1.jpg

Johnny_Blaze_47
05-08-2010, 09:37 PM
lol? Really?

http://www.khurak.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Alan-Belcher-Tattoo.jpg

That's about the only thing I'm LOL'ing about. That, and every fight I've seen this guy in he gets crushed. I'm no Cote fan, but Belcher sucks my hairy chode marbles.

Not that I'm gonna say it to Belcher's face after seeing him pick up Cote like that, but is that Johnny Cash or Kim Jong Il?

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 09:51 PM
KImbo is going to whoop some ass tonight baby
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p256/tommyjmc/kimbo_slice-1.jpg

sadly not

He had a decent 1st round but got leg kicked and beat the hell up in round 2..

Ref stoppage on the ground...

Johnny_Blaze_47
05-08-2010, 09:51 PM
Mitrione beat Kimbo like he lost money on those old Bangbros videos.

MannyIsGod
05-08-2010, 09:52 PM
Fucking hate meathead. Kimbo ran out of gas really really fast. I guess we've seen his peak.

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 09:52 PM
Probably one more fight in the UFC for Kimbo and if he loses that's it..

desflood
05-08-2010, 10:06 PM
I'm only staying awake for the main event. Hard for me to get into the rest of this card.

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 10:31 PM
0-3 so far

my picks are a disaster this season... :lol

desflood
05-08-2010, 10:34 PM
Poor db :lol

My beer is warm, dammit.

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 10:38 PM
Well i picked Kos

So lets see if this is 0-4..

desflood
05-08-2010, 10:41 PM
Don't you jinx me, db. Aside from picking Stout I'm doing well so far.

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 10:43 PM
Don't you jinx me, db. Aside from picking Stout I'm doing well so far.

:hat

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 10:54 PM
Kos just faked another fuckin illegal blow

WTF

SpursTillTheEnd
05-08-2010, 10:58 PM
man mma fighters is weak why cant they fight kimbo straight up they have to wrestle him on the ground to win

Johnny_Blaze_47
05-08-2010, 11:02 PM
man mma fighters is weak why cant they fight kimbo straight up they have to wrestle him on the ground to win

WTH?

Kimbo nearly collapsed with all those leg kicks from Mitrione. Kimbo was gone. He had nothing left in the tank. What's Mitrione supposed to do, let Kimbo throw lovetaps w/o any energy to drive through? Why? Just so you can watch a standup fight?

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:03 PM
man mma fighters is weak why cant they fight kimbo straight up they have to wrestle him on the ground to win

Duly noted..

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:03 PM
Kos is just out-wrestling Daley as many expected here in the 3rd

Johnny_Blaze_47
05-08-2010, 11:03 PM
man mma fighters is weak why cant they fight kimbo straight up they have to wrestle him on the ground to win

And last I checked, this wasn't boxing. It's MMA, which includes ground work.

If you want Kimbo to fight standup only, have him fight Wladimir Klitschko.

BlackSwordsMan
05-08-2010, 11:05 PM
lol kimbo is an embarrassment

BlackSwordsMan
05-08-2010, 11:05 PM
even if they stood them up guy has no cardio

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:05 PM
Kos won easy

30-27 just controlled with his wrestling...

Johnny_Blaze_47
05-08-2010, 11:05 PM
Whoa, Daley!

resistanze
05-08-2010, 11:06 PM
Whoa, Daley!

:lol

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:06 PM
Jesus Daley hit Kos after the fight was over


WOW!!!

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:07 PM
Daley is gonna get wacked by the UFC for that i mean shit

What a jerk..

resistanze
05-08-2010, 11:08 PM
LOL Kos, dude's a tool.

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:08 PM
Kos shit-talking the crowd

LOL

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:09 PM
He earned the right to get his ass kicked by GSP again..

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:10 PM
Kos and Daley are both tools..

They deserve eachother.. :lol

InRareForm
05-08-2010, 11:11 PM
lol of no replay on that. dana white was like, "fuck!"

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:11 PM
Alright i scored the 1st fight live and we all know it was controvesial

Had it 3-2 Shogun

We'll see how this one goes..

Very interesting fight coming up..

Johnny_Blaze_47
05-08-2010, 11:12 PM
I really like Machida, but I think Shogun wins this fight.

redzero
05-08-2010, 11:13 PM
Anybody going to Koscheck's after party? Sounds pretty awesome.

resistanze
05-08-2010, 11:15 PM
I want Rua to win, but I think Lyoto will adjust and take this one.

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:15 PM
Anybody going to Koscheck's after party? Sounds pretty awesome.

Be lucky to get out of Canada alive...

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:15 PM
I want Rua to win, but I think Lyoto will adjust and take this one.

Me too

redzero
05-08-2010, 11:18 PM
Sure is shitty screamo entrance music in here.

Johnny_Blaze_47
05-08-2010, 11:18 PM
Sure is shitty screamo entrance music in here.

I don't care what anybody says... I like Mike Shinoda.

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:20 PM
"It's Timeeeeeeeeeeeee 5 rounds for the UFC LHW Championship of the WORLD!!"

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:21 PM
Both guys look really ready..

Here we go..

resistanze
05-08-2010, 11:25 PM
Shogun!!!!!1 OMG!

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:26 PM
Shogun took him out

It's over!!!!!

Johnny_Blaze_47
05-08-2010, 11:26 PM
Shogun is a bad man.

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:26 PM
Big Time

Big Time

Big Time WIN!!!!!

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:27 PM
Over-hand right got the mount and put it away..

BlackSwordsMan
05-08-2010, 11:28 PM
awesome win for shogun fuck machida

redzero
05-08-2010, 11:28 PM
lol Machida

resistanze
05-08-2010, 11:28 PM
Over-hand right got the mount and put it away..

Fucking amazing! Couldn't be more happy to be wrong.

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:28 PM
Machida went from unbeatable to what seems like exposed in 2 fights..

resistanze
05-08-2010, 11:29 PM
NICE shiner.

Johnny_Blaze_47
05-08-2010, 11:29 PM
Damn, Machida got closed up!

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:29 PM
Not really a Shogun fan

But what a win he really got it done tonight

Machida has a really messed up eye after that shot

resistanze
05-08-2010, 11:30 PM
Machida went from unbeatable to what seems like exposed in 2 fights..

I think Machida was probably overly conscious about the kick threat. Got him right in the temple.

BlackSwordsMan
05-08-2010, 11:31 PM
Machida vs snadandnerson

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:32 PM
Shogun was a beast in Pride.. Had some surgeries and didn't look the same but now seems to be all the way back. Very interesting to see where he goes from here.

I think winner of Page and Shad is next in line..

Page and Shogun 2 would be cool..

Page got beat bad the first time..

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:35 PM
UFC 113 poster off my sig

114 poster already on.. :lol

redzero
05-08-2010, 11:42 PM
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3992/1273380007907.png (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/1273380007907.png/)
>Machida's face

dbreiden83080
05-08-2010, 11:43 PM
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3992/1273380007907.png (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/1273380007907.png/)
>machida's face

ouch!!!

polandprzem
05-08-2010, 11:52 PM
I exploded after Shogun taken Machida out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great victory, fantastic.



Haha Koscheck great as well with fuck you to daley and 'you will loste to Pittsburgh' :)


:tu

got to go
bblater

redzero
05-08-2010, 11:54 PM
UzfY-aXGcBY

resistanze
05-08-2010, 11:55 PM
lol Machida

"People said Rua found the way to beat me, so tell me, why didn't he win our match?"

Stringer_Bell
05-09-2010, 01:55 AM
lol Machida

"People said Rua found the way to beat me, so tell me, why didn't he win our match?"

I thought that was an odd and out of character comment from him, maybe something got mixed in translation? Didn't seem like a smart thing to say about such a close fight.

So yea...great card tonight, totally worth the money I would have spent on UFC 114 :p:

- Cote looked stronger than I anticipated, but Belcher is a hungry mofo that can take a hit.
- Mitrione chopped Kimbo's legs off, but Kimbo got released as a result.
- I would have been 5 for 5 if Stout would have leg kicked more in the 3rd round, shit. :(
- Daley pulling off the real shocker, I thought he had more class. Bragging about his girlfriends, his take down defense, and striking...the bitch got in a clean hit after the bell and he didn't drop Kos.
- See my prediction post for comments on Shogun. :hat

djohn14
05-09-2010, 09:40 AM
Im so happy Shogun won!

dbreiden83080
05-09-2010, 10:00 AM
1-4 on this card

I fuckin suck hard this season... :lol

dbreiden83080
05-09-2010, 10:08 AM
MONTREAL -- No one is invincible: That's the belief Mauricio "Shogun" Rua carried into the Octagon last night at UFC 113 for his rematch with light heavyweight champion Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida.



But Rua would rely on more than a deeply embedded belief as he prepared to right a perceived wrong that took place seven months ago in Los Angeles, he also possessed the key to defeating Machida.



After their first fight, Rua discovered a weakness in Machida's once impenetrable armor. Though he'd come up short previously, losing a disputed unanimous decision, Rua knew he would prevail this time around.



Rua discovered that Machida left himself open to right hands when transitioning from defense to offense.



"In my first fight with Machida, I tried to exploit the kicks a lot, and I noticed that every time he tried to attack … he was attacking, but not with his hands in the proper place -- with his face exposed," Rua told ESPN.com during the postfight news conference. "That's why I worked this time, not only on the kicks, but also on high overhand rights."



[+] EnlargeEd Mulholland for ESPN.com
By defeating Anderson Silva, Mauricio Rua joins Mark Coleman as the only fighters to win both a UFC championship and Pride Grand Prix in their careers.

Rua wasted no time attempting to exploit the hole in Machida's game. He immediately went after Machida with kicks. Then he began to deliver right and left punches, several of which landed.



The more strikes he threw, the closer Rua would get to Machida's chin. Eventually, an overhand right found its mark.



Machida would go down, and Rua made sure he did not return to his feet.



"When I connected with the overhand right, I noticed that he was already going out," said Rua, who improved to 19-4-0. "Then I took the opportunity to keep punching him on the ground until the referee [Yves Lavigne] would stop it.



"I stopped punching before the referee called the fight. When we see the opportunity, we go in for the kill, because sometimes in a fight you only have one opportunity."

Their first fight was close, with Machida winning 48-47 on all three official cards. While Machida came away with the unanimous decision, many observers disagreed with the judges' scores.



Rua was among the dissenters and vowed to give the judges a night off during the rematch. He needed just 3 minutes, 35 seconds to send everyone at Bell Centre home early.



Machida (16-1-0) did have his moments; he took Rua down twice. On each occasion, however, Rua returned to his feet quickly.



Despite those brief moments when he appeared to have control, Machida never posed a serious threat to Rua.

The majority of this short fight was dominated by Rua, and he won it convincingly.



"Beating a guy like Machida the way he did in the first round, I don't even know the words to explain it," UFC president Dana White said. "It was awesome."



White refused to say who would likely be the new champion's first opponent. He appears to be keeping all options open; even a possible Rua-Machida rubber match can't yet be completely ruled out.



The Quinton Jackson-Rashad Evans winner is the front-runner for now. Their ongoing war of words will be resolved May 29 in Las Vegas.

"I don't know," White said. "This [Machida-Rua II] was a great fight, unbelievable. Rua looked incredible.



"Now we have to see what happens in that fight [Jackson-Evans]. To answer it [Rua's next opponent] tonight, I couldn't honestly do that."



One fighter who won't get the first shot at Rua is middleweight titleholder Anderson Silva. White is still fuming over the 185-pound champion's infamous outing against Demian Maia in April.



White isn't ruling out a possible battle between Rua and Silva in the not-too-distant future, but prefers Silva clean out the middleweight division first. That is something Silva might achieve within his next two fights.



Silva could find his way to the light heavyweight ranks, if he defeats Chael Sonnen -- whom he meets August 7 in Oakland, Calif. -- and Vitor Belfort.

"Anderson Silva is going to fight Chael Sonnen and then probably Vitor Belfort, then he will move up," White said. "I like to see guys clean their division out first.

"I'm still unhappy with Anderson. I want to see Anderson perform in his next fight.



"The way that Shogun performed tonight is the way the best fighters in the world should perform. That's what people are paying for. When you bought your ticket or when you bought pay-per-view, that's what you're paying for, what happened here tonight."



It happened because Rua entered the cage believing that no fighter is invincible, not even the former light heavyweight champion.

http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=5175010


MONTREAL – There was irony in Josh Koscheck’s UFC 113 win over Paul Daley on Saturday night at the Bell Centre, one that set up Koscheck for a title shot and cost Daley his job.

Koscheck was booed by the crowd of 17,647 fans, who wanted to see a grudge match end with wild punches and a knockout. Instead, they got what was almost a duplicate of the March 27 fight in Newark, N.J., where welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre won a decision over England’s Dan Hardy by using an effective but not particularly exciting style of ground control.


Josh Koscheck earned a title shot by holding down Paul Daley for a 30-27 decision at UFC 113.


Like St. Pierre against Hardy, Koscheck (17-4) took Daley (23-9-2), perhaps the most explosive welterweight striker, down to the ground and controlled him for most of three straight rounds, winning a straight 30-27 decision. The win was by far the biggest of Koscheck’s career.


The fight was to not only determine who would coach against St. Pierre on the next season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show, which starts filming in a few weeks, but also who would get the next crack at St. Pierre’s title in December.

The irony was that the longer the fight went, the more the pro-Daley crowd was upset, even though it was held before a Canadian fan base and with Koscheck using the style that has led to St. Pierre becoming one of the country’s most popular athletes.

The coincidence wasn’t lost on Koscheck.

“I executed the game plan to a T,” said Koscheck, who had told people he would going to stand with Daley only to shoot and take him down at the first opportunity. “I was doing my coaches’ game plan: that was to be a wrestler and win the match with wrestling.”

Even more frustrated than the crowd, though, was Daley. Koscheck admitted trash talking in Daley’s ear late in the fight, but he wouldn’t divulge the details. Whatever it was, it made the British fighter even more furious.

After the fight was over, Daley started jawing back and then hit Koscheck with a postfight sucker punch, the likes of which haven’t been seen in the UFC cage in recent memory.

Koscheck said that Daley, unable to get off the bottom position, also tried gouging his eyes late in the fight.

The result was that Daley (23-9-2) became only the second person fired by UFC president Dana White for poor sportsmanship inside the cage. In 2007, Renato “Babalu” Sobral was cut after a win over David Heath because he wouldn’t release a choke hold after Heath had passed out.

“He’s done,” White said of Daley. “He will never be back. I don’t care if he goes all over the world, goes on a winning streak, becomes the best 170-pound fighter in the world or even the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, he’s never fighting in the UFC again.”

Referee Dan Miragliotta had to grab Daley and hold him against the cage because he still wanted to go after Koscheck. White then entered the cage and started yelling at Daley. White said he fired Daley for the sucker punch, but he was clearly even more annoyed when he asked Daley why he did it. White felt Daley insulted his intelligence with his answer.

“He said he didn’t know the fight was over,” said White. The fight’s various controversies started in the first round. After Koscheck controlled Daley on the ground for several minutes, Daley finally got to his feet and went for a kick to Koscheck when he was down, which is illegal.

Well, if the kick landed it would have been illegal. Koscheck grabbed his left eye writhing in pain like he had been injured by the blow, although replays showed that it was hard to see exactly what landed.

“I think it was a knee in the eye,” said Koscheck, who had a cut next to the eye. “I don’t know if it was a knee or a punch [which would have been legal].”

The crowd, believing Koscheck may have played up the injury for more than it was worth, resulting in a timeout and respite, started chanting obscenities after the replay was shown in the arena. The chants got louder and more obscene as the fight went on.

During the second round, after Koscheck scored his first takedown, he kept Daley grounded the entire round. Having clearly won the first two rounds, early in the third round Koscheck danced backward and put the fight into almost a stall defense as Daley came forward before shooting in and taking him to the ground. Koscheck kept Daley there, staying just busy enough with punches to prevent a standup.

The win means Koscheck’s career has come full circle.

Five years ago, a few weeks into the first season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Koscheck sprayed a hose on Chris Leben, which led to a Leben meltdown. Their match a week later drew 2.5 million viewers, putting the show – and the UFC itself – on the pop-culture map. The Koscheck-Leben match held the record for the highest-rated episode in the history of the show until Kimbo Slice showed up in 2009.

The incident established Koscheck as the company’s biggest villain, a role he didn’t particularly want. But when it was thrust on him, it’s a role he hasn’t exactly run away from.

After Saturday’s fight was over, Koscheck, booed as much as any UFC fighter in recent years with the exception of heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, told the crowd that the Pittsburgh Penguins would be beating the Montreal Canadiens in their NHL playoff series and that Montreal would lose twice since he was going to beat St. Pierre.

Koscheck, who grew up in Pennsylvania and was the 2001 NCAA Division I wrestling champion at Edinboro College, going 43-0-1, said the interview was done in response for the crowd’s reaction to him. He said he was not aware at the time that the Penguins had won the game that ended earlier that evening. He joked that he didn’t want the title fight in Montreal, but said he wanted it in Pittsburgh.

St. Pierre and Koscheck have fought once before, on Aug. 25, 2007, in Las Vegas, between St. Pierre’s two championship reigns.

St Pierre won by unanimous decision, but Koscheck won the first round, making him the last fighter to win a round against the current champion.

“I think I underestimated Georges’ wrestling,” said Koscheck about the first fight. “This time, I’m going to be prepared when it comes to wrestling. I’ll be bringing in Olympic wrestlers to camp. I’ll be ready this time.”

Blackjack
05-09-2010, 02:18 PM
‘Shogun’ handles Machida to cap resurgence (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-ruawins050910)
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports

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MONTREAL – Less than a year ago, Lyoto Machida looked virtually unbeatable and appeared to be on the start of a long and dominant reign as the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s light heavyweight champion.

He had a seemingly impregnable defense and was adding powerful striking and a varied offense to it with each passing day.

At the same time, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was still a man with a lot to prove. He was coming off a devastating first-round knockout of Chuck Liddell at UFC 97, but he didn’t receive a lot of credit for it because most assumed that the then-39-year-old Liddell had reached the end of the line.

Rua even had to take criticism for his win before that, a Fight of the Night victory over Mark Coleman at UFC 93 when he lost his conditioning in the final round.

But now, it is Machida searching for answers and Rua who sits atop the UFC’s most talented division.

Rua knocked out Machida to win light heavyweight title in their heavily hyped rematch Saturday in front of 17,647 boisterous fans at the Bell Centre, ending the controversy that began after their first fight in October.

The challenger hit Machida with an overhand right to start the finishing sequence, but the telling blow was a hammering right from the top position on a prone Machida that immediately closed Machida’s eye and ended his title reign.

Rua knew Machida had had enough and quit punching seconds before referee Yves Lavigne jumped in to stop the fight at 3:35 of the first round.

“He made my job a lot easier,” Lavigne said.

The win came on the heels of a highly controversial loss to Machida at UFC 104 in October, a bout in which UFC president Dana White, most of the media and a large percentage of the sport’s fans felt Rua had won. The three judges, though, gave the decision to Machida.

But Rua made an adjustment after watching tape of the first fight, noticing that Machida would drop his hands while being kicked.

“In my first fight against Machida, I tried to exploit the kicks a lot,” Rua said. “I noticed that every time he would try to attack by timing my kicks, he was attacking but without his guard in the proper place. He attacked with his face exposed.

“This time, I worked a lot not only on the kicks, but also on a high overhand right punch to surprise him as he was trying to move in from my kicks.”

Rua had every reason to gloat after the win, but he was humble and classy. He was heavily criticized since entering the UFC for not living up to the high expectations that had been placed upon him.

He had earned a reputation in the PRIDE Fighting Championship, where he had beaten the likes of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Alistair Overeem, as one of the elite 205-pounders in the world.

But he gassed in a match against Forrest Griffin at UFC 76 in 2007 and was submitted, then he stumbled around the ring against the veteran Coleman at UFC 93. He still won against Coleman, but that was hardly a stirring performance.

Rua, though, had a legitimate excuse. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left leg during his training camp with Griffin but went through with the fight anyway. He then tore the same ligament again in 2008 while training for a fight in London against Liddell.

He underwent a second surgery and had a cadaver’s ligament inserted in his knee. Rua took a beating in the media, but was classy and never lashed out.

“The toughest times that a fighter can face are the injury times,” Rua said. “Injuries are the worst thing that can happen to a fighter’s career, so the worst times of my life were after those knee surgeries … because it was very tough and people were criticizing me a lot.

“I work so hard, and when I was going through that criticism, I tried to think that someone had to pay the bill. Someone had to pay for what I was going through and I tried to do that in my fights and pay it back when I’m fighting.”

His win opened a whole series of delicious possibilities, though White was not of a mind to discuss them Saturday.

White ruled out a title fight, at least immediately, against middleweight champion Anderson Silva. He said Silva has to face Chael Sonnen next and, if he wins, Vitor Belfort. At that point, White said, he’d consider allowing Silva to move to light heavyweight.

“I’m still unhappy with Anderson” for his strange performance at UFC 112, White said. “The way that Shogun performed, that’s what people are paying for. If you bought a ticket or you bought the pay-per-view, that’s what people are paying to see.”

Two former light heavyweight champions, Jackson and Rashad Evans, meet later in the month at UFC 114, but White wouldn’t concede that either of them would get the next shot. And there’s always the prospect of a rubber match with Machida, who suffered his first defeat after 16 wins on Saturday.

Rua, who debunked an ESPN report that was broadcast prior to the fight that he had injured his left knee again as “completely not true,” said he never gave up on achieving his dream despite the hard time.

“Shogun” said he turned the corner when he bought an octagon for his gym in Brazil. The punching angles change from a ring, which was used in PRIDE, to a cage, which is used in the UFC.

Healthy and trained properly, a calm and motivated Rua was magnificent. But he didn’t feel pressure to perform as if the bout was a last-chance opportunity.

“Every time I am about to fight, people say to me, ‘How come you are so relaxed? It seems like you are going to a chess match instead of a fight,’ ” Rua said. “But I never put pressure on myself to win. I put pressure on myself only to do my best. This is my obligation.”

It was an obligation he handled well. His best was plenty good and left a guy who was almost never hit by anyone else battered, swollen and decisively beaten.

“Shogun proved that the first time maybe everybody was right with the scoring,” White said. “To go out and KO Lyoto Machida in the first round the way he did, to call that impressive is stupid. It was incredible, unbelievable.”

It was incredible, unbelievable and impressive.

And you know what else?

It was well-deserved.

BlackSwordsMan
05-09-2010, 02:31 PM
why doesn't dana white just make anderson fight shogun fuck sonnen

angelbelow
05-09-2010, 03:02 PM
Man fucking great fight. Naturally dont like machida that much because he always looks like hes about to cry. And ofcousre, shogun is probably my overall favorite. Good night!

CubanSucks
05-09-2010, 03:45 PM
why doesn't dana white just make anderson fight shogun fuck sonnen

You want him to fight Shogun and fuck Sonnen?

Stringer_Bell
05-09-2010, 03:54 PM
why doesn't dana white just make anderson fight shogun fuck sonnen

Anderson couldn't finish Maia, who stepped in on short notice and really wasn't a #1 Contender...Shogun just brutalized the most elusive fighter in MMA.

It's not fair, Anderson needs to earn everything like everyone else. Chael will fight him, and if Dana is smart the winner of Belcher/Vitor will fight him...then we'll see if Shogun defended against the Rampage/Evans fights...then Anderson can fight Shogun. :hat

dbreiden83080
05-09-2010, 04:29 PM
If Page beats Shad decisively

Page will get next shot for sure..

desflood
05-10-2010, 06:54 AM
Rua decided that he was going to have that title. That was a show of pure iron will.

Winner of Rampage/Evans gets the next shot. I don't know that either of them can take Shogun. After that, Rua will probably fight Silva (there's something to look forward to). Maybe we'll also see the Machida/Griffin fight that got cancelled the first time.

Kos/Daley held shades of the Kos/Johnson fight. Kos is a cheating piece of trash. I believe mma rules hold that the ref can deduct a point from a fighter for faking an illegal injury - going to have to look that up.

polandprzem
05-10-2010, 07:31 AM
Rua decided that he was going to have that title. That was a show of pure iron will.

Winner of Rampage/Evans gets the next shot. I don't know that either of them can take Shogun. After that, Rua will probably fight Silva (there's something to look forward to). Maybe we'll also see the Machida/Griffin fight that got cancelled the first time.

Kos/Daley held shades of the Kos/Johnson fight. Kos is a cheating piece of trash. I believe mma rules hold that the ref can deduct a point from a fighter for faking an illegal injury - going to have to look that up.

The fight is stopped at the moment so why not check out the tape quick.
I'm for it.

It was tough to see though.

But I preferred Koscheck to win this.


Rua did it and I was all woooohooo after he finished Machida. And I was at work. Good that nobody was close.

Rampage probably will win and we will have a rematch Shogun vs Rampage and I think Rua could kick shit out of Quinton. Shad would use his wrestling though.
A matchup between Rua and Silva would be great. We got to see what will Sonnen do and then probably Belford and middleweight is then clean IMO

dbreiden83080
05-10-2010, 11:30 AM
This was a good event overall

sa_butta
05-10-2010, 12:02 PM
I was very happy to see Rua get what I felt he deserved in the first fight. Good overall card. I was very disspointed in Kimbo, but not surprised...I think he is officially done.

Stringer_Bell
05-10-2010, 12:59 PM
A matchup between Rua and Silva would be great. We got to see what will Sonnen do and then probably Belford and middleweight is then clean IMO

I say Belfort should fight Belcher, then the winner take Silva and if Silva can do his job then he can fight the LHW Champion Shogun.

Let's take a point away from Kos and watch how he still wins an easy decision! :lol