UFC 169: February 1, 2014

[ace3g]

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February 1, 2014 | Prudential Center | Newark, New Jersey



main CARD


Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET

Renan Barao (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/renan-barao) vs. Urijah Faber (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/urijah-faber)
for bantamweight title

Jose Aldo (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/jose-aldo) vs. Ricardo Lamas (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/ricardo-lamas)
for featherweight title

Frank Mir (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/frank-mir) vs. Alistair Overeem (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/alistair-overeem)

Ali Bagautinov (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/ali-bagautinov) vs. John Lineker (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/john-lineker)

Abel Trujillo (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/abel-trujillo) vs. Jamie Varner (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/jamie-varner)


preliminary CARD

FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET

John Makdessi (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/john-makdessi) vs. Alan Patrick (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/alan-patrick)

Chris Cariaso (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/chris-cariaso) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/kyoji-horiguchi)

Nick Catone (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/nick-catone) vs. Tom Watson (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/tom-watson)

Al Iaquinta (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/al-iaquinta) vs. Kevin Lee (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/kevin-lee)


preliminary CARD

UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET

Andy Enz (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/andy-enz) vs. Clint Hester (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/clint-hester)

Rashid Magomedov (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/rashid-magomedov) vs. Tony Martin (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/tony-martin)

Neil Magny (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/neil-magny) vs. Gasan Umalatov (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/gasan-umalatov)







UFC @ufc
(http://twitter.com/ufc)#BREAKING (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23BREAKING) is right RT @LaMonicaMark (http://twitter.com/LaMonicaMark) #BREAKING (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23BREAKING): Overeem vs. Mir moved to #UFC169 (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23UFC169), Jones-Teixeira official same night. bit.ly/GBRcuj (http://t.co/gM1CLllQ0A)

[johnpaulwall21]

Bad match up for Glover cause hes too slow and small to connect on Jones. Its going to be jones/rampage 2.
and Overeem is going to send Mir into retirement.

[The TroutBum]

Bad match up for Glover cause hes too slow and small to connect on Jones. Its going to be jones/rampage 2.
and Overeem is going to send Mir into retirement.

Go fuck yourself, dick face.


I hope you're wrong, but fear that you're right. Dick.

[ace3g]

Looks like someone got trigger happy at UFC twitter, Dana said today the fight won't happen on this card.

[007nites]

It's true

[007nites]

Go fuck yourself, dick face.


I hope you're wrong, but fear that you're right. Dick.

It's true

[ace3g]

Two long-awaited title fights will finally take place on one night, as Newark, NJ hosts UFC 169 (http://www.ufc.com/event/UFC169)on February 1.

Dominant featherweight champion Jose Aldo (http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Jose-Aldo) will defend his title against second-ranked Ricardo Lamas (http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Ricardo-Lamas) in the main event.

In the night's co-main event, bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Dominick-Cruz) returns from a two-year injury layoff for a title unification bout against interim champion Renan Barao (http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Renan-Barao).

That fight card also features a heavyweight matchup between former champion Frank Mir (http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Frank-Mir) and Alistair Overeem (http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Alistair-Overeem).

More information, including ticket on-sale and additional bouts, will be announced in coming weeks on UFC.com.

http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-169-aldo-lamas-cruz-barao

[ace3g]

MMAjunkie MMA @MMAjunkie
(https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie)Dominick Cruz out, vacates bantamweight title; Urijah Faber now meets Renan Barao at UFC 169 dlvr.it/4fFnmT (http://t.co/UD1cuYH98f) via @MMAjunkie (https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie/)

[The TroutBum]

MMAjunkie MMA @MMAjunkie
(https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie)Dominick Cruz out, vacates bantamweight title; Urijah Faber now meets Renan Barao at UFC 169 dlvr.it/4fFnmT (http://t.co/UD1cuYH98f) via @MMAjunkie (https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie/)



You're SHITTING me!? At least we wasted two fucking years for nothing... Gods, I hate Cruz. The silver lining is that we get to watch Faber get the shit kicked out of him... Again.

[The TroutBum]

Few small edits...

(http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/renan-barao)Jose Aldo (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/jose-aldo) vs. Ricardo Lamas (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/ricardo-lamas) -- Nobody is beating Aldo.
Renan Barao (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/renan-barao) vs. Urijah Faber (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/urijah-faber) -- Chalk another loss up to Faber. I hate Faber with a passion, but I really hate Barao worse.
Frank Mir (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/frank-mir) vs. Alistair Overeem (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/alistair-overeem) -- If Mir stays OFF THE FUCKING FENCE he'll be fine. Since I know he won't, he's fucked; still picking him to win though.
Abel Trujillo (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/abel-trujillo) vs. Jamie Varner. (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/jamie-varner) -- WAR VARNER!
Andy Enz (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/andy-enz) vs. Clint Hester (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/clint-hester) -- I hate Hester, but he's got fast hands, yo.
Al Iaquinta (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/al-iaquinta) vs. Kevin Lee -- No reason to pick him, really.
(http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/john-makdessi)

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[txstr1986]

MMAjunkie MMA @MMAjunkie
(https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie)Dominick Cruz out, vacates bantamweight title; Urijah Faber now meets Renan Barao at UFC 169 dlvr.it/4fFnmT (http://t.co/UD1cuYH98f) via @MMAjunkie (https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie/)



This is Faber's last chance. Also, I'm glad Cruz is finally gone, that two year lay-off without vacating the belt really soured him.

[txstr1986]

Also, this is Faber's 5th fight in 11 months - pretty impressive considering most guys don't even fight 3 times in one year.

[polandprzem]

:pctoss

Cruz was there to fuck up that Barao dipshit !T

It was said he was more then ready and could even be back sooner. What a waste of career for Dominick. He was fighting spectacular!

Damn it

[The TroutBum]

:pctoss

Cruz was there to fuck up that Barao dipshit !T

It was said he was more then ready and could even be back sooner. What a waste of career for Dominick. He was fighting spectacular!

Damn it

Not to be a dick (like usual) but there is no way that Cruz was going to come off of a 2 year layoff and beat one of the best guys in the entire UFC. Nobody is beating Barao anytime soon. NOBODY.

[txstr1986]

Not to be a dick (like usual) but there is no way that Cruz was going to come off of a 2 year layoff and beat one of the best guys in the entire UFC. Nobody is beating Barao anytime soon. NOBODY.

I agree. It would have been fun to see Cruz fight again, but there was no way he was going to beat Barao after sitting on his ass for 2 years.

[polandprzem]

He was not sitting on his ass I can assure you that. Even if there was rust being involved IMO he had more chances of beating barao then barao beating him.

[The TroutBum]

He was not sitting on his ass I can assure you that. Even if there was rust being involved IMO he had more chances of beating barao then barao beating him.

Now I am actually trying to be a dick: You're retarded, Poland.

[polandprzem]

Now I am actually trying to be a dick: You're retarded, Poland.
As I was retarded thinking th Weidman will lose to Andeson after his injury and being rusty and after shitty camp :)

Leave my sack alone :D tbh

[benefactor]

Nobody is beating Barao anytime soon. NOBODY.
:tu

[jimo2305]

PD8ujm5EZI4

[polandprzem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6bt0YBVZqYo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ned8pUGDHO0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aQ5XDqO52Y&feature=player_embedded

[txstr1986]

Renan Barao v. Urijah Faber - as much as I'm rooting for Faber, and as much as I think that he's improved since Barao v. Faber I, I just can't see him (or anyone) beating Barao for the time being.

Jose Aldo v. Ricardo Lamas - Aldo is the most dominant champion at the moment. Which makes me wonder, the other 2 long-time champs lost their belts within the last year (Silva through defeat and GSP through retirement), so does that streak continue? I doubt it.

Frank Mir v. Alistair Overeem - If Barnett can KO Mir in the first round, I'm pretty sure that OverROID can as well. However, if this goes past one and a half rounds, Mir has more than a shot at the win.

John Lineker v. Ali Bagautinov - Close fight to call. Lineker can put fools to sleep, but Ali is more well-rounded and doesn't necessarily lack power of his own.

Jamie Varner b. Abel Trujillo - I'm looking forward to seeing another vicious KO by Killa.

Clint Hester v. Andy Enz - Hester has legit stand-up (he was a pro boxer), and Enz didn't even make it into the house on Hester's season of TUF.

[polandprzem]

main CARD
Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET

Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
As impossible as it seems IMO faber got a nice chance to make something happen. It's tough to pick against Barao but oh well

Jose Aldo vs. Ricardo Lamas
I would like to see Aldo lose the fight but Lamas is not the guy to do it.

Frank Mir vs. Alistair Overeem
Motivated reem probably will KO Mir in the 1st

Ali Bagautinov vs. John Lineker
Lineker once again did not make weight. What an ass. UFC will not let him fight FLW division if he can't get his shit straight. I mean really. he was suppose to do weight and all was suppose to be okay even though he was not working with Dolce. :rolleyes


Abel Trujillo vs. Jamie Varner

pick'em

[The TroutBum]

This is really it for Mir. OverRoid is clearly not on the juice for this fight (I hate how it's so obvious, yet nobody says or does anything about it -- same with Vitor), so that makes his power a little bit less. As with just about every Frank Mir fight, if it goes to the clinch or to the cage, he's DEAD. If he can keep it in the middle or get it to the ground, he has the advantage imo.

Do you hear me, Frank? STAY OFF THE FUCKING CAGE!

I hope he trained that aspect of his game like a mad man this last camp, because ever since Carwin did it to him, it has been his bane.

[jimo2305]

Renan Barao v. Urijah Faber - I'd like Faber to win but Barao has this division on lock. Barao would be the best fighter by far that Uriah's faced since his comeback tour began last year.

Jose Aldo v. Ricardo Lamas - Aldo's a warrior. I can't say much about Lamas, I haven't seen much of his fights but Aldo's too hot right now /mugatu

Frank Mir v. Alistair Overeem - 3rd times the charm for Mir. I don't see Overeem out classing him unless he just happens to land a flash KO

John Lineker v. Ali Bagautinov - Lineker's confidence looked a bit wavy during the weigh-ins. Ali's not so much

Jamie Varner b. Abel Trujillo - This one's close to call IMO. Coinflip goes to Varner

Clint Hester v. Andy Enz - Clint Hester! My fave fighter to not win in TUF17

[txstr1986]

Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
As impossible as it seems IMO faber got a nice chance to make something happen. It's tough to pick against Barao but oh well

You're a braver man than I.

[ace3g]

main CARD
Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET


Renan Barao (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/renan-barao) vs. Urijah Faber (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/urijah-faber)
for bantamweight title

Jose Aldo (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/jose-aldo) vs. Ricardo Lamas (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/ricardo-lamas)
for featherweight title


Frank Mir (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/frank-mir) vs. Alistair Overeem

(http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/alistair-overeem)
Ali Bagautinov (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/ali-bagautinov) vs. John Lineker

(http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/john-lineker)

Abel Trujillo (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/abel-trujillo) vs. Jamie Varner (http://mmajunkie.com/fighters/jamie-varner)

[polandprzem]

You're a braver man than I.

Well I might be stupid cause you do not need brave sometimes to pick underdog.




hmm sounds like a good life advice

[dbreiden83080]

Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
for bantamweight title

Pulling for Faber but short notice against a guy with a win on him is going to be rough.

Jose Aldo vs. Ricardo Lamas
for featherweight title

Aldo because he is just Aldo..

Frank Mir vs. Alistair Overeem

Mir can't handle powerful fighters that are aggressive. He is tailor made for Reem to KO. Reem will go for that clinch on the fence and try to knee his way home IMO.. Reem will be cut if he loses..

Ali Bagautinov vs. John Lineker

Abel Trujillo vs. Jamie Varner

[ace3g]

crazy exchanges

[01Snake]

That was crazy!

[ace3g]

well those last 2 fights didn't go as I expected

[The TroutBum]

4-2, and Mir was the only bad pick for me. Varner got hosed, but what an awesome fight. Too bad the rest of the card was a complete crap-fest. I hate Faber, but he got fucked over by Herb Dean. Saved him a beating and a prolonged loss, but still, that was weak sauce.


Also, is there a more disrespectful, obnoxious, cock sucking, fuck head than Barao? He makes Anderson Silva look humble. He's officially my least favorite fighter in all of MMA.

Mir needs to retire. So sad to say that. Dammit.

[polandprzem]

Faber - there goes my perfect predictions :)

Barao was not doing any damage yet Herb stopped the fight. He should just wait a bit more.


It is what it is. Short notice is short notice. I would love to see the 2nd round. yea I hate barao! That's why I picked faber ... :(

[txstr1986]

6-0 :toast Never pick against Killa

But that was some BS stoppage in the Faber fight