That's what i get for knowing almost nothing about who was fighting except for Faber and he picks tonight to up. I need a good UFC 91 card bad...
Last edited by Evan; 11-06-2008 at 12:19 AM.
WOW awesome fights, besides Filho, who looked terrible. He is going to get owned in the UFC if he doesn't get it together.
Jens and Faber? wtf. That's mma for ya.
and........Jake Rosholt is a freakin warrior and cardio machine. He had a great chin too, just needs to work on his standup. No one at MW can at wrestle him, period.
Cowboy is the real deal. called it.
Agree
Jake will be top tier fighter in a few years...he has only had a few fights. This is a minor bump in the road for Urijah...doing that stupid elbow was way too y thinking he can do anything he wants in a fight.
David Avellan vs. Aaron Simpson was one of the sweetest KO's ive seen all year.
Anyone else annoyed how Frank Mir thinks he knows everything about everything during the fight and will completely cut off his co-anchor.
Much props for the Lubbuck kid, he worked Pulver like a part time job.
It would be nice to match a few of these guys up with some UFC fighters.
Holy nuts. Really? REALLY???
I dont think Fihlo cared. He was like, well this aint for a le so I dont have to do anything.
Filho is a classless piece of .
WEC should rethink PPV. They are a awesome show 9/10 times but they should focus on network TV.
FightOpinion:
It was quite a mixture of emotions watching what felt like the end of the road for Paulo Filho. Here’s a pro-wrestling reference for you - it was like watching Shawn Michaels ‘losing his smile’, like we watched a fighter who had no interest in engaging in anything other than on the ground with Chael Sonnen. Sonnen played the fight smartly and did what he needed to do to win. I don’t blame him one bit for his strategy. It was fun to watch the crowd turn on Paulo Filho so fast.
Steve Cofield:
Dana White and Co. may want to look into Filho’s personal issues. He was in rehab earlier this year for depression and substance abuse problems. No one misses weight in MMA by that much without a bigger issue they’re dealing with.
Filho (16-1) never appeared to be into the fight mentally. In final 90 seconds, Filho looked dazed repeatedly looking off to various sides of the cage. It prompted WEC color voice Frank Mir to flip out: “What is he looking at? I feel like I’m watching the movie with Woody Harrelson (where) he’s like talking to jesus or something.”
Sherdog:
Filho, 30, simply did not seem as if he wanted to be in the cage. Fighting for the first time since going through rehab, he was a far cry from the athlete recognized by many as one of the world’s best middleweights.
MMA Junkie:
For Filho, who has battled demons with depression and substance abuse in recent times, the fight was a blow to his reputation as one of the middleweight division’s elite fighters. Once thought of as the sole heir-apparent to UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s crown, Filho’s behavior before and during the fight — as well as his disinterested appearance after — left numerous questions as to his immediate future.
Bloody Elbow:
Filho looked to be experiencing psychosis and one wonders how he passed an evaluation by the athletic commission, but he was coherent enough and the rematch between he and Sonnen was all but required.
Dave Meltzer:
Filho was mad, because in order to get Sonnen to agree to fight him, he had to forfeit 25 percent of his purse to Sonnen. He had vowed to take that 25 percent out on Sonnen, but seemed to fight most of the fight almost in a stupor. By the third round, he was involved in a conversation in Portuguese while fighting, but it didn’t appear that he was actually talking with anyone.
The performance by Filho was so bad, that even though he came into the fight ranked near the top in most middleweight rankings, one has to question whether UFC would even sign him for the division as WEC shuts it down.
Five Ounces:
Last night’s abomination of a performance from Filho will no doubt cause him to drop like a rock in the leading rankings polls out there. Pundits such as myself must own up to our mistake and acknowledge that even when at his best, Filho was never as good as we made him out to be. Perhaps it was the smoke and mirrors PRIDE rolled out for many of the fighters they were trying to build as stars? While in Japan, Filho looked like a buzzsaw. In the States, he looks like a dude who is only fighting because he’s got some debts to pay.
IS WEC owned by UFC?
Faber will probably get an instant rematch I would think...and he'll be heavily favored again...
Rosholt's stand-up is HORRIBLE...I was very impressed with Osterneck, aside from looking gas'd in the 1st...wtf? Rosholt is gonna need that tough mongoloid head for a few years...
Pulver...wow...surprising that he took wicked punishment from Faber yet a partially blocked punch from Garcia knocked him silly. Score one for the coke man...
Filho...he has to fail the drug test for SOMETHING...he was out of his mind. Should not have fought...he's clearly not back from his depression, rehab, etc...
WEC is owned by Zuffa who owns UFC/WEC.
Break down of specific UFC ownership - Dana 10% and the Fer ta brothers 90%-
I don't know for sure if Dana owns any part of the WEC but I am almost certain he does.
The Fer ta brothers who own Zuffa also own the most successful casino's in Vegas, Station Casino's.
If you really want to get into specific's....
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/busin...2010/index.htm
You guys wanna count this on the total, i think everyone is either 1-3 or 0-4 on this damn thing, pretty embarassing, LOL
Anyone even go 2-2..
Personally I couldn't care less. But there is something to non UFC events since participation seems minimal. Might be a bit too die hard?
Some have 5 fights, some have 4, but a few did fine on the card, mainly everyone tanked...
I think we should count it. WE should count UFC, WEC, and Affliction.
Alright but the numbers won't work out exact because like i said some didn't do all 5 fights on the main card, i think there was some confusion over what was on the undercard...
Lets do this…not count it and for now on we do the top 5 fights. 5 will be the standard.
Thoughts?
LOL well im happy with scrapping this WEC this one time
I'm good with that, really everyone got smoked on 4 or 5 fights, nobody went over .500
And to be consistent…we need to pick 1 site and only 1 site to use fight card line ups. MMAweekly, Bloodyelbow or Fightopinion seem to be the most accurate time and time again.
5ozpain is the worst…..
Mmaweekly is usually very accurate. My vote goes for them.
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