UFC on Fox Sports 1 - 1: August 17, 2013

[ace3g]

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Date: August 17, 2013

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Venue: TD Garden

Broadcast: FOX Sports 1

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)


Mauricio Rua (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mauricio-rua) vs. Chael Sonnen (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/chael-sonnen)
Travis Browne (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/travis-browne) vs. Alistair Overeem (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/alistair-overeem)
Yuri Alcantara (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/yuri-alcantara) vs. Urijah Faber (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/urijah-faber)
Matt Brown (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/matt-brown) vs. Mike Pyle (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mike-pyle)
Uriah Hall (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/uriah-hall) vs. John Howard (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/john-howard)
Michael "The Menace" Johnson (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/michael-johnson) vs. Joe Lauzon (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/joe-lauzon)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 6 p.m. ET)


Michael McDonald (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/michael-mcdonald) vs. Brad Pickett (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/brad-pickett)
Max Holloway (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/max-holloway) vs. Conor McGregor (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/conor-mcgregor)
Mike Brown (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mike-brown) vs. Steven Siler (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/steven-siler)
Diego Brandao (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/diego-brandao) vs. Daniel Pineda (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/daniel-pineda)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 4:30 p.m. ET)


Manny Gamburyan (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/manny-gamburyan) vs. Cole Miller (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/cole-miller)
Cody Donovan (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/cody-donovan) vs. Ovince St. Preux (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/ovince-st-preux)
Ramsey Nijem (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/ramsey-nijem) vs. James Vick (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/james-vick)


Dana said he would announce the main event soon.

[dbreiden83080]

Possibly GSP/Hendricks..

[txstr1986]

Conor McGregor!!!!!!!!!

[ace3g]

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fan made

[ace3g]

Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani
(http://twitter.com/arielhelwani)“@UFCONFOX (http://twitter.com/UFCONFOX): #BREAKING (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23BREAKING):@sonnench (http://twitter.com/sonnench) and @ShogunRua (http://twitter.com/ShogunRua)will main event the first@FoxSports1 (http://twitter.com/FoxSports1) fight night on August 17th!”

[ace3g]

Jeremy Botter @jeremybotter
(http://twitter.com/jeremybotter)Six hours of UFC action on the debut of Fox Sports 1. Michael McDonald vs. Brad Pickett added.

[txstr1986]

Barring any injuries (knock on wood), this is shaping up to be a really entertaining card.

[txstr1986]

Also, I love you profile pic, ace!

[The TroutBum]

War OGLE!

[ace3g]

UFC renamed all the Fox Sports 1 cards (smart move) to UFC Fight Night 26: Shogun vs. Sonnen.....and so on, better than UFC on Fox Sports 1 - 1,2,3,4 etc.

[polandprzem]

From top to bottom the best card of the year !!!

I mean absolutely awesome

[dbreiden83080]

Michael Johnson gave himself a nick name.. :lol

[The TroutBum]

Mauricio Rua (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mauricio-rua) vs. Chael Sonnen (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/chael-sonnen) - Rua looked fat and slow in his last debacle. I hate Chael as much as the next guy, but I need to go 5-0 on this one.
Travis Browne (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/travis-browne) vs. Alistair Overeem (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/alistair-overeem) - Fuck that fat fucking fuck head cheater.
Yuri Alcantara (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/yuri-alcantara) vs. Urijah Faber (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/urijah-faber) - Team Alpha Gayle, but like I said, I need a clean sweep.
Matt Brown (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/matt-brown) vs. Mike Pyle (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mike-pyle) - Every time I see him fight, I think he's going to lose. He never seems to.
Michael "The Menace" Johnson (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/michael-johnson) vs. Joe Lauzon (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/joe-lauzon) - Relegated to the scraps? Lauzon better beat this shit head into an oblivion.

[ace3g]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLb0Ver0bE

[ace3g]

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)


Mauricio Rua (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mauricio-rua) vs. Chael Sonnen (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/chael-sonnen)
Travis Browne (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/travis-browne) vs. Alistair Overeem (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/alistair-overeem)
Iuri Alcantara (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/iuri-alcantara) vs. Urijah Faber (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/urijah-faber)
Matt Brown (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/matt-brown) vs. Mike Pyle (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mike-pyle)
Uriah Hall (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/uriah-hall) vs. John Howard (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/john-howard)
Michael "The Menace" Johnson (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/michael-johnson) vs. Joe Lauzon (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/joe-lauzon)

[dbreiden83080]

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

•Mauricio Rua vs. Chael Sonnen
Travis Browne vs. Alistair Overeem
•Iuri Alcantara vs. Urijah Faber
Matt Brown vs. Mike Pyle
•Uriah Hall vs. John Howard


Reem better win or he may be on his way to the undercard.
Sonnen will probably grind this one out..

[dbreiden83080]

I don't get this channel.. As of now they have no deal with DirecTV and even when they make a deal I don't know if it will be available on my package..

[ace3g]

^ crap I thought Dish Network was a go for this, but apparently not....

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/fox-sports-1-still-waiting-deals-directv-dish-etwork-and-time-warner-cable/

[txstr1986]

Dana just tweeted that Fox Sports 1 just inked deals with Dish, DirectTV, and TimeWarner. Looks like everybody's covered.


I don't get this channel.. As of now they have no deal with DirecTV and even when they make a deal I don't know if it will be available on my package..

Fox Sports 1 is taking over the Speed channel for me (I have Comcast). So my guess would be if you have the Speed channel you'll be getting FS1.

[txstr1986]

Shogun Rua v. Chael "The American Gangster" Sonnen - Seriously, I just love Sonnen. I know that he rubs a lot of folks the wrong way, but he is the most entertaining personality in the UFC.

Alistair Overeem v. Travis Browne - I am not an Overeem fan by any stretch of the imagination, but Browne just isn't very talented. I think that that Overeem might have learned his lesson against Silva, but we'll see.

Urijah Faber v. Iuri Alcantara - It'd be stupid not to pick Faber - he beats everyone but the guy with the belt.

Uriah Hall v. John Howard - yeah...

Conor McGregor v. Max Holloway - NOTORIOUS!!! KO in the fist round - book it. I love this guy.

[polandprzem]

FRICKIN HARD TO PICK WINNERS

[polandprzem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28zKiSgwHgo

[benefactor]

Going to be hard to compete with ESPN when you aren't even on the same programming tier. ESPN comes on the basic package with Dish and Speed channel does not. I'm not changing my package to add it either.

[polandprzem]

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)


Mauricio Rua (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mauricio-rua) vs. Chael Sonnen (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/chael-sonnen)


Sorry Shogun but Chael is my man. I would pick you as I think you are the favorite but Chael is Chael.
Btw. Sonnens chance is to grind this out, but I hope he can finish the fight. Rua though can make a good plan for punching Sonnen as he comes in. We will see.




Travis Browne (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/travis-browne) vs. Alistair Overeem (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/alistair-overeem)


Tough one to call esp when you do not know what to expect from Reem. If Browne can stick and move I also can think of making reem tired and win the decision. But I can see Alistar cut the cage and land some big shots. Travis has the speed advantage though ...



Yuri Alcantara (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/yuri-alcantara) vs. Urijah Faber (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/urijah-faber)


If Urijah will not be dead serious in this fight he is gonna pay a big price



Matt Brown (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/matt-brown) vs. Mike Pyle (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mike-pyle)


Coin toss - I'm not picking




Uriah Hall (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/uriah-hall) vs. John Howard (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/john-howard)


Hmm I'm picking Howard even though he is in big reach disadvantage. IMO he can outwork hall.




Michael "The Menace" Johnson (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/michael-johnson) vs. Joe Lauzon (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/joe-lauzon)


Joe is my man and top guy while Johnson still somewhere behind the top tier


PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 6 p.m. ET)


Michael McDonald (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/michael-mcdonald) vs. Brad Pickett (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/brad-pickett) -> bang bang
Max Holloway (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/max-holloway) vs. Conor McGregor (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/conor-mcgregor) -> I'd like to see if Conor can dominate tough kid in Max
Mike Brown (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mike-brown) vs. Steven Si (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/steven-siler)ler -> I wonder if Brown is healthy enough to get back

[dbreiden83080]

I have to stream this one because my TV is down fucking DirecTV won't be out till tomorrow to fix it..

[dbreiden83080]

Faber has really rebounded of late and put together some nice wins I am curious to see if he can keep his momentum going..

[polandprzem]

Yea well for me the 8pm eastern is not a good time to start event...
That's 2am in Poland, at 5 it will be over and I still will have 2hrs b4 going to work ...

I'd rather this end up at normal 7am

But oh well this is too good card not to watch it live

[polandprzem]

You've got no passion for the sport !

No comments no nothing ...

[txstr1986]

FYI, they're streaming the fight live on foxsports1.com.

Also, I'm in the Virgin Islands on vacation right now and the resort doesn't have FS1 and they're wifi is too shitty to pull up the Internet stream. I know, first world problems...

[dbreiden83080]

You've got no passion for the sport !

No comments no nothing ...

I had to stream it in crappy quality would have been nice if this was a FOX Card more people would have watched it..

[shyne]

Chael looked good tonight, he might have a little bit left in the tank. Shogun might be done, that's to bad too cause he's still pretty young just to many miles on that body. Chael will fight silva next and smash his ass, the hype will be good though.

[dbreiden83080]

Great win for Chael, he and Wandy would be a pretty easy fight for Chael IMO. I think even at his best Sonnen would give him trouble with his GNP/Grinding style.
Shogun should think about hanging it up soon. He will just take a few more beatings as he is way past his prime..
Typical bullshit from Reem after a strong start he falls apart and that glass chin gets exposed. Reem off the steroids is immensely mediocre..
Faber continues to have something of a career resurgence..

[Baynes]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Since <a href="https://twitter.com/vitorbelfort">@vitorbelfort</a> hasn&#39;t accepted our fight,I am sure that <a href="https://twitter.com/danawhite">@danawhite</a> can match me against <a href="https://twitter.com/sonnench">@sonnench</a></p>&mdash; Lyoto Machida (@lyotomachidafw) <a href="https://twitter.com/lyotomachidafw/statuses/368934794261852160">August 18, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Brunodf]

:rollinShogun
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[dbreiden83080]

Shogun is 5-6 in the ufc I hope he doesn't need the money. I wish him the best but his days as an elite fighter are gone. And Overeem the Roider is basically a joke these days.

[polandprzem]

What?
How's he a joke? He was very close to winning. If the ref decided to stop the fight when Browne was just covering what then?

Well but I'm pissed cause I wanted to pick Travis in that fight and I wanted him to win ...

Another fight I'm pissed off about is the louzon fight. Damn he got himself in trouble not changing the gameplan. Johnosn with his best performance. Joe just lost a chance being on a road to the title shot.

Other then that - SONNEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yea!




And Conor looked really good. So different in his style. Pleasure to watch it.


MacDonald with a strong performance. Him vs urijah as an eliminator is a possibility, but then again is Barao vs Cruz gonna happen soon in 2014 to get the division going?

[dbreiden83080]

Reem has no cardio and he has no chin.. He is also not as powerful because he is pissing clean these days. I am amazed a man with his striking creds gets hit with big shots so often..

[polandprzem]

Reem has no cardio and he has no chin.. He is also not as powerful because he is pissing clean these days. I am amazed a man with his striking creds gets hit with big shots so often..
In K-1 he could bully guys but MMA is different as opponents can use different weapons to beat him.

He never had cardio so that's no secret but the man still is top5-8.

Just a matter if he is willing to work more.

And btw. he is not the only one on roids :)

[polandprzem]

Matt brown with his run

I'd like to see him vs
lawler or Demian or even Rory or maybe Saffiedine

[polandprzem]

btw. I think hall will not do any noise in the UFC
I mean really there was a reason he was not picked up by UFC earlier. He is not a young guy now and his attitude seems not that tough for this sport

[The TroutBum]

I want Chael to stay at LHW and fight Hendo. This is my wish.

[dbreiden83080]

In K-1 he could bully guys but MMA is different as opponents can use different weapons to beat him.

He never had cardio so that's no secret but the man still is top5-8.

Just a matter if he is willing to work more.

And btw. he is not the only one on roids :)

He is clearly off them now. His body was so soft for the Silva fight where for the Brock fight he looked like a comic book character. Oh yeah and he got KTFO both times since the Brock fight. The AC is doing its job with him..

[dbreiden83080]

btw. I think hall will not do any noise in the UFC
I mean really there was a reason he was not picked up by UFC earlier. He is not a young guy now and his attitude seems not that tough for this sport

Dana sounded on the fence about cutting him speaking with the media last night. He has no fire to compete. Hall seems like a super talented nice guy with no killer instinct.. Which is odd because on the show he was calling out fighters and showing toughness. Maybe it is the jump in competition and the stage is too big for him IDK..

[polandprzem]

Reem after Big Foot fight had his testosterone level too low.


Anyway this card was awesome when you look at the whole card.

[ace3g]

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)


Mauricio Rua (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mauricio-rua) vs. Chael Sonnen (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/chael-sonnen)
Travis Browne (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/travis-browne) vs. Alistair Overeem (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/alistair-overeem)
Iuri Alcantara (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/iuri-alcantara) vs. Urijah Faber (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/urijah-faber)
Matt Brown (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/matt-brown) vs. Mike Pyle (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mike-pyle)
Uriah Hall (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/uriah-hall) vs. John Howard (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/john-howard)
Michael "The Menace" Johnson (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/michael-johnson) vs. Joe Lauzon (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/joe-lauzon)



Damn you Hall!!! you were too nice; 4-1 (should have been 5-0)

[ace3g]

UFCONFOX @UFCONFOX
(http://twitter.com/UFCONFOX)BREAKING: @danawhite (http://twitter.com/danawhite) confirms to @FOXSportsLive (http://twitter.com/FOXSportsLive) that McGregor's MRI shows ACL tear, MCL strain & posterior horn meniscal tear. Out ~10mo

[ace3g]

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