UFC 72: Victory

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Go to Hooters and watch it. Trust me, you're not going to want to miss out on Griffin/Guida when it goes down.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

You're really stoked on that fight eh? While I think it will be good, I also think you're bound to get a little disappointed.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

LOTC hasn't learned from Sanchez/Koscheck that "It can't suck" usually translates into -at best- an underwhelming fight. You silly fool, LOTC.

 

That said, Guida/Griffin CAN NOT SUCK. Guida is a meth-fighter.

[Lei Tong 0]

Who also has something of a penchant for embarrasingly quick submission losses.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

And Griffin has a penchant for applying said submissions.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

And you both have a penchant... for... uh... gay.

 

Barring a really quick submission, the Guida/Griffin will kick the ass. Gonna be scrambley~!

[Nate 0]

i know people are saying they are not looking forward to the show, but i think its gonna be alot better then the card looks, its mainly because there are very few well known names on the PPV, i think Yushin will win as will Hector Ramerez considering the way the upsets have been happening in UFC

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Hector Ramirez reminds me of Steven Segal. I hope he wins with a wrist lock and a makeshift microwave bomb.

[Mik 0]

Has Rich Franklin had a single day in the past 5 years where he hasn't had a black eye?

 

That's what I'm wondering.

 

During the course of the UFC countdown show I noticed 3 different versions.

[starvenger 0]

Has Rich Franklin had a single day in the past 5 years where he hasn't had a black eye?

 

That's what I'm wondering.

 

During the course of the UFC countdown show I noticed 3 different versions.

<Insert Jorge Gurgel joke here>

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Kind funny this card is being called Victory.

 

Yushin Okami vs Rich Franklin

Forrest Griffin vs Hector Ramirez (Both fighters coming off losses)

Tyson Griffin vs Clay Guida (Both fighters coming off losses)

Jason McDonald vs Rory Singer (Both fighters coming off losses)

Scott Smith vs Ed Herman (Smith coming off a loss)

Eddie Sanchez vs Colin Robinson (Sanchez coming off a loss)

Marcus Davis vs Jason Tan

Dustin Hazelett vs Stevie Lynch

[Mik 0]

I finally caught some clips of Tyson Griffin knocking out Urijah Faber by countering Faber's superman punch at that outdoor card. Still his only loss. Seemed like a bad ass fight.

 

I guess that PPV doesn't seem all bad, but I'm still gonna skip it and hope for the good matches to find their way online.

[Nate 0]

I finally caught some clips of Tyson Griffin knocking out Urijah Faber by countering Faber's superman punch at that outdoor card. Still his only loss. Seemed like a bad ass fight.

 

I guess that PPV doesn't seem all bad, but I'm still gonna skip it and hope for the good matches to find their way online.

 

same here, hopefully they pop up somewhere

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

If you know where to look you can catch them a couple of hours right after.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

I'm going to order it, because I ain't broke like yall are.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

If you don't buy this card, it doesn't mean you're broke. But if you do buy it, it's a sign that you probably will be soon since you just love throwing your money away.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

If you don't buy this card, it doesn't mean you're broke. But if you do buy it, it's a sign that you probably will be soon since you just love throwing your money away.

 

Dawg, with the amount of useless shit I've bought in the past year, buying this card in my case isn't throwing away money. I got more then enough to buy this card.

 

I problay would've went to the bar and watch this if it was Franklin/Kampmann, but Franklin/Okami has me sold.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Likely going to Hooters to see this one. I like the idea of it being at 3pm

[Mik 0]

I'm weak.

 

I bought this despite my best intentions.

 

Scott Smith currently bleeding profusely but I'm hoping he can turn this around and take care of Herman.

 

I hate Ed Herman. Cocky, ugly ginger fucker.

 

And Smith, on the other hand, provides an entertaining fight EVERY time win or lose. He should have a lifetime contract.

[Mik 0]

Somewhere in Canada, LOTC just had multiple orgasms because Griffin/Guida was 17 types of awesome.

 

Too much awesomeness to even describe. I'd have to watch it 4 more times to digest it all.

 

FOTN, FOTY, whatever. It was beautiful.

 

Made the purchase worth the money.

[Mik 0]

The whole PPV was pretty decent.

 

The things that annoyed me/I didn't like:

 

Forrest fighting scared.

Forrest's shitty attitude. "I didn't train very hard for this fight." FU.

The first two rounds of Okami/Franklin.

 

I was really hoping that Rich tapped to that kimura in the third round. It was close and he showed great submission defense getting out of it.

 

The coolest part of Griffin/Ramirez was having The Natural in one corner and Rampage in the other.

 

Worth the money for Griffin/Guida, but overall suprisingly good. I just wish that Okami and Scott Smith ended up winning. I really hope that Anderson defends his belt now because I'm curious to see a Franklin/Silva rematch.

[Darthtiki 0]

That Griffin/Guida fight was great.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Griffin/Guida was fucking awesome. I had Clay winning 29-28, and from everyone's disaproval at Hooters at the outcome so did they.

 

That kimura Okami had on Rich was absolutly sick. If it hadn't been so late in the fight where Rich was obvisouly winning I would not have been suprised to see him tap.

 

Solid show overall. Hooters is definatly the way to go. I ordered about $15 worth of stuff, I had a pretty girl refill my pop, and got to see a $40 ppv

[Darthtiki 0]

Place I went to had like 8 people watching, usually it's packed.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Fuck Forrest. I hope he fights Machida soon enough, I wanna see him get KO'ed, than cry, again.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Solid night, unfortunate this show had to follow the kick-ass UFN earlier in the week.

 

- Great night for music choices. Herman coming out to Phil Collins, Guida bouncing down to his poppy rock, MacDonald with the Metallica, Forrest brings the Dropkick Murphys and Okami wants to Kill Bill.

 

-Smith/Herman was a fun fight, the blood was wonderful and the kneebar attempt had everybody at my place freaking out over another possible Smith comeback.

 

- Yup. Guida/Griffin was that good. And yup, Guida got fucked, no two ways about it.

 

- The first round of MacDonald/Singer had me worried but then I remembered that Jason was getting the shit beat out of him by Leben in the first round and I figured he'd come on strong in the second. Also, Rory Singer has one of the worst nicknames in MMA. As I said when I heard it last night, Outburst sounds like the name of a feminine hygiene product. And he came down to fucking Black Eyed Peas.

 

- Forrest makes no effort to take the fight to the ground for some reason and more or less gets on his bicycle for the whole fight. Whatever. His entrance music ruled.

 

- The third round of Okami/Franklin made up for the first two being dull as fuck and really had me rooting for Okami. Makes me wonder what Franklin would've done if a guy with the skills of, say, Marqurdt had put him in those kind of positions.

 

- Hey guys, Marcus Davis is no longer a boxer. But still a really old man.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Don't foeget Tyson coming out to "Eye of the Tiger"

[Lei Tong 0]

Makes me wonder what Franklin would've done if a guy with the skills of, say, Marqurdt had put him in those kind of positions.

 

I don't think people are giving Okami enough credit for how skilled he actually is. People seem to think that the third round of the fight was some sort of indictment of Franklin's skills, as opposed to Okami proving that he actually has the ability to compete at the upper tier of the division.

 

On a side note: Comparitively to Marquardt, I'd say Nate has the edge in striking & submissions, while Okami has the advantage with wrestling & positioning skills.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Let's not forget cardio, that's one of the main reasons why I think Nate might lose a fight to Silva, I don't know if he can handle the pace of a five round fight with a guy who is willing to constantly push it.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Nate's an intelligent enough fighter to not blow his load in the opening rounds and leave himself ripe for the picking as the fight goes on. His gameplan is obvious enough but it's how he'll reach it that interests me.