Ufc 76

[LEONARD]

Press Conf Videos (youtube, will probably disappear soon)
http://www.pancrase.org/ufc-76-video...76/09-24-2007/

Sherdog Minute by Minute
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=9193

Dana says Chuck vs Silva is just "not meant to happen"...
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/...ant-to-happen/

Dana press conf recap (pre and post fight)...
http://www.mmanews.com/ufc/Dana-Whit...rall-Show.html
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/09/...ated-comments/

Sam Caplan's post-fight rant on ESPN radio in Las Vegas...
http://mrsunshinevegas.wordpress.com...76-post-fight/

Sam referenced some of his amateur fights on youtube...here they are...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=abSG3ig-f4k (lost)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8nk7lVUebyU (lost)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D1-3uNXxjlI (lost)

Trigg was on also...
http://mrsunshinevegas.wordpress.com...-fight-ufc-76/

[2centsworth]

Will MMA be the first sport to thrive long-term without Superstars?

[LEONARD]

I REALLY hope "CompuStrike" isn't incorporated into MMA judging...
http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_yl...307compustrike

[DarkReign]

The MMA equivalent of the BCS Computer. *blech*

Tell ya man, Jardine has one uva chin. I seen his fight with Bonnar, which was extremely close, but the Jardine that fought Liddell was light-years beyond that Bonnar fight.

Its fun to watch a guy dramatically improve his game. Everyone is bagging on the outcome, because Jardine isnt a household name. So what? The legends of MMA should be remembered and revered, I agree. But no one is invincible. The sport has blown up (as if I need to say that here). The sheer amount of compe ion in the "minor leagues" insures the young, no-name, up-and-comers are very well equipped to make some noise in the big leagues.

I say its all good, overall. It will balance out in about a year. Someone will become dominant (although for much shorter lengths of time than say, boxing), then lose to someone else.

Keeps it fresh, IMO.

[LEONARD]

The MMA equivalent of the BCS Computer. *blech*

Tell ya man, Jardine has one uva chin. I seen his fight with Bonnar, which was extremely close, but the Jardine that fought Liddell was light-years beyond that Bonnar fight.

Its fun to watch a guy dramatically improve his game. Everyone is bagging on the outcome, because Jardine isnt a household name. So what? The legends of MMA should be remembered and revered, I agree. But no one is invincible. The sport has blown up (as if I need to say that here). The sheer amount of compe ion in the "minor leagues" insures the young, no-name, up-and-comers are very well equipped to make some noise in the big leagues.

I say its all good, overall. It will balance out in about a year. Someone will become dominant (although for much shorter lengths of time than say, boxing), then lose to someone else.

Keeps it fresh, IMO.

Good points...

I like Jardine. He's definitely come a long way since failing as a HW on TUF 2...and he rebounded nicely after getting launched into orbit by Alexander's uppercut

I thought he got screwed in the Bonnar fight...he brutally worked over Bonnar's legs...

I think Rampage will be dominant for as long as he keeps training like he has for his last 2 fights...but anything can happen

[IX_Equilibrium]

Forrest winning is almost as good. He's one of my favorite fighters...

Wow, thats a 180 from posts you've made before.

[LEONARD]

Wow, thats a 180 from posts you've made before.

Huh? Show me where I've said that I don't like Forrest...

[LEONARD]

The total payroll for the event was $954,000.

The full amounts included:

Keith Jardine ($14,000) def. Chuck Liddell ($500,000)
Forrest Griffin ($44,000) def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua ($150,000)
Jon Fitch ($44,000) def. Diego Sanchez ($22,000)
Lyoto Machida ($50,000) def. Kazuhiro Nakamura ($20,000)
Tyson Griffin ($24,000) def. Thiago Tavares ($9,000)
Rich Clementi ($24,000) def. Anthony Johnson ($5,000)
Jeremy Stephens ($6,000) def. Diego Saraiva ($3,000)
Christian Wellisch ($14,000) def. Scott Junk ($4,000)
Matt Wiman ($16,000) def. Michihiro Omigawa ($5,000)

We know that all of them made quite a bit more (for example, Couture made $4M for his last fight), but it's still funny that Jardine got $14k to Chuck 1/2 million...

Tyson Griffin and Tavares got fight of the night ($40k bonus) and sub of the night went to Forrest ($40k)...

[oligarchy]

LOL at the disparity in pay between the people that were upset and those that upset them. No KO of the night bonus for "Knockout" is ironic?

[LEONARD]

Should've had a Decision of the Night for Machida...king of the decision...