The hits just keep on comin’.
UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra has pulled out of his upcoming fight with former titleholder Matt Hughes at UFC 79: “Nemesis,” according to UFC.com.
“The Terror” apparently sustained a back injury during training earlier this week and determined he would not be fit for the New Year’s Eve showdown.
Here’s a snip from UFC President Dana White:
“This is devastating news because they were so looking forward to fighting each other. Unfortunately injuries happen and I look forward to Serra recovering quickly, and to getting him back into the Octagon.”
Serra and Hughes, of course, are opposing coaches on this season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), which has kept the 170-pound belt undefended since Serra stopped Georges St. Pierre at UFC 69: “Shootout” all the way back in April.
Now there’s no timetable for a return or when the postponed bout will take place.
Here’s a snip from Serra:
“This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I’ve never had a back injury before; I could hardly get off of the MRI table. There is no way I can train through this, and I’m devastated, especially because this was such an important fight. I was looking forward to fighting Matt Hughes. All my training was going phenomenally until Monday – All I can do now is to get better and to fight again as soon as possible.”
This is certainly a blow to what was billed as a blockbuster pay-per-view (PPV) event from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 29. It seems now that the light heavyweight clash between former champions Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva will be bumped up to the main event.
Stay tuned for more details. In the meantime hit up the UFC 79 fight card right here.
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Im hopping Matt Hughes is still gonna fight…. i say GSP for interm title
Worst news of the year hands down
So now waht do they do with GSP? let him fight someone else until seera can come back or leave him on the shelf for now.
Would suck it he fought and lost
[quote comment=”216352″]So now waht do they do with GSP? let him fight someone else until seera can come back or leave him on the shelf for now.
Would suck it he fought and lost[/quote]
and I can’t spell worth shit.
wow that blows
i CANNOT believe this…..
*sigh*
What a joke. UFC cards as of late blow. They need a different headlining fight for this card. They cant let lidell and silva headline.
Bump up Silva and Henderson
Make Hughes fight Silva
Bring in AA against anyone.
Another fight has to be added. Validation was bad enough.
Man, this news really sucks. I was looking forward to this fight. I’m not going to lie, TUF sucked me in and I bought into the hype.
When the F are we going to see the WW belt defended??! C’mon!
PS - I don’t think they’ll have GSP fight Hughes for two reasons. 1) If GSP wins, it completely ruins the Serra/Hughes fight that they have been building up for a year. 2) They wouldn’t rush GSP (no pun intended) into such a big fight. GSP/Hughes 3 is going to be a big draw.. I doubt they want to throw it together last minute.
Unfortunately, I don’t think Hughes will be fighting on this card. I hope they add another big fight, though.
GSP vs. Hughes for a title shot. This is the most frustrating thing I’ve ever heard…RRRRRRRRRRRAAAA!!!!!!!!!! I’m so angry that this belt won’t even have a defense in close to a year. Absolute garbage and absolute crap. This is what you get Dana White you moron!!! If this fight took place months ago like it should have this wouldn’t be an issue.
GSP needs a fight because it wouldn’t be beneficial for him to fight the winner of the Hughes vs. Serra fight because he’d have at least 8 months off by my guess.
GSP vs. Hughes won’t happen though because Dana will protect his boy.
GSP v Hughes for the iterim sounds good. Rush needs to fight someone otherwise he would have to wait forever to face the winner of serra v hughes, and to be out that long might make him rusty. I dont think he would wanna fight someone else and risk losing his shot at the title.
[quote comment=”216365″]GSP v Hughes for the iterim sounds good. Rush needs to fight someone otherwise he would have to wait forever to face the winner of serra v hughes, and to be out that long might make him rusty. I dont think he would wanna fight someone else and risk losing his shot at the title.[/quote]
I agree, there should be an interim title, but at about 5 weeks away, it’s hard to believe that GSP would have enough time to prepare.
Well, I gotta say that this is what can happen when you have the champ wait 8 months for a fight. Injuries happen yes, but since the UFC had everyone wait for so long it just seems that much worse.
Lets see now:
HW title in limbo
WW title in limbo
LW title in limbo
This is not a good time for the UFC.
id say this and kennedy getting shot are on par !
I’m so sick of having to wait for the champs defend their belts…Serra hasn’t defended yet and then we have Sherk holding onto one belt and then the UFC putting in another belt because of the wait. Rampage is hurt right now so who knows how long we’ll have to wait for him to defend the belt again. Then we have Couture who has the belt but has resigned from the UFC as it still stands. This is getting frustrating from a fan’s point of view. I don’t blame anyonefor this as injuries happen but I do blame Dana for making Serra and Hughes coaches of the TUF season and thus making them wait for months to fight each other for the best when we could have seen them fight a few months ago. What are they going to do with GSP? Are they really going to let one of their premier fighters be inactive for a year while they wait to sort this out? The 79 card is looking pretty weak at this point and they’re going to have to act fast to pull something together.
I really don’t think that GSP has to worry about losing to anyone. The only one that might have the tools to beat him right now is Fitch. GSP is one of my favorites and it doesn’t matter who they have him fight because he’ll destroy him. Have him fight Tony DeSouza or another decent fighter to keep him active.
UFC won’t have any trouble selling wanderlei/chuck as a main event. It’s the most anticipated fight of all time. this fight can wait another couple of months. Dana’s the one who held it off for the Tuff duration anyways.
If they don’t add a championship match or another huge fight (which will be hard for them to do with such short notice) I think this event should be on Spike for free. It looked like it was gonna be a HUGE money maker but now all it has is the fight everyone wanted to see a few years ago, with Chuck and Wandi. But know they’re both coming off some loses and the fight will probably only be 1 round. That fight alone can bring a lot of purchases but they need another HUGE fight!
This is hard considering this is not the greatest card of them all. Sure Wanderlei and Chuck MIGHT be explosive but in all honesty who really knows?
This really hurts the card.
We all were looking forward to this fight, but injury’s will happen, that is unavoidable and nobody’s fault. We have to be a bit more understanding about these situations as fans, there is way too much pressure placed on fighters to show up to the fight injured or not because well, the show must go on as they say. This added pressure has made many fighters turn to steroids to speed up their healing so they can be healthy for the fight. Franca comes to mind.
Im not defending those fighters who do that, what I am saying is that it’s the pressure put on by fans and promoters that causes fighters to make those choices. Glad to see that Serra is smarter than that.
P.S. I can’t blame Dana for this either, he did put this belt on hold for a while yes, but it was to hype up a great fight and make it that much better for us fans. Dana couldn’t have known that this would happen, I’m sure he’s just as bummed out as all of us.
All we can hope for is a speedy recover so we can see this fight early 08!
[quote comment=”216372″]I really don’t think that GSP has to worry about losing to anyone. The only one that might have the tools to beat him right now is Fitch. GSP is one of my favorites and it doesn’t matter who they have him fight because he’ll destroy him. Have him fight Tony DeSouza or another decent fighter to keep him active.[/quote]
HA. Fitch is good but ot that good…..yet. Fitch could be amazing in years to come but isnt at that level yet.
[quote comment=”216371″]I’m so sick of having to wait for the champs defend their belts…Serra hasn’t defended yet and then we have Sherk holding onto one belt and then the UFC putting in another belt because of the wait. Rampage is hurt right now so who knows how long we’ll have to wait for him to defend the belt again. Then we have Couture who has the belt but has resigned from the UFC as it still stands. This is getting frustrating from a fan’s point of view. I don’t blame anyonefor this as injuries happen but I do blame Dana for making Serra and Hughes coaches of the TUF season and thus making them wait for months to fight each other for the best when we could have seen them fight a few months ago. What are they going to do with GSP? Are they really going to let one of their premier fighters be inactive for a year while they wait to sort this out? The 79 card is looking pretty weak at this point and they’re going to have to act fast to pull something together.[/quote]
WOW man you just blew my mind !
Hughes was gonna beat Serra’s ass any how. Serra should fight with the herniated disk, and Hughes ties one arm behind his back.
UFC 81 still needs a main event.
If Randy Couture wants to put on his hero cape again, this would be the perfect time to come back and give UFC fans something to cheer about.
put tito ortiz in there… against whoever. haha
[quote comment=”216392″]If Randy Couture wants to put on his hero cape again, this would be the perfect time to come back and give UFC fans something to cheer about.[/quote]
doubtful, no time to train, and he probably just got over his broken arm from UFC 74.
UFC 81 would be the earliest he could fight.
F*ck Serra the pussy…I hate Matt Hughes but I hope the farmboy smashes Serra.
I like Serra and I feel bad that he has to pull out….BUT WTF!!!!!
No title defence for how many months? We had to wait for GSP to heal up before he could defend and now the same for Serra. Is this a curse of the Welterweight Belt?
They can’t have Hughes fight anyone b/c if he gets injured or loses, the UFC has an even bigger problem. Silva/Liddel is a great fight and there are some great fights on the undercard, but the UFC needs something else on this card.
Also, depending on how fast Serra heals, this fight could be on the Penn/Stevenson card or on UFC 81 in February. They could call it “UFC, About Effing Time”
Jesus… When it rains it pours. I guess that makes wandy and liddell the main event.
[quote comment=”216392″]If Randy Couture wants to put on his hero cape again, this would be the perfect time to come back and give UFC fans something to cheer about.[/quote]
UFC 79: Couture vs. Noguiera!
I suppose Dana and co. don’t want to ruin the Serra Hughes fight by bringing in GSP to fight Hughes. Still I’m sure Hughes will want to fight someone. But John Fitch could also derail things.
I don’t know. I wouldn’t mind letting GSP and Fitch go at it, could sort out the next in line, although the UFC would have you believe GSP is definitely next in line so that GSP can get that shot and Hughes can fight him in the rubber band match.
5 weeks out, is there enough time to get GSP and Fitch ready. I would love to see it. Who else is there that hasn’t just fought or isn’t booked to fight someone else in the next few events?…Koscheck? Probably not Swick, definitely not Cummo.
Koscheck is the only viable option in my opinion. Yet it’s not at all beyond the realms of possibility that he could upset matters.
Hell bump the Guida Huerta fight onto 79. I don’t know if they could do that but I would love to see that one on the big stage, it deserves to be because those guys don’t do boring fights.
[quote comment=”216397″]F*ck Serra the pussy…I hate Matt Hughes but I hope the farmboy smashes Serra.[/quote]
Exactly my point earlier about fans putting too much pressure on fighters. Its an injury, nothing he could do about it, nobody pussed out.
Put Fitch vs GSP? atleast we would have a fight waiting for the winner of serra/hughes after they fight. Karo will have to wait with his hand broken!
1 WW title fight in 2007. Dana White really screwed the pooch.
Thanks for the news Mania - that’s a huge letdown to fans in both camps. Serra is definitely not the type to puss out of a fight…it must be rough to make that call. I agree that they need to throw something else at 79…good time for AA to fight anyone (as stated above)…cheers all.
[quote comment=”216361″]What a joke. UFC cards as of late blow. They need a different headlining fight for this card. They cant let lidell and silva headline.
Bump up Silva and Henderson
Make Hughes fight Silva
Bring in AA against anyone.
Another fight has to be added. Validation was bad enough.[/quote]
yeah this sucks, and if they want to keep it a great card they need another big fight not just fill it with some tuf fighters.
[quote comment=”216369″]Well, I gotta say that this is what can happen when you have the champ wait 8 months for a fight. Injuries happen yes, but since the UFC had everyone wait for so long it just seems that much worse.
Lets see now:
HW title in limbo
WW title in limbo
LW title in limbo
This is not a good time for the UFC.[/quote]
I heard that Rampage is on hold with a hand injury and may be a coach of TUF 7 - can anyone validate this? If so then the LHW belt would be in limbo for awhile too!
5 weeks is plenty of time for people to prepare for a fight. Before a real fight, you usually couldn’t get close to 5 minutes to prepare. Calling this the Ultimate Fighting Championship is getting to be more and more of a joke, these guys fight twice a year, (once if you’re Matt Serra) and they’re the guys who devote their lives to it, and are supposed to be continually proving that they are the best fighters in the world. I think they should change the name to the Fighting Championship for celebrities who want to make occasional appearances as mixed martial artists. There are guys who take fights at short notice, there are guys who just want to fight, and are willing to do it much more frequently than once every 4-6 months. Those guys are fighters, these other guys are just celebrities… fighter personalities.
What a shame, I wanted to see Serra get his ass kicked.
Yeah, Rampage is injured too. And then at MW, the future doesn’t seem too bright after Silva and Hendo get it on. Maybe it’s time for the UFC to go back to its roots and hold some Grand Prix tournaments? No open-weight tourneys though, that was a crazy idea by Pride.
this sucks
hear i pulled a arm and a leg to get over to vegas for the fights i wanted to see that fight so badly and now the price of the ticket is worthless
they need to make a co main event fast,
either put hughes vs st pierre for title shot
or scrap the fight and add 2 big names say cro cop vs arlovski or something
Not anyone is going to be fighting until 2008 period. You can bet your ass Dana will not chance the thought of having GSP or Hughes lose a fight. It will completely kill any big fight he has planned with Serra. Until then we can look forward to the following fights :
1. Jon Fitch vs. Karo Parysian
2. Josh Koscheck vs. Josh Burkman
3. Diego Sanchez vs. Thiago Alves
4. Marcus Davis vs. Mike Swick
Hey we may as well find out who the best of the rest are
wow, this is some really bad news…this fight has been a topic of conversation between me and my friends for months now and we were all really looking forward to it…i hope when they do fight that serra is 100 percent because i want to see the best serra fight the best hughes, even though i’m pretty sure hughes is going to dominate the fight…as far as the ppv goes, i like the chuck/wanderlei fight, but this show just lost about half of its appeal to a lot of fans, i hope the ufc can find at least a half way decent fight to add to the card in place of this one, but i doubt it since its only a month away…the end of the year ppv thats always supposed to be one of the best of the year, now looks like probably the weakest since ufc 72…
You know they still Andrei Arlovski and Cro Cop sitting on the bench. Why not match those 2 guys up to replace the Serra fight. I was going to buy this ppv but if the card stays the same, I’ll pass.
maybe they should think about moving the guida/huerta fight to the ppv, that would be a nice replacement, but then who would fight at the tuf finale? this is just a bad situation for the ufc and the fans, it sucks…
[quote comment=”216379″][quote comment=”216372″]I really don’t think that GSP has to worry about losing to anyone. The only one that might have the tools to beat him right now is Fitch. GSP is one of my favorites and it doesn’t matter who they have him fight because he’ll destroy him. Have him fight Tony DeSouza or another decent fighter to keep him active.[/quote]
HA. Fitch is good but ot that good…..yet. Fitch could be amazing in years to come but isnt at that level yet.[/quote]
I know, and I’m not saying that he would win. GSP is the best WW in the world in my book. I think a match with Fitch would be a great fight, and one that GSP would win. But Fitch is well on his way to the top 5.
[quote post=”3992″]either put hughes vs st pierre for title shot[/quote]
Hughes would never put his title shot on the line against GSP.
[quote post=”3992″]But Fitch is well on his way to the top 5.[/quote]
He’s already there IMO. Serra, Hughes, GSP, Fitch, and (arguably) Karo are the top 5.
[quote comment=”216441″]maybe they should think about moving the guida/huerta fight to the ppv, that would be a nice replacement, but then who would fight at the tuf finale? this is just a bad situation for the ufc and the fans, it sucks…[/quote]
That’s a good idea. If you ask me, I don’t really think there needs to be a main event for the finale. The finals match should be good enough seeing how it’s THE ULTIMATE FIGHT tv show finale. But the UFC always adds a main event to the card to put some veterans on the card.
Pull Stevenson/Penn forward to December, then have Matt/Matt fight at UFC80
[quote comment=”216441″]maybe they should think about moving the guida/huerta fight to the ppv, that would be a nice replacement, but then who would fight at the tuf finale? this is just a bad situation for the ufc and the fans, it sucks…[/quote]
y do u want to pay for a fight that we are already getting for free. Dana is gonna have to do better than that!
HOLY SHIT, LISTEN DANA IF YOU READ THIS PLEASE, HAVE GSP FIGHT FITCH
[quote comment=”216378″]We all were looking forward to this fight, but injury’s will happen, that is unavoidable and nobody’s fault. We have to be a bit more understanding about these situations as fans, there is way too much pressure placed on fighters to show up to the fight injured or not because well, the show must go on as they say. This added pressure has made many fighters turn to steroids to speed up their healing so they can be healthy for the fight. Franca comes to mind.
Im not defending those fighters who do that, what I am saying is that it’s the pressure put on by fans and promoters that causes fighters to make those choices. Glad to see that Serra is smarter than that.
P.S. I can’t blame Dana for this either, he did put this belt on hold for a while yes, but it was to hype up a great fight and make it that much better for us fans. Dana couldn’t have known that this would happen, I’m sure he’s just as bummed out as all of us.
All we can hope for is a speedy recover so we can see this fight early 08![/quote]
that’s one of the most intelligent posts ive read on here
F%(k there goes the Montreal card slated (at least we were wishing and hoping) for the spring with GSP VS Matt
How did Serra hurt his back?
Bending over for some more pasta?
[quote comment=”216449″]Pull Stevenson/Penn forward to December, then have Matt/Matt fight at UFC80[/quote]
This could possibly work because I saw BJ cornering Lauzon last weekend and he looked in shape to me. He definetly wasnt the Buddah BJ that he turns into when he is out of shape. He looked like the lean and fit BJ who fought Jens.
However, I do not know if it is possible though. I doo not know if tickets went on sale yet in England. If they did, I dont think the UFC can just switch the main event on people who have paid to see BJ fight.
I dunno what will happen but this situation sucks badly. It should be the best pay per view and now it literally only has 2 fights that I would pay to see on the whole card. Wandy vs. Chuck, and Soko vs. Machida. This card is in really bad shape, I hope it doesnt get cancelled!
ragnarr
Nov 23rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm Quote this comment
Pull Stevenson/Penn forward to December, then have Matt/Matt fight at UFC80
Very nice point but I dont think you can convince Matt Hughes who is a farm boy and proud American and also a true typical jerk off from Long Island in Matt Serra to fly to ass fuk England to fight for a title. In all seriousness, it would be extremely tough on Dana’s part.
st.pierre won’t take that fight with this short notice…and i think Dana white would rather wait for a few months to see Serra’s condition….i agree with putting Arlovski here somewhere he needs to fight someone fasstttt…
At least it’s still better than the last UFC. We watched it at a sports bar and spent 80 bucks on beer and wings. Should’ve just paid the 40 bucks at home and 20 on beer and snacks. This was the most anticipated UFC ever with the Iceman and AxeMurderer being the second best (anticipated) fight and the Machida vs. AfricanAssasin being the third best (anticipated) fight. Losing the Serra-Hughes fight is terrible. Nobody (besides Serra) could be more bummed out than Dana and the Fertitas. That may cost them half of their pay-per-views as more idiots (like myself) pack themselves in sports bars to spend twice as much watching it there. This is the best news ever for sports bars, although they probably won’t know it until we’re packing ourselves in there because we don’t want to spend the 40 at home.
looks like i’ll be watching Fedor play ping pong that night
[quote comment=”216459″]ragnarr
Nov 23rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm Quote this comment
Pull Stevenson/Penn forward to December, then have Matt/Matt fight at UFC80
Very nice point but I dont think you can convince Matt Hughes who is a farm boy and proud American and also a true typical jerk off from Long Island in Matt Serra to fly to ass fuk England to fight for a title. In all seriousness, it would be extremely tough on Dana’s part.[/quote]
A real fighter would go any distance for a good fight, especially for the title. If they were to refuse on grounds that they don’t want to go to England for a week, then Dana should release that to the press, so both of them are forever deemed pussies in the eyes of us fans, that ought to change their mind.
I say Dana White VS Tito Ortiz, the boxing match we were supposed to see on spike!
[quote comment=”216351″]Worst news of the year hands down[/quote]
I was afraid of this. Validation was too good of a card to actually happen. “If something is too good to be true, it probably is”. Must be nice to hold a title for 8 months and now longer (and not defend it). It must have happened last night, Hey Serra how many pounds was that turkey you picked up and tore up your back?
Does anyone have any idea of the main event for UFC 81 2/2/08, the day before the Super Bowl? I purposely arranged a vacation week to guarantee that whole weekend off so I could throw two parties!!!
[quote comment=”216397″]F*ck Serra the pussy…I hate Matt Hughes but I hope the farmboy smashes Serra.[/quote]
How is he a pussy? Are you some mutant like Wolverine from X-Men? Your logic escapes me.
bunch of injury prone champs (except for hughes)
[quote comment=”216368″][quote comment=”216365″]GSP v Hughes for the iterim sounds good. Rush needs to fight someone otherwise he would have to wait forever to face the winner of serra v hughes, and to be out that long might make him rusty. I dont think he would wanna fight someone else and risk losing his shot at the title.[/quote]
I agree, there should be an interim title, but at about 5 weeks away, it’s hard to believe that GSP would have enough time to prepare.[/quote]
The Champ has an injury, you can’t have an interim Champ because the Champ is hurt! When Rich Franklin was the King of the Middleweights and had a broken hand, they didn’t have an interim title holder, they let the guy heal and recover. Now, they shelf the fight for a later date and GSP either waits or fights someone else in the mean time and takes the chance of losing and if he loses misses his chance at another title shot because he just dropped in the rankings!
[quote post=”3992″]GSP v Hughes for the iterim sounds good. Rush needs to fight someone otherwise he would have to wait forever to face the winner of serra v hughes, and to be out that long might make him rusty. I dont think he would wanna fight someone else and risk losing his shot at the title. [/quote]
you cant just hand out interm titles to everyone especially off an injury.
Sooo … the only title up is the MW w/ A. Silva on top. Yeeeaaa …
That fight will probably happpen superbowl weekend now.
Silva I can say is not an injury prone champ. He fought with two bad knees. They need to do something about the titles this is bad. I think that waiting for the end of TUF was a bad idea. I think that TUF should never determine when a title bout should happen.
Looks like M-1 might take some of the UFC’s New Year’s Eve PPV money.
I’m really not all that sad about this. i think hughes stands a good chance of beating serra when and if they fight, and honestly, i don’t think hughes deserves the title, even if he beats serra. it just seems like there are too many guys better than hughes at this point and that hughes got the shot simply because of the TUF coaching match-up and the greater UFC match planning that’s now started backfiring. hughes has been a great fighter, don’t get me wrong, but the sport has evolved well past his skill level in many regards. an don’t even get me started on serra’s shot at GSP.
Buh. TUF annoys me. The UFC has become a profit machine, with everything else being too secondary.
man they have got to get a couple of big names on this card again silva henderson is too early why not joe daddy vs bj penn now for the interim or even stick chieck congo vs big tim on for the fun of it shit there has to be something im sick of watching so many can oponents fight hopefuls and have two good fights a night this is a kick in the nuts dana is building a few names up like jon fitch, josh koscheck and roger huerta. this is bull why is melvin guillard fighting rich cleminti and why is manvel fighting nate mohr get the fuckers to fight each other and drop the cans down to the wec to work their way up. ufc 78 had better undercards than some of the main cards. what is white thinking
Title fights are a bi-yearly event in the UFC these days.
Hairybuddha heard that apparently Serra fell out of the chair at his gynecologist’s office putting his legs in the stirrups.
You cant blame Dana for putting the fight off, he knew that after TUF we would all be amped to watch the fight. You cant predict these things. And you have to understand that talking about the champions all getting hurt, this is a full contact sport and you have to play the odds that someone is going to get banged up. And the champs go against the best in the business.
ragnarr
Nov 23rd, 2007 at 1:07 pm Quote this comment
ragnarr
Nov 23rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm Quote this comment
Pull Stevenson/Penn forward to December, then have Matt/Matt fight at UFC80
Very nice point but I dont think you can convince Matt Hughes who is a farm boy and proud American and also a true typical jerk off from Long Island in Matt Serra to fly to ass fuk England to fight for a title. In all seriousness, it would be extremely tough on Dana’s part.
A real fighter would go any distance for a good fight, especially for the title. If they were to refuse on grounds that they don’t want to go to England for a week, then Dana should release that to the press, so both of them are forever deemed pussies in the eyes of us fans, that ought to change their mind.
THAT TO IS A GOOD POINT. WHEN YOU ARE ASKED TO FIGHT YOU SHOULD FIGHT. BUTTTT AS WE ALL KNOW EVERY OCTOBER FIGHT CARD BLOWS WHALE C0CK. WHY ? BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO BE ON THE DECEMBER CARD WHICH IS USUALLY IN VEGAS.
THE LAST 2 YEARS OCTOBER CARDS HAVE BEEN IN OHIO. I MEAN WHERE IS THE AFTER PARTY FOR THAT ONE ? RICH FRANKLIN’S BACKYARD WITH A LARGE OUTDOOR TENT ?
Serra needs to fight or leave!
Hughes wins. DQ
[quote comment=”216397″]F*ck Serra the pussy…I hate Matt Hughes but I hope the farmboy smashes Serra.[/quote]
F*ck u, i like serra. No Offense.
well it looks like it will be 2 crappy PPVs in a row now! what fight r they going 2 get now? it doesn’t really matter. they r not going 2 beat hughes vs serra. and i was looking forward 2 seeing serra get waxed and the silva - liddel fight i really don’t care much 4 now because they’re former champs. i wanted 2 see it when they were both champs but now i really don’t care. it will more then likely got all 3 rounds. i think there is to much hype 4 this fight and it will b boring as hell
Fintch vs. Gsp enough said
I would like to see GSP face Hughes for the interim belt at Ufc 81, but I think its gonna be Couture vs Big nog or silva vs big nog. But I doubt it will happen, it might kill the Hughes vs Serra if GSP wins ( I believe he will.) 79 needs another big fight, I like Arlovski vs cro cop, but will cro cop be ready?
[quote comment=”216368″][quote comment=”216365″]GSP v Hughes for the iterim sounds good. Rush needs to fight someone otherwise he would have to wait forever to face the winner of serra v hughes, and to be out that long might make him rusty. I dont think he would wanna fight someone else and risk losing his shot at the title.[/quote]
I agree, there should be an interim title, but at about 5 weeks away, it’s hard to believe that GSP would have enough time to prepare.[/quote]
Disagree..when Serra was given the title shot..GSP postponed the fight due to an injury which recall there wasnt a intrem title match in between the Serra vs GSP fight..we all just waited..Im with everyone when it comes to seeing these titles defended more often(except for the mm weight belt) ..Serra could of fought b4 the tuf show..but didnt cuz dana wanted to build up the hughes vs serra match with the tuf show.
I would also like to see Forrest Griffin vs Jardine 2, the winner gets a title shot. I dont think Forrest should get a shot without winning this fight, They have both won two of thier last 3 fights, but Jardine beat Griffin, yeah, Forrest beat Shogun but Jardine beat Liddell. Let them fight at 79 if Griffin is healthy.