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[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Yeah. UFC 92 should be off the chart! That is a stacked card if there ever was one. Don't forget about the TUF Finals this Saturday!

The Ultimate Fighter 8” Lightweight Final
Phillipe Nover vs. Efrain Escudero

“The Ultimate Fighter 8” Light Heavyweight Final
Ryan Bader vs. Vinicius Magalhaes

Jason MacDonald vs. Wilson Gouveia
Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
Junie Allen Browning vs. Dave Kaplan
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Shane Primm
Eliot Marshall vs. Jules Bruchez
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Tom Lawlor
Shane Nelson vs. George Roop
Roli Delgado vs. John Polakowski

Good fights! Gouveia over MacDonald, so quickly, was quite the surprise.

Junie claims his actions on TUF were somewhat of an act to get noticed but I find it disgusting that someone can act like that and be rewarded for it.

Yahoo! Sports has released the list of the Top 10 North American Pay-Per-View buyrates for 2008 and it's clear that pro wrestling no longer dominates the PPV market. In fact, only 1 pro wrestling event broke the top 10 (WrestleMania 24) and it featured professional boxer Floyd Mayweather as one of its top attractions.

Here's the top 10 list:

1. Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Dec. 6, 1,250,000
2. UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Nov. 15, 1,010,000
3. Wrestling: WrestleMania, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Paul “Big Show” Wight, March 30, 670,000
4. UFC: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch/Lesnar vs. Heath Herring, Aug. 9, 625,000
5. UFC: Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, Feb. 2, 600,000
6. UFC: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, July 5, 540,000
7. UFC: St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, April 19, 530,000
8. Boxing: Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jan. 19, 500,000
9. UFC: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans, Sept. 6, 480,000
10. UFC: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk/Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, May 24, 475,000

Brock Lesnar’s 2.2 million buys over three fights made him the most-watched PPV fighter in 2008. His total was the second highest total in UFC history, trailing only Tito Ortiz, who did 2.25 million in headlining three events in 2006. And this is why Lesnar gets the attention he does and why he was promoted so hard.

Here is a great article on Lesnar: http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/arti...2562490078.txt

[goalie204]

Tito ortiz (personally i dislike him) might be the only guy who can save affliction. I think affliction will fold eventually, but Tito gives them a chance, he's a good "showman"

Also, very excited for GSP vs B.J. 2 - Gsp will win 100% tho, can't wait to see it.

This coming ufc on dec 27th is amazing: What a card!:

Rashad Evans Vs Forrest Griffin
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs. Frank Mir
CB Dollaway Vs. Mike Massenzio
Wanderlei Silva Vs. Quinton Jackson
Cheick Kongo Vs. Mostapha Al Turk
Yushin Okami Vs. Dean Lister
Antoni Hardonk Vs. Mark Burch
Matt Hamill Vs. Reese Andy
Ryo Chonan Vs. Brad Blackburn
Dan Evensen Vs. Pat Barry

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by goalie204

Tito ortiz (personally i dislike him) might be the only guy who can save affliction. I think affliction will fold eventually, but Tito gives them a chance, he's a good "showman"

Tito is yesterday's news. If Fedor, the best fighter in the world, can't keep them around nobody will be able to to.



Here is some unfortunate news:
WILL RIBEIRO FIGHTING FOR LIFE AFTER CRASH

World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight Will Ribeiro was in a motorcycle accident early Tuesday morning and is currently comatose in a hospital in Brazil, according to a report by Frank Curreri on WEC.com.

Ribeiro's manager, Ed Soares, confirmed the news. According to the report:

"Soares said one of his assistants in Brazil told him Ribeiro was riding as a passenger on the motorcycle and was not wearing a helmet. The street they were riding on was slick due to rain. Ribeiro was rushed to a local hospital and underwent emergency surgery.

'My assistant said that the doctor said for sure that he (Ribeiro) has lost sight in one of his eyes,' Soares said. 'Hes still in a coma. After surgery the doctor said there is a 50-50 shot that he will come out of it (survive).'"

Ribeiro, currently ranked No. 7 in the world at 135 pounds, competed recently at WEC 37 in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, where he lost via submission to No. 2 ranked Brian Bowles.

Hes a very positive guy, very hard-working, a good person, Soares said of Ribeiro to WEC.com. He had had a very rough life. His mother passed away like seven years ago and he took over the care of his younger sister. He's like a father-brother-mother to her I'm still crushed right now.

[goalie204]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Tito is yesterday's news. If Fedor, the best fighter in the world, can't keep them around nobody will be able to to.

first of all, Fedor is great, but pound for pound in the world, i say anderson silva #1. Fedor #2. My opinion.

Regardless tho, amazing fighters definitely keep our eyes peeled to the screen, but a huge part of any business is marketing, and hype, and tito is a hype man more than a fighter. We'll see what happens with affliction tho. I don't think they'll last to 2010.

[Ken]

Originally Posted by goalie204

Tito ortiz (personally i dislike him) might be the only guy who can save affliction.

This coming ufc on dec 27th is amazing: What a card!:

Rashad Evans Vs Forrest Griffin
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs. Frank Mir
Wanderlei Silva Vs. Quinton Jackson

Affliction is putting together good fights so they have a staying shot with the money that is backing them.

This is a very good card for the UFC and would say great if there were a couple of more interesting fights.

Did anyone notice who was on this card? Take a guess. Ryo Chonan . Who is he? He tapped Anderson Silva with 10sec left in their fight in Pride. It was a freakin' slick flying scissors takedown into a leg lock. There was noone more baffled than Silva.

[NCRadioMan]

Chonan's last three fights have been very unispiring, imo. I hope he makes a better showing than those stinkers. Looks like it will be on the undercard non-televised fights too.

[Ken]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Chonan's last three fights have been very unispiring, imo.

Yeah, he really hasn't been stealing the show since then. I as well hope he can revive his fighting career.


My 3yr took a headbutt last night and ended up with a knot between the eyes and bloody nose. I take him to training every so often and I'll wrestle with him during breaks (since I don't need one ), but this time he didn't heed my warning about staying out of the way while there was activity on the mat. Oh well, I told him. Not his first busted nose and I am so positve it won't be the last.

[NCRadioMan]

More horrible MMA news:

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting middleweight Justin Levens and his wife were found dead on Wednesday from gunshot wounds in their Luguna Niguel, Calif. home, according to a report on TMZ.com.

Sources in the report say that the police are investigating the deaths as a possible murder/suicide.

Levens fought in numerous organizations over the past few years including the UFC, WEC and the IFL. The former Ruas Vale Tudo student was scheduled to compete on the first Affliction card in July of this year, but due to delays at the event, the fight was scrapped at the last minute. He later returned positive results for the drug Oxymorphone as part of his pre-fight drug testing and was subsequently fined $1,000 and suspended for six months, which would have run through Jan. 15, 2009.

Born in Philadelphia on April 18, 1980, Levens was 28 at the time of his death.

MMAWeekly.com will have more on this story as it becomes available.


Damn.

[Ken]

Forrest Griffin Vs. Rashad Evans - Hard fight to call, but I'll take Griffin breaking Evans' record.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs. Frank Mir - Nog willl try to box & both have top skills on the ground, so I take Nog
CB Dollaway Vs. Mike Massenzio - No real reason, just do not care for "Mr. Excuses".
Wanderlei Silva Vs. Quinton Jackson - Once, Twice, Three times I knock your dog-chain-wearin' monster-truck-drinvin' ass out.
Cheick Kongo Vs. Mostapha Al Turk - Kongo has never showed anything on the ground, going to have problems staying at the feet. I do like Kongo so hopefully he pulls out a KO.
Yushin Okami Vs. Dean Lister - I didn't know Lister was 6'1", I thought more at 5'8".

[goalie204]

Originally Posted by Ken

Affliction is putting together good fights so they have a staying shot with the money that is backing them.

This is a very good card for the UFC and would say great if there were a couple of more interesting fights.

Did anyone notice who was on this card? Take a guess. Ryo Chonan . Who is he? He tapped Anderson Silva with 10sec left in their fight in Pride. It was a freakin' slick flying scissors takedown into a leg lock. There was noone more baffled than Silva.

That flying scissor kick leg lock was the greatest thing ever. Link for those who haven't seen it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb5B6xBZiX8

These days however, Chonan isn't that great in my opinion and won't do very well in the ufc if his last 2 fights are any kind of indication.

[goalie204]

Originally Posted by Ken

This is a very good card for the UFC and would say great if there were a couple of more interesting fights.
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There are several other interesting fights than the 3 you quoted me on, they just don't have the "big named superstars" as much as those 3. But they will still be great.