Lord of The Curry Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 Less then a month till what could be quite possibly one of the most nerve-wracking fight nights of my life as an MMA fan. Let's get it. Card so far (confirmed by the official UFC website) David "The Crow" Loiseau vs Rich "Ace" Franklin ©- UFC Middleweight Championship "The Prodigy" BJ Penn vs Georges "Rush" St. Pierre Joe "El Dirte" Doerkson vs Nathan Marquadt Rumoured fights: Diego Sanchez vs John Alessio Yves Edwards vs Mark Homnick Kenny Florian vs Sam Stout Seth Petruzelli vs Rob "Can-Cop" McDonald
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 Canada's gonna look pretty bad when we get shut out. Well, maybe MacDonald can pull it out. GSP might too, considering BJ's ring rust.
Lord of The Curry Posted February 10, 2006 Author Report Posted February 10, 2006 Canada's already lost the entire PPV when they announced they were holding it in Vegas. We'll get maybe a 1% endoresement from that crowd and I imagine GSP and Loiseau are the only ones who have an actual shot at getting cheered. Hopefully people will remember Mardquadt as the guy that boned the UFC's first live fight card (I don't count the TUF1 finale) and cheer Doerkson. I'm rooting for Loiseau but very much expecting Franklin to retain so if The Crow gets fucked up I won't be too disappointed. GSP on the other hand is another story. I'm not ready to see him lose, 'specially not to Doughboy.
Lei Tong Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 Canada's gonna look pretty bad when we get shut out. Well, maybe MacDonald can pull it out. GSP might too, considering BJ's ring rust. I was about to call you pessimistic, but then I looked over the card again. So yeah, Team Canada's getting skullfucked.
starvenger Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 I'm rooting for Loiseau but very much expecting Franklin to retain so if The Crow gets fucked up I won't be too disappointed. GSP on the other hand is another story. I'm not ready to see him lose, 'specially not to Doughboy. IIRC Loiseau's got some wicked elbows so if he's gonna beat Ace that's how he'll do it. That being said, I don't see that happening. I'm curious as to what weights BJ's most recently fought at. Hopefully people will remember Mardquadt as the guy that boned the UFC's first live fight card (I don't count the TUF1 finale) and cheer Doerkson. Takes two to tango. Salaverry didn't help matters in that match either by being largely ineffective. Speaking of which I'm surprised that they didn't throw him in this card.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 Nathan Marquardt is a great wrestler with great standup and a BJJ Black belt. He's a top five fighter at MW as well as generally being an exciting fighter. Cut him some slack. I personally thought Salaverry was to blame, as it wasn't the first the time he froze up fighting a top guy after looking real good. (vs. Lindland at UFC 39)
RavishingRickRudo Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 I haven't seen a bad Dirte fight, so he'll definitely push the pace to Marquardt, and that's all a fight really needs. When two fighters decide not to fight like Nate and Ivan did, you get shitty fights. I don't think you'll get that with Doerkson in there. Also added: Mike "Quick" Swick vs. Stephane "Simba" Vigneault AWESOME~!
Lei Tong Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 Man, they really like Canadians coming off of losses. Also, Marquardt is a capable wrestler, but not a great one. He is well rounded, though.
RavishingRickRudo Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 Whomever is the agent for these TKO fighters must be makin more than the fighters themselves.
Lt. Al Giardello Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 People are under estimating The Crow, I think. I think he's gonna upset Franklin.
starvenger Posted February 11, 2006 Report Posted February 11, 2006 I don't think that anyone thinks that Loiseau is bad. We just think that Ace is that much better.
Lord of The Curry Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Posted February 11, 2006 Full Card Rich Franklin vs David Loiseau BJ Penn vs Georges St. Pierre Nathan Marquadt vs Joe Doerkson Diego Sanchez vs John Allesio Yves Edwards vs Mark Homnick Kenny Florian vs Sam Stout Mike Swick vs Stephane Vigneault Tom Murphy vs Christophe Midoux Jason Lambert vs Rob McDonald This card needed some ma'fuckin Donald Ouimet. A picture of him and Dana White smiling their seedy smiles would make my day.
Ripper Posted February 18, 2006 Report Posted February 18, 2006 I don't want Franklin to lose, but I have this feeling that Louiseau might pull it out.
Lord of The Curry Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Posted February 18, 2006 Ripper watches MMA. Go Ripper go.
Lt. Al Giardello Posted February 19, 2006 Report Posted February 19, 2006 If the Crow lands the elbows, it's finished, he will win by cuts. Aint no stoppin the Bows.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted February 19, 2006 Report Posted February 19, 2006 I secretly am rooting for BJ and Rich Frankllin. Don't tell anyone though.
Lord of The Curry Posted February 19, 2006 Author Report Posted February 19, 2006 SWERVE~! I can't say I'm rooting for BJ but if Ace wins I'll be happy.
Guest Retro Rob Posted March 1, 2006 Report Posted March 1, 2006 UFC is reporting on it's site that Diego had to withdraw from his fight due to illness, and the listing of him and Alessio is off the card, but the link to the actual article is dead.
Lord of The Curry Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Posted March 1, 2006 The plus side of this being that we'll probably be seeing Dorekson/Marquadt now and we might not have before so I can deal with Diego's bellyache.
Guest Brian Posted March 2, 2006 Report Posted March 2, 2006 Florian out, Fisher in according to UFC.tv I consider this an upgrade.
Lei Tong Posted March 2, 2006 Report Posted March 2, 2006 Oh, man. Fisher is going to hurt Stout. Badly.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted March 2, 2006 Report Posted March 2, 2006 Fisher is fighting at 155 eh? He should be a beast at that weight.
Lei Tong Posted March 2, 2006 Report Posted March 2, 2006 I've mentioned it before: Fisher is the UFC's uncrowned LW champion (and no, I'm not forgetting Yves).
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted March 2, 2006 Report Posted March 2, 2006 He might not look it this saturday. He's gonna be cutting 20 lbs in two days.
Lei Tong Posted March 2, 2006 Report Posted March 2, 2006 Fisher's a soft WW, and I wouldn't be suprised if he was already walking lower in anticipation for a future LW debut. However, even if drained, he has the ground skills to submit Stout handily.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted March 2, 2006 Report Posted March 2, 2006 That's probably what would happen, but all the odds are against as he was reported to have weighed at 175, and just had a fight two weeks ago.
Lord of The Curry Posted March 3, 2006 Author Report Posted March 3, 2006 I've mentioned it before: Fisher is the UFC's uncrowned LW champion (and no, I'm not forgetting Yves). So forgetting isn't ignoring?
Lei Tong Posted March 3, 2006 Report Posted March 3, 2006 At his best, Yves would stand a decent shot of beating Fisher. However, chances are Yves would be more than happy to let Spencer tee off on him and offer little in return en route to a Unanimous JD loss.
starvenger Posted March 3, 2006 Report Posted March 3, 2006 I've been impressed with Fisher in the couple of bouts I've seen of him. And frankly, anything that stops me from hearing the nickname "KenFlo" is ok by me...
RavishingRickRudo Posted March 3, 2006 Report Posted March 3, 2006 The preview on SPIKE for the show was ok, but it was really rushed - they could have done the entire thing on St. Pierre/Penn and I would have been happy. They glossed over the majority of Penns time in the UFC and completely wrote Sherk out of UFC history by not only not talking about GSP's performance against him, but for also saying that St Pierre got on his knees after the _Trigg_ fight (of course, St. Pierre just called out Hughes after the Trigg fight, didn't get on his knees and beg for a title shot). Hughes did the most to put over Penn, IMO, by saying he wants Penn to win so he can have a rematch, Dana spinning it as "BJ needs to prove it wasn't a fluke" doesn't really work.
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