Got £40 tickets, block 222. THat will do me nicely as the views are ok up there to be honest for the money.

Randy Couture now headling UFC 105 at the M.E.N Arena. Looks like he's dropping back down to light-heavy to take on Brandon Vera. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ne_ufc_105

Randy Couture now headling UFC 105 at the M.E.N Arena. Looks like he's dropping back down to light-heavy to take on Brandon Vera. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ne_ufc_105

I'm pleased I decided against going now, what a stinker of a card compared to the cards either side of it in the US.

How much longer do they reckon fans will pay to see bog standard cards over here?

As a note, people in the Manchester area, Dan Hardy and Michael Bisping are signing autographs at the MEN arena box office from 5.30pm tonight.

To be fair, if you're not an MMA aficionado, the likes of Couture, Lesnar, Liddell will always be a big draw. I went to an MMA event at the M.E.N hosted by Bas Rutten and I'd hazard a guess many went just to see the special guest, Mike Tyson, say hello.

It has always been the case in WWE too. A lot of its true aficionados despise the fact that the likes of Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Batista et al were the big draws while the technicians (or as technical as they can be in 'sports entertainment') were never given the main event platform.

I'm not sure when it's shown over here, but go out of your way to track down UFC Fight Night 19 from last night.

One of the best shows I've ever seen and two legit fight of the year contenders in Quarry v Credeur and Condit v Ellenberger.

watched the TUF season 10 first fight last night, not to bad some big lads on the teams this time round. the rashard and jackson bantter is really funny.

was the the first show on five?


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no i watched it on mma-core.com. massive cut in the fight, doc said the could see the skull

hahah it was funny.

Abe - can you see the bone?
Doctor - Affirmative.

It was a stinker of a fight, both fighters were crap especially Abe, i didn't like the other guys cheap shot though at the start of the second round when Abe went to touch gloves and the guy just took him down instead.

Hopefully the first few fights will weed out the bad and we can get better along the series, i wonder how long before Rampage lets Kimbo fight?




Anyone catch 105? Vitor is back everyone!!!


And on a side note.... Cro Cop is over

abe isn't a fighter, he may have 8 fights on his record but theres no way he's a fighter, chances are it's something he's seen on tv and thought "that looks cool, i could do that"

cro cop just made me mad, he didnt look as if he wanted to be in there.

Cro Cop and Rampage Jackson have retired.

Aye read about Rampage in the Sun!

He buggered off to play B.A. Baracus in the A-Team film. Dana White wasn't too thrilled about that I believe.

I can't believe Mike Swick v Dan Hardy has been classed as the no1 contender bout for the 170 pound championship!

I mean, Swick fair enough, but Hardy just hasn't done anything to impress me in all honesty.

I wish Dana would stop pushing mediocre British fighters in an attempt to boost UK MMA fan numbers.

TUF spoilers:

=whiteSo Kimbo basically ended up looking like a bum against Roy. We already knew he couldn't fight, and Dana must be thrilled.

Reponse


=whiteTBF, nelson really didn't look much better, you'd struggle to work out from looking at them which one was used to scrapping in backyards, i couldn't imagine seeing Roy on a PPV event ever. I can't help but think Kimbo is gonna get worked in again later in the series

"5x Worlds Strongest Man" Mariusz Pudzianowski makes his MMA Debut on the 11th December against Polish Heavyweight Boxer Marcin Najman...

Surely he is juiced up

UFC 104 Countdown show on ESPN now.

Thats because Kimbo was always on PCP when he fought in backyards.

Take the drugs off him and hes just another bum

Shogun was robbed

Agreed.. but you dont leave it in the hands of the judges.

Getting ready for UFC 105 now.... WAR BISPING & HARDY !!

Few points.... Shogun was robbed.

I love Dan Hardy and hope he wins but Swick is a good fighter and is on a roll.

UFC 105 is a poor card.
UFC 106 will be very poor since Lesnar has pulled out.

UFC 107 & 108 will be amazing Sanchez v Penn will be a good fight at 107 but i am so excited for Silva v Vitor at 108 on the 2nd of January!!

Silva vs Vitor isnt actually 110% confirmed yet as they are not sure on the Spiders fitness after his operation.

As for UFC 105, the card looks good enough for me from a British perspective. You have the top two Brits in the UFC in the mo in Bisping and Hardy fighting. You have the TUF winners Pearson & Wilkes. Terry Etim has been excellent in all his fights over here, Paul Kelly is an exciting fighter and Paul Taylor has been in fight on the night on many occasions.

Add to that the chance to see the greatest fighter in UFC history in Randy Couture and Im really happy to be going.