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[Sakara=Excitement]

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/6/17...faber-mma-news

When UFC 146 was announced as an all-heavyweight card with a UFC heavyweight title fight between Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem on top, people (such as myself) hailed it as one of the best cards of the year immediately. It certainly didn't turn out that way, at least on paper, due to all the changes. Just a couple of months later we have a card that dwarfs the issues UFC 146 went through. The Cursed Card of Calgary. UFC 149.

Let's take a look at how the card looked on May 9th, the day that the UFC officially announced the main and co-main events:

It should be noted that Siyar was a replacement himself, stepping in for Yoshihiro Akiyama the day before. Things were calm for almost a month after that. Tickets went on sale. Calgarians were hyped. Then came the month of doom.You can check out all the changes and what the current card looks like after the jump.

On June 4th, the UFC officially announced Silva and Alves were off the card. Alves was replaced by Canadian Chris Clements, and the UFC tried to book Shogun vs. Glover Teixeira to no avail.

On June 6th, Bisping bowed out of the card and Hector Lombard moved over from UFC on Fox 4 to take on Boetsch. In exchange, Shogun was moved over to that card.

Former Dream champion Bibiano Fernandes had been announced for the card against Roland Delorme, but he cleared up his situation on June 9th by stating he never signed with the organization at all.

On that same day, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was scratched from the card due to injury. His bout with Erik Koch was postponed, and a UFC interim bantamweight title fight between Urijah Faber and Renan Barao because the new main event.

Then came the final nail in the coffin so far - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was removed from the card yesterday because he hadn't fully recovered from his broken arm. He was replaced by Shawn Jordan.

So fight fans, here's how the Calgary main card looks right now:

Pretty brutal.

[Pasha K]

For all the pour souls that actually pay 50 bucks for the PPVs this is an insult. They should make this card for free, who is going to pay money to watch such a bad card in paper?

[GangGreenWarrior]

Next time your crack a bottle, pour one out for UFC 149 cause this card is as good as dead.

[The Return Of......]

how many times have the shitting cards on paper turned out to be some of the best we have ever seen, and cards like KNOCKOUT not live up to the hype??

[goodtimes]

The main event and co-main event are better fights imo...

[MIZjitsZOU]

Originally Posted by goodtimes

The main event and co-main event are better fights imo...

I think I agree. This isn't as bad as the article is making it to be. I definitely wouldn't be mad if they made it a free card though.

[Rumble]

Maybe it's just me, but this card doesn't look that bad. I'm more than willing to pay to watch Faber/Barao, Boetsch/Lombard, and see Siyar fight again. Not to mention McGee/Ring could be pretty good too.

Lots of times "shitty" cards turn out to be sick. You never know how good a card is/isn't until the end of the night when all is said and done.

Never judge a card by it's line up. We as MMA fans should know that.

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by Pasha K

For all the pour souls that actually pay 50 bucks for the PPVs this is an insult. They should make this card for free, who is going to pay money to watch such a bad card in paper?

It's a bad card why?

[The Return Of......]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

It's a bad card why?

because its the only thing he could think to bitch about and you know he cant say anything nice about the UFC

[Esox Express]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

It's a bad card why?

Not to speak for Pashak... But the only thing disappointing about this card would be the lack of big name draws. Sure there's Faber, but to most people who would potentially buy this card he is fighting someone who is relatively unknown - a tough fight to sell for fenceline PPV buyers. And then to follow it up behind him, you have Lombard (first-timer in the UFC) up against Boetsch (Lots of awesome fights under his belt, but not a huge draw by any means) and the draw power only gets worse the further you go down the list.

I'm willing to bet anything that this card is going to be an awesome show with some dynamic fights, but I would also bet that the PPV buys are going to be sheepishly low. It's lacking a big blockbuster fight that most cards can invest their success in.