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[lwbrewer]

Got to remember the contract only holds Sakara to the UFC not the UFC to Sakara. The UFC is trying to hold so many cards they need fighters to fill in and mid level fights can save a card when there exciting even when headliners fail to give it.

[Cat--Smasher]

6-7-1 in the UFC...

But always willing to bang.

Sakara Cote 2 -- make it happen!

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by Fe1

He got his ass handed to him in the Weidman

Ass handed to him? No....just....no.

[Fe1]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

Ass handed to him? No....just....no.

Haha ok, ya I remember that. That was hilarious!

[Dan]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

Alessio Sakara signs four-fight contract extension with UFC - MMA Fighting



*I've always wanted to note that Alessio is one of the current, longest tenured fighters in the UFC being with them the last 7 years. Not many fighters can claim that.

This is great news. Sakara is - as a bunch of other guys have said - always involved in great fights. I think that, aside from this, it makes a lot of sense for the UFC to keep Sakara on the books.

Firstly, he hasn't really lost 3 fights in a row. I'm sure that, whilst the strikes to Cote were illegal, the UFC brass understand that in the heat of the moment these things happen, and the strikes weren't intentional. Plus, I'm sure I'm not the only one that wants to see Sakara and Cote go to war again to settle the score and sort the whole mess out, right?

Secondly - as we've seen with guys like Dan Hardy - the UFC can shoe-horn its way in to emerging markets if fans have homegrown talent to get behind. Sakara - with his exciting style and veteran experience - would be a great guy to keep around for when the time comes for the UFC to take a trip to Italy, which according to this article (Italy Then Finland for European Expansion Plans Says UFC's Zelaznik) might not be too far in the future.

[Sakara=Excitement]

Alessio did well through out the first round stuffing the majority of Weidman's takedowns. And Weidman is a BEAST a wrestling, long list of credentials. Coupled with the extremely long layoff. Weidman was hurt too and he did more wrestling in this fight rather than choosing to strike with Weidman.

[Pasha K]

Originally Posted by Leucoethiops

Win or lose, the guy is always involved in exciting fights. He's underappreciated because he doesn't really speak English. Obviously not every fighter on a card is going to be an 'A' level fighter, but he's the ideal 'B' level fighter to have on a card.

Isn't it supossed that UFC signs only A level fighters?

And definitely personal issues involve the decisions of who should get cut and who should not.

Some fighters are cut after 2 loses (Some of them after only 1 loss). Others can lose 3 or even 4 fights in a row and are still in the roster. And not all of them are so damn exciting, look at Dan Hardy for example.

But whatever, this is not surprise at all. Same thing happens with title shots. Some people win 4 fights in a row and are not even title contenders. Others receive a title shot after zero fights in the respective division. So whatever...

[Sniggles]

Originally Posted by TODDJR88

Loss Patrick Cote UFC® 154 Live on Pay-Per-View: St-Pierre vs. Condit
Nov 17, 2012

Loss Brian Stann UFC on FUEL TV : Gustafsson vs. Silva
Apr 14, 2012

Loss Alessio Sakara UFC on VERSUS: SANCHEZ vs. KAMPMANN
Mar 3, 2011

sure looks like 3 to me

He lost to himself?!

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by Sniggles

He lost to himself?!

But who is himself? Is there a reality? Can it be touched? What exactly is the Matrix? Finkle is Inhorn, Inhorn is Finkle.

[initial_zen]

Originally Posted by Esox Express

This is very true - look at a guy like Chris Lytle. It's just a shame we are still so far behind in understanding the consequences of CTE

Chris lytles record wasn't that bad.. He only went 2 losses in a row once, and never more than that.