I hope Matt Hughes gets his ass kicked.

And his balls submitted…

Has anyone else been reading that the UFC just bought Pride?

No they haven’t, but Ed Fishman (Pres. Pride USA) is going to take them to court for contract breach and try to get all of their assets. He is mad because Sakikibara isn’t interested in selling. If the UFC ever buys pride it will be frontpage news everywhere. That’s not something you can hide.

i really want to see the Jon Fitch vs. Luigi Fioravanti fight

Poopchuteboxe is saying its a done deal. It is NOT, repeat, NOT confirmed, but PCB is almost never wrong about his insider info. I google him almost every other day.

http://mmalowdown.com/

http://fightsport.com/fightsport/forum/discussion1/forum1.htm

i just saw Lambert beat the shit out of babaloo

wow

I just witnessed the first upset of the evening. Why didn’t I bet on Lambert? Did anyone picked Lambert?

OMFG, Babalu got KOed by Lambert.

Keep updating my cable is out I live in Michigan and we are having a storm come through so I can’t watch the fights tonight please update thanks a ton.

Hughes 3rd decison over Lytle

I got mad luv for Lytle he was respectable, but Hughes is boss hog. Lytle should get another fight though.

Fitch is ligit Karo been watch out. Hes the most underrated fighter in the UFC.

I am so happy! Not only did Rich shut this talkers mouth but made him quit between rounds due to his strikes that ole Mcdonald said had no power.

Yeh but now the spider is gunna each his lunch in front of his home town.

eat*

Go Randy baby girls!

Why did Rich Franklin have a black eye? Two fights in a row!

So glad I didnt waste $40 on this.

Maybe because he got hit in the face

i doubted randy at first, but then forgot how shitty of a fighter tim is

i mean, i thought tim should have came out and murdered randy

who won?? randy or tim?

I think Randy is just a great MMA fighter. He took care of his personal shit and now hes on top of his game. Hopefully he closes it out here.

No cable at my spot – at work. Did the Randy and Tim start fightin yet???

How is Sylvia doing? Is it over yet

Thats was priceless morethenufc

Randy is one of the best Athletes in the world. That was the best MMA lesson ive ever seen. Pure domination.

Couture has taken the first 4rds imo.

who won the main event

Randy Couture defeats Tim Sylvia via Unanimous Decision becoming the new UFC Heavyweight champion

Who won the Sylvia-Couture fight?

http://www.mmauniverse.com/news/SS1309

Is Couture going to continue???????

Couture all 5 rounds too easy

Thank you

Randy Couture defeats Tim Sylvia via Unanimous Decision becoming the new UFC Heavyweight champion

Im fucking speechless.

i’ll never say another good thing about tim pussy ass sylvia again, and i’ll also never doubt randy again ever even if he fought chuck again, i’m shocked and disappointed in tim, he let me down after i stuck up for him, damn good pay per view though…i guess now we all know why the kampman fight was on, that was a badass fight, and kampman has a granite chin…as far as babalu goes, i am speechless as well, and disappointed just the same…randy vs. cro cop, hope randy eats whatever he ate for breakfast this morning for that one

rate this ppv, please

At last…someone got in there to show how sloppy and overrated fighter Tim Sylvia is. If not Couture then another heavyweight would’ve taken him out within the next 6 months – Sylvia is now a has-been.

HELL YEAH COUTURE! Hughes, Franklin and now Sylvia! This is gonna be the best year ever!!

Randy Couture is The Man! Dude’s the baddest mofo on the planet…no offense to Ross Pointon!

Steve, dont ever disrepect Ross again. I’m gonna let it slide this one time.

Well, I lost every heads up bet I made, but won every single O\U bet. Go figure.

ufc sucks the pp

but i must admit, couture is pretty badass…but if he dominated sylvia so easily, what does that say about Arlovski???

Ahhh What did I say? Awesome. He is my hero. Couture is Captain America.

Rollo, it was worth the $40, but not by much. It wasnt Pride 33 if thats what you wanna know. I wont be buying GSP vs Serra, or the Manchester one since the fights we expected are dropping like flies. But will I be buying the next 3 Prides as they stand now? You bet.

ufc 68 was great! they wasted no time getting to the good fights as they started with the babalu fight( cant believe he got ko’ed by saggy tits) and Randy is the man for sure, i was nervous for him but once i saw that big right i felt better about the whole match

man i mean couture doesn’t knock people out but he damn near did with that first punch, plus his boxing was outstanding throughout the whole 5

mirco crocop iz next champ

COUTURE’S COMMENT AFTER THE FIGHT WAS AS PRICELESS AS THE LUMPS ON TIMS FACE. HE LOOKED LIKE THE MONSTER OFF THE GOONIES

matt hughes fought a shitty fighter and damn near got chocked out in the 1st, he couldn’t even finish him off, weak performance.
Rich atleast fought someone good and won, so kudos to him. but there was only 5 fights shown, thats strange

did ufc purchase pridefc?

Randy is my hero. The ref for Lytle vs Hughes is horrible. So much preference towards Hughes in not standing them up. Kampmann vs McFerdies was awesome, but the best fight of the night goes to RANDY PWNZ TIMAY!

AMAZING! RANDY IS AMAZING!

I SAY WE START A RELIGION AROUND THIS AMAZING MAN!
THE MAN IS A GOD!

WHOOOO-HOOO, TAKE THAT LAME-IAC!

Thank you Randy!!! Tim Sylvia was exposed, his reign is over!!! Randy Couture is my HERO!!!!

“i had an injury”

excuse my language but what a C-NT!!! I hate sylvia. Randy beat his ass. Sylvia landed like 6 jabs, two uppercuts and two knees in 25 minutes. if it was anyone other than Randy i would have called it a bit boring but… WOW… Randy is my hero

Tim is the biggest zero ever for teying to say he fought with an injury. I cant even think of anything else to say

babalu fight was shocking

he has never been beat by a nobody

i really dont believe in head games but…

GREAT NIGHT OF FIGHTS EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKED LIKE A LAME CARD…WORTH THE MONEY…I’LL KEEP PAYING FOR UFC & PRIDE FIGHTS.

RANDY’S FIGHT WAS UNBELIEVABLE! HUGHES WON, BUT NOT BY MUCH, GSP CAN SHUT HIM DOWN IN HIS SLEEP.

Dear Matt Hughes,

If it first you don’t succeed…give up!!! The armbar was never there any of the hundred times you tried to go for it!!!

i don’t like the pride ring. there’s nothing liked the octagon

COOUUUTTTTUUURREEEE!!!!

Randy fullfilled every aspect of what an mma fighter should be. It wasn’t no Pride 33 but Randy made the night worth watching. Randy Couture for president.

Tim Sylvia is the biggest bitch i have ever seen. that guy talked so much trash and backed up nothing. its about time that dana white put a great fighter in against the “lame-aic” because that guy has never ever brought excitement into the octagon. thank god that that piece of trash will never get a title fight again. slow, weak, and absolutely pathetic, tim sylvia proved that he should have never had possession of the ufc title. thank the lord for randy couture. my hero.

Overall a good night of fights; in general, a litle too much time ticked by with fighters on the mat doing nothing–refs should be standing these guys up sooner.

Crowd was o.k. with a few spastic, know-it-all, phone clipped to the belt types ruining the vibe for us normal people.

I have never been more happy to be completely wrong about a fight. Way to go Couture. As for Hughes and Franklin, I was dissapointed. Franklin had a chance to end it early but he backed off and let MacDonald recover and Huges is just straight up boring.

The Kampmann fight was pretty good. I was impressed with his chin and sub. No fight is worth $40 unless your splitting it with friends.

your right grey randy made the night worth watching, that was a historic night. does anyone know how much Randy made? UFCmania where u at ?

i was hoping j/mac would have tuned franklin,not that i dont like rich but j is from my neck of the woods

I like randy but i didnt want him to win considering the winner of this fight gets the winner of crop cop vs gonzaga. I am scared to see the day a nice guy like randy has to face cro cop. I really wanted to see Cro Cop give Sylvia the ass beating, but Randy knocked him around pretty good. He knokced him out in the first round gave him some sweet elbows in the second, beat him in a stand up boxing match in thrid, and Took his ass down over and over again in the tird and fourth.

Randy had guarenteed money on his contract, so any purse he gets is just a bonus.

And I TOTALLY agree with Mahde, never happier to be wrong about a fight.

when do they say what the payouts were does anybody know?

does anyone know where they show the postfight conference ???

Great night for Randy, but I kind of feel bad for Brandon Vera. He does what he needs to do to earn a title shot and then Randy comes back and takes it. Now with Cro Cop in the mix its gonna be really hard for Brandon to get back in there. I really hope the UFC gives him a shot at Randy. I think that would be a deacent fight.

Stay tuned … I am sure the fight salaries will be posted here or on UFCJunkie in the next few days.

They have to be submitted to the Athletic Commission first.

I’m real happy for Randy, and thank God no more Poopie wearing his belt to the toilet, but…

Get more pictures like this from SHERDOG.COM

Relish it while you can.

damn tim said he was injured after he lost!!! what a slimeball, you only say you came in injured after a fight if you won. god its common courtesy if nothing else, what a jackass. i hope tim sylvia retires. Plus i hope he has a headache and cant sleep tonight. i hope he’s miserable

i hope tim retires

Did anyone habe any bad feeds tonight? I watched on PPV and it was horrible…I have cable…but it seemed like it was a transmission problem…can someone confirm?

Ufcmania you guys should put up more polls, maybe specifically asking people who they want to see fight. like who do you think should get the next shot at anderson silva? If you need ideas for polls you can always ask

I heard Vera was signed by that Showtime fight league. They gave him a 1.5 mill$$$$$ contract to own their heavyweight division. He does have 1 fight left w/ufc, I think it’s against that wrastler that laid all over and whooped up on the Texas Crazy Horse – Heath Herring. I could be wrong though. Also, I’m definately a little freaked out to see Couture/Kro-Kop. That straight left is a nightmare. One more thing, I thought if Sylvia would of brought the right-leg head kick, he could of dropped Couture while he was bobbing & weaving. Too bad he was way too scared to even think about his high kicks. His performance was way beyond a disappointment. A major disgrace to lose the belt on a no-brain decision like that.

What the fuck goes on inside Tim’s head?
I mean Gomi loses to Diaz in a huge upset, was really injured but never admitted it, and all he says is “I loved the fight. I loved Vegas. Thank you for a great time.”
Wandy loses to Hendo, was really sick, was in the hospital, never told anyone, and all he says is he’s happy for Hendo and that he’ll be back.
No Pride vs UFC shit here, just the last two champs to lose that I can remember what they said.

You are absolutely right thou MoreThanUFC! The two former champs at least respect the fans enough to not bring up injuries after a loss. Tim Sylvia is the most horrible champ there ever was and never will be again.

Somehow I had hoped, that either Sylvia wins or Couture retires after this one, because I’d hate to see Cro Cop kick Randys head off, because he is such a nice guy and a real champion.

The other fights kinda sucked, but the main event made up for it. Seeing Sylvia being man-handled like that was priceless!

Being one of the few standing up for Tim, I’m not worthy to post to this board any more. Randy’s always been the man, but Syvia proves to every babbling Pride joker out there that the top UFC division was weak. I’ll STFU now.

pacalis, it isnt weak anymore. This was gonna happen sooner or later, and I’m glad it was Randy. Now please Randy, retire.

I was feeling sorry for Timmmaay after the loss, right up to the point in the post-fight interview where he said he came in injured. Then I thought, “You sad-sack, scooter-ridin, belt-wearing-everywhere, e-baying, lurch-lookin loser, show some effing class for once.”

Well said Gman.

WOW!!!! Watching the fight again right now to make sure I didnt just dream that!! Boy was I wrong!!Randy is truely the man!

Great interview on Sherdog with Dana White. As classy as always, but still a great interview. Glad he listens and reads the blogs and forums. What he says about Sakaraba, hardcore fans like me have been saying for two years. If the word fuck bothers you, dont download it. Really.
At Sherdog its gonna take like 15 mins to DL,so just click the download to your computer so you can keep surfing. Dont wait for it or you’ll grow old.
Also, if interested, dl the Nick Diaz one as well. Typically great Diaz interview. The punch stat for Gomi was 13, yes 13, but you’d never know it looking Nicks face. He says 5 or 6 but he’s still kinda out of it.

Babalu got knocked the F&%K OUT!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJRnZ_JU1RE

Lol.

What else does Couture have to do to prove that he is still capable of competing at the highest level. He absolutely dominated Sylvia, which Arlovski could not do. Yet, even after this unbelievable showing, I hear people calling for his immediate retirement. I think Couture, mentally and physically healthy, on a mission, can give CroCop a run for his money.

DO I DETECT THE FOUL STENCH OF DOUBT?

Randy just did whut every one said was impossible, and now people are saying he cant beat CRO COP…GEEEEEZ your guys are un-fuk’n real!

“I’d hate to see Cro Cop kick Randys head off”

???

EF that!!!

“I’d hate to see CRO COP get pounded into the ground by captain america”

every body who doubts couture can beat cro-cop is an idiot, the only thing that cro-copcando is high kicks, so randy will dominate. dont be foolish pride fans. pride is for second place fighters, and every body knows that!!!!!!!!!

I think Cro-Cop vs The natural might just be one of the best fights in a long time! I’d have to say I favour Mirko to win but Rndy’s showed again that he can beat anyone, son’t write him off!

Couture is an golden god! UFC heavyweight div. has always been weak (no secret) this fight will effectively change that, with the influx of heavyweight fighters defecting from Pride, Fedor, Hunt,Aleksander etc. soon to come!
Nobody commentimg on Mark Hamil (the deaf fighter that the English guy cheapshoted in practice on the ultimate fighter series) Got his second PPV win and is improving!

“I was not impressed by your performance, i mean that was the worst performance of your career Matt Hughes” – Georges St. Pierre

I am not surprised at the with the outcome of the Heavy Weight fight. Wile Randy was gearing up for the fight, I saw Tim Sylvia 2 weeks ago at Bass Pro Shop promoting his hunting show. I guess its good to have something to fall back on!

I just wanted to be the 100th comment. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and sharing thoughts and opinions for the event. Some good stuff here.

I will try to not comment on threads where ppl say Couture will beat Crocop, or all Crocop can do it high kick, or Randy belongs in the ring with Crocop, Werdum, Fedor, Nog, Barnett, etc, etc. Now, how bout a Geezer Grand Prix for Randy. Bring back Marc Coleman, Don Frye, Dan Severn, Pedro Rizzo…..

Look, I love Couture, always have, but this was Tim Sylvia, not Fedor. And a little objective analysis would tell you, Tim was still standing at the end. Randy kinda layed and prayed quite a bit himself. Great game plan, won the belt, but he aint gonna run, oh, bout 12 mins off the clock of a 25 min match against Mr. Domesplitter. Retire, Randy, for the love of God. Or go fight Coleman.

I like Randy and it’s great that he won, but I’m going to have to agree.I have seen a lot more UFC than Pride, but I do not favour one over the other.I enjoy MMA period. From what I have seen, Tim Sylvia wouldn’t have lasted to the end of the second round with any of the top 5 guys in Pride. As much skill and experience Randy has, if he didn’t knock Cro Cop out by the end of the 1st round (RANDLEMAN),then I couldn’t see the fight going his way. And against Fedor, Barnett or Mark (Stone Head) Hunt. No chance. If he can get past Cro Cop though, I can’t see too many heavyweights in the UFC giving him a problem apart, from Jeff Monson.

CRO COP will take had-off with left kick of RANDY . I hoppe that
RANDY survive this fight to don’t go in hospital.
BOG I HRVATI !!!