Hey guys
Just wanna let you know that the event is on sky channell 433 from 9pm,
The live event also is shown on Setanta Ireland at 3am
My picks for the big 3 fights
Lesnar
Hendo
GSP
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Bang on with your predictions. Lesnar really thumped Frank Mir. Henderson had it easy as Bisping played right into his hands, it was some knockout punch, was disappointed with Bisping. GSP is just unreal. The last 2 rounds with an injury to his groin and he still won them both. Thought Belcher should have won the first fight, he definately landed the most punchs and kicks and did the most damage.Originally Posted by Easy Easy
Caught the replay last night, only saw the Lesnar fight. Thought Mir was coming back into it slightly in the second round, some knee right to Lesnar's jaw. Once he got Mir back on the ground, there was only going to be one winner. The post match one finger salutes to the crowd aren't going to make him any more popular either.
A podcast I listen to regualrly had a bit on UFC last week. Guy was basically saying that they're starting to campi it up WWE style with their pre match build ups.
He stressed that the fighting is very much real, but the UFC head honcho (Dana White) was trying to create charachters to build the UFC's profile
Saturday was on course to shatter the UFC PPV record, and beat anything the WWE has done in recent years. Something like 1.5 million buys was expected
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Delighted that Henderson hammered Bisping, that diving punch, when he knew Bisping was already out was really sending home the message, Bisping is a real love him or hate him character and I'm definitely on the hate side.
Lesnar is just a machine, apparently he doesn't like to get involved in the promotion of the fights and the war of words before, and in fairness he does his talking in the ring. He really is playing the classic WWE heel but I can't see the harm in it, it just adds to the mass appeal of MMA, I thought his interview after the fight was hilarious.
GSP is just a different class, it looks like there's nobody that will get close to him, a mate of mine is a massive GSP fan and he was very nervous about that fight but GSP strolled it, even with a serious injury for the final two rounds. It's hard to know what he should do now, if he moves up a weight class he risks losing some of his mystique, look what happened to BJ Penn when he moved up to fight GSP he got hammered, GSP is a fairly small gut anyway so it would be difficult for him to move up and not get bullied by a much bigger fighter.
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They tried something similar before, years ago, think Shamrock came out after a fight on the mic and cut a promo on the winner. Didn't really work then, and they'd be better off focussing on the fights themselves than the characters involved. A friend of mine admitted he only really watched WWE for the plots, and characters. The recent bouts in WWE, and the same 4 or 5 guys winning the same titles, are usually a let down.
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Agree with evertything you said,
Dana said he will get Fedor in to Fight Lesner,who do ye thing would win that one guys?
Can see Lesner holding him down and smashing him up....?
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In fairness they were three odds on shots
There's the right way, the wrong way.... and the Max Power way!! :-D
I thought Lesnar's promo was great and while he clearly benefitted from his training in cutting promos in WWE it still came across as far from forced.
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i love how Joe Rogan always looks like he is about to go and bang some hookers and snort reams of coke.
Great night of fighting Saturday night - Lesnar is a beast. St. Pierre is a machine.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
In fairness they were three odds on shots
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5/2 actually so with a 100e on the treble is wasnt so short!
"The World Cup is a truly International event." John Motson
Hendo 8/15
Lesnar 2/5
GSP 3/10
''three odds on shots''.... no?
Not sure where you were getting 5/2 on that, as those odds are frm Ladbrokes and PP was roughly the same, €100 bet returns €280, thats less then 2/1
The only slightly iffy one was the Hendo fight, odds there don't really reflect the potential outcome that had, the other two were like were near dead certs. Was just pointing out to that poster they weren't really bold predicitons, as you know probably know yourself
Coleman at 3/1 to beat Bonnar(who was 1/4 or 1/3) which i taught was a joke, didnt get around to doing it in the end.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------Hendo 8/15
Lesnar 2/5
GSP 3/10
''three odds on shots''.... no?
Not sure where you were getting 5/2 on that, as those odds are frm Ladbrokes and PP was roughly the same, €100 bet returns €280, thats less then 2/1
The only slightly iffy one was the Hendo fight, odds there don't really reflect the potential outcome that had, the other two were like were near dead certs. Was just pointing out to that poster they weren't really bold predicitons, as you know probably know yourself
Coleman at 3/1 to beat Bonnar(who was 1/4 or 1/3) which i taught was a joke, didnt get around to doing it in the end.
Well i made 370 off the 100 on Betfair so i dont care what PP/Ladbrokes odds were,
Maybe next time you can come on here and give us the dead certs to throw a couple of quid on?
"The World Cup is a truly International event." John Motson
Well who ever gave ya that was a clown, and that's an exchange so doesn't represent their realistic prices.... look fair play but to call the winners of those three fights was no big coup
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No big coup but still it is UFC and at any moment any of those fighters could have been caught with a knockout punch. Many out right favourites have lost before. Anywho, ive seen better but it was still a very good night of fighting.
anyone reckon Dana White gave Lesnar a clip around the ear after his post-match remarks?? It was like a WWE (or whatever it is now) trash-talking session... still pretty funny though!
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
He gave him a serious ear-bashing afterwards. Made Lesnar apologise in the official press conference afterwards.
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I thought his comments where gas. Made the end of the fight that little bit more entertaining. Pity he apologised for it but i'm sure Dana White got a bollocking of Bud Light (The Difference is Drinkability) also though so its understandable.
I think Dana White knows well that Brock's comments will have appealed to the wider audience, he had to ask him to apologise to save face with sponsors, but, look at the target audience in the US for professional wrestling and MMA, that kind of trash talking is what they love, anyone who's seen Bruno will know the kind of target market we're talking here, Dana White is laughing all the way to the bank.
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Ya i agree with you. Purely to keep the sponsors happy.
Anyone have any suggestions on who Lesnar might fight next?
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