The MMA QUADRUPLE shot~!

[Brush with Greatness 0]

So has UFC officially moved all their PPV's to Saturday nights now or what? When was the last time they ran a Friday show. It must have been almost a year back. It seemed like they were always Friday's for awhile.

 

Anyone care to enlighten me on this logic.

[Styles 0]

It looks like it. Saturday night is a better night for them anyway. The last show that was a Friday night was UFC 50: The War of '04 in October since I remember driving up to Atlantic City on a Friday after my classes.

 

UFC 51 was the day before the Superbowl like last year with UFC 46, and I guess they liked Saturday better because UFC 52 is a Saturday and I believe UFC 53 is going to be a Saturday too...

[AboveAverage484 0]

Looks like the matches to be shown on PPV are:

 

Couture vs. Liddell

Hughes vs. Trigg

Lindland vs. Lutter

St. Pierre vs. Miller

 

Bablu vs. Wiuff is the swing match, meaning if time permits the fight will be show.

 

As for the rest, it depends on how much time is left, but based on past UFC's I'll have to say one of the other matches will be shown, probably Riggs vs. Salaverry (WAR SALAVERRY!!!).

 

It seems Andrei Arlovski has an opponent for his first title defense and it's none other than...

 

 

 

 

 

...Justin Eilers. My only assumption is that everyone else turned the fight down except him. I was hoping for Ricco Rodriguez but what the hell, at least Arlovski gets a squash match for his first defense.

[Styles 0]

Wait, is it Arlovski vs. Eilers at UFC 53? I thought Mir was the still the champion, therefore Mir and Arlovski were going to fight each other in a unification match. What happened to that?

[Styles 0]

OK, I just saw the release on MMA Weekly. As mentioned, I hope to score tickets to the show, and was really looking forward to seeing Mir vs. Arlovski, but the last main event I went to got downgraded so I geuss the trend continues. Franklin vs. Tanner for the Middleweight belt will be on the show too. Hopefully that's the main event. At least a couple of title will be up for stake. Here's the press release:

 

UFC RETURNS TO ATLANTIC CITY FOR UFC 53:

 

Heavy Hitters; TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY, APRIL 18

 

Andrei Arlovski defends his interim heavyweight belt

 

Las Vegas, NV, April 12, 2005 … There’s going to be some heavy hitting taking place on June 4 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, when Andrei Arlovski puts his interim heavyweight belt on the line in UFCâ 53: Heavy Hitters.

Tickets for the action-packed 8-fight event, priced at $350, $250, $150, $75 and $35, will go on sale Monday, April 18 at the Boardwalk Hall box office in Atlantic City, at all Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-736-1420. For general information, call 609-348-7000. Tickets are subject to transaction fees. Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, Trump Marina and Trump Taj Mahal are the hosts of the event.

UFCâ 53: Heavy Hitters will be available LIVE on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. EDT on iNDemand, DirecTV, Dish Network, TVN, Echostar, Bell ExpressVu and Viewers Choice Canada. The suggested retail price is $34.95.

Arlovski’s opponent and the remainder of the card will be announced as the bouts become official.

The Ultimate Fighting Championshipâ brand is the world’s leading professional mixed martial arts association and offers the premier series of MMA sports events. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFCâ fight programs feature six live pay-per-view events annually through cable and satellite providers. In addition to its U.S. distribution, UFCâ fight programs are distributed internationally throughout the world, including broadcast on WOWOW, Inc. in Japan and Globosat in Brazil.

Zuffa, LLC licenses the distribution of UFC video games through Crave Entertainment and Take Two TDK Mediactive and its fight show DVDs through Studioworks Entertainment, a Ventura Distribution company. “Ultimate Fighting Championship,” “Ultimate Fighting,” “UFC,” “Submission,” “As Real As It Gets” and the Octagon cage design are registered trademarks or trademarks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC in the U.S., Japan and other jurisdictions. All other marks that may be referenced herein belong to their respective holders.

 

Historic Boardwalk Hall, which first opened in 1929, received a $90 million renovation to transform the building into a modern special events arena capable of variable seating for up to 13,800 people. The facility is the home to an array of events including concerts, boxing, family shows, and Atlantic City’s signature event, Miss America. Visit us at www.boardwalkhall.com. for more information. Boardwalk Hall is an SMG-managed facility.

 

And also...

 

MMAWeekly has learned that Evan Tanner will defend his title against Rich Franklin at UFC 53 in June. Franklin became the immediate contender after his impressive win over Ken Shamrock.

 

One man not happy with this entire situation is Matt Lindland. Lindland thought he would get the next title shot against his former teammate in Tanner if he could defeat Travis Lutter tomorrow night. Instead he will not get that opportunity.

 

Lindland will be one of today's featured guests on MMAWeekly Radio

as the guys continue to broadcast live from Las Vegas. Lindland will

have plenty to say on the situation on today's show.

[AboveAverage484 0]

I guess Lindland should have never gotten knocked out in 20 seconds against a guy Tanner mulched at the last UFC.

 

I think Franklin can take Tanner, I'd really love to see either one against Sakuraba, but I don't see that happening anytime in the next millenium.

[The Ill One 0]

I caved in and ordered UFC's pay-per-view tonight and the cable company's charging me $34.99 or something 'round there. Please tell it's not a sucker card or at least bullshit for my own reassurance.

 

Oh and Murray's fight isn't going to be shown?

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Murray isn't fighting. He has VISA problems.

 

Couture vs. Liddell, St. Pierre vs. Miller, and Hughes vs. Trigg should all be big fights. Lindlands fights typically are bathroom breaks, but depending on the type of opponent, that may change.

 

In Canada the PPV is 29.99

[The Ill One 0]

Damn I was hoping to see if Murray lived up to the hype.

[Styles 0]

I will not be watching the show live since I don't have PPV here at school. Rest assured I'll watch the show hopefully tommorow, but until then, I probably won't step into this folder, to avoid results. Enjoy the show for those watching!

 

Predictions:

 

Couture, unanimous decision.

Hughes, 2nd round submission

Babalu, 1st round KO

Lindland, unanimous decision

St. Pierre, 1st round KO

[The Ill One 0]

Edit: About to get started.

[the pinjockey 0]

They have to allow 25 minutes of match time for each title match (5 5 minute rounds instead of 3), so between hype packages, entrances and intross they will leave about 40-45 minutes for each of those matches. That can suck up the time quick. Unless everything runs ridiculously long they will show the Babalu fight and maybe one of the other fights if a couple fights end quick.

[the pinjockey 0]

HAH, Miller eating a kick when doing the kip up was fucking awesome.

 

Almost as awesome as St. Pierre bringing the Wanderlei level stomps. Fuck Trigg, let St. Pierre fight Hughes again.

[the pinjockey 0]

God damn that 10 million figure they keep throwing around is amusing.

 

I would like to see Miller fight again, against someone not in the elite class. He obviously has a chin and has good cardio as he was still throwing sub attempts in the last minute.

 

As for St. Pierre, I want St.Pierre-Hughes II now.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Wow, the ME was over faster than I thought it would be.

[the pinjockey 0]

HO-LEE FUCK

[Guest Brian]

WTF? You knew it was going to eventually happen, but WTF.

[the pinjockey 0]

When did they change the rule so that a person on the mat is now able to upkick to the standing person's head? Wasn't that not allowed since the standing person can't kick to the downed opponents head?

[The Ill One 0]

Man that main event was so shocking due to it's briefness. Watching Hughes scoop him up, run across the octagon, then slam him down as a prelude to a rear naked choke was like watching an ending to a brutal Disney movie.

[AboveAverage484 0]

Thanks for using spoiler tags, guys.

 

Why I was in this thread in the first place is up for grabs, but come on, at least wait a day or two to give everyone a chance to see it.

[the pinjockey 0]

Another note: Mario Yamisaki needs to be shitcanned after that Hughes-Trigg fight and not calling time for the groin shot. He can't use the "I didn't see the knee" excuse considering he distinctly says "watch the knee" immediately after it's thrown.

[The Ill One 0]

That was sketchy.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

I'm impressed that they managed to get all but 1 fight onto the show this time around. Hughes vs. Trigg was probably the best match of the night.

 

Miller's corner yelling "retard strength" made my night though.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

I'll provide a more indepth review when I watch it again Sunday night, but here are some thoughts...

 

 

St. Pierre is the fucking MAN. I hyped everyone in the room for him and then he delivered. After that fight, everyone was a Rush fan.

 

Couture got knocked out. I am still in awe. Liddell on top is so good for the division, though. Think of the rematches, think of the matches. You know Bonnar/Griffin vs. Liddell would be much better than Griffin/Bonnar vs. Couture. When all the celebrities were saying "Randy" I knew Liddell was going to win. It's a curse!

 

I have to watch Hughes/Trigg again, because so many people are saying FOTN and are ignoring the awesome GSP performance.

[the pinjockey 0]

I don't think people are ignoring that. It is just hard to put that as FOTN when it was one sided domination compared to the incredible back and forth drama of Hughes/Trigg. You need two to tango to make a FOTN.

 

Also, whoever decided to put a microphone in front of Andrei Arlovski needs to be fired immediately. If you know your champion can not speak english don't make him other than the "Who's Next" type comments. Although he did look quite the pimp in that suit.

 

I did like the preview for 53 being built around him fighting like that is an event unto itself as opposed to hyping Arlovski/Eilers and making people wonder why Eilers is getting a shot.

[Brush with Greatness 0]

Hell, I thought the Joe Dirt fight was pretty good. Just because of how close he apparently seemed to coming to getting knocked out, and then finally pulling off the rear naked choke for the win, after he couldn't finish him off the first time in that position.

 

Maybe we were just more into it because he's a fellow Manitoban.

[Guest CurryMan]

When will te buyrates be in for the PPV?

 

And George St-Pierre is indeed the fucking man, I´m so looking forward to Hughes vs St-Pierre II now.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

I'm not dissing the GSP fight, it was just that he so clearly outclassed Miller that it wasn't funny. Rogan also came off like a douche the way he was riding Miller's nuts the whole fight. Miller's corner yelling "retard strength" made the night though. Hughes calling out Lindland was cool as well.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

I think they fucked up with UFC 53. They should've made Franklin/Tanner the main event.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Undertaker and Shane McMahon were at the UFC last night, but were never mentioned nor shown on camera.

 

- From DA MELTZ.

 

Miller did a fucking kip-up, that alone makes it amazing. And I think people are over-stating the one-sidedness of it. Was St. Pierre in any real trouble? Not really. Did Miller just lay down and die? Fuck no. It was competitive to the point where anything could happen and there were a ton of fun sequences.