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Is Barnett still in Pride? If so, when and where is he fighting next?
BodogFight "USA vs The World"
April 14, Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
Main Card Bouts (will air on PPV broadcast):
-Fedor Emelianenko (#1 HW) vs. Matt Lindland (#1 MW)
-Aleksander Emelianenko (#9 HW) vs. Eric Pele
-Eddie Alvarez vs. Nick Thompson
-Roman Zentsov vs. Bobby Southworth
-Amanda Buckner vs. Hitomi Akano
-Andrei Semenov vs. Jorge Santiago
Undercard
Josh "Buffalohead" Curran vs. Jarno Numinen
Rodrigo Damm vs. Santino DeFranco
Sergei Kaznovski vs. Dan Evensen
Julia Berezikova vs. Julie Kedzie
Dmitry Samoilov vs. Ray Steinbeiss
Eric Oganov vs. Derrick Noble
Steve Steinbeiss vs. Bill Mahood
Amar Suloev vs. Andy Foster
Main card airs on U.S. pay-per-view outlets on Saturday, April 14 at 9:00 PM (ET)
Buffalohead is my new favorite nickname...
I can't wait to see Southworth get drilled by Roman...
and in the year of the upset (many of which have been by Team Quest guys), we shouldn't count Lindland out. He's a gamer and a tough SOB. He'll only be 20-25 lbs lighter than Fedor. I hope Fedor isn't taking this fight lightly...
Aleks vs Pele should be interesting too...
Preview
http://evilmaster-mma.blogspot.com/2...rs-return.html
Chael Sonnen is a dumbass...wow...
http://blog.bodogfight.com/bodogfigh...bo-russia-etc/
Lindland talks about Fedor with Mauro on TheFightNetwork...
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=544007
Last edited by LEONARD; 04-12-2007 at 09:58 AM.
Is Barnett still in Pride? If so, when and where is he fighting next?
Yes, he is...here's the latest from Josh...
http://www.joshbarnett.tv/content/view/61/28/
Most are hoping for a Barnett - Fedor match this year, but they're friends. They said the would fight if they had to though...
Man, I would love him to come back to the UFC, he is by far my favorite fighter
I wouldn't doubt if he came back...even if he doesn't, maybe we'll see him in a "Pride vs UFC" match. He's top notch. His OWGP fight with Nog last year was wicked...they played it on FSN the other day. I forgot how great of a fight that was...
He was on the ADCC list...
http://evilmaster-mma.blogspot.com/2...adcc-2007.html
but I don't see him now...
http://www.graciemag.com/?c=144&a=6829
I'm sure he'll be fighting soon...
This is the one I've been waiting for. The Emelianenko brothers, Roman Zentsov and two chick fights. What a night.
Amanda Buckner interview
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=3752
I'm really liking this card after watching the preview this week (they also showed 2 previously unaired fights). And it's only $30
Eddie Alvarez looks like a guy to watch...The Goat is a tough matchup though...
Semenov is very explosive...always entertaining.
Pele vs Aleks will be a war...
I expect Lindland to make things tougher than people expect...
and a female fight, which many times steals the show...Julia Berezikova v Julie Kedzie would probably be a more entertaining female match though.
sucks that Fedor's start pupil, Kiril Sidelnikov, was injured recently and couldn't be on the card. Roger Gracie was supposed to be on it to, but he backed out for some reason...
St Pete is an awesome place to visit. Lucky them.
My predictions for the main card are the same as Leonard's with one exception. I am predicting that Matt Linland shocks the world and beats Fedor.
2007 has been the year of the upset and if anybody can pull off an upset it's Linland.
And Roman Zenstov should destroy Southworth!
Seriously, I don't think it's that crazy to predict it...Fedor is a heavy favorite, but not THAT heavy. , GSP - Serra was -1000 / +600 and we saw what happened there...
(from bodog.com)
Fedor Emelianenko -625
Matt Lindland +425
Aleksander Emelianenko -325
Eric Pele +250
At Shockwave Fedor's odds were...
Fedor -701
Hunt +631
Odds-makers are giving Lindland the respect he deserves...people must be betting him some too...
Eric Pele interview
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1166
"Ready in Russia"
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=3771
“Yes, I am crazy. That’s why I got into this sport, but I don't make a habit of taking fights I don't feel I can win.” Those were the words out of Matt Lindland’s mouth when we first talked to him about taking the fight against Fedor Emelianenko, the #1 ranked heavyweight fighter in the world.
Although Lindland himself is ranked #1 at middleweight, it is a huge step up in weight to face the Russian wrecking machine. Come fight time, Lindland will likely be giving up about 20 pounds or more.
But he has the heart of a compe or and sees this fight not as an insurmountable task, just another challenge. “I want to fight the best guys out there. I always have,” said Lindland. “I appreciate Bodog for giving me the opportunity to fight the best. Some promoters just want to promote their guys and are afraid to sign the best because they may beat their guys, so I found a promotion that believes in me and my abilities.”
Weigh-in Results
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=3775
http://www.fcfighter.com/news
Photos
http://69.46.29.2:8080/absoluteig/ga...ategoryid=2398
http://69.46.29.2:8080/absoluteig/ga...ategoryid=2397
Main Card
Fedor Emelianenko 230 lbs vs Matt Lindland 212 lbs
Eddie Alvarez 169 lbs vs Nick Thompson 170 lbs
Aleksander Emelianenko 255 lbs vs Eric Pele 277 lbs
Andrei Semenov 185 lbs vs Jorge Santiago 186 lbs
Amanda Buckner 135 lbs vs Hitomi Akano 136 lbs
Roman Zentsov 233 lbs vs Kristof Midoux ??
Undercard
Julia Berezekova 131 lbs vs Julie Kedzie 135 lbs
Dmitry Samoliov 169 lbs vs Ray Steinbeis 171 lbs
Eric Oganov 169 lbs vs Derrick Noble 170 lbs
Amar Suloev 184 lbs vs Andy Foster 184 lbs
Undercard Pre-PPV Fights
Josh Curran 265 lbs vs Jarno Nurminen 249 lbs
Rodrigo Damm 156 lbs vs Santino Defranco 156 lbs
Steve Steinbeiss 171 lbs vs Bill Mahood 204 lbs
I guess we could get as many as 10 fights for $30 now??
Lindland at 212?? That's about 15 heavier than when he fought Rampage.
Pele down to 277? He shed some pounds compared to where he was vs Antonio Silva...
What happened to Southworth???Midoux's flight was delayed (supposed to weigh-in later)...
Fedor - Lindland
Fedor - VanDamme...something about this is just funny...or wrong. I'm not sure which...
Aleks - Pele
WARNING to those who are ordering this PPV and want to avoid spoilers. The results have are all over sherdog's homepage.
Yeah, I just found that out the hard way too
This event was complete bull .
First of all, the reffing was the worst I have ever seen in MMA. I wanted to punch the ref through my computer screen during the Semenov-Santiago fight. In the first round, Semenov had Santiago in the full mount, and the ref kept telling Santiago to not let his feet touch the ropes at the same time that Semenov is raining punches down on his head! What the ? First of all, Santiago had nowhere to go because Semenov fully mounted him and he was worried about defending his head. Second of all, for the fighters safety, the ref should be concerned with Santiago's head, not his feet. There was also no consistency to restarts throughout the event.
As far as the Fedor-Lindland fight, I really don't like the way Fedor won. Fedor had his arm draped on the rope for 20 seconds to prevent Matt from getting him off balance. There is a reason why the ref yelled, "Let go of the ropes!" 10 times and, "Free!", 3 times (count yourself if you don't believe). When Matt picked him up to slam him, Fedor clearly grabbed the rope that allowed a reversal.
Had there been no rope grabbing, Fedor may still have won the fight, but I think it was tough luck for Matt to cut Fedor with a punch, get control of him in the clinch, pick him up for a slam, while Fedor grabbed the ropes the whole time to eventually get a reversal on the takedown with Fedor ending up on top. A guy moving up 2 weight classes to face the best in the world needs as level a playing field as he can get.
The overall production of the whole event was terrible.
Last edited by IX_Equilibrium; 04-15-2007 at 10:47 AM.
Also, MMA in a ring sucks. MMA belongs in a cage.
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Lindland
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...-14-april-2007
IX, was the ty reffing going in the favor of the Russians for the most part? I didn't see the event.
I didn't watch every single fight, so I can't really say, but from what I've been reading, it was horrible reffing period.
I've seen better reffing from Cecil Peoples.
On a lighter note: Bodog Minute-by-Minute from Sherdog
April 16, 2007
by Jake Rossen ([email protected])
Despite predictions to the contrary, Calvin Ayre's fledging bodogFIGHT promotion still exists. In their second pay-per-view offering, the dozens of fans who tuned into their Ion network lead-in series will hopefully find closure; others will be thousands of dollars in credit card debt, having absorbed Ayre's subliminal message to go bet their paychecks on bodog's famed gambling site.
(I'm no exception: either Steve Nash scores 25 points in Monday's game against Houston or my car gets repossessed.)
Because headliner Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures) is from the former USSR, the telecast comes to us from St. Petersburg, Russia, where people still wait in line for bread and water. (Those of you who believe I will pass up this opportunity to perpetuate ignorant Russian stereotypes are gonna be some sad little kids on Christmas morning.)
Copious notes follow.
9:04 p.m. An alleged capacity crowd fills the ICE Palace, having been promised indoor temperatures of at least 40 degrees, which some patrons find uncomfortably warm.
9:05 p.m. "Colonel" Bob Sheridan greets the pay-per-view audience, his rank likely as legitimate as Colonel Sanders'. I've never heard of him. He joins Paul Lazenby -- presumably a lowly sergeant -- and Captain Jeff Osborne (Pictures).
9:06 p.m. I'm informed by crack Sherdog.com researchers that 60-year-old Sheridan has suffered four heart attacks in his lifetime. His cardiologist is still trying to decide which Picasso would look best in the living room.
9:07 p.m. Jean-Claude Van Damme and Russian President Vladimir Putin are announced to be in attendance. I find it sad that the ruler of a world superpower will probably be less recognizable to stateside viewers than Chuck Zito.
9:11 p.m. It's Russia vs. Canada, a motif not seen since Yakov Smirnoff played three dates in Montreal, as Roman Zentsov (Pictures) takes on Kristof Midoux (Pictures).
9:16 p.m. Midoux goes for an armbar, misses, but lands in full mount. His offense is stifled as Zentsov applies the highly technical defense of the "Velcro monkey," wrapping his arms around Midoux's torso and holding on for dear life.
9:20 p.m. Round one ends just as Midoux suc bs to strikes to the side and top of the head. He lies there for a long, long time. In accordance with Russian emergency services protocol, he'll be given 15 minutes to recover before being shot, ground up, and fed to welfare recipients.
9:24 p.m. A self-aggrandizing video airs of Bodog president Calvin Ayre. To his credit, it's approximately an hour shorter than Thursday's self-aggrandizing e special featuring Dana White.
9:28 p.m. Hitomi Akano (Pictures) takes on Amanda Buckner (Pictures) in the evening's women's bout. Van Damme leers into the ring, preparing to turn on the ol' Brussels charm.
9:38 p.m. Akano eats a kick on the chin and Lazenby remarks that she has "whiskers." This is where I prove my maturity and not comment.
9:42 p.m. A forlorn Midoux comments backstage. "He ees tough man, ‘ard man," he says of Zentsov. Van Damme is asked to translate.
9:51 p.m. The camera catches its first real sighting of Van Damme, who appears genial if a bit leathery-looking. I have seen Bloodsport no less than a dozen times as a youth, and I shudder to think how it influenced my views on cinema. Terms of Endearment, I once remarked to friends, was all right, but needed more groin shots, maybe a training montage.
9:51 p.m. "I honestly think Andrei Semenov (Pictures) could throw a rock at a hornet's nest and hit each individual hornet as it attacked him." Lazenby is prone to subtle, dry commentary.
9:55 p.m. Putin is introduced to the crowd and sits down next to Van Damme in a scene more surreal than a Dali painting. For your average Russian observer, this is equivalent to nothing less than George Bush commiserating with Scott Baio at a WEC card.
10:16 p.m. Lazenby informs us that Aleksander Emelianenko (Pictures) served five years in prison for armed robbery. Since Japan seems to have a rigid no-admittance policy when it comes to convicted felons, and Aleks was a frequent guest there, I have to wonder how true this is … though I'm not sure where else one can commission a full-back tattoo of a grim reaper holding a baby.
10:18 p.m. During his pre-fight interview, Aleks uses the non-word "fiercefully." You tell him it doesn't exist.
10:20 p.m. Eric Pele (Pictures) enters the ring at a relatively svelte 275 pounds.
10:23 p.m. Aleks comes out "fiercefully," throwing knees and punches with bad intentions. Both men seem to suffer from a serious case of bed-head.
10:25 p.m. As Pele absorbs shot after shot, Lazenby remarks on his "strategy" to get hit and let Aleks tire himself out. As game plans go, this is only slightly more advisable than simply not showing up.
10:27 p.m. After a frustrating stalking session, Emelianenko drops Pele with a left hook. He produces a flask from his fight shorts, takes a swig and exits the arena. Along the way, several apprehensive Russians hand him envelopes full of cash. "Is Aleks tax, ha, ha, ha," Emelianenko shares.
10:31 p.m. We go inside Fedor's locker room. He's sound asleep as trainers drop cannon balls on his stomach. An electrical cord runs from his neck to a nearby outlet.
10:35 p.m. Eddie Alvarez (Pictures) prepares to defend his bodog welterweight le against Nick Thompson (Pictures). There's a bodog welterweight le?
10:59 p.m. Highlights of the dark matches from earlier in the evening are shown, including a hobo versus two hungry dogs.
11:08 p.m. Matt Lindland (Pictures) continues his quest to have the most engorged testicles of any human by taking on vaunted heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures) despite a substantial size disadvantage.
11:14 p.m. Fedor is introduced to a ravenous crowd. Dark spots dot his stomach, presumably from the cannon balls. He sips from a can of motor oil on his way to the ring.
11:16 p.m. Lindland has underhooks and seems intent to launch Fedor like a bale of hay. Unfortunately for him, Fedor steadies himself by latching on to the ropes. When Lindland executes the throw, Fedor lands on top. He's leeching some kind of viscous liquid from a cut in his exoskeleton above his right eye.
11:18 p.m. Fedor taps Lindland with an armbar.
11:21 p.m. Van Damme enters the ring to raise the hand of Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures). He addresses the crowd. "I ahem ‘ery glad to be ‘ere in your beauteeful city." He also promises to make yet another movie where he plays twins. Coming soon to a grocery store near you.
11:26 p.m. It's Fedor's turn to speak. "The sore loser Lindland, he is man baby," declares the champ. With his prize money, he plans on buying a bigger hamster to run the wheel that powers his furnace. Furthermore, his children will be able to attend school indoors. The crowd cheers.
Despite hemorrhaging money like Scrooge McDuck after a home invasion, bodogFIGHT is not as rancid as some would have you believe. Though the Russia vs. the World concept seemed to expire once Rocky IV hit home video, the fights were entertaining and the production credible.
I'll give it three Van Dammes out of five; right on par with Death Warrant, better than Monaco Forever, not as good as Timecop.
Rope / fence grabbing happens all the time...Fedor mostly had his elbow over the top rope...he's a smart fighter...sure it was on purpose. In a cage he could've just as easily grabbed the fence. Lindland still got him free of the top rope and up in the air, but Fedor was able to get 1 foot down and completely reverse him. That had nothing to do with the ropes...his hand was resting on the top rope just prior to the reversal. From there it wasn't even close. People seem to be flipping out over this and it happens all the time in MMA. I guess because it's Fedor, or because the fight was in Russia...
If Fedor loses, I think it'll be due to a cut...he cuts too easily. Especially with Pride introducing elbows...
Lindland did his fair share of "cheating" too... (somewhat tongue in cheek on the fence grab)
http://mma.tv/tuf/index.cfm?ac=ListM...99&FID=1&pc=13
but he's known for that type of stuff...ie "fake tap" in UFC fight with Bustamante...ear biting incident in wrestling match. Besides, he's a price...F him...
Bodog's production value is TERRIBLE.
Bodog's announcers are TERRIBLE.
Bodog has a long way to go to compete with Pride / UFC...or even Pro Elite, IFL, WEC...
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