Finally, they are coming back to Jersey!

maybe edgar will fight lauzon, are u sure they are fighting different people.

If Bj wins the title and does serve his 1 year prison sentence, will he be stripped of his title??

[quote comment="119533"]If Bj wins the title and does serve his 1 year prison sentence, will he be stripped of his title??[/quote]
You mean Sherk?

i think if Sherk is stripped of title bj should fight the winner of Stevenson vs Pelligrino or Fisher vs Thomas. Personally I would like to see Thomas vs BJ because,I think Thomas is capable of beating anyone in that division and is one of the most underrated fighters around.

sorry if there is some typos

Mccrory is 10-0!

If this is the card so far that is pretty week. Sherk may not even be able to fight? I thought they were going to have Vera fight Arlovski! Vera was just announced to fight in Cinci instead. Also to bad Wanderlei Silva won’t be ready until December it looks like we are going to get ripped off! They need to put a few more big names on the card this is the firt time back in New Jersey in over 6 year!

i think arlovshi will be fighting in this one, where the hell is jake obrien and fedricio werdum. bj penn will fight big daddy i hope there is no way sherk is going to get out of the 1 year suspension. frank edgar and karo. seems to be better than oct card already. can’t wait for dec. i think tito will rematch in this card with evans or dance with silva in dec. it will be probably a super card to end the year
hughes vs serra,
lidell vs silva
ortiz vs evans rematch

If Sherk is suspended, there is nobody else in lightweight division to present any compition. I would like to see up move up to welterweight and fight Karo.

BJ I mean, I failed to include who I was referring to.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? LIGHTWEIGHT IS THE NEW WELTERWEIGHT!! THERE IS PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT BJ CAN FIGHT, HES NOT THAT GOOD AND HE WILL PROBABLY LOOSE TO STEVENSON!!

I PREDICT THAT STEVENSON WILL BE THE NEW CHAMP IF NOT THEN MAYBE ROGER IF HE EVER FIGHTS SOMEBODY THATS NOT FIGHTING FOR THE FIRST TIME!!

GUIDA or HUERTA shoud be Edgar’s opponent on this card!

penn – thomas / florian / stevenson

karo – sakuri
edgar – guida 2 / huerta
AA – big nog
tanner – lister

lauzon – rienhardt
“nad man” mccrory – ??????

BJ will not loose to Stevenson first off… Second offLauzon is going to destroy Reinhardt!!!

mania, when do tickets go on sale?

EXCITED TO SEE LAUZON FIGHT AGAIN AFTER TRAINING WITH BJ, A FUTURE STAR FOR SURE.
SAL, I THINK ALL THE CARDS THESE DAYS ARE AMAZING AND ALL ARE WORLD CLASS FIGHTERS, SOME OF THE BEST FIGHTS ARE THE PRELIMS ANYWAY WHICH YOU DONT SEE UNLESS YOU SIGN UP FOR ON DEMAND
(WELL WORTH THE MONEY BY THE WAY)

Im sorry but Bj Penn is no main event at a pay per view.They need to get some big name in there if they want people to spend 100$ a ticket for upper deck

wallace is right bj penn is good, but i would say co main event yes but main event no. bj penn vs big daddy will not be banging doors down. now maybe bj penn vs big daddy and ortiz vs evans 2. plus throw in a arlovski vs big nog or heath herring look at oct the card was alright then they throw in a tim slyvia vs brandon vera and boom you have a one two punch main co event the one in london had 3, vegas had two, anaheim has 3 being lidell vs jardine, shogun vs griffin, and finch vs sanchez

That whole event looks like a bore !!! Now an event like that should be FREE ON SPIKE! i aint payin for that crap

[quote comment="146172"]Im sorry but Bj Penn is no main event at a pay per view.They need to get some big name in there if they want people to spend 100$ a ticket for upper deck[/quote]

That’s funny… because your 100% right and 100% wrong at the same time.

For casuals BJ is not a main event.. For the “connesseurs” BJ is a hell of a main event.

[quote comment="120790"]i think if Sherk is stripped of title bj should fight the winner of Stevenson vs Pelligrino or Fisher vs Thomas. Personally I would like to see Thomas vs BJ because,I think Thomas is capable of beating anyone in that division and is one of the most underrated fighters around.[/quote]

Thomas got KTFO by BJ before so why not this time again? I’d rather see BJ take on Stevenson, Aoki (please Dana get Aoki) or even a rematch with Gomi to unify the LW belt too

gomi already said he will not fight in the ufc
big nog should be fighting in this one,

[quote comment="146172"]Im sorry but Bj Penn is no main event at a pay per view.They need to get some big name in there if they want people to spend 100$ a ticket for upper deck[/quote]

I think this guy just started wacthing mma yesterday.

You would think that since the fight which is only miles from the media capital of the world, they would want it stacked with big names. Not to mention for the first time since the UFC has blown up people (myself included) in the North East will be dying to get tickets to this.

Anyone who has followed mma for an extensive amount of time really likes bj penn fights. Every fight has been a good one. You never get a lack of excitement with his fights. I would really like to see penn vs huerta. I would also like to see razor rob vs huerta. They need to sign him one of these days.

ive watched mma for along time been to 2 of them live. I just dont think Bj penn is a main eventer. Not saying he aint one of the best in the game cause i think he is one bad mofo.. But just cant c anyone they could put against him that would make me say wow. especially compared to the last 2 or 3 PPV and the next 2PPV to come..just dont seem big enough.and i heard not for sure but Bj Penn is fighting Nick Diaz @ EliteXC’s card in Hawaii.. now that there i would like too see. and that fight is Sept.15.on showtime @10

nevermind that last little nugget sherdog must be wrong..i just saw the link below this and it doesnt have penn vs diaz

Tito and Evans agian looks like tito is gonna put a beatdown on evans again but this time he wont grab the fence….

Bj Penn will fight Sean Sherk and beat him down and take the lightweight title they granted contiunece for sherk so they are most likely gonna fight..

This card is looking pretty lame so far. We know Tito Vs Rashad is going to be lame. Bj and Karo could be good fights, depending on who they are matched up with, but other wise this card blows. There is so much talent in the LHW and HW div.and so many great matchups, there needs to be at least one every card just so we can see all the posible matchups, before guys like Randy ,CC , Chuck and Henderson retire. Fights like Chuck Vs Jardine is a waste of a good fight that could’ve happened. When GSP lost he didn’t want a cupcake, he asked for the best guy that was possible for a fight. If you can’t beat the top guys you don’t have a chance to get the belt back anyhow.

[quote comment="149117"]ive watched mma for along time been to 2 of them live. I just dont think Bj penn is a main eventer. Not saying he aint one of the best in the game cause i think he is one bad mofo.. But just cant c anyone they could put against him that would make me say wow. especially compared to the last 2 or 3 PPV and the next 2PPV to come..just dont seem big enough.and i heard not for sure but Bj Penn is fighting Nick Diaz @ EliteXC’s card in Hawaii.. now that there i would like too see. and that fight is Sept.15.on showtime @10[/quote]

nick diaz isn’t fighting penn at elite, his mentor and trainer charuto is fighting jake shields there

[quote comment="149117"]ive watched mma for along time been to 2 of them live. I just dont think Bj penn is a main eventer. Not saying he aint one of the best in the game cause i think he is one bad mofo.. But just cant c anyone they could put against him that would make me say wow. especially compared to the last 2 or 3 PPV and the next 2PPV to come..just dont seem big enough.and i heard not for sure but Bj Penn is fighting Nick Diaz @ EliteXC’s card in Hawaii.. now that there i would like too see. and that fight is Sept.15.on showtime @10[/quote]

Some dude affiliated with BJ Penn is fighting Nick Diaz. Everyone that is into MMA knows BJ Penn brings it and is arguably one of the most exciting fighters in whatever weight class.

If any of you think that the Ortiz & Evans fight is going to be a waste of time, you are NUTZ!!!! This was a great technical fight for the 1st 3 rounds, it was the last 60 seconde that Rashad Evans found Tito’s week spot and then started to pick him off. If this fight would have gone 1 more round, Rashad would have KO’D Tito easily. This fight will go to Rashad, Guarantee, most likley by knockout in the late 2nd round.

[quote comment="149679"]If any of you think that the Ortiz & Evans fight is going to be a waste of time, you are NUTZ!!!! This was a great technical fight for the 1st 3 rounds, it was the last 60 seconde that Rashad Evans found Tito’s week spot and then started to pick him off. If this fight would have gone 1 more round, Rashad would have KO’D Tito easily. This fight will go to Rashad, Guarantee, most likley by knockout in the late 2nd round.[/quote]

I totally agree. Rashad seemed a little passive in the first fight but in the rematch he will destroy Tito. I dont see Tito winning a single round even if it does go the distance. And to the BJ haters, besides questionable cardio, BJ Penn is one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world hands down. Watch any of his recent losses and you would see that before he lost gas he was winning every fight. BJ is the man and soon to be the champ. Watch

i thought the tito/rashard 2 was planned for hostil territory, in cinnci. that would be horrible if that was the main event of this card. yeah it’ll make for a good fight but a main event??? play that on spike tv or something. it’ll be hard to get excited when you have a main event like this one, although exciting, im just not much of a fan for either guy. i would rather see this fight on hostil territory, like second fight of the night, make that one the best card of the year easily.

my honest opinion: tito is the best fighter in that weight division before rampage and henderson came. my opinion, tito was better than chuck, u could just see the fear in tito’s eyes which is why he lost those fights. Chuck got to his head, and that was all it took.
this tito/rashad fight is going to be amazing.
fisher vs edgar is going to be amazing, did u see the 2 fights between fisher and stout? and edgar may be better than stout.
BJ penn is very exciting to watch, but i hope daddy knocks his face in, i think fisher should be in the mix for the title, especially if he beats edgar.
i hope they stick karo in a dog fight.
i no they not going to, but they should bring back robbie lawler for either karo or chonan or tamdan mcrory, i loved lawler when he fought, and he just beat trigg this past weeknd, idk but unfortunately dana white sucks the big 1 and cant get nothing done.

and does any1 know when tickets start to go on sale

i think that the ufc can’t wait for sherk in end of oct to find out if he can fight in nov, just have a fight for the interim light weight belt championship then if sherk is cleared have him fight the winner for the undisputed light weight championship if he fails which i think he will his appeal, then nov it’s for real instead of interim

If BJ wins this fight he will be the #1 contender in the lightweight division, which I personally think is the shallowest division in the ufc. It’s even weaker than the middleweight division which only has Silva and Franklin, speaking of the middleweight division Henderson and Bisbing should both drop to middleweight than it would be a competitive division. But to get back on the subject BJ should fight Roger Huerta or Joe Stevenson.

[quote comment="150119"]my honest opinion: tito is the best fighter in that weight division before rampage and henderson came. my opinion, tito was better than chuck, u could just see the fear in tito’s eyes which is why he lost those fights. Chuck got to his head, and that was all it took.
this tito/rashad fight is going to be amazing.
fisher vs edgar is going to be amazing, did u see the 2 fights between fisher and stout? and edgar may be better than stout.
BJ penn is very exciting to watch, but i hope daddy knocks his face in, i think fisher should be in the mix for the title, especially if he beats edgar.
i hope they stick karo in a dog fight.
i no they not going to, but they should bring back robbie lawler for either karo or chonan or tamdan mcrory, i loved lawler when he fought, and he just beat trigg this past weeknd, idk but unfortunately dana white sucks the big 1 and cant get nothing done.

and does any1 know when tickets start to go on sale[/quote]

Are you serious. Tito better than Chuck? If you look at the majority of Tito’s fights, even the ones he won, you will see that Tito sucks at stand up. Period. Vitor, Silva, Liddell, even Patrick Cote all had Tito’s number in the stand up. All Tito does is go for the take down and ride the matches with ground and pound. No submissions, no knock outs. BORING.

Dont get me wrong. tito is a good wrestler. But look at what happened when he fought a guy who has great sprawl. Tito couldnt handle him and Im talking about Liddell who is not even a good boxer to begin with ut is way better at stand up than Tito.

now chuck will win then fight against the winner of rashand v. tito

actually chuck will be fighting silva in dec
anyways what’s up no heavy weight fights on the card at all???

Looks like a not so attractive UFN.

Edgar vs Fischer is IMO the best fight on the card.

Why do they have 3 170lb fighters with TBA opponents. Can’t they match up two of them and then only have 1 TBA.

What are they gonna do about the MAIN EVENT, Tito vs Evans II is lame, it will probably end in a draw.

UFC needs to sign some awesome debuts for this card. Or find a way to get some match ups from the top 5. Like 2 vs 3 or 4 vs 5 kinda thing. This card has absolutely zero appeal!!

mayan that sucks for NJ a boring ass event

UFC owes the North East big time. The last 2 events up here, 53 and 55 were HORRIBLE lackluster events without the big star power or eagerly awaited matchups. Just because we are eager for an event doesn’t mean UFC should just throw us a UFN type card and expect us to buy the overpriced tickets.

This is NOT the card you want to be putting on in the Tri-State area especially during a time when UFC is trying to get into New York, and this will basically be a test run being so close.

MMA fans in the North East are once again given the shaft.

Maybe Rampage will be on this card

rampage is injured, wont be fighting til 2008

what about bisping and hamill on this card???

first off tito who???? that guy is full of disappointment. Anyways it would be nice to see stevenson and penn go at it. i think they’re top 2 besides sherk. does anyone know whats goin on about BJ’s arrest for hitting a cop in hawaii???

does anyone know when tickets go on sale?

Tito has been boring the last few times and needs to have a big win or start putting him on the undercard maybe that will get the fire back.
Bj Penn hasnt been that impressive at all of late, he did well against Matt Hughes but it was Matt that made that fight exciting, he should have creamed Jens but it took him 2 rounds.
Bisping vs Hamill would be very exciting and i would love to see that, no matter what anyone thought of the decision that was a great fight and everyone both here and the Uk would love this, this fight would be better than any other fight on this card so far.
All this said the UFC always puts on amazing fights and you never know what is going to happen thats why i and i suspect most others on this blog will still PPV UFC 78 any all others, its in the blood man.
Just wanted to say amazing fight by Forest Griffin, amazing!! i dont think Pride fighters compare to the UFC just look at cro cop and Rua, it just shows the real quality of the fighters in the UFC, I suspect V. SILVA will lose his first fight also unless he fights that boring 11-0 machida or whatever his name is, he shouldnt even be on TV.

yea, if anybody knows when tickets go on sale that would be amazing

UFC 78 :Boring ! i think tickets go on sale on the 29th. which is wierd cuz they dont even have a main event

wanderlei is deffinitly not losing his first fight no way in hell hes a badass and hes gona be one of the top fighters in the UFC i gaurntee you. Tickets do go on sale the 29th but it ur right it still makes no sense not having a main event or anything I really dont get it.

why is there still no main event?

they should make penn and joe daddy fight for the interim lightweight title. that way, if sherk gets booted, then we got a champion, and if hes not, then he has to fight one of them anyway. either way, we still get a lightweight title fight and a main event.

on another note, i agree that the Pride guys have been less than exciting as a whole. besides anderson silva, no one else has really proven themselves. rampage got one good win in the UFC against chuck. he was conservative against eastman and put up a boring fight against hendo that went to a decision. to me, that doesn’t stand out. everyone else hasnt been that great.

and btw, deigo shoulda won the split decision. fitch was mostly defending the entire fight. good fight nonetheless, and i think it was close, but deigo shoulda got the nod.

if sherk is stripped of the bj, does he get to keep the belt?

i feel bad for you guys in the east coast tickets go on sale soon and still no main event yet maybe the hendo vs tito but yet to officially be confirmed

no he would have fight to fight for it ultra most likely joe stevenson though very unlikely could be huerta

i know this isn’t about this event but i just found that cheick kongo will be fighting antonio rodrigo noguiera in dec for a title shot against randy couture next year. comes to me as surprise as i thought frank mir was fighting noguiera but it makes sense to see # 1 contender status

its the 29th and i dont see tickets on sale for it?

[quote comment="141563"]WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? LIGHTWEIGHT IS THE NEW WELTERWEIGHT!! THERE IS PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT BJ CAN FIGHT, HES NOT THAT GOOD AND HE WILL PROBABLY LOOSE TO STEVENSON!![/quote]

Youre kiddin rite. I missed the sarcasm everyonu knows BJ is probably pound 4 pound the best that tuf Stevenson wont stand a chance

WHERE THE HELL ARE THESE TICKETS!!!! NOTHING SHOWS UP ON TICKETMASTER AND I CALLED TICKETMASTER AND THEY DON”T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE SYSTEM FOR NOV 17th…

some of you are saying huerta and stevenson will be the next champs.. are you serious? the only reason huerta wins so much, is because he fights a bunch of out of shape no bodys, for example.. alberto crane, coming off of a TWO YEAR ABSENCE in mma.. and because his cardio is through the roof and he can just outlast them, he is basically a brawler, and i can not wait to see him get knocked out cause dana white is just protecting him so that he draw in the “latino and spanish” crowd because huerta is the poster child for the spanish fight fan community.. BJ penn would destroy him.. bj is one of the best fighters in the world.. and i live in jersey and i will be attending the show, and i personally cant wait to see bj get in there and make his comeback, and my main man tito ortiz will be tearing shit up

[quote comment="139989"]If Sherk is suspended, there is nobody else in lightweight division to present any compition. I would like to see up move up to welterweight and fight Karo.[/quote]

umm. takanori gomi? nick diaz?

i’m sure i can come up with more

[quote comment="161587"]i know this isn’t about this event but i just found that cheick kongo will be fighting antonio rodrigo noguiera in dec for a title shot against randy couture next year. comes to me as surprise as i thought frank mir was fighting noguiera but it makes sense to see # 1 contender status[/quote]
i have a feeling that noguiera will be the new heavyweight champion.

[quote comment="162014"]some of you are saying huerta and stevenson will be the next champs.. are you serious? the only reason huerta wins so much, is because he fights a bunch of out of shape no bodys, for example.. alberto crane, coming off of a TWO YEAR ABSENCE in mma.. and because his cardio is through the roof and he can just outlast them, he is basically a brawler, and i can not wait to see him get knocked out cause dana white is just protecting him so that he draw in the “latino and spanish” crowd because huerta is the poster child for the spanish fight fan community.. BJ penn would destroy him.. bj is one of the best fighters in the world.. and i live in jersey and i will be attending the show, and i personally cant wait to see bj get in there and make his comeback, and my main man tito ortiz will be tearing shit up[/quote]

Finally someone with some sense talks about Huerta. I’m not sayin I agree with all the hispanic stuff, but it does kinda make sense. Huerta has fought 5 cans and won 5 times in the UFC. I’d like to see him rematch Wiman. Wiman got robbed when they fought before and he’s on his A game right now.

The fight card looks like a Ultimate Fight Night card. I don’t its worth paying $40 to see these fights.

Dana, you finally bring the fight to NY and you give us the worst fight card of the year. Cant you put in more than 1 Pride fighter? Tito is a humper, the closest he can get to a knockout is getting punched or standing next to Pamela Anderson. He has more decision fights than anyone in the card. I am waiting for him to admit his gameplan is to hug the guy until they submit.

Hello out there!! Put in some good fighters. Parisyan is fun to watch, but that is the only guy i am excited about.

I still have to watch the fight, but wtf man, stop messing with the fans.

UFC better hurry up and make this card final. MAIN EVENT and all. Fighters will want as much time as they need to Prepare. As of right now there are only 6 fights booked still need 3 more. I hope they are all big fights cause this card blows so far

[quote comment="119172"]maybe edgar will fight lauzon, are u sure they are fighting different people.[/quote]

Wrong Match

[quote comment="141563"]WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? LIGHTWEIGHT IS THE NEW WELTERWEIGHT!! THERE IS PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT BJ CAN FIGHT, HES NOT THAT GOOD AND HE WILL PROBABLY LOOSE TO STEVENSON!![/quote]

You’re crazy………BJ would kill Stevenson

[quote comment="142006"]GUIDA or HUERTA shoud be Edgar’s opponent on this card![/quote]

Should be Huerta cuz Guida lost to Griffin recently

[quote comment="146172"]Im sorry but Bj Penn is no main event at a pay per view.They need to get some big name in there if they want people to spend 100$ a ticket for upper deck[/quote]

You don’t know what you’re talking about. BJ was the main event 3 times in recent history………….vs Pulver , Hughes , GSP etc Big names like who? They only fight every 3-4
months on average and theres a pay per view every month which is a ripoff cuz the cards are not as exciting as they could be.

[quote comment="146848"]That whole event looks like a bore !!! Now an event like that should be FREE ON SPIKE! i aint payin for that crap[/quote]

I agree….

[quote comment="146836"]wallace is right bj penn is good, but i would say co main event yes but main event no. bj penn vs big daddy will not be banging doors down. now maybe bj penn vs big daddy and ortiz vs evans 2. plus throw in a arlovski vs big nog or heath herring look at oct the card was alright then they throw in a tim slyvia vs brandon vera and boom you have a one two punch main co event the one in london had 3, vegas had two, anaheim has 3 being lidell vs jardine, shogun vs griffin, and finch vs sanchez[/quote]

You’re right in some aspect that because theres a pay per view every month (40$) the cards are weak. They could do a whole lot better.

[quote comment="154195"]actually chuck will be fighting silva in dec
anyways what’s up no heavy weight fights on the card at all???[/quote]

Wrong………..it’ll probably be Jardine cuz Chuck lost. Silva vs Chuck was suppose to be the superfight of UFC vs PRIDE but both lost their respective belts. I still want to see them fight though.

If you watch all of Tito’s fights you will see he is not really trying he feels he is not getting paid (boxers making millions per fight for doing something not dangerous) and ufc fighters geting paid 100,000 – 200,000 rer fight in a dangerous (get arm broke leg ankel etc a lot more dangerous than boxing) and ufc draes just as much $$$ as boxing but doesnt pay. so if you really watch all his fights you will see he is taking the easy money minimizing damage he takes in a fight and just getting paid. makes sure he doesnt get hurt and goes home. that is it. in his mind he wont beat down people and win the belt and not get paid. prob not him but Jenna telling him to do that all the problems with him changing came after her

[quote comment="158717"]Tito has been boring the last few times and needs to have a big win or start putting him on the undercard maybe that will get the fire back.
Bj Penn hasnt been that impressive at all of late, he did well against Matt Hughes but it was Matt that made that fight exciting, he should have creamed Jens but it took him 2 rounds.
Bisping vs Hamill would be very exciting and i would love to see that, no matter what anyone thought of the decision that was a great fight and everyone both here and the Uk would love this, this fight would be better than any other fight on this card so far.
All this said the UFC always puts on amazing fights and you never know what is going to happen thats why i and i suspect most others on this blog will still PPV UFC 78 any all others, its in the blood man.
Just wanted to say amazing fight by Forest Griffin, amazing!! i dont think Pride fighters compare to the UFC just look at cro cop and Rua, it just shows the real quality of the fighters in the UFC, I suspect V. SILVA will lose his first fight also unless he fights that boring 11-0 machida or whatever his name is, he shouldnt even be on TV.[/quote]

First…………Your 185lbs champ is Silva from Pride! Your 205lbs champ is Rampage from Pride. Rua had a bad nite but not to take away anything away from Forrest but Rua gased out after the 1st round. Wanderlei Silva will be interesting to watch. Cro Cop has been disappointing but Nogueira will blow through the Heavy Weight division and If you know anything about MMA Fedor from Pride………….would be #1.
And Lyoto Machida for your information…….beat Rich Franklin , Stephan Bonner, and BJ Penn. He is a little boring to watch.

[quote comment="159924"]they should make penn and joe daddy fight for the interim lightweight title. that way, if sherk gets booted, then we got a champion, and if hes not, then he has to fight one of them anyway. either way, we still get a lightweight title fight and a main event.

on another note, i agree that the Pride guys have been less than exciting as a whole. besides anderson silva, no one else has really proven themselves. rampage got one good win in the UFC against chuck. he was conservative against eastman and put up a boring fight against hendo that went to a decision. to me, that doesn’t stand out. everyone else hasnt been that great.

and btw, deigo shoulda won the split decision. fitch was mostly defending the entire fight. good fight nonetheless, and i think it was close, but deigo shoulda got the nod.[/quote]

Wait for Nogueira and Wanderlei………

[quote comment="161587"]i know this isn’t about this event but i just found that cheick kongo will be fighting antonio rodrigo noguiera in dec for a title shot against randy couture next year. comes to me as surprise as i thought frank mir was fighting noguiera but it makes sense to see # 1 contender status[/quote]

Kongo sucks….It should be Nogueira vs Vera for the title shot vs Randy, assuming Vera beats Tim of course which he will.

Chuck should retire as he cannot beat jardine, alexander hits about five times harder than chuck and it took him about 13 real hard punches to plant jardine. so chuck will never beat him, as chuk has nothing except a kind of hard punch that wont work on jardine, henderson, shogun, wanderlei, or rampage, and it is now known that chuck cannot take a punch so i will go as far as saying he cannot beat alexander but i dont know for sure alexander can take a punch

feel for you guys, 40 bucks no title lame fights. they need like 2 very good ones, the only thing is everyone has fought or is injured. they need to tito vs hendo fight
add rashad evans vs ?? a good opponent hello alexander or ricardo arona if they sign him asap or even lambert
add a heavy weight fight hello arlovski or a marquee name vs frank mir or gonzaga if he ever finds all the pieces of his nose.

it just seems to me that las vegas gets all the title fights and good cards and every where else gets nothing but scraps for their fans

i hope for your guys sake that they have the tito vs hendo match cause bisping vs evans is no main event

This card isn’t all that exciting, rashad vs Bis, as 2 undefeated fighters and 2 TUF winners, is good, but as a main card?… it has to have some pretty good undercards to make this worthwhile… Hector Lombard? A tough MMA banger and judo Olympian… he could cause Caro major trouble, and it could be exciting but he’s a no name, there’s no anticipation from fans for this.

You can almost always count on the 155lbs to put on a good fight, if they do their job and the rest of the undercard does there, it could prove to be ok, just not big on the anticipation part, which is what makes it fun for us… “the what if these 2 guys fought part”.

Might as well put Kimbo vs Tank on this card, at least that would be an anticipated brawl for drunken MMA fans.

MAYAN THIS IS HORRIBLE !!! i rather sit and watch WWE. totally pissed off

The main event is a joke…. I’m not going to pay to watch two mediocre (at best) light heavy weights fight to a decision..right..This is the cherry on top of the past three
UFC huge desappointments. I’m tired of decisions

signed disappointed mma fan (wheres the knockouts)

they need tito vs hendo and this card will be pretty decent… i love henderson…no homo

I just hope Dana White dont start to screw the fans all the time.. he knows he can sell out no matter who he puts on the card.hell tickets started on sale the other day and nobody knew anyone on the card..rumors where all over the place but nothing definite. and to be truthfull i was thinking of getting tickets in the morning but i dont know if i am now. there is some good possible fights on the card but no main events in my mind. I know people will say i am nutz and start running there gums but bis vs evans is a good fight it should be on fight night not a ppv.or maybe even a undercard . Atleast give us tito or somebody..Dana has done an awsome job making the UFC a powerhouse , hopefully it dont turn into boxing and they dont start forgetting about the fans.i just think it is wrong to expect people to spend there money and not know who all they r going to see fight.

worst card i’ve seen yet. think i’ll be going to bw3’s to make a point.

What is this schlock? Bisping vs. Rashad. Are you kidding me?

Sh*ttiest card ever on UFC PPV, it should be half-price, Only ALexander is worth watching and maybe KAro, but that’s $10 in total

[quote comment="165584"]Sh*ttiest card ever on UFC PPV, it should be half-price, Only ALexander is worth watching and maybe KAro, but that’s $10 in total[/quote]
Come on now. It will be GREAT to see who wins and how between Bisbing and Evans, the Houston fight is going to be a huge brawl that’s guarranteed to finish in the first two rounds with a KO, Karo NEVER has a boring fight and Spencer Fisher is THE MAN!! Even Hermann is very exciting on the ground and I’m anxious to see what Louzon does as well. What’s not to like? I do agree it’s more of a Spike TV card rather than a PPV because there’s no “marquee name” on there but how does that automatically mean that the night isn’t going to be CHOCKED FULL of excitement? Because it totally will be (when is it not?)

I agree with EDEN MACHINE, this is still going to be a great night of fights that any true mma fan will not want to miss.
Bisping, Karo, Fischer, Lauzon, Alexander come on these fighters are top shelf and these guys are the ones who have been causing the upsets and putting on fights of the night.
As for the UFC events turning into boxing you must be joking, Ricky Hatton is the only decent boxer left that has any excitment factor where as the UFC has so many you cant even count and every event is a buzz, knockouts or not, submissions are equaly exciting and even most of the point decisions have been wars all but a few (ie Machita, get him out of the UFC, boring), i really believe boxing has had it’s day and has never recovered from the Don King era, i asked around some of my friends who has been world heavyweight champion in the last 5 years and they couldnt name 1 in any weight class apart from De La Hoya, who is the heavyweight boxing champ now anyway?

anyone know how the view at the $53 seats would be? Can you even see the action?

[quote comment="165699"]I agree with EDEN MACHINE, this is still going to be a great night of fights that any true mma fan will not want to miss.
Bisping, Karo, Fischer, Lauzon, Alexander come on these fighters are top shelf and these guys are the ones who have been causing the upsets and putting on fights of the night.
As for the UFC events turning into boxing you must be joking, Ricky Hatton is the only decent boxer left that has any excitment factor where as the UFC has so many you cant even count and every event is a buzz, knockouts or not, submissions are equaly exciting and even most of the point decisions have been wars all but a few (ie Machita, get him out of the UFC, boring), i really believe boxing has had it’s day and has never recovered from the Don King era, i asked around some of my friends who has been world heavyweight champion in the last 5 years and they couldnt name 1 in any weight class apart from De La Hoya, who is the heavyweight boxing champ now anyway?[/quote]
i agree

[quote comment="165311"]I just hope Dana White dont start to screw the fans all the time.. he knows he can sell out no matter who he puts on the card.hell tickets started on sale the other day and nobody knew anyone on the card..rumors where all over the place but nothing definite. and to be truthfull i was thinking of getting tickets in the morning but i dont know if i am now. there is some good possible fights on the card but no main events in my mind. I know people will say i am nutz and start running there gums but bis vs evans is a good fight it should be on fight night not a ppv.or maybe even a undercard . Atleast give us tito or somebody..Dana has done an awsome job making the UFC a powerhouse , hopefully it dont turn into boxing and they dont start forgetting about the fans.i just think it is wrong to expect people to spend there money and not know who all they r going to see fight.[/quote]
thats the thing this time it may be Tito Ortiz that screws the fans he isnt returning Dana’s calls

Looks like a shit card to me. Karo should fight top guys instead of tomato cans.

He’s always crying about deserving a title shot he should fight kos or fitch then.

Are you joking? This fight card is equivalent to a FREE Spike TV show. These fights do NOT represent the “top” level fighters in the UFC. These fighters are up and comers and/or veterans that have still yet to establish themselves as “top” level fighters. This is not too say that the fights will not be any good; however, this card is NOT worthy of being a pay-per-view event. This is a shitty in between UFC’s fight card. There is an awesome upcoming UFC(October)as well as what will be a highly anticipated one in December. They had to put something together and this is what was left!! You cannot not put this “main event” up against any previous UFC main event and say that Bisping and Evans are of equal calibers. I’m sorry, but no way.

[quote comment="165699"]I agree with EDEN MACHINE, this is still going to be a great night of fights that any true mma fan will not want to miss.
Bisping, Karo, Fischer, Lauzon, Alexander come on these fighters are top shelf and these guys are the ones who have been causing the upsets and putting on fights of the night.
As for the UFC events turning into boxing you must be joking, Ricky Hatton is the only decent boxer left that has any excitment factor where as the UFC has so many you cant even count and every event is a buzz, knockouts or not, submissions are equaly exciting and even most of the point decisions have been wars all but a few (ie Machita, get him out of the UFC, boring), i really believe boxing has had it’s day and has never recovered from the Don King era, i asked around some of my friends who has been world heavyweight champion in the last 5 years and they couldnt name 1 in any weight class apart from De La Hoya, who is the heavyweight boxing champ now anyway?[/quote]

Tom A,

Why you slamming on boxing? I agree MMA is more exciting and the future of combat sports, but you don’t know what you are talking about saying Ricky Hatton is the only good boxer creating excitement. Ever heard of Manny Pacquio, or Marco Antonio Barrera? And you must have missed the Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor fight last Saturday, that was a great fight! The Heavyweight division might suck, but there are great fighters still out there.

I mean i would of loved to see tito fight but it still would be good rashad is ok nothing special though. the best fight of the nights prolly gona be karo or alexander they put on a good show im probably gettin tickets just cuz its never in nj and i wana see the action. wish i could watch tito though

This UFC really looks disappointing too be honest.

Rashad vs Bisping as the main event? Cmon…..

see how they showed it up to sell it
rashad vs bisping
two undefeated light heavy weights, ultimate winners fighting each other for the first time

they need to try to sell it to the people, really bad card when they could have added henderson to it. no heavy weight bouts as well,
honestly i think this is worst main event since tito was fighting unknown cote. at least franklin fought okami that was for shot at the title next. but this neither has much to gain u already have jardine, griffin, maybe silva in title shots. machida and alexander also if they win again. long list, they need to start parring these bad boys up for the next title shot against rampage. honestly it should be griffin or jardine.

To be honest I’m still lookin forward to it. I fink the Bisping V Evans fight is a good un plus I always love to see Karo fight. Just cause thur’s no huge names in it dosen’t mean it won’t a good show. One of the huge let-downs in my opnion is the fact that thur’s nofing major achieved in winnig. As in, no number one contender is announced or any bad-blood settled. But I’ll still be watchin and enjoyin it

UFC is getting fed up with Tito so thats y they didnt make the Rematch and dont forget the Main Event was supposed to be a Lightweight Title Fight b4 Sherk got caught

Im not at all dissapointed in this card really.. Ryo Chonan is making his debut and we can see what type of transition he will have when coming into the octagon, it will also give us a bit of clue as to losing the first debut fight is a trend but i have faith go so Ryo but it’s not gonna be easy.

Here is a rumored card:

Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans
Karo Parisyan vs. Hector Lombard
Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva
Frankie Edgar vs. Spencer Fisher
Ed Herman vs. Dave Terrell
Thiago Alves vs. Ryo Chonan
Akihiro Gono vs. Tamdan McCrory
Joe Lauzon vs. Jason Reinhardt

thing is im seeing a match thats not on this card that is being said on this website

[quote comment="166231"][quote comment="165699"]I agree with EDEN MACHINE, this is still going to be a great night of fights that any true mma fan will not want to miss.
Bisping, Karo, Fischer, Lauzon, Alexander come on these fighters are top shelf and these guys are the ones who have been causing the upsets and putting on fights of the night.
As for the UFC events turning into boxing you must be joking, Ricky Hatton is the only decent boxer left that has any excitment factor where as the UFC has so many you cant even count and every event is a buzz, knockouts or not, submissions are equaly exciting and even most of the point decisions have been wars all but a few (ie Machita, get him out of the UFC, boring), i really believe boxing has had it’s day and has never recovered from the Don King era, i asked around some of my friends who has been world heavyweight champion in the last 5 years and they couldnt name 1 in any weight class apart from De La Hoya, who is the heavyweight boxing champ now anyway?[/quote]

Tom A,

Why you slamming on boxing? I agree MMA is more exciting and the future of combat sports, but you don’t know what you are talking about saying Ricky Hatton is the only good boxer creating excitement. Ever heard of Manny Pacquio, or Marco Antonio Barrera? And you must have missed the Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor fight last Saturday, that was a great fight! The Heavyweight division might suck, but there are great fighters still out there.[/quote]

Hello Jake,
Im not slamming boxing, i boxed for years myself and i love the sport and to me Ricky Hatton is the only big money draw left thats why Mayweather wanted him and i now hear De La Hoya wants him after that, it’s not about the sport it’s about the cash and this has sucked the life out of the sport and the fans watching, i just think the politics and bullshit killed what was exciting about it in the 90’s and i was sick of the overpriced ppv’s which by the way were as expensive in the 90’s as the UFC is now and only had 1 fight worth watching and that was usually over hyped, just look at the last few recent boxing ppv’s ,ridiculas ,over priced and the fights were boring(De la Hoya-Mayweather for example).
You mentioned a few recent fights, these exceptions are not enough to put boxing back on the map, the excitment has gone and no-one really cares anymore, the UFC has clearly taken over and i dont see boxing being of any interest to anybody in another 5 years, MMA will be the only fighting people want to see. I also see any future up and coming boxers also taking up MMA if they havent already, it is the only way to go if you want a career and hopefully make big money because boxings big pay days are numbered.
Also i want to comment on people saying this PPV is not worth the money,crap fights etc… what can you actually do or buy for $40 these days?? do you think Snakes on a plane’ was worth $12 a ticket?? this is easily worth the money and im sure all the people saying they wont watch actually will, the fights look great and im sure will be better than anybody thinks, there is so much hype surrounding fighters like Cro cop,Lidell its almost impossible to live up to and look how they performed but im sure you still thought it was money well spent and wouldnt have missed the PPV that night. All these fighters on this card are hungry and want title shot’s i am sure this will be the best PPV in a while despite the names or lack of title bouts.
Have a good week JAKE.
TOM A.

SHAME ON YOU DANA WHITE, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS YOU WILL BE BRING THE UFC ( PAY PER VIEW ) BACK TO THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY (UFC 78) AREA AND THE CARD THAT HAS BEEN PLACED IS NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED AROUND HERE. FIRST LET JUST SAY WITH HIGH RATE OF BRAZILIAN AND SPANISH PEOPLE IN OUR AREA, YOU DIDN’T THINK OF HAVING TITO ORTIZ,BJ PENN, OR WAND. SILVA FIRST FIGHT BACK IN THE UFC ON THIS CARD. HOPEFULLY YOU CORRECT THIS ISSUE THE NEXT TIME YOU COME BACK AROUND TO THIS AREA. THE CARD IS DECENT BUT YOU COULD’VE DONE BETTER FOR THE MONEY YOUR CHARGING FOR THE SEAT.

UFC 78 seems like a “test run” at a brand new arena in New Jersey. It seems like Dana White, didnt want to put any top-notch championship fights on the card cause he knew it would sell out anyway. Most of the rumored fights, B.J., Arlovski,Tito, all would have been better than the second and third tier fighters now on the card. Bisping vs. Rashad, come on, thats a third, possibly second fight on any other card.

I was looking forward to this for a while, but considering the ridiculous ticket prices for a sub-par Ultimate Fight Night card, I think I’ll catch the fights for free acouple days later on the web.

The UFC had a chance to make a great splash in the Tri-State Area. They didnt. Hope they do better next time.

Whos the numbskull saying boxers do something not dangerous…buddy they get their brains scrambled…boxing is more dangerous than mma …wow i love how funny you tuf newbs are when you get all excited…

Now with Lytle its a decent card

[quote comment="177628"]Whos the numbskull saying boxers do something not dangerous…buddy they get their brains scrambled…boxing is more dangerous than mma …wow i love how funny you tuf newbs are when you get all excited…[/quote]

MMA is more dangerous because at least in Boxing u have those big gloves. In MMA u have those little nothing gloves

[quote comment="174485"]UFC 78 seems like a “test run” at a brand new arena in New Jersey. It seems like Dana White, didnt want to put any top-notch championship fights on the card cause he knew it would sell out anyway. Most of the rumored fights, B.J., Arlovski,Tito, all would have been better than the second and third tier fighters now on the card. Bisping vs. Rashad, come on, thats a third, possibly second fight on any other card.

I was looking forward to this for a while, but considering the ridiculous ticket prices for a sub-par Ultimate Fight Night card, I think I’ll catch the fights for free acouple days later on the web.

The UFC had a chance to make a great splash in the Tri-State Area. They didnt. Hope they do better next time.[/quote]
the thing is Tito was acting dumb and they cant have the BJ fight because of Sherk (i say strip him and have BJ fight some1 and if Sherk wins the appeal have him fight the winner).

Correct Dana new it would sell out anyway so he screwed us in NJ! He tried to save face by adding Ryo Chonan to fight Karo which was a good move but the card still lacks big names. There are no title fights no heavyweights what kind of crap is that? The total card itself is average but the main event is weak especially if you compare it to UFC 77 this weekend and what they have rumored for the December card! Dana said he wanted to put the best talent in the world against each other that’s why they purchased Pride and I just don’t see it on this card other them Karo Chonan????

[quote comment="157899"]rampage is injured, wont be fighting til 2008[/quote]
yea till the very end of 2008 which is stupid they wont strip him didnt they strip other fighters who were out less time than him?

[quote comment="180980"]Correct Dana new it would sell out anyway so he screwed us in NJ! He tried to save face by adding Ryo Chonan to fight Karo which was a good move but the card still lacks big names. There are no title fights no heavyweights what kind of crap is that? The total card itself is average but the main event is weak especially if you compare it to UFC 77 this weekend and what they have rumored for the December card! Dana said he wanted to put the best talent in the world against each other that’s why they purchased Pride and I just don’t see it on this card other them Karo Chonan????[/quote]

well the December card cant have that many big fight because if u have 2 title fights u can only have what maybe 1 or 2 more televised matches to be safe which means if they had more than that they would be not on the main card

[quote comment="180980"]Dana said he wanted to put the best talent in the world against each other that’s why they purchased Pride and I just don’t see it on this card[/quote]

I agree. Dana White, what the heck is going on? Of all the best fighters in the world, why you giving so much time to newbies? Bring out the Pride fighters more. Who cares if they lose, let them have the same chances as the newbies.

They are hardly even promoting this card on ufc 77. Not Like Lidell vs Jackson or even Silva vs Franklin. They know this is a lameduck card and its not even close to being sold out in a brand new arena.

They are hardly even promoting this card on ufc 77. Not Like Lidell vs Jackson or even Silva vs Franklin. They know this is a lameduck card and its not even close to being sold out in a brand new arena.($530 low level seats are available)
After seeing All-American Rich Franklin getting his ass knocked sensless in his hometown on a mediocore card, New York n New Jersey is probably in for a more disappointing night at UFC 78. Come on you should of gave us better.
By the way, So much for Joe Rogan Blowing your big introduction of Brock LARSON, I Mean lesnar.

They hardly even promoted this card on UFC 77. Not like Lidell vs. Rampage or even Silva vs Franklin. They know that this is a lameduck card that hasn’t even sold out a brand spankin new arena. ($500 seats are still available on the lower level, not to mention the $80 nosebleeds).
After seeing hometown boy Rich Franklin get knocked senseless in a round and a half, New York and New Jersey will probably be treated to an even more lame card.
By the way Joe Rogan, nice job of blowing Brock LARSONS Ufc introduction, or was that Brock Lesnar sitting there at ufc 77.

[quote comment="186454"]They are hardly even promoting this card on ufc 77. Not Like Lidell vs Jackson or even Silva vs Franklin. They know this is a lameduck card and its not even close to being sold out in a brand new arena.($530 low level seats are available)
After seeing All-American Rich Franklin getting his ass knocked sensless in his hometown on a mediocore card, New York n New Jersey is probably in for a more disappointing night at UFC 78. Come on you should of gave us better.
By the way, So much for Joe Rogan Blowing your big introduction of Brock LARSON, I Mean lesnar.[/quote]
its not 530 its 508

UFC 78 looks a lot more appealing than 77 did. There are some great fights on this card. And also the Ufc needs to bring back Belfort and put him up against Silva again.

joe lauzon’s fight should defenitely be shown on tv….hes the best 155 fighter on the entire card….love to see dany get back in there and fight spencer round 2….would be a lot different

Lauzon’s fight should be shown, a great young fighter who im sure will go the top.
I still think this is a great card and will be a lot more interesting than 77, all these guys want title shots so they all should be hungry.
Great to see Bonnar back in fine form!!!

PUT LAUZON ON AIR DAMNIT

Where’s all the brazilian submission artist’s that’s what
draws the crowd

Could you belive the ticket prices for this lame card on stubhub.. over $100 for the rafters..what a joke for this card! Danas havin his way with the fans as usual

what a shity fight card wake up dana

I have never posted on any website before and this will probably be my last but I can remember when boxing was the only combat sport that we had to choose from and I cant remember when there was more than 2 fights on any card. Let alone five or more. Dana keeps taking alot of shit by idiots that dont remember the one or two fight pay or free televised fights of guys that clearly dont put their bodies on the like rashad and the other fighters. As long as Dana puts more then 1 or 2 fights on a card I’ll be there watching it like the true fan that I am…