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This might be Rich's last fight..
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Rashad Evans vs. o Ortiz
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Vitor Belfort
Constantinos Phillippou vs. Jorge Rivera
Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle
Brian Ebersole vs. Dennis Hallman
PRELIMINARY CARD ( e TV)
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Matt Hamill
Chad Mendes vs. Rani Yahya
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
Ivan Menjivar vs. Nick Pace
Johny Hendricks vs. Mike Pierce
Mike Brown vs. Nam Phan
Rafael "Sapo" Natal vs. Paul Bradley
Last edited by ace3g; 07-25-2011 at 03:01 PM.
This might be Rich's last fight..
The Lil Nog experiment is also in danger. He's been pretty useless in the division, and unless he can make this one exciting AND win I don't see how he has anywhere to go in the UFC.
Phil Davis vs. Rashad Evans -- WHO CARES? Evens is going to walk right through Davis. /yawn.
Rich Franklin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira -- WHO CARES? I love Ace, but really? This fight has ZERO ramifications on anything, and the loser is likely done for. /yawn.
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Vitor Belfort -- WHO ING CARES? anything that has to do with Vitor 'Please Don't Push Kick Me In The Face' Bel .
Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara -- AGAIN, WHO CARES? Argh, two worthless losers fighting for... what? Just to finish off their contracted fights so the UFC can dump them? /big ing yawn.
Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle -- SERIOUSLY? *shakes tiny fist* I HATE this card.
Easily the tiest PPV card in a long while. I can't fathom how anyone can give a about any of those fights. The prelims, on the other hand, actually have a few gems.
PRELIMINARY CARD
Chad Mendes vs. Rani Yahya - I love watching the old WEC guys go at it. I've always been a fan of Yahya. His stand up has improved and his BJJ is world class.
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Vladimir Matyushenko - I'm only going with The Impaler because Gustafsson is a -ass trick.
Riki Fukuda vs. Rafael "Sapo" Natal - When in doubt, go with the guy who has, ' YOU' in his name.
Mike Brown vs. Nam Phan - Is this really what Mike Brown has been reduced to? Poor bas . I hope he WRECKS Nam Phan.
Replacement Costantinos Phillippou meets Rafael "Sapo" Natal at UFC 133 http://bit.ly/ljhLzY
I'm surprised someone actually thinks this is a bad card. It has been a while since we have had a card with so many "names". And I wouldn't be so quick to count out Phil Davis.
another snoozer, the UFC needs a weekly show or something like that, with all these lame cards they are putting together and how much the charge, and i'm a true fan of MMA not just a casual fan but it drives me nuts how much they expect you to pay for every card they release
Agreed. Take the hay-day of the WWF/WCW (I know, but bare with me), they had weekly free shows, Monday Night Raw and Monday Nitro. These were the shows that hyped up the matches, showed us new personalities, etc. It all led up to the big finale, the PPV. I can't stand pro wrestling, but the model seemed to work for them, and I don't see how it wouldn't work for MMA. Imagine how many casual fans and even non-fans would become interested and more hardcore fans if they actually had an interesting hour per week to sit and watch?
UFCs fight quality is spotty at best. im with Stand, the names make it a good card. i have already learned not to expect quality fighting from DW and UFC. i stumbled upon some *supposedly live M1 last night and it was the . then later last night i saw on channel 4 in SA, some pretty good fighting. it was XFC IIRC. that was at like 2 am. soon there wont be any options to UFC and its gonna suck cause by then itll be WWE. poor strikeforce, was my last real hope.to me ufc is dallas cowboys status, until they get a new owner im not on the wagon. not tryin to hate on UFC , just sayin. rant over
Breaking news: Injury Forces Phil Davis Out of UFC 133 Main Event -- http://ow.ly/5CYva
Lyoto Machida to Replace Injured Phil Davis, Will Meet Rashad Evans at UFC 133 http://sbn.to/mYjlFs
MikeChiappetta Mike Chiappetta MMA
I just asked Dana White if Lyoto accepted the fight. His answer: "No, and o turned it down." There is no replacement yet. #UFC133
MikeChiappetta Mike Chiappetta MMA
I just want to clarify something. Machida hasn't declined the fight. But he hasn't accepted it yet either. They're waiting on him.
Last edited by ace3g; 07-12-2011 at 11:02 PM.
Machida would be AWESOME, and LOL at o -- what a ing .
Looks like Machida is being talked into it..
Should happen
Great fight..
STFU
He didn't even fight 2 weeks ago.. He supposed to fight Shad coming off a hard camp on 3 weeks notice..
He'd be a re saying yes to that..
MikeChiappettaMike Chiappetta MMA
I think UFC will find a way to make Evans-Machida happen. That is my hunch. Take that for what it's worth.
Oh, there's no doubt. Machida's probably already decided to take the fight and is just holding out for a higher payday - which is what all of us would do in the same situation. He knows the UFC needs him to salvage this main event, he's got a family to take care of, and now that he's hit his thirties his fighting career is time-limited. He'll sign after they offer him another 50k and a big win bonus. And he will win.
Yeah o was smart, he wouldn't want to lose after he is on this high on winning! Evans would make him look old and slow.
Machida is a good match up and gives Rashad the chance to revenge his only loss.
MMAjunkie says Machida took the fight, BloodyElbow says he didn't (and won't). Conflicting reports everywhere.
Machida likely takes it.. They gotta have someone fight Shad in 3 weeks.. Machida is the best option in terms of promotion..
Most of the links now are supporting that Machida has declined the offer (not enough time to prepare and possibly not getting a le shot if he won)
One of the MMA media guys on twitter also asked if possibly Franklin would fight Evans (since he he is on the same card) but Dana said no; so mystery continues.
Honestly before I thought of Machida, my first idea was moving up Alexander Gustafsson to the main card to fight Evans, since they are on the same card, and I'm sure Alex was helping Davis prepare for Evans.
How many more injuries will happen?
What an awful mess.. Davis better be hurt real bad to pull out of this fight with just 3 weeks left.. 6 weeks would have been no problem but just 3 has almost any viable top contender that is available saying no..
Someone online suggested maybe using the "talents" over at Strikeforce ...
Rashad Evans Comments on UFC 133, Machida, o and Makes His Pick for Bones vs. Rampage http://ht.ly/5DNIU #UFC @UFC @SugaRashadEvans
Last edited by ace3g; 07-13-2011 at 01:37 PM.
from danawhite twitter:
Get ready philly for Rashad Evans vs o Ortiz!!! Aug 6th LIVE on PPV at the Wells Fargo Center!!!!!!
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