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Sidenote — The nine-fight UFC 78 fight card is now official:
Main event:
205 lbs.: Rashad Evans (10-0-1) vs. Michael Bisping (14-0)
Main card (televised):
205 lbs.: Houston Alexander (8-1) vs. Thiago Silva (11-0)
185 lbs.: Dave Terrell (6-2) vs. Ed Herman (13-5)
170 lbs.: Karo Parisyan (17-4) vs. Ryo Chonan (14-7)
155 lbs.: Frank Edgar (7-0) vs. Spencer Fisher (20-3)
Under card (may not be broadcast):
170 lbs.: Thiago Alves (12-3) vs. Chris Lytle (24-14-5)
155 lbs.: Joe Lauzon (15-3) vs. Jason Reinhardt (18-0)
155 lbs.: Marcus Aurelio (14-5) vs. Luke Caudillo (12-8)
170 lbs.: Tamdan McCrory (8-0) vs. Akihiro Gono (27-12-1)
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Should be a great card. Hope Rashad whoops up on Bisping for Hammil.
That turned out to be a really good card.
I’d rather see Rashad vs. Houston and Bisbing vs. Silva.
That card blows.
Not that anyone cares, but my predictions:
Rashad
Silva
Terrell
Karo
Edgar
Alves
Lauzon
Aurelio
Gono
Actually seems like a pretty good card, minus the main event, which I’m willing to bet will be boring (two undefeated guys going in to fight each other? That’s begging for a Tim Sylvia Ifightnottolose thing to happen).
Even though this card lacks the huge superstar names, It looks like a lot of good match ups and I think it’s going to be one of the better shows this year. I hope Lauzon can somehow make it to the main card or maybe the fight they show at the end if things wrap up early
Go Rashad, Houston, Dave Terrell, Karo, and Frankie
Herman Terrell should be interesting.
Also Lytle Alves. really good card
Why is Lauzon on the undercard?
“Why is Lauzon on the undercard?”
its because fisher/ edgar is a more marquee bout.
i think the fisher vs edgar fight might be the fight of the night there is no clear cut winner i still don’t know who i will pick to win,
nice to see terell back, and pride standouts gono and chonan
loved it when hendo knocked him out in like 30 sec back in bushido tournament
This looks like a card, with some tough matches. I am really stoked to see Terrell in the line up. Hope he does well.
Put Bisping in there with Houston Alexander.
Oh man, that would make my night.
I’m looking forward to seeing Fisher fight again. I know he’s not way up there but I like his fighting style. I hope his face fares better this time than the last fight I saw.
I think I would rather see any of the main card fights as the main event rather than the…well…. uhhh …main event. Whatever though, it turned out to be more decent than I thought it would.
hey mania,
I’m pretty sure Rashad is 15-0-1 not 10-0-1. Just a heads up.
[quote comment=”201116″]I think I would rather see any of the main card fights as the main event rather than the…well…. uhhh …main event. Whatever though, it turned out to be more decent than I thought it would.[/quote]
You know why Bisping/Evans is the main event? Because both of them are undefeated fighters and both won their respected seasons of TUF which perpelled them into popularity.
This fight to me, might be a Koscheck/Sanchez II match up.
The undercard/main card has some awesome matches. Spencer Fisher vs. Frankie Edgar bar none is going to be Fight of the Year. This fight is going to be a non-stop barn burner.
Karo vs. Ryo is going to be a straight up war. Karo will do Judo throws and Ryo will attempt submissions, a very amazing match-up.
Dave Terrell is back against Ed Herman that fight itself has all the makings to be a non-stop cardio war.
Thiago Silva vs. Houston Alexander will be a first round KO, and I am thinking Silva is very underrated coming into this match.
This card is an incredible card, at least it was not like the UFC 77 card. That was kinda painful to watch live. But Black/Grice was one of the best bouts ever.
Not a very good card. I don’t really care abaout Bisping or Rashad something about them not very exciting. Houston Alexander on the other hand makes this worth watching. He will face Rampage within the next year. Guaranteed.
I think the gay dance Rashad did on the Ultimate Fighter was what turned me off from him. And Bispings relentless horrible accent. Yep those are the reasons I don’t like either of them.
I dont get most mma fans, If a guy loses or has fight that is not the best they no longer like him and go on what a punk and how bad his fights are, like Liddell no one had anything bad to say about him until he lost, now everyone goes on like he should retire and how Wandy will pound the life out of him, or Bisping everyone liked him before his fight with Hamill, in fact in any forum the talk was how Bisping would distroy him and now after the fight everyone is a Bisping hater,if Lidell wins his next fight mark my words every post on this form will be how he is the greatest again and how he will win back the title, and everyone will go on how bad Wandy is and that he sucks…..
It’s obviously not a high profile fight, but I bet the Lauzon/Reinhardt fight is exciting. They have 36 combined fights and I don’t think a single one has gone the distance. The vast majority of Reinhardts fights go less than 2 minutes. They should be able to squeeze this one on the telecast.
I know that a lot of people don’t like this card but the Frankie Edgar-Spencer Fisher fight is worth the price of admission.
ok, this card is worth 19.95 PPV…
i think this card is decent but i wish it had at least 1 hudge name for the return to New Jersey
[quote comment=”201079″]Put Bisping in there with Houston Alexander.
Oh man, that would make my night.[/quote]
i’m with that.
pretty good.karo vs ryo i think should be a good fight,and of course houston vs thiago should be killer.cant wait to watch bisping get his azz whooped.
The under cards are better then the main event. I’m going to sit this one out
sherk should have been stripped so they can have BJ and Stevenson fight. oh and if by some slim chance that sherk wins his appeal then he could have faced the winner at a later date
how many matches r usually guaranteed to be on PPV? cause if its usually 4 then this is a very decent card because it looks like 5 r on PPV
I see a half-guard war for spencer. Edgar will take him down and immediatly start passing for side ride. Ed Herman cant sit in this guys guard, hes way to slick with his subs. Evan/Bisbing TKO GNP EVANS! Karo is not getting heel hooked by this guy. Same old story, slick judo throw and GNP. Take notes gentlemen these are the winners.
[quote comment=”201723″]sherk should have been stripped so they can have BJ and Stevenson fight. oh and if by some slim chance that sherk wins his appeal then he could have faced the winner at a later date[/quote]
Gee Wiz, I thought this was America….my bad