Change Your Picks If Necessary Marquardt Out, Story vs Brenneman In..

[ace3g]

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MAIN CARD

Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story
Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

PRELIMINARY CARD

Manny Gamburyan vs. Tyson Griffin
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
Rich Attonito vs. Daniel Roberts
Charlie Brenneman vs. T.J. Grant
Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
Edward Faaloloto vs. Michael Johnson

[ace3g]

Rick Story Explains Taking UFC on Versus 4 Fight With Nate Marquardt http://bit.ly/ilerFv #ufc @UFConVersus @Rick_Story

[ace3g]

Martin Kampmann Injured; Matt Brown Now Faces John Howard, Roberts In Vs. Attonito

http://ht.ly/5bIQh

[dbreiden83080]

Damn Ace is all over the cards these days

I love it..

[The TroutBum]

Pretty damn good card, actually. I can't wait to see Manville the Anvil destroy.

[desflood]

Call me crazy, but I like this card much more than 131.

[The TroutBum]

Call me crazy, but I like this card much more than 131.

You're not crazy, this is a great card for PPV, and an AWESOME card for Versus.

[Spurtacus]

Looking forward to this since its FREE. Most of my UFC experience has been past fights airing on Unleashed. I need some live fights.

[Stringer_Bell]

Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story
- Marquardt is going to lose a lot of his strength advantage, plus he has trouble with relentless wrestlers (see his match with Sonnen). Story will come in hungry, I see him winning the UD.
Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
- Hopefully it'll be exciting, Barry by leg amputation - even tho I know Kongo is just gonna grab his shorts while he holds him against the cage.
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
- I hope this is a vicious KO.
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft
- Another fun one, Morecraft can take a punch but Mitrione is looking hella fast so this is prolly a flash KO.

[desflood]

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
- Hopefully it'll be exciting, Barry by leg amputation - even tho I know Kongo is just gonna grab his shorts while he holds him against the cage.

You forgot to add, "...and knee him in the balls multiple times." Kongo always comes across as a nice fellow in his interviews, but the guy's a damned dirty fighter.

[benefactor]

You forgot to add, "...and knee him in the balls multiple times." Kongo always comes across as a nice fellow in his interviews, but the guy's a damned dirty fighter.
Ha ha...you beat me to it. I was going to say we needed to set an over/under on how many times Kongo will nut shot him.

[dbreiden83080]

Story and Nate is a tough pick..

[The TroutBum]

Story and Nate is a tough pick..

No it isn't.

Horror is going to face-rape Nate. I'm calling 1st round KO.

[ace3g]

UFC on Versus 4 preliminary card to stream on Facebook http://bit.ly/lMe4KH

[dbreiden83080]

No it isn't.

Horror is going to face-rape Nate. I'm calling 1st round KO.

:lol

I'll sig bet you that won't happen..

[Stringer_Bell]

:lol

I'll sig bet you that won't happen..

Story is like Diego without the intensity. He's a damn hardworker in the cage, but no way he could knock out Nate.

[The TroutBum]

The two posters above me are teh dumb.

I can't actively participate in two sig bets at once, or I'd take your ass on this one DB.

[dbreiden83080]

or I'd take your ass on this one DB.

:lol

Name your game Trout??

AphxyjrH4SE

[ace3g]

MAIN CARD (Changed picks because of Marquardt)

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Rick Story vs Charlie Brenneman
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

[dbreiden83080]

Pat Barry

Draw 15-6-2 Travis Browne

Win 15–6–1 Paul Buentello

Loss 14–6–1 Frank Mir

Loss 14–5–1 Cain Velasquez

Kongo may be fighting for his UFC life on this one..

[dbreiden83080]

MAIN CARD

Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story
Tough pick. If Nate had a good weight cut i like him to win the fight but if he had a tough cut he is gonna get wrestled into a decision loss. He is more well rounded, but tends to choke in fights. I'll take him though with better striking and UD..


Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Another tough pick IMO. Barry holds back in fights sometimes. Kongo might be fighting for his UFC life here and likely will bring it. Barry should KO him if he's aggressive with counters..

Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Neither are great fighters but Brown has been awful lately and sporting a 11-10 record.. Howard by KO i hope..


Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

I hate Meat-Head.. But he wins by KO..

[The TroutBum]

:lol

Name your game Trout??

AphxyjrH4SE

Fine, an avatar bet. I have this one of a penis getting bitten in half -- you'll love it.

[polandprzem]

I have this one of a penis getting bitten in half

You've been to a doctor?

[dbreiden83080]

Fine, an avatar bet. I have this one of a penis getting bitten in half -- you'll love it.

:lol

[strosFan2]

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Charlie Brenneman vs. Rick Story
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

[ace3g]

Sunday's T.J. Grant vs. Charlie Brenneman UFC on Versus 4 fight has been scrapped due to Grant falling ill http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/06/22/t-j-grant-vs-charlie-brenneman-ufc-on-versus-4-fight-scrapped/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitter

[ace3g]

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chaddundas Chad Dundas
Eye test: Rick Story and Nate Marquardt shaking hands in a hotel lobby. Somebody looks to have a size advantage here. goo.gl/fb/8umO1

[dbreiden83080]

Nate is a 6 foot 200 pd block of muscle.. If his weight cut is good

he wins..

[ace3g]

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[The TroutBum]

Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story -- Who can stop Story? I love this guys story and background, so I can't pick against him.
Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo -- How the shit Kongo is still in the UFC is beyond me. Go fuck yourself you pole smoking dick wart.
Matt Brown vs. John Howard -- Dude has cement in his gloves.
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft -- Meathead is going to blast this fat ass.

PRELIMINARY CARD

Manny Gamburyan vs. Tyson Griffin -- LOL @ Griffin. I hear Belletor calling your name, buddy.

[Stringer_Bell]

Sure, normally you'd see Nate's reach advantage and be concerned in a fight with a guy like Story...except Nate chokes on the big stage AND doesn't even engage enough to make his reach an advantage. So fuck yea, Story WILL use the same tactic he did on Alves and it's gonna work even better because Nate is soft.

Seriously, just look at him an tell me he'll make the cut without losing what makes him a competitive MW.

[dbreiden83080]

This fight is really Nates Career. He is not contending at MW anymore so if he loses a WW debut, where does he go from there? If he doesn't wanna go the way of his good buddy Keith Jardine, he better bring it..

[Spurtacus]

Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story
Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

[ace3g]

Interesting tweet from Diego:

DiegoSanchez505 Diego Sanchez
??? @NathanMarquardt what happened bro heard you are out of the fight?

MMAjunkieJohn John Morgan
Word spreading that Marquardt is late scratch, leaving Brenneman to face Story while Barry-Kongo takes main event. Working hard to verify.


Damn!!!

[dbreiden83080]

Interesting tweet from Diego:

DiegoSanchez505 Diego Sanchez
??? @NathanMarquardt what happened bro heard you are out of the fight?

MMAjunkieJohn John Morgan
Word spreading that Marquardt is late scratch, leaving Brenneman to face Story while Barry-Kongo takes main event. Working hard to verify.


Damn!!!

WTF??? 24 hrs out.. The weigh in is in 30 min.. I am skepticle..

[ace3g]

Marquardt scratched from UFC on Versus 4; Barry-Kongo now main, Story gets Brenneman

One-time UFC middleweight title challenger Nate Marquardt will not be making his welterweight debut this weekend.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned that Marquardt is a late scratch from Sunday's UFC on Versus 4 event, and opponent Rick Story (13-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC) will now instead meet Charlie Brenneman (12-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) on the evening's main card.

With the late change, a highly-anticipated heavyweight bout between Pat Barry and Cheick Kongo has now been promoted to main-event status.

The reason for Marquardt's last-minute withdrawal, mere hours before he was scheduled to hit the scales at the event's official weigh-ins, wasn't immediately evident. However, Marquardt's camp did release a statement insisting the setback was temporary and his future still lies at 170 pounds.

"Nate is really disappointed," the statement read. "He really was looking forward to making his welterweight debut, and he plans to be back in there as soon as possible."

UFC on Versus 4 takes place Sunday at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh

Story is Brenneman's third opponent for UFC on Versus 4. His original opponent, Madd Riddle, withdrew from the card in May, while replacement foe T.J. Grant fell ill earlier this week and was also forced to withdraw from the card.

A Pennsylvania native, Brenneman looks to build on a January decision win over Amilcar Alves. The victory came after a TKO loss to Johny Hendricks at UFC 117 that snapped a six-fight win streak for "The Spaniard."

Story was also a replacement, stepping in on short notice for an injured Anthony Johnson, who was originally scheduled to face Marquardt in the evening's featured bout. Story, who is riding a six-fight octagon winning streak, recently notched the biggest win of his career with a UFC 130 victory over Thiago Alves

http://mmajunkie.com/news/24140/marquardt-scratched-from-ufc-on-versus-4-barry-kongo-now-main-story-gets-brenneman.mma

[dbreiden83080]

They are saying he missed weight.. he probably tried to cut down to WW without changing anything from his normal MW cut..

Edit: i see Ace but he must have been way off weight and knew he could not make it

[ace3g]

New Card update

MAIN CARD (Versus)

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Rick Story vs Charlie Brenneman
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

Manny Gamburyan vs. Tyson Griffin
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
Rich Attonito vs. Daniel Roberts
Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
Edward Faaloloto vs. Michael Johnson

[dbreiden83080]

I gotta change the thread title so everyone knows to change their picks.

[ace3g]

arielhelwani Ariel Helwani
Barry 243 Kongo 234.4 http://twitpic.com/5gt9oz

arielhelwani Ariel Helwani
Brenneman 170.6 Story 170.4 http://twitpic.com/5gt8sd


arielhelwani Ariel Helwani
Brown 170 Howard 170.2 http://twitpic.com/5gt80f


arielhelwani Ariel Helwani
Morecraft 261.4 Mitrione 261.1 http://twitpic.com/5gt7az

[dbreiden83080]

Big Thanks to Ace for keeping the thread so updated..

[dbreiden83080]

Nate has always been a huge MW, you look at him and i never knew how he was making 170 without killing his body to get there? He is 6 foot and a brick shit-house of muscle.. He has a big frame, big legs and very low body fat. How much could he really cut? You can only dehydrate so much..

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

MAIN CARD (Versus)

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Rick Story vs Charlie Brenneman
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

Manny Gamburyan vs. Tyson Griffin
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
Rich Attonito vs. Daniel Roberts
Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
Edward Faaloloto vs. Michael Johnson

[Stringer_Bell]

I know I was talkin shit, but I really didn't expect THAT to happen. Fuck.

Once again, being prepared to take a fight cannot be overlooked as a key to success/survival in this game.

GREAT WEIGH IN PICS! Gonna be a good card still.

[ace3g]

arielhelwani Ariel Helwani
I can report that on tomorrow's pre-show we will have an exclusive statement from Marquardt and his camp. 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT on @versustv

[dbreiden83080]

Whatever the reason Nate was cut it was not the weight cut


http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/6/26/2244903/video-nate-marquardt-easily-cuts-down-to-welterweight


Might have been drugs of some kind, we'll find out later..

[dbreiden83080]

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo


Rick Story vs Charlie Brenneman


Matt Brown vs. John Howard


Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

[ace3g]

I'm getting a weird feeling this might be something non drug related; such as maybe they found some form of cancer.

Typically when a fighter fails a drug test, they stay quiet with statements through twitter, etc, but Nate posted this on twitter a few minutes ago:



I'm sorry to all my fans and the UFC for not passing the medicals for tonight's fight. I'm heart broken I couldn't fight, but I will b back

And according to Ariel Helwani:


And that's all we got right now. Hopefully more questions will be answered at the PA Athletic Commission press conference at 4 pm ET.

[dbreiden83080]

Dana cut him though.. If he is sick, Dana is not gonna cut him.. I think this may be paper-work related. Nate knew he had something that needed to filed with the commission like Sonnen and did not do it.. They busted him for it and took him out of the fight..

[polandprzem]

MAIN CARD (Versus)

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Rick Story vs Charlie Brenneman
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

Manny Gamburyan vs. Tyson Griffin
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
Rich Attonito vs. Daniel Roberts
Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
Edward Faaloloto vs. Michael Johnson

[dbreiden83080]

MAIN CARD (Versus)

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Rick Story vs Charlie Brenneman
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

Manny Gamburyan vs. Tyson Griffin
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
Rich Attonito vs. Daniel Roberts
Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
Edward Faaloloto vs. Michael Johnson


:rolleyes

Youre not Picking Barry or Kongo..

[polandprzem]

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo

[dbreiden83080]

Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo


That a Boy..

[polandprzem]

Man rather

































:fight

[benefactor]

Anyone got a stream for this? I don't get Versus.

[LakerHater]

Anyone got a stream for this? I don't get Versus.
TykesTV 1 (http://tykestv1.info/)

[benefactor]

Thank you sir. :tu

[benefactor]

I didn't care for Mitrone at first...but he's grown on me. He's about to own the hell out of this dude.

[LakerHater]

Matts killin him!

[ace3g]

he had a few chances their with Morecraft down to end the fight in the 1st round but didn't do anything

[LakerHater]

He jus watched him fall & didnt even jump on him!!

[benefactor]

Owned.

[benefactor]

Matt could have put him away early in the second. He never really looked interested in this fight.

[Spurtacus]

He just pisses excellence

[dbreiden83080]

I hate Meat-Head but that was a good win..

[dbreiden83080]

I wanna see Matt fight a Cro-Cop or a Barry type fighter next.. He gets killed by a great wrestler but good news for him there are not that many of those guys at HW

[Spurtacus]

Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story
Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft

Still sticking with story tonight. Thx

[dbreiden83080]

Still sticking with story tonight. Thx

Cool..

[tlongII]

Damn boring fight.

[Spurtacus]

Damn boring fight.

Yeah definitely yawner

[Spurtacus]

"Please dont take my money" lol

[benefactor]

Awful fight. Joe didn't even have any highlights to show during the interview.

[tlongII]

Another boring fight. Ugh.

[LakerHater]

another boring fight. Ugh.
wth??

[tlongII]

wth??

You disagree? The Story vs Brenneman fight was horrible imo. There was never a moment when either fighter was in trouble.

[LakerHater]

Kongo is LOST!!!!

[Spurtacus]

Holy shit

[LakerHater]

Scratch that!!!!!!!


FUCKIN crazy fight!!!!!!

[tlongII]

Now THAT was a great fight!

[Spurtacus]

That ko made up for the entire card

[ace3g]

That is why I didn't agree with stoppage in Mittrione fight, Morecraft was getting up still. I only happy because I picked Mitrione

[Spurtacus]

Fuuuuuck my picks were terrible tonight

[dbreiden83080]

1-3 on picks..

Fuck.... I was on a roll...

[dbreiden83080]

Fuuuuuck my picks were terrible tonight

Upsets all over the place..

[dbreiden83080]

Who's in favor of junking this on picks?

We are all like 1-3 or 0-4..:lol

[ace3g]

Who's in favor of junking this on picks?

We are all like 1-3 or 0-4..:lol

This is all Nate Marquardt's fault....

[dbreiden83080]

How over-rated was Story too?

Holy-shit. Wrestling, striking, JJ you name it

Back to the end of the line Rick..

[ace3g]

now who is top contender in WW?

[dbreiden83080]

now who is top contender in WW?

After Diaz,

still Fitch..

Some guys that looked on their way up have either lost badly to GSP or fallen off.. Guys like Hardy and Mike Swick.. GSP is 100% out of challengers if he beats Diaz.. Truly nobody is left..

[Stringer_Bell]

Meathead vs Kongo please. And Carwin vs Barry.

Can't believe Howard sucks that much ass, Brown was such easy prey too. DON'T EXHAUST YOURSELF ON TAKEDOWNS AGAINST A DUDE WITH LONGER LIMBS!

Story just sucked ass, probably underestimated his opponent. Not making excuses, but it's not easy fighting 3 weeks out and changing opponents like that. He seemed to lack the poise that he had in the Alves fight.

Fitch/Penn/Condit can be factors at WW after Diaz.

[benefactor]

Didn't stay up for the Kongo fight...but wow...what a finish. Shades of the Scott Smith/Drago fight where Smith was done after the body shot and caught Drago coming in.

[benefactor]

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[ace3g]

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[polandprzem]

Who's in favor of junking this on picks?

We are all like 1-3 or 0-4..:lol

I am 3-2


Martin Kampman if he does something spectacular s there also.

But as I said before - there is no challenge for GSP now at WW db :tu