In my house, this show was a definitely second place to SummerSlam tonight so I’m watching it after the fact. You can’t really go wrong with the guys that are on this show though. You have Chris Lytle in his retirement match, Dan Hardy who has been quite the disappointment of late, Ben Henderson, and…
Read MoreWhen I started going back through the UFC video catalog after I became a hardcore dedicated fan, there were some shows that seemed left of center. Patrick Cote was a contender for Tito Ortiz’s belt? How did that happen? Vitor Belfort beat Randy Couture? How did that happen. There have been some flukey shows in…
Read MoreWe live blogged the Ion prelims earlier if you missed it. In my opinion, the story of the night will be if BJ Penn has greatness left in him, or if a wrestler can now just overpower him. GSP and Frankie Edgar are both really good wrestlers, but they didn’t overpower Penn to the ground….
Read MoreTo many people, UFC 119 was the worst show they’d seen this year. To me, it was a slightly below average show where there were zero expectations. I guess, if the show has zero expectations, maybe it is worse because you’re still paying the same amount of money as you would to see a show…
Read MoreBonuses: – Submission of the night – CB Dollaway – Fight of the Night – Two were issued to the competitors involved in the Sherk-Dunham and Mitrione-Beltran fights – Even though Mir got a knockout, there is no knockout of the night. I caught the press conference a little late. Matt Mitrione: – He made…
Read MoreIf you missed the Spike TV prelims, I logged them here. How great would it be to see Mirko Cro Cop beat Frank Mir tonight? We actually had three guys take Cro Cop in the preview that we put out yesterday. I don’t see it, but I think it’d be a great story. 1. Jeremy…
Read MoreHere’s weigh-in results for UFC 119: Sean McCorkle (263) vs. Mark Hunt (265) Julio Paulino (170) vs. TJ Grant (170) Waylon Lowe (154) vs. Steve Lopez (156) Pat Audinwood (156) vs. Thiago Tavares (155) Joey Beltran (239) vs. Matt Mitrione (253) Mitrione was wearing a shirt with Marvin Gaye’s face on it that said, “Let’s…
Read MoreThis will probably conclude our UFC 116 coverage unless something else comes out about the show. In short, it was fantastic and as you’ll see, the entire FGB crew enjoyed it. Here’s what we thought: Duan Thumbs Up Best Fight: Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama Worst Fight: Goran Reljic vs. Kendall Grove
Read MoreHere’s the recap from the post-fight presser: Dana White: Brock is getting stitched up and will be at the presser. Carwin is going to the hospital. They gave out $75,000 bonuses. – Gerald Harris won for best knockout. – Brock Lesnar won for best submission. (Considering Brock is going to make over a million dollars,…
Read MoreIt’s finally time. Dana White has been pushing this as the first true heavyweight championship fight in a long time, no matter if it’s MMA or boxing. They mentioned Brock Lesnar was booed when his face was shown on the screen at the MGM. We knew that was happening. Stone Cold Steve Austin, Bill Goldberg,…
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