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[Sakara=Excitement]

Ok so just read on BE that Brock was in attendance for tonight's card which has everyone talking. When asked Dana didn't deny he was coming back to fight.

And this may sound extremely crazy sounding from you wrestling haters but this fits in perfect with Brocks "firing" angle with the WWE. So what if Dana and Vince are in cahoots, let's Brock come back and fight a winnable fight while he's "fired" only to have him return at Wrestlemania or the Rumble and win it.

EDIT
Ha just read what you wrote. Great minds my friend, great minds.

[Pasha K]

Cain looked like a possesed beast. It was just an epic beating. 4 minutes of a brutal bloodbath.
I hope BigFoot is Ok because I do not remember when was the last time I saw a fighter lose that much blood. Cain has talent fucking up the faces of his opponents. BigFoot, Lesnar, Rothwell all finished with the face destroyed.
Good for Cain, let's see how he does in the rematch with JDS.

JDS looked very good, maybe a little bit tentative but had a pretty solid performance. Once again he proved that he is very very hard to take down and now I think Mir will realize that he was absolutely wrong when he said that he is faster than Cigano hahahaha.
JDS has everything to remain champion for a long time, as long as he keeps stuffing the Takedown attempts of his opponents, he will continue to KO people.
He should maybe begin training a little bit of Muay Thai because it is the second fight where he does not even attempt to check the leg kicks of his opponents. Mir landed at least 10 of them. If the fight went to the 3rd or 4th round the legkicks would have obviosuly affected Cigano.


Who was the ref in the Barboza fight?? That ref should be fired inmediately!!!! Barboza ate 8 hammer fists when he was already unconscious, what the fuck was the ref doing???

[marko]

Yeah Barboza was trying to create space with his knee but as soon as his arm dropped he was out. Ref was way too late. Varner looked great though. I'll be honest I was rooting for Barboza and haven't been a fan of Varner since he bottled it when Cerrone skimmed his head with the illegal knee and used it as an excuse to get out the fight and keep his title (can you tell it still annoys me !).

Great night of fights !

[MickeyKnox]

I got home at about 2-2:30 in the morning and just got done watching all the fights from top to bottom except for Brandao/Elkins and Brown/Pineda (they wouldn't load).

First, I want to say that it was a real show tonight. Very, very entertaining with mixes of emotion for me. All but for a few very big disappointments, it was great!

BIG DISAPPOINTMENTS for me - Barboza, Mayhem, Volkmann

I cannot believe Barboza was defeated by Jamie friggin Varner, and not only did he get defeated, but TKO'd badly. I am very sad for that loss. Varner sure did come and throw a bomb into the Barboza train.

MAYHEM!? What the fuck. I love Mayhem and to see him lose like that tonight really gets to me. I don't understand how Mayhem was such a good grappler with really good BJJ and now he just looks nothing like he used to. That knee looked really bad from the start though and definitely hindered his performance, IMO. Excuses aside, Mayhem lost and that just really sucks. He just has not looked anywhere near how he did in the Shields fight. The fact that he was cut just stings deeper, IMO. I'll always be a fan anyway, but damn!!! Damn. I am also pretty bummed that Volkmann got caught in that triangle so quickly, too. I liked that quirky little guy. He'll be back.

JDS/MIR - A coworker and I both agreed that Mir would not make it out of the second round. Lo and behold... Mir was picked apart exactly as I envisioned it. JDS picked his shots and just slowly ate him alive like a vulture on roadkill. Mir didn't look as bad as I thought he would though. He put in a good job.

CAIN/BIGFOOT - HOLY BLOODSOAKING BIGFOOT! WOOO, YEAH! What a slaughter. I thought I was watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre for a second. Cain looked like the Terminator from the start all the way to the finish. There's nothing to say about it besides that Cain was easily killing Silva. And I mean killing him. Sheer brutality. Absolutely loved it. Great job Cain!

BIG COUNTRY/HERMAN - I had to pick my damn jaw up off the floor. I seriously just sat here, dumbfounded, in disbelief. I really like Herman so it is bittersweet for me but man, Roy-fucking-Nelson, THAT WAS A PUNCH! The replay looked so much like a Liddell overhand. It was so beautiful, I could shed a tear. Roy just told Herman to take a seat, son.

MIOCIC/ROSARIO - This was an entertaining fight between two really tough guys, however, I had not seen Rosario weigh in so I wasn't aware of how soft he was coming into the fight. It was clearly obvious that Shane was gassed in the second round and once Miocic started wrestling him and making him carry his weight, I knew it was over. Shane was kicking Miocic's ass on the feet though. Can't wait to see both guys back and I hope Shane comes right back and gets a win.

STRUVE/JOHNSON - Absolutely excellent performance by Struve. Beautiful submission win. Lavar came out, touched gloves, instantly went into beast mode, caught Struve with some heavy punches... and then it was over. It was really cool to see Struve win by pulling guard and just locking on that armbar like a smooth criminal. Too bad for Lavar but it was obvious in the Barry fight that once someone took him down, the tap was there for the taking, baby! Lavar is still a beast though.

HARDY/LUDWIG - HARDY actually won!? What a night, fellas. And by knocking out Bang? That was a beautiful left hook. I'll admit, I was happy for Dan while watching his celebration. That win must have been the best he has felt in ages. Good job, Hardy.

GLOVER/KINGSBURY - Welcome, Glover. I always read about the guy through here and other MMA sites but never saw any of his fights. Well... after he annihilated Kingsbury like he was a sacrificial sheep, I understand the talk. If Kingsbury was a brick wall that was in Glover's way of entering the UFC's LHW division, Glover just obliterated it into pieces. Glover just made it known to every LHW that he is here.

Anyone care to fill me in on Brandao and Brown's fight?

[marko]

Was there a reason Kingsbury looked like Tom Seleck ?

[Cat--Smasher]

Originally Posted by MickeyKnox

Anyone care to fill me in on Brandao and Brown's fight?

Brando came out like a beast in the first round and was doing his thing but lost all spring to his step in round 2 & 3 to lose the decision.

Brown and Pineda was a fun fight, a few beautiful reversals and sweeps. Brown takes the decision and announces retirement.

[Mr.Gummy]

So I was just at best buy and happened to be walking by the TVs. Sportcenter was on ESPN and they were showing footage from the mir/jds fight. REALLY?! Since when did they start airing footage from a pay per view the night before?? I thought that was really interesting! Good exposure for the UFC i guess.