UFC on FOX 5: Dec 08, 2012

[ace3g]

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MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)


Champ Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz (for lightweight title)
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn
Matt Brown vs. Mike Swick


PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 5 p.m. ET)

Lavar Johnson vs. Brendan Schaub
Mike Chiesa vs. Marcus LeVesseur
Raphael Assuncao vs. Mike Easton
Nam Phan vs. Dennis Siver
Ramsey Nijem vs. Joe Proctor
Yves Edwards vs. Jeremy Stephens


PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 3:30 p.m. ET)

Daron Cruickshank vs. Henry Martinez
John Albert vs. Scott Jorgensen
Tim Means vs. Abel Trujillo






http://mmajunkie.com/news/30172/ufc-on-fox-5-gets-henderson-vs-diaz-gustafsson-vs-shogun-penn-vs-macdonald.mma?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[shyne]

Champ Benson Henderson vs. Nick Diaz (for lightweight title)*
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio "Shogun Rua*
Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn*

http://mmajunkie.com/news/30172/ufc-on-fox-5-gets-henderson-vs-diaz-gustafsson-vs-shogun-penn-vs-macdonald.mma?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Badass card so far. Even better if they put pettis and cerronne on it.

[dbreiden83080]

Now that's a card.. Stay healthy..

[The TroutBum]

Holy free card!

[mercos]

That's got card of the year written all over it. Hopefully it makes it to air as is, and they add a good fourth fight.

[ace3g]

just realized that headline says Nick instead of Nate Diaz, lol

[dbreiden83080]

If that card does not get good ratings i don't know what to say about UFC on FOX? Fox better promote this heavily through the NFL coverage. The card is totally stacked..

[ace3g]

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/401425_10151232619426276_2010968945_n.jpg

[Stringer_Bell]

Hopefully no injuries ruin that card. I'm liking the poster, the color scheme reminds me of beer so it might attract more viewers.

[dbreiden83080]

Benson/Diaz is such an exciting fight. That could be fight of the year...

[polandprzem]

Absolutely best FOX card


I cannot wait for this. Alex, Rory, Swick and the main event wow. Amazing.

[polandprzem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B28Ct1SXos&feature=related

[The TroutBum]

^^ Holy fuck, could there be two stupider sounding people on the planet?

[dbreiden83080]

^^ Holy fuck, could there be two stupider sounding people on the planet?

Thank god they can fight. Nick Diaz belongs in therapy 24/7..

[ace3g]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGW0cCTGzb4&feature=g-all-u

[dbreiden83080]

Just about 2 weeks to go, lets hope this awesome card stays together.. Best free card UFC has ever done..


MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)

•Champ Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz (for lightweight title)

This could be fight of the year if both guys bring their best. Nate like Nick will press forward with his constant pace and striking. His JJ is top notch he will have no fear of going to the ground. Benson must not only wrestle his ass off but he better be far more aggressive and accurate with his striking than he was in the Edgar rematch. I think Benson is going to edge this one out by UD but this is one hell of a fight...

•Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

I am picking shogun here because of his heart. His skills are on the decline but 2 things tell me he can win this fight. His insane chin and his amazing heart. I think he can wear Gustafsson down here if he comes in top shape. This could go the other way easily..


Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn

Pics of BJ show he has taken this fight very serious and is coming in good shape so it should be a test for Rory. Expect the UFC 94 gameplan to be re-used here. BJ better have some answers..

Matt Brown vs. Mike Swick

Swick by KO..

PRELIMINARY CARD

•Lavar Johnson vs. Brendan Schaub

[ace3g]

MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)



Champ Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz (for lightweight title)

- Wrestling and Submission defense will give Benson the edge




Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

- The big win Alex needs to propel him to the next level



Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn

- This should be a good fight as long as BJ is in good shape and comes to fight




Matt Brown vs. Mike Swick


PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 5 p.m. ET)


Lavar Johnson vs. Brendan Schaub

[The TroutBum]

Champ Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz (for lightweight title) - Is there anything better than watching the Diaz fucks lose two title fights in a row? I think not.
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua - Past, meet present. I love Rua, but c'mon.
Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn - And then I go and pick Penn. Go figure.
Matt Brown vs. Mike Swick - Fuck Swick and anyone or anything to do with AKA.


PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 5 p.m. ET)


Lavar Johnson vs. Brendan Schaub - LOL, Schaub. LOL, Hybrid.

[dbreiden83080]

Having just watched Gustafsson/Silva i am probably nuts for picking Shogun..


But i'll stick with it..

[ace3g]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUnE2FSGaHo

[txstr1986]

Champ Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz (for lightweight title) - Watching Diaz get his ass handed to him will be an early Christmas present.
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua - Ditto on the "past, meet present", TroutBum. Rua has a ton of heart, but Gustafsson is really good.
Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn - Ares is insane, and one of my favorite fighters. He's a (not too) future WW champion. Penn has a ton of talent, but I just can't see him beating MacDonald. And MacDonald trains with GSP, and we all know how the GSP-Penn fights went...
Matt Brown vs. Mike Swick - I think their styles are going to make this a fun fight, but Quick Swick comes out on top.


PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 5 p.m. ET)

Lavar Johnson vs. Brendan Schaub - Two heavyweights who like to stand up and trade blows, should be another fun fight. If Schaub losses, is he cut from the UFC? Or does Dana give him another chance?

[ace3g]

Ariel Helwani ‏@arielhelwani (https://twitter.com/arielhelwani) Lavar Johnson injury also forces Brendan Schaub off UFC on FOX 5 card -- http://www.mmafighting.com/2012/11/29/3709182/lavar-johnson-injury-also-forces-brendan-schaub-off-ufc-on-fox-5-card … (http://t.co/2GsRnq69)

[Stringer_Bell]

Champ Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz (for lightweight title) - Bendo will need to keep his cool, but I think he is too quick and his leg kicks will slow Diaz down even more.
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua - Shogun is my guy, but if he loses this then it's clear that his bad cardio/injuries have no place at the top of the food chain and he should walkaway.
Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn - If Rory wants to go GSP 2.0 on BJ, he wins...but he better not make it a street fight cuz BJ will maul the shit out of him.
Matt Brown vs. Mike Swick - Swick's been looking great and I hope he beats shitty Matt Brown's ass.

[ace3g]

UFC: Road to the Octagon special on Fox (may have been on before 1st NFL game) right now

[dbreiden83080]

Benson/Diaz is so tough to call...

[Paranoid Pop]

I'm rooting for Diaz but I can't see him winning, Diaz bro get wrestlefucked when they fight wrestlers.

[Paranoid Pop]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0EeJhT-39o

Got me so pumped.

[dbreiden83080]

Penn/Rory is fascinating to me. People are talking about Rory like he is off the charts in terms of potential. If he walks through Rory then holy shit... But does Penn coming in great shape, have something left?

[ace3g]

Penn/Rory is fascinating to me. People are talking about Rory like he is off the charts in terms of potential. If he walks through Rory then holy shit... But does Penn coming in great shape, have something left?

Didn't see the presser till the end for the face offs but something definitely had BJ on edge:

http://distilleryimage9.instagram.com/821043863fe411e2b4d922000a1fae83_7.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26gLIvI5MmU&feature=g-all-lsb

[The TroutBum]

I still can't believe I'm rooting for Penn. I don't like B.J., and never have -- and I like Rory. I think my dislike of GSP is seeping into anyone from Canada.

[dbreiden83080]

I still can't believe I'm rooting for Penn. I don't like B.J., and never have -- and I like Rory. I think my dislike of GSP is seeping into anyone from Canada.

And you dislike GSP why???

Seems you hate everyone not named Frank Mir..

[dbreiden83080]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5gRAyVvXDk&feature=g-all-u

[johnpaulwall21]

Penn drops Rory in the 2nd, then finishes him with the rnc
Gustafsson stops shogun in the 3rd
Henderson ground and pounds his way to a decision victory over Nate

[ace3g]

One of the stranger injury force outs



MMAjunkie.com MMA ‏@MMAjunkie (https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie) Sauna KOs Tim Means, Abel Trujillo now meets Marcus LeVesseur at UFC on FOX 5 http://mmajunkie.com/news/2012/12/sauna-kos-tim-means-abel-trujillo-now-meets-marcus-levesseur-at-ufc-on-fox-5 … (http://t.co/RVUgcZ4Q)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIiTKNok7xA&feature=youtu.be

[polandprzem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0iLJgTxE7Q


MAIN EVENT – UFC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Nate Diaz (155*) VS Benson Henderson (154.6)

FOX MAIN CARD
Alexander Gustafsson (205.4) VS Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (205)
Rory MacDonald (170.2) VS BJ Penn (168.2)
Matt Brown (170.2) VS Mike Swick (170)

FIGHTSFX
Jeremy Stephens (155.8) VS Yves Edwards (155)
Mike Easton (135) VS Raphael Assuncao (136*)
Joe Proctor (154.6) VS Ramsey Nijem (155.4)
Henry Martinez (158.8*) VS Daron Cruickshank (155)
Abel Trujillo (155.4) VS Marcus LeVesseur (155.4)
Nam Phan (145.4) VS Dennis Siver (146)

ONLINE FIGHT
John Albert (136) VS Scott Jorgensen (135.2)

* Diaz (initially 155.6, then 155.2), Martinez (158.8), and Assuncao (136.4) all missed weight. Martinez will not make 156, so he is forfeiting 20 percent of his purse and the fight will go on as scheduled. Assuncao made weight on his second attempt. Diaz made 155 pounds on his third attempt.


UFC needs to clear things up with weight ins.
If they gonna round the weight when they do have more precise scale or not.
Like Siver with 146.2 had to cut /take off underpants/ to be 146.0


btw Nate hahaha so stupid that he did not knew the title fights needs to be dead on weight.

[polandprzem]

MAIN EVENT – UFC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Nate Diaz (155*) VS Benson Henderson (154.6)

Nate is really good fighter but IMO Benson with his power gonna do similar things to him what Rory did. I hope there will be a finish! It's got to be finish cause I do not want to hear all Gracie camp whining again.



FOX MAIN CARD
Alexander Gustafsson (205.4) VS Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (205)
It might be a war or it might be hitting from the distance from Alex.

Rory MacDonald (170.2) VS BJ Penn (168.2)
1st round finish for Rory. Penn is tough though and can survive first round. Anyway IMO MacDonald has the right strategy and with his skills and being much bigger he is gonna destroy Penns dreams.

Matt Brown (170.2) VS Mike Swick (170)
Absolute war. Could go either way. Hoping for a big luck for Swick

Nam Phan (145.4) VS Dennis Siver (146)
Punish Phan !

[txstr1986]

Champ Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz (for lightweight title) - Watching Diaz get his ass handed to him will be an early Christmas present.
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua - Ditto on the "past, meet present", TroutBum. Rua has a ton of heart, but Gustafsson is really good.
Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn - Ares is insane, and one of my favorite fighters. He's a (not too) future WW champion. Penn has a ton of talent, but I just can't see him beating MacDonald. And MacDonald trains with GSP, and we all know how the GSP-Penn fights went...
Matt Brown vs. Mike Swick - I think their styles are going to make this a fun fight, but Quick Swick comes out on top.


PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 5 p.m. ET)

Lavar Johnson vs. Brendan Schaub - Two heavyweights who like to stand up and trade blows, should be another fun fight. If Schaub losses, is he cut from the UFC? Or does Dana give him another chance?

Because the Johnson v. Schaub fight isn't happening anymore I'm going to pick another fight off the undercard.

Raphael Assuncao v. Mike Easton - Gut pick, but Easton can be a lot of fun to watch.

[DPG21920]

Do they do replays of the free cards on TV? If so, when?

[polandprzem]

Well it seems like I'm not gonna sleep whole night.

All the prelims and main card and then Manny fight. No frickin streams and no ppv. All good.

[dbreiden83080]

Do they do replays of the free cards on TV? If so, when?

I don't think so.. You can get most of the fights later tonight on mma core.com..

[dbreiden83080]

pre-lims on FX.. Nam Pham getting a beating right now..

[txstr1986]

pre-lims on FX.. Nam Pham getting a beating right now..

Yeah, he's not doing anything

[polandprzem]

Siver - just as I thought :tu

[Stringer_Bell]

Good job on the weigh in vids, errbody. Rory IS the future of WW, he is super strong and quick...but BJ is and will always be the scrappiest dude in the UFC, and he punches like a brick. If Rory gets caught, BJ will swarm...but I think Rory plays it safe and just uses his strength to maintain distance.

[Brunodf]

Good job on the weigh in vids, errbody. Rory IS the future of WW, he is super strong and quick...but BJ is and will always be the scrappiest dude in the UFC, and he punches like a brick. If Rory gets caught, BJ will swarm...but I think Rory plays it safe and just uses his strength to maintain distance.

He already said that he will move to MW soon...

[Brunodf]

Winners: Bendo, Shogun, Rory.

[txstr1986]

lol at the Trujilo v. LeVessuer fight. TKO by knees to the body?

[polandprzem]

This card rocks!

Amazing for now.

[dbreiden83080]

Fox still using the football music for UFC LOL..

[dbreiden83080]

Fuck there goes that pick.. Swick looked awful..

[polandprzem]

Fuck there goes that pick.. Swick looked awful..

Yea there was something wrong with Swick. His standup looked awful, no confidence.


Penn survived but it looked like Rory did not want to finish Penn just punish him.
Why Condit?
Is it again gonna be a winer vs loser just because it's more marketable ?

[Brunodf]

10-9 gusta

[Brunodf]

MAn, Alex is for real, good head moviment, great chin, good boxing, footwork.

19-18

[dbreiden83080]

The legends are taking a beating tonight..

[polandprzem]

Alex still not ready for Jones.
His defense was not that great but he needed that kind of fight. It will make him better

[Brunodf]

Alex still not ready for Jones.
His defense was not that great but he needed that kind of fight. It will make him better

I realized that too, but looks like his chin can back up...

[dbreiden83080]

Alex looks good.. I guess he gets Jones next but that will be a bit of a wait so he should fight again if he can..

[Brunodf]

Bendomination

[dbreiden83080]

All Benson.. Great fight for Bendo..

[txstr1986]

MacDonald never seemed to want to finish Penn - it seemed like he just wanted to play with him for 15 minutes. Maybe a MacDonald v. Hendricks fight next? Or should he fight Kampann before he gets the #1 contender fight?

Also, Bendo just owned Diaz, he didn't even looked gassed at the end of the fifth round. Guy is crazy good. Also, the fact that Smooth looked this good against Diaz just goes to show how good Edgar really is.

[Brunodf]

MacDonald never seemed to want to finish Penn - it seemed like he just wanted to play with him for 15 minutes. Maybe a MacDonald v. Hendricks fight next? Or should he fight Kampann before he gets the #1 contender fight?

Also, Bendo just owned Diaz, he didn't even looked gassed at the end of the fifth round. Guy is crazy good. Also, the fact that Smooth looked this good against Diaz just goes to show how good Edgar really is.

True, too bad that Edgar will be koed by Aldo

[Creepn]

Great fight night. Rory is the man methodically putting the beatdown on Penn. I look forward to his fights.

Good win by Ben. Can't stand the Diaz brothers.

[txstr1986]

MacDonald did call out Condit after his fight, and that is his only loss. A MacDonald v. Condit fight could be a headliner.

[MannyIsGod]

Fucking loved watching Bendo kick Diaz's ass.

[The TroutBum]

How in THEE FUCK did Jorgenson win FOTN and SOTN? How? That fight was decent, but seriously? There were at least three other fights that were better. Cr00kShanx got fucked over double; his fight was a hell of a lot more fun to watch, and his KO was ridiculous.

This kind of objective shit drives me crazy.

What an amazing night of free fights though, wow. MacDonald is now on the same page as the Diaz faggots. Nice taunting and shit talking of a legend, you ass fuck. I can't wait to watch Condit butt-fuck you into Bellator.

[shyne]

Ben Henderson is a badass, love watching him fight. Would like to see him fight Melendez, but would be ok with Pettus too. I still think Ben takes both.

As for Rory is seems like an arrogant little prick, but he's dam good. Rather see him fight Hendricks than Condit.

[dbreiden83080]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8YQ8Z4Yo4I

[polandprzem]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1853419/networkbird.png

[dbreiden83080]

Both Diaz brothers love routinely acting like morons..

[ace3g]

according to the main mma sites: GSP vs Diaz and Rory vs Condit on for UFC 158

[dbreiden83080]

according to the main mma sites: GSP vs Diaz and Rory vs Condit on for UFC 158

Perfect chance for Rory to go full on heel and call out GSP should he win... That would thrill Firas Zahabi.. Go from cornering Rory and having him call out GSP in the co main event to cornering GSP in the title fight.. Drama.. :lol

[The TroutBum]

Perfect chance for Rory to go full on heel and call out GSP should he win... That would thrill Firas Zahabi.. Go from cornering Rory and having him call out GSP in the co main event to cornering GSP in the title fight.. Drama.. :lol

Please. Condit will destroy that little cock.