MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight le)
This is my i hate Silva pick.. What an ass-hole this guy is.. He should be like Brock. Brock is a but he doesn't hide it.. Flips off the crowd when they boo him..Silva is a fake ass clown. Okami can win a round or 2 with wrestling but he probably gets KO'd round 3 or so.. But i hate Silva and can't pick him..
Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Incredibly hard fight to pick.. Shogun looked like a shot fighter against Jones but some of that might have been ring rust along with Jones just being that good.. I'll take him by UD here but Forrest could easily take it the other way.. Tough pick..
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Schaub KO's another aging all time great.. When will this in guy have to fight someone in their prime?
Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
To your point Dessie...
"This camp is definitely easier coming off a fight, as opposed to my last camp before the fight against Rich Franklin, which came after almost 15 months off. Anytime you think about ring rust and travel and camps back-to-back, it helps not having any bad injuries and being able to train consistently.
Did I have doubts going into the fight with Franklin after such a long layoff because of an injury? Oh yeah, there were doubts. You can always lose a fight. There are a lot of ways to lose a fight. The one thing I do know is that I got a nice break in the first round when I got on top of him. It was almost like I came back, and then before I knew it I was hit around the head.
Forrest Griffin will face Mauricio Rua at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro.
I was asked to fight again May 30 but didn’t feel ready and this Rio de Janeiro show (where he’ll face Mauricio Rua at UFC 134) was the next available card for me after that. I could have been fine to fight anytime in July and maybe even late June, but I wouldn’t have been ready in May.
I’ve been in the UFC for more than six years, but I ain’t got it figured out when it comes to training and training camps. In fact, I think I’m doing everything wrong and I think for my next fight I’m gonna go somewhere for five or six weeks and see what they do. Maybe to AKA or somewhere where there are a lot of guys slightly smaller than me.
You’d think me not having stuff figured out yet would keep it exciting. Not really. It ain’t been exciting, fresh or fun since 2008. It’s a job, it’s money, and I have a great job, I realize that. Just because it’s work doesn’t mean I’m not gonna do it. You man up and you do your job and I make a lot of money doing this, and I love money and I love the freedom and ability money gives you. I’m having a kid and my kid ain’t gonna ever want for anything. My little brother wants to go to college, so he’s going to college. The only thing that gives my mom pleasure in life is buying stuff off QVC, and I’m gonna pay those bills. I paid my mom’s house off. My wife’s family needs help? I’m gonna take care of that.
It’s the whole thing I write the books on – it’s being a man.
It quit being fun when I realized I wasn’t getting better. I’m plateauing or almost getting worse sometimes. One of the essential elements to have in this is your perceived expectation of the future, and I’m a painful realist, so I realized that I’m not going to get better; this is it. It’s only gonna get worse from here on and you fight as much as you can, you fight until you don’t have it anymore, and then you fight a couple more times after that.
Your cat’s sick, you can’t pay your rent, and for 15 or 25 minutes, however long, you’re free of that. It’s real hard for that to enter your mind when somebody’s choking your face off. You’re in that moment of getting your face choked. You ain’t thinking about the bills, your mortgage or your boss. It’s freedom from that. Well, now, the problem is that I’ve got a good life. I don’t want freedom from my good life. I love my life. I’ve got an awesome wife, my cat’s cool, he’s pretty healthy, and life’s pretty good.
Now I don’t need a reprieve from life."
http://sherdognet.craveonline.com/in...ufc_134_081611
Kenny Florian Takes Over Commentary Duties for UFC 134 While Rogan Films ‘Fear Factor’
http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_yl...c075ef006e916fUFC featherweight contender Kenny Florian will take a break from his training camp in preparation of facing Jose Aldo at UFC 136 to head to Brazil for commentary duties at UFC 134: Rio.
Florian, who has filled in as color commentator in several past shows, will be in attendance in Brazil to work alongside Mike Goldberg in the broadcast booth.
Regular UFC commentator Joe Rogan was unable to make the trip to Brazil due to filming obligations for his return to the NBC show Fear Factor that is currently in production.
Ramos vs. Silva added to UFC 134; Facebook streams five preliminary bouts
http://mmajunkie.com/news/24890/ramo...ie.com+Feed%29
Silva Pre Fight Interview: http://www.ufc.com/media/134-Silva-Pre-Interview
Last edited by ace3g; 08-20-2011 at 08:21 PM.
Just realized the pressers for this event are going to suck: Both Silva and Okami will need translators...
Ah yes Silva and his
"No speaka da english" routine.. Just turn the cameras off guys
you Silva..
Miller vs. Palhares to UFC 134's e TV card, Thiago vs. Mitc to Facebook
http://mmajunkie.com/news/24907/mill...ie.com+Feed%29
Plus Okami doesn't really have the best translator in the world either, it is bad when you need a translator for the translator...
Reminder: "Countdown to UFC 134" preview show debuts Thursday on e TV
http://t.co/KzfaFlJ
Dana talking to protestors:
Last edited by ace3g; 08-22-2011 at 01:35 PM.
UFC posted the countdown show on their site: http://www.ufc.com/media/134-CD-SILVA-OKAMI
Last edited by ace3g; 08-24-2011 at 09:29 AM.
Sonnen: UFC 134 trip to support Okami canceled due to sponsor intervention, police threat
http://mmajunkie.com/news/24937/sonn...ie.com+Feed%29TUALATIN, Ore. – Chael Sonnen wanted to be in Yushin Okami's corner for UFC 134, and he still has a plane ticket to Rio de Janeiro.
It's Brazil that doesn't want him there.
Sonnen said a major sponsor of Okami's requested he not attend the pay-per-view event, which takes place Saturday at Rio's HSBC Arena.
A source with knowledge of the situation told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Praetorian, a Brazil-based MMA brand, threatened to pull the Japanese fighter's sponsorship if Sonnen attended.
"There's a line of people that want to kick his ass," the source said.
And that could be the least of problems for the expert trash-talker. Sonnen said friends in the country forwarded him a local-media report in which a police chief threatened to arrest him on sight if he showed. The official cited a law that makes disparaging the national iden y a crime.
"You don't have freedom of speech in Brazil; put it like that," Sonnen told MMAjunkie.com after a workout at Team Quest Tualatin.
The source said Sonnen's claim is untrue. But the fighter's bombastic interviews have created quite a stir.
Not sure what parts of the story are true, but there were some tweets earlier last week about him not being in Rio, probably best for him not to be there and take any of the attention away from Okami, who deserves this le shot.
Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Gonna change to Forrest.. Saw the countdown show and he looks focused and hungry.. And i am pulling for him to win.. Go get em Forrest..
lol Brazil. What a bunch of oversensitive gots.
I saw countdown show
Anderson is all bull . Brazil vs Japan yup
But really do you think Okami has any chance of beating Anderson?
Silva fighting in Brazil.
Silva fighting against a fighter that he lost to is a strange way. And Okami could continue - Anderson knows that.
Okami trains with Sonnen - nuff said
And Okami will go forward like Sonnen did. But I don't know if Silva just not gonna straight punch him like he did it with Forest ...
Please Okami destroy that fVcker
Here is Forrest's interview, lol
How cannot you be interested in ufc le?
Anderson really howed Forest that he will never be on the level of the best in the world
btw that upper yt with silva sub les is perfect
Forrest has a very odd sense of humor.. The Silva fight did affect him greatly i agree 100%. But watching the countdown show he looked to be focused for this one.. Plus he's saying he wants to mix things up in training by going to some new camps, that's a good thing for him going forward. This is a big fight for him.. If he wins he could be reinvigorated. He loses and he's maybe out of the hunt for good.. Put it this way even if he is never a le contender again if he wants big fights and paydays he has to stay in the mix.. I think a rematch with Page is very possible if he loses to Jones and Forrest takes this fight with Shogun..
There is another presser today at noon: http://www.ufc.tv/ufc/video/ufc-rio-...conference/746
Weigh Ins are today at 2 P.M. http://www.ufc.tv/ufc/video/ufc-rio-...i-weigh-in/747
not 3pm?
The presser was strange and translations not always there ...
But the countdown was nice esp the main event
Live coverage begins at 3pm ET/12pm PT on 8/26/11
It starts at 3 p.m. Eastern , 2 p.m. Central
As for the translation, that always happens at pressers with a lot of fighters from Brazil.
New Vlog
Last edited by ace3g; 08-26-2011 at 10:48 AM.
yup but this time you could hear translation sometimes and sometimes not. Sometimes you could hear interpreter while dana was speaking.
eeee whatever
yup 3 estern so it's 9pm polish time
Well everyone made weight everyone in main and co main event looked in great shape
Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight le)
Anderson will come out motivated and he will try to finish the fight fast. Probably gonna stay outside as usual.
I'm not gonna pick anybody for now
Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Forest seemed to be pumped up for this fight during weight-ins, but I'm going with a better fighter which is Shogun.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Brendan improving and he is good enough on standup to punish Nog for not keeping his guard. It's gonna be a standup masacre for a Brazilian
Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
PRELIMINARY CARD ( e TV)
Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
Dan Miller vs. Rousimar Palhares
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
David Mitc vs. Paulo Thiago
Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos*
Felipe Arantes vs. Yuri Alcantara
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Raphael Assuncao vs. Johnny Eduard
I guess the "suits" at ESPN got to Sonnen here, a little more restrained when speaking on the Silva v. Okami fight: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6899775
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