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Post by jasonjaconetti on Aug 15, 2011 5:54:57 GMT -5
 aka: UFC: Rio 8/27/11 Main Card Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Yushin Okami Light Heavyweight bout: Maurício Rua vs. Forrest Griffin Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov Preliminary Card (televised) Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher Welterweight bout: Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell Preliminary Card (televised in Brazil) Bantamweight bout: Raphael Assunção vs. Johnny Eduardo Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller Featherweight bout: Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes Bantamweight bout: Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland |
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Post by swarm on Aug 15, 2011 11:39:09 GMT -5
I like Silva a lot, and hope he retains long enough to see a champ vs. champ match vs. GSP. I really can't believe Dana White hasn't tried to book this fight yet (or has he and I just don't know about it?). Seems like you should strike when the iron is hot and that seems to be the only BIG BIG BIG money fight left in the UFC now that Brock is done.
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Post by LWPD on Aug 15, 2011 18:17:42 GMT -5
I like Silva a lot, and hope he retains long enough to see a champ vs. champ match vs. GSP. I really can't believe Dana White hasn't tried to book this fight yet (or has he and I just don't know about it?). Seems like you should strike when the iron is hot and that seems to be the only BIG BIG BIG money fight left in the UFC now that Brock is done. Dana has gone out of his way to try to encourage an Anderson/GSP fight for a while now. GSP would be at a size disadvantage and his camp seems against it. Anderson cuts to get down to Middleweight (185) and has fought comfortably at LHW (205). As a fan, I'd love to see them meet in the middle and fight at a catch weight (maybe 178, non-title, 5 rounds). |
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Post by LWPD on Aug 27, 2011 6:31:17 GMT -5
While improbable, I'll be pulling for a Big Nog upset. Father time has caught up with him, but he's definitely one of the GOAT.
Anderson is heavily favored. He hasn't lost in over 5 years since the DQ to Okami.
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Post by jasonjaconetti on Sept 1, 2011 8:49:17 GMT -5
Results
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Bantamweight bout: Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Jabouin defeated Loveland via split decision (27–30, 29–28, 29–28).
Featherweight bout: Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes
Alcantara defeated Arantes via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
Welterweight bout: Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos
Silva defeated Ramos via TKO (punches) at 0:40 of round 1.
Bantamweight bout: Raphael Assunção vs. Johnny Eduardo
Assunção defeated Eduardo via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Welterweight bout: Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell
Thiago defeated Mitchell via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Preliminary Card (televised)
Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller
Palhares defeated Miller via unanimous decision (29–27, 30–27, 30–25).
Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher
Tavares defeated Fisher via TKO (punches) at 2:51 in round 2.
Main CardLight Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Nedkov defeated Cane via TKO (punches) at 4:13 of round 1.
Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Nogueira defeated Schaub via KO (punches) at 3:09 of round 1.
Lightweight bout: Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
Barboza defeated Pearson via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
Light Heavyweight bout: Maurício Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
Rua defeated Griffin via KO (punches) at 1:53 of round 1.
Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Yushin Okami
Silva defeated Okami via TKO (punches) at 2:04 of round 2 to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship.
Bonus awards
Fighters were awarded $100,000 bonuses.
Fight of the Night: Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
Knockout of the Night: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Submission of the Night: Not awarded as no matches ended by submission.
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