Wow, Hendo came in heavy and Rampage came in light. I can’t wait!

DAMN THATS CRAZY!! Henderson was saying how he was going to try and at least make 200 cause in his fight vs. Silva he was like 198-199. Now he and Rampage are the same weight! Hes gonna have a lot more trouble than Rampage gaining more weight before his fight tommorow though. Also not as big of a difference bwtn Cro Cop and Kongo as i thought there was gonna be

[quote comment=”144118″]DAMN THATS CRAZY!! Henderson was saying how he was going to try and at least make 200 cause in his fight vs. Silva he was like 198-199. Now he and Rampage are the same weight! Hes gonna have a lot more trouble than Rampage gaining more weight before his fight tommorow though. Also not as big of a difference bwtn Cro Cop and Kongo as i thought there was gonna be[/quote]

Remember though, Rampage had to cut to that weight, whereas Dan had to gain to get to it. Page will probably come in 10 to 15 pounds heavier by tomorrow.
Whatever the case though, this card is gonna be great, and the anticipation is killing me. I hope they announce the signing of Fedor as well.

Where is the betting advice???????

looks like someone’s creeping down to 205 to make room for Fedor…..

[quote comment=”144122″]Where is the betting advice???????[/quote]

“Always bet on Black” — how’s that? Passenger 57, anyone?

Desert Dog, unfortunately, is away on business and get get to them this weekend. We’ll post odds and also ensure that we have them for the next two UFC events this month. Apologies.

nice fubu, bisping

This is truely an arena for modern day gladiators. I hope we (british fans at the event) give all the fighters the respect they deserve, none of this booing crap that goes on all too often.

[quote comment=”144124″][quote comment=”144122″]Where is the betting advice???????[/quote]

“Always bet on Black” — how’s that? Passenger 57, anyone?
[/quote]

good one.

Dan weighed in at 204!!!!! WOW, I hope he has just been packing on pure muscle these past 6 months. There is no way he would come into any fight out of shape, but this is by far the heaviest he has ever fought at, to my knowledge. This better not make him the least bit sluggish or he’s in trouble.

HOLLYWOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!

[quote comment=”144118″]DAMN THATS CRAZY!! Henderson was saying how he was going to try and at least make 200 cause in his fight vs. Silva he was like 198-199. Now he and Rampage are the same weight! Hes gonna have a lot more trouble than Rampage gaining more weight before his fight tommorow though. Also not as big of a difference bwtn Cro Cop and Kongo as i thought there was gonna be[/quote]

dont worry…. come tomorrow Rampage will be back at 220 and hendo will be still trying to maintain his 204.

[quote comment=”144124″][quote comment=”144122″]Where is the betting advice???????[/quote]

“Always bet on Black” — how’s that? Passenger 57, anyone?

Desert Dog, unfortunately, is away on business and get get to them this weekend. We’ll post odds and also ensure that we have them for the next two UFC events this month. Apologies.[/quote]

HEY ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO BODOG??? They get shut down or somethin?

Nevermind… guess they got sued 49 million for misuse of their domanin name or somethin so now its newbodog.com

If Rampage came down to 205 any chance if/when he loses his belt we see him gain weight and go Heavyweight? I’d like to see him vs Coulter.

FYI, video is now up on UFC.com. As reported, nothing too crazy. However, Kongo looks enormous … more enormous than usual.

[quote comment=”144149″]If Rampage came down to 205 any chance if/when he loses his belt we see him gain weight and go Heavyweight? I’d like to see him vs Coulter.[/quote]

Theres always the chance but I highly doubt Rampage wants to go into a new division, especially one thats becoming as stacked as the heavyweight division is. He will definately be staying in the LHW divsion whether he losees the belt or not. Only people he really has to worry about is Shogun and Wandy right now. You decide for yourself (Shogun and Wandy) or (Couture, Cro Cop, Possibly Fedor, Big Nog, etc.)

Houston Alexander is ripped! R.I.P. Sakaura.

[quote post=”3272″]Houston Alexander is ripped! R.I.P. Sakaura. [/quote]

Unfortunately, being ripped, has nothing to do with R.I.P.’ing your opponent. One example of this would be KenFlo, excuse me, Kenny The Killer vs Alvin the kid Robinson. If I had to pick the winner on physique alone, I’da went with the kid. But since I know a lil sumthin sumthin about mma, I had KenFlo in that match (like everyone else, I hope)

[quote comment=”144136″]Dan weighed in at 204!!!!! WOW, I hope he has just been packing on pure muscle these past 6 months. There is no way he would come into any fight out of shape, but this is by far the heaviest he has ever fought at, to my knowledge. This better not make him the least bit sluggish or he’s in trouble.

HOLLYWOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

You hope he’s just been packing on muscle….Did you watch the weigh-ins? It’s pretty apparent that is the route he went.

[quote post=”3272″]If Rampage came down to 205 any chance if/when he loses his belt we see him gain weight and go Heavyweight? I’d like to see him vs Coulter.[/quote]

I’d say that the chances of that happening were slim to none. Now that Rampage has Juanito, I’d say that the chances are now None. Juanito would not let Rampage slack off and become a HW. Rampage is just about as ripped as you can be for a 205er. If he wanted to put on weight, the only way to do is is to eat, get fat, and be lazy. No way would this happen to Rampage at this point in his career.

By the way, who’s Coulter? That is the most interesting spelling I’ve seen of COUTURE so far…

[quote comment=”144118″]DAMN THATS CRAZY!! Henderson was saying how he was going to try and at least make 200 cause in his fight vs. Silva he was like 198-199. Now he and Rampage are the same weight! Hes gonna have a lot more trouble than Rampage gaining more weight before his fight tommorow though. Also not as big of a difference bwtn Cro Cop and Kongo as i thought there was gonna be[/quote]

Good for Henderson with regards to putting on the weight. I also was surprised that Kongo only has 11lbs on CroCop. Guess that goes to show how thick CroCops legs are.

Lets go Houston!!!!!!!!! I know you will make Nebraska proud!!!!! One of the nicest guys you will ever meet!!!! Should be an intersting fight since their both strikers!!!!!!!! Houston “The Assasin” Alexander shall prevail!!!!!!!!

I just watched the weigh in. Rampage and Henderson were just all smiles and laughs. They are great friends, and they’ll compete for the greatest crown in the game.

[quote post=”3272″]I just watched the weigh in. Rampage and Henderson were just all smiles and laughs. They are great friends, and they’ll compete for the greatest crown in the game. [/quote]

Good Buddies Indeed. They were two of the handful of American’s to fight fulltime over in Japan in PRIDE, so naturally, they spent a lot of time together.

I’ll be rooting for Dan, but I will not be upset if Rampage wins. However, I will be upset if he knocks out Dan’s remaining 3 teeth in the process… That just wouldnt be fair!

220? Jeesus christ i wish cro-cop would just swallow his pride and cut down to 205. I know he doesnt want to but jeesus he could shred people more his own weight… i guess the downside to that is 205 is the most stacked division easily.

[quote comment=”144211″]220? Jeesus christ i wish cro-cop would just swallow his pride and cut down to 205. I know he doesnt want to but jeesus he could shred people more his own weight… i guess the downside to that is 205 is the most stacked division easily.[/quote]

Recently Cro cop said that there is no room in his body for him to get down to 205.

I’m really looking forward to the Alexander vs. Sakara fight. Houston Alexander exploded on the scene with a destruction of keith Jardine. I don’t know much about him but Sakara seems to be the perfect opponent for him to have an exciting fight against. Sakara is a tough, technically sound banger. His achiles heal has been his cardio. I expect these 2 to stand toe to toe n throw leather till someone gets ktfo!!

I c Hendo getting slammed in tomorrows forecast!!!1

[quote post=”3272″]I c Hendo getting slammed in tomorrows forecast!!!1 [/quote]

I see both, Hendo and Rampage, going for a ride on their way down to the canvas. I’m just soooo looking forward to that moment when one of these dominant wrestlers lifts the other one over thier head and slams them straight thru the canvas.

Bispings hairy chest gets hairier by every new event he takes part in. that dude has to lay off the pubs and hit the Waxer asap! lol

[quote comment=”144229″]Bispings hairy chest gets hairier by every new event he takes part in. that dude has to lay off the pubs and hit the Waxer asap! lol[/quote]

It’s dead cold in Manchester… It’s a side effect of Northern English evolution!

London in the house!

Go Rampage… Oh ok and Hendo I’m not too bothered who wins it will be sick either way, but im cheerin for the QRJ

[quote comment=”144211″]220? Jeesus christ i wish cro-cop would just swallow his pride and cut down to 205. I know he doesnt want to but jeesus he could shred people more his own weight… i guess the downside to that is 205 is the most stacked division easily.[/quote]

I was thinking the exact opposite thing, that he should gai 10-20 and continue to train his grappling game, he got hurt in his last fight because of it.

[quote comment=”144157″]Houston Alexander is ripped! R.I.P. Sakaura.[/quote]

Yes. No greater indication of a fighter’s skill level than him being “ripped”.

Bisping goes bare chested depending on which weight class he’s going for.

I feel an upset comming in either the Bisping or Cro cop fights. I hope I’m wrong, but I wont be surprised If either THe count or cro cop loose.

Lets all pray that I’m an idiot who doesnt have a clue about what he’s talking about.

Letrs all hope for a Fedor announcement and a Steroid free event

Yo, I got the inside scoop: Etim has been juicing! lol

[quote comment=”144149″]If Rampage came down to 205 any chance if/when he loses his belt we see him gain weight and go Heavyweight? I’d like to see him vs Coulter.[/quote]

Hmm… Rampage vs. Ann Coulter… it would be nice to see her face pounded to dust.

Does anyone else want to see Bisping get his ligts knocked out by Hamell? Cause, ummm…………I do.

[quote comment=”144271″]I feel an upset comming in either the Bisping or Cro cop fights. I hope I’m wrong, but I wont be surprised If either THe count or cro cop loose.

Lets all pray that I’m an idiot who doesnt have a clue about what he’s talking about.[/quote]

With this past year I wouldn’t be surprised at either, but very unlikely.

[quote comment=”144271″]I feel an upset comming in either the Bisping or Cro cop fights. I hope I’m wrong, but I wont be surprised If either THe count or cro cop loose.

Lets all pray that I’m an idiot who doesnt have a clue about what he’s talking about.[/quote]

An upset for for Cro Cop wouldn’t surprise me, but if Bisping loses to Hamill I’ll be shocked. The Bisping fight should be as one-sided as it gets.

[quote comment=”144211″]220? Jeesus christ i wish cro-cop would just swallow his pride and cut down to 205. I know he doesnt want to but jeesus he could shred people more his own weight… i guess the downside to that is 205 is the most stacked division easily.[/quote]
170 is the most stacked

[quote post=”3272″]170 is the most stacked[/quote]
no way welter weight is most stacked!! 205 is,,hands down.!!

Hendo should stay at 185! Page will remind him why tommorrow! You dont put on weight to fight the big boys who are dropping from heavyweight to 205. not saying Hendo cant pull it off but he would be more comfortable defending a 185 title. 205 is a stacked division and i dont think Dan can hang.. Either way im routin RAMPAGE, ive been cheering him from the get go…

[quote comment=”144279″][quote comment=”144149″]If Rampage came down to 205 any chance if/when he loses his belt we see him gain weight and go Heavyweight? I’d like to see him vs Coulter.[/quote]

Hmm… Rampage vs. Ann Coulter… it would be nice to see her face pounded to dust.[/quote]

Yeh im into that fight, or even more so Houston fighting Ann Coulter like he did with Keith Jardine.

[quote comment=”144177″][quote post=”3272″]If Rampage came down to 205 any chance if/when he loses his belt we see him gain weight and go Heavyweight? I’d like to see him vs Coulter.[/quote]

I’d say that the chances of that happening were slim to none. Now that Rampage has Juanito, I’d say that the chances are now None. Juanito would not let Rampage slack off and become a HW. Rampage is just about as ripped as you can be for a 205er. If he wanted to put on weight, the only way to do is is to eat, get fat, and be lazy. No way would this happen to Rampage at this point in his career.

By the way, who’s Coulter? That is the most interesting spelling I’ve seen of COUTURE so far…[/quote]
I’d like to see Rampage beat the crap out of Anne Coulter.

Isn’t anyone making picks? For the last PPV event, I was 100% on winners but only like 40% on means (I went with decision across the board). What the hey, (T)KO across the board this time:

QRJ over Hendo (T)KO
Bisping over Matt Hamill (T)KO
CroCop over Kongo (T)KO.
Sakara over Houston Alexander (T)KO

The only undercard fighter I recognize is Terry Etim who looked really tough at UFC 70(?) and his opponent Tibau hasn’t fought ‘anyone’ yet so I would go with Etim too… guess I’m stuck with (T)KO on that.

[quote comment=”144304″][quote comment=”144271″]I feel an upset comming in either the Bisping or Cro cop fights. I hope I’m wrong, but I wont be surprised If either THe count or cro cop loose.

Lets all pray that I’m an idiot who doesnt have a clue about what he’s talking about.[/quote]

An upset for for Cro Cop wouldn’t surprise me, but if Bisping loses to Hamill I’ll be shocked. The Bisping fight should be as one-sided as it gets.[/quote]

Unfortunately, Hamil is prolly the only fighter in the world that could cause Bisping to fight a boring fight. Hamil is more than capable of the Lay n Pray strategy, which will suck. If that happens all the crowd is gonna boo him, luckily for him he is deaF. If I had to pick one day to be deaf, It would be today fighting Bisping in London. Hamil will b lucky to not be able to hear the crowd tonight, because I expect a lot of Hamil Bashing from tonights crowd

[quote comment=”144422″]Isn’t anyone making picks? For the last PPV event, I was 100% on winners but only like 40% on means (I went with decision across the board). What the hey, (T)KO across the board this time:

QRJ over Hendo (T)KO
Bisping over Matt Hamill (T)KO
CroCop over Kongo (T)KO.
Sakara over Houston Alexander (T)KO

The only undercard fighter I recognize is Terry Etim who looked really tough at UFC 70(?) and his opponent Tibau hasn’t fought ‘anyone’ yet so I would go with Etim too… guess I’m stuck with (T)KO on that.[/quote]

Dude what kind of predictions are those? U picked all the favorites to win… what a surprise. The way this past year has went, we can pretty much anticipate at least one upset tonight. Either Bisping or cro cop will loose tonight, other thatn that, I’ll go with Rampage and Sakara.

I got an inside source in London who told me Etim is juicing for this fight. lol

john I’m counting on you buddy for that big Fedor vs. Couture announcement man tonight. You called it first last week and now it’s stuck firm in my head.

[quote post=”3272″]QRJ over Hendo (T)KO
Bisping over Matt Hamill (T)KO
CroCop over Kongo (T)KO.
Sakara over Houston Alexander (T)KO[/quote]
I’m going with all underdogs, the oposite of these.

[quote comment=”144520″]john I’m counting on you buddy for that big Fedor vs. Couture announcement man tonight. You called it first last week and now it’s stuck firm in my head.[/quote]

I know man, lets just hope it happens. Not only do I wanna c Fedor get signed, I want them to actually announce a date and location for FEDOR vs. Randy. Come on Dana White, you cheap prick!!!!!!!!!

does anyone think that Bisbing and CC look alike?

[quote comment=”144401″][quote comment=”144279″][quote comment=”144149″]If Rampage came down to 205 any chance if/when he loses his belt we see him gain weight and go Heavyweight? I’d like to see him vs Coulter.[/quote]

Hmm… Rampage vs. Ann Coulter… it would be nice to see her face pounded to dust.[/quote]

Yeh im into that fight, or even more so Houston fighting Ann Coulter like he did with Keith Jardine.[/quote]

that might be the funniest thing I heard all year! Ann Coulter what a bitch

UFC 75 was it rigged? WTF Bisping got schooled llike the bitch he is- split decision?????WTF has to be rigged

I can’t believe that they let Bisban win.It was totally Hamill’s fight.They must have been English judges.That’s a load of crap.Hamill you won!!!!!!

How could anybody give Bisping that fight? What a rip-off!

Clearly, Hamill defeated Bisping. Bisping won only under biased English judges. Those judges should be sanctioned! There is no question as to who the real champ is here. No question! It is quite unbelievable at the final decision and feel like boycotting UFC. Whata joke. Bisping truly has NO class, taking full credit as a champ here, no shame. WOW.

Bisping vs. Hamill That was the worst judging of a fight I have ever seen. I would love to have seen the punch stats! I would love to hjave seen the takedown points. Bisping was on his heels for 95% of the fight. Hamill took it to him, and was robbed! I am not even a big fan of Hamill, just a fan of the sport. It was so bad I felt like I was watching a rigged boxing match. BOOO!! There were a few coming from the crowd to!

Hamill won ! what the F*** , judging like that makes ufc a waist of time and money , lots of fans will be lost if racist judge’n like that continues. USA ROCKS !

if Daniel White is going to let judge’n like that then i’ll be one less fan. ” matt won ! ” and everyone knows

BISPING THE TRUTH IS YOU LOST THE FIGHT AND THE TV SHOW … HAMILL IS THE WINNER!

BULLSHIT!!!!!! That’s what this fight was. Matt EASILY won rounds one and two …..and closely lost 3….but hell if i was “SCARED” to fight anywhere but in my back yard with my guys scoring (and still lost one of them…lol) i guess i’d be happy as hell to. Did have a lot of respect for the “Count”……did.

I thought I was going nuts! The Hamill fight was the worst decision in the history of…..well in the history of the fights I have seen. Can you believe that??? I am still in shock. I don’t go to websites about fighting much, don’t blog….but I had to relieve some dismay and sadness at a crappy display of judgement. I wonder if Bisping was really secrectly shocked that he was announced the winner. Does anyone think that UFC will address this issue in anyway. I think I am getting more pissed off. Really nice to hear you guys agree about this decision. I mean….what kind of fighting do you get your ass kicked and your hand raised. Dana White you better say something???!!!!%%%%((*****PLEASE###$$$$%%%^^

CHRIS…I am like you, I would love to see the judging stats!

How can bisbing even think he came close to winning that fight. The was the most disgusting judging that i have ever seen. Unless we get boxing into the mix. Is that where this is all going..? I cant wait to see bisbing get the piss knocked out of him now when he fights a top shelf opponent. Hats off the hammil.

[quote comment=”144146″][quote comment=”144124″][quote comment=”144122″]Where is the betting advice???????[/quote]

“Always bet on Black” — how’s that? Passenger 57, anyone?

Desert Dog, unfortunately, is away on business and get get to them this weekend. We’ll post odds and also ensure that we have them for the next two UFC events this month. Apologies.[/quote]

HEY ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO BODOG??? They get shut down or somethin?[/quote]

You got that right - sad to say - but true. Bet on black fellow honkeys.

[quote post=”3272″]BULLSHIT!!!!!! That’s what this fight was. Matt EASILY won rounds one and two …..and closely lost 3….but hell if i was “SCARED” to fight anywhere but in my back yard with my guys scoring (and still lost one of them…lol) i guess i’d be happy as hell to. Did have a lot of respect for the “Count”……did[/quote]
I agree somewhat” hamill did win 1 and 2 in my eye’s, not close on the the 3rd{bisping definatly won 3} so matt hamill should have won. but im not gunna say i lost respect for bisping, he didn’t judge the fight.

What a joke!
Here I had started watching the UFC after giving up on boxing and along comes the judging in the Hamill-Bisping bout. I came into the fight neutral on the outcome, but clearly the judges weren’t watching the same fight. Furthermore, how could one judge have the fight 30-27 Hamill and the other 2 have it 29-28 Bisping? I can’t imagine they were using hometown judges so either the judges were scoring blind (awarding points everytime the crowd cheered when Bisping hit Hamill’s guard with a combination…which was often) or Dan White is rigging fights to expand the popularity of the UFC.
Either way, I love the sport, but I won’t watch anything so poorly judged or blatantly rigged (because anyone who saw the fight has to believe one of the two occurred).

[quote comment=”144132″]nice fubu, bisping[/quote]
Hamil clearly dominated that fight landing more blows and being more aggressive in rounds one and two. Round three was close as well. The judges most definitely gave the fight to Bisping. That fight was bought and paid for by the Brits.

“London is calling” Bisping an Overrated, protected, hack.

The Ultimate Fighter was “Born in the USA” and robbed!

MATTHEW HAMILL WON THAT FIGHT OVER BISBING! MATT EITHER WAS RUNNIN AFTER HIM PUNCHIN HIM OR HE HAD HIM DOWN ON THE GROUND.. THIS DECISION NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.. UFC FUCKEN BLOWS! MATT IS THE CHAMPION AND BISBING IS THE BITCH

Longtime fan of UFC since UFC 1, have spent thousands of dollars on PPV events and have NEVER seen a bigger injustice as I did with last nights Bisbing-Hammill fight! Matt clearly dominated Bisbing the entire fight. To watch the UFC judges give the fight to the hometown boy (not man, a man of would of had more class and known when he was beaten, I still can’t get over the “back to wrestling” comment!) ruined me for the rest of the night. I was so disgusted, I couldn’t even enjoy the main event! What has happened to fairness in the UFC? I question the integrity of the UFC, its judges and what the UFC stands for!

I did lose respect for Bisping, not because of the judging of the fight, but because of the way he handled it afterwards. He gave Hamill no credit and acted as though he had destroyed him.
On the other hand, I really don’t care for Matt Hamill, but I did gain some respect for him. He handled himself very well after the fight(no whining or crying).
The UFC really should address this issue. This was not a case of a close fight not going a certain way. This fight was clearly one-sided and the judging was horrible.

[quote post=”3272″]I did lose respect for Bisping, not because of the judging of the fight, but because of the way he handled it afterwards. He gave Hamill no credit and acted as though he had destroyed him.[/quote]

I AM PISSED. Bisping got DESTROYED by a C-Level fighter, Matt Hammil in his own backyard.

Those judges were paid. I don’t care what anyone says. 30-27, WTF!!! The Hammer won rounds 1 and 2. Bisping won round 3. 29-28, Hammil.

Bisping said he destroyed him and he “sent him back to wrestling.” Actually, you cocky Brit, I think Hammil just sent you out of Kickboxing. You call yourself a kickboxing champion, and got tooled in the standup game by Matt Hammil????? Who’s been teaching Matt his standup, his sign language interpreter?? But anyways I am thoroughly PISSSED, and the UFC BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS INJUSTICE.

I am VERY surprised that Hammil was so gracious in defeat on the mic. He should have been pissed!!! I know he’ll be back on the internet today talking shit - and RIGHTFULLY SO!!!