UFC 148 Tonight

[LWPD]

Should be a good one. Tito's retirement fight, could be the same for Le. Sonnen cut 20 lbs in 24 hours using the Dolce Diet. He should have 10 lbs on Anderson come fight time.





Courtesy of Wrestling Observer

Tonight’s lineup:

Facebook fight at 7:30 p.m.

Yoislandy Izquierdo (6-1, 156) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (14-5, 156).

On FX at 8 p.m.

Shane Roller (10-6, 155) vs. John Alessio (34-15, 156)
Riki Fukuda (18-5, 185) vs. Constantinos Philippou (10-2, 1 no contest, 186)
Melvin Guillard (46-11-3, 155) vs. Fabricio Camoes (13-6-1, 156)
Khabib Nurmagomedov (17-0, 155) vs. Gleison Tibau (34-7, 155)

PPV at 10 p.m.

Ivan Menjivar (24-6, 136) vs. Mike Easton (12-1,135)
Chad Mendes (11-1, 146) vs. Cody McKenzie (13-2, 145)
Dong Hyun Kim (15-1-1, 1 no contest, 170) vs. Demian Maia (15-4, 170)
Cung Le (7-2, 185) vs. Patrick Cote (18-7, 185)
Tito Ortiz (17-10-1, 204) vs. Forrest Griffin (18-7, 204)
Anderson Silva (29-4, 184) vs. Chael Sonnen (25-11-1, 185) for the middleweight title

[LWPD]

New record gate last night for UFC, $7 million off of just over 15k paid. Tito/Forrest won the FOTN bonus, Anderson took the KOTN bonus ($75k).

Courtesy of MMA Mania.com

Main Event:

185 lbs.: UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva def. Chael Sonnen via TKO at 1:55 of round two

Main card (pay-per-view):

205 lbs.: Forrest Griffin def. Tito Ortiz via unanimous decision

185 lbs.: Cung Le def. Patrick Cote via unanimous decision

170 lbs.: Demian Maia def. Dong Hyun Kim via TKO (injury) at 0:47 of round one

145 lbs.: Chad Mendes def. Cody McKenzie via TKO (body punch and hammer fists) at 0:31 of round one

145 lbs.: Mike Easton def. Ivan Menjivar via unanimous decision

Preliminary card (FX Channel):

155 lbs.: Melvin Guillard def. Fabricio Camoes via unanimous decision

155 lbs.: Habib Nurmagomedov def. Gleison Tibau via unanimous decision

185 lbs.: Constantinos Philippou def. Riki Fukuda via unanimous decision

155 lbs.: Shane Roller def. John Alessio via unanimous decision

Preliminary card (Facebook):

155 lbs.: Rafaello Oliveira def. Yoislandy Izquierdo via unanimous decision

[ThePunisher]

My chest hurts just watching that knee he landed. Ouch.

[pikemojo]

I was actually kinda disappointed with the fights overall last night. Not quite as much excitement as I had hoped. I thought Cote/Le would have put on a much more exciting fight and had hoped that Guillard would show his skills and power a little better. Maia and Hyun Kim ending early because of injury didn't help. Too bad. I was really looking forward to this one.

[LWPD]

Jul 8, 2012 11:51:49 GMT -5 ThePunisher said:

My chest hurts just watching that knee he landed. Ouch.

The moment just before impact was classic. Missed spinning back fist into collapse against the octagon, begging off in the corner...and then BAM! It would be tough to script it better than it came off in real time.

[Deleted]

Sonnen's camp are apparently trying to get it ruled a 'no contest' for the trunks grabing and the knee.

[Jon E Diamond]

Jul 9, 2012 18:48:03 GMT -5 @switchfoot said:

Sonnen's camp are apparently trying to get it ruled a 'no contest' for the trunks grabing and the knee.

Everyone knows I'm the biggest Chael fan, but sorry, this shit isn't flying. Chael admited that Silva was the better man, and it should be left at that. I think this is a desperate attempt to get an immediate rematch. Based on what I saw from the shots from LWPD, it's back at the end of the line like everyone else.

With that being said, I hope Sonnen destroys his next few opponents and gets another shot!