it's a strange spectacle to witness on ch1. ''fighting'' makes me think of street fighter and mortal kombat. i know they're not going to shoot fireballs and have finishing moves, but i expecting more punching and kicking, but it ends up being about wrestling and putting people in choke holds. not as cool as watching Bruce Lee movies.

Second viewing shows it was close, but I think Machida got the benefit of the close rounds. Initial reaction was that Rua was the winner.

stupid linking...

Anyway, these stats tell some of the story...

http://compustrike.com/stats_files/ufc_104/MacHida-Rua.HTM

for fuck's sake. this site's markup is annoying.

replace em in brackets with underscore and it'll work anyway.

it's a strange spectacle to witness on ch1. ''fighting'' makes me think of street fighter and mortal kombat. i know they're not going to shoot fireballs and have finishing moves, but i expecting more punching and kicking, but it ends up being about wrestling and putting people in choke holds. not as cool as watching Bruce Lee movies.

Depends on who is fighting.

The fight on the weekend was a standup fight virtually the whole fight.

I will put in my 0.02 after I watch the fight.
machida... what can I say? NEW ERA OF UFC!

I can't watch UFC at home or Mrs Tugboat will faint.

Second viewing shows it was close, but I think Machida got the benefit of the close rounds. Initial reaction was that Rua was the winner.

Rogan didnt help, he was going on about shogun the whole time. He never mentioned any of Machidas counters, virtually everytime Shogun connected Machida countered. There were some skirmishes where Machida cleanly connected with Shoguns head and all you could hear was Rogan going on about Shoguns leg kicks...it seemed like he was so suprised that he was there going toe-to-toe. Even his post match interview was biased ''Do you think you won?'' ''Are you open to a rematch''.

Also, having shogun win the last 2 rounds had the crowd forgetting about the first 3 (even though they were close).

I can't believe people are so outraged and saying it was fixed.

will put in my 0.02 after I watch the fight

Watch it without commentary!

It is a great fight

tinyman said 58 minutes ago:
it's a strange spectacle to witness on ch1. ''fighting'' makes me think of street fighter and mortal kombat. i know they're not going to shoot fireballs and have finishing moves, but i expecting more punching and kicking, but it ends up being about wrestling and putting people in choke holds. not as cool as watching Bruce Lee movies.

Yeah. There are more grapplers than strikers. Have you seen the Cro-Cop fight at UFC? He's got a heavy kick and .... (made me wanna vomit).

UFC 110 is in Sydney, Feb 20. Apparently...

If I buy this, will I be as badass as Machida?

If I can only have one UFC DVD, which one should I get?

Did anyone see the Couture vs Vera fight on Sunday?

I reckon the 10 point must system needs a complete review and overhaul. Sure Randy executed his game plan more efficiently, it was called holding on for dear life. Turned into a bore fest.

Dan Hardy, now theres a fighter I like, but GSP next?

the scoring has always sucked. definitely needs to change.

GSP will kill him.

USC 110 in Sydney - rumours - Bisping v Silva, Velasquez v Noguiera (not Carwin) and this most excitingly I read on a rumour blog GSP vs Hardy ( though I thought I read Hardy saying he wanted more time though White did say before it would be a Vegas fight and Koscheck called out Hardy last week at 105)

GSP v Hardy is 111

yeah. bisping vs wanderlei looks like it will happen.could be amazing.

Bisping sucks though, I hope the Wandy of old turns up and teaches him a lesson. So you beat Kang, big deal, the guy is famous for having no ticker.

Man, Jon Jones destroyed Hamill last night despite being DQ'd. Hes got a massive future, for some in the thread who wanted to see more ninja shit, watch this guy fight.

The Kimbo fight was a joke.

BJ vs Sanchez this week, any predictions?

easy on the spoilers dropkick!

Apologies, wasn't aware anyone gave a shit here.

So much good stuff coming up, this is the next five weeks...

UFC on Fox 2
Davis v Evans
Sonnen v Munoz
Bisping v Maia

UFC 143
Diaz v Condit
Big Country v Werdum

UFC Japan
Edgar v Henderson LW Championship
Jackson v Bader
Hunt v Kongo
Sexiyama v Shields
Pettis v Lauzon
And Okami, Gomi, George Sot and Hioki on prelims

Fox deal will lead to world domination very quickly

as rad as hunt vs kongo and edgar vs henderson is gonna be, it's just not a japanese card without a freakshow fight. they really need to add struve vs minowaman to that bill...

oh yeah, werdum gonna fuck big country up, causing nelson to be cut. seeya dude :(

bloke

ok, was gonna skip ufc on fox but now munoz has pulled out and it's gonna be sonnen vs bisping. YES!

sonnen should steam through bisping like he's not even there. Dude's ground and pound is the best in the UFC.

just pissed that its on short notice so we dont get tons of chael owning bisping with his roddy piper written insults.

Has anyone else seen Sexiyama's singing on youtube? Maybe it just doesn't translate to western audiences.....

too bad Bisping isn't Brazilian too!

he can still bust out a great soundbite when he needs to through:

He's been kicked out of politics, he has been kicked out of the real estate business, and I am going to kick him out of the middleweight division.

the ultimate fighter uk vs australia has been announced, also a brisbane card.

fucking hell victoria, hurry up and legalise the cage

(and thats awesome)

seriously, if they lifted the legislation melbourne could have a big card that would sell out etihad stadium in minutes

oooh, wonder if Hector Lombard will for put up his hand...

the subtitle guy's gonna have his hands full with that TUF series!

still not enough love on this thread. UFC 143 was a killer card, even the prelims are great and even with lots of great fighters out (GSP kinda, Sadollah, Erik Koch). Rumoured Condit-Diaz 2 match that could be brutal with Diaz turning up the Nasty to 11.

The new PPV intro is an embarrassment, bring back the gladiator!

Diaz sets a new record for shortest retirement. Hope Condit caves his illiterate head in.

And the new intro is rad. Gladiator had to go

lol diaz apparently got busted for weed, 1 year suspension. bring on jones vs sugar so all the sugar fanboys can witness their boy get destroyed.

Fights announced today....

Dos Santos v Overeem at UFC 148
Korean Zombie v Dustin Porrier in May
Frank Mir v Cain Velasquez

And fuck Nick Diaz

funny thing is that gsp vs condit will probably happen in around a year and i wouldnt be shocked if nick got an instant title shot.

both those heavyweight fights are gonna be fun and tkz is always fun to watch. this is shaping up to be the best year in ufc yet.

haven't paid too much attention to Bellator in the past but holy shit, just watched Bellator 62 - great event, these guys hang it out. Great fights without the overwhelming UFC media hype machine. Highly recommended - more fight cards than the UFC so pretty hard to keep up with, already behind!