Official UFC 145 Thread
 

IT'S HERE...

After month's of waiting, injuries, and shit talking (mainly in this thread: http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=113079), UFC 145 is immenent. It is the next card up! We've got the LHW Championship of the World with a pretty nice card behind it. We got Blackzillians representing, we've got some entertaining scraps, and We've got Stephen Crazy Ninja Flipping Thompson!

Did I mention that I got Tickets Bitch! I'm gonna be there? It's my first UFC event and it's across the street from my damn office! Exciting times in Hotlanta, as I'm going to Weigh In's, The Joe Rogan Comedy Extraveganza, and finally the fights.

LET'S DISCUSS!

Main card
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Jon Jones (c) vs. Rashad Evans[1]
Welterweight bout: Rory MacDonald vs. Che Mills
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Ben Rothwell
Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. Eddie Yagin
Lightweight bout: Mark Bocek vs. Matt Wiman

Preliminary card
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Michael McDonald
Heavyweight bout: Travis Browne vs. Chad Griggs
Welterweight bout: Matt Brown vs. Stephen Thompson
Lightweight bout: John Makdessi vs. Anthony Njokuani
Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Efrain Escudero
Welterweight bout: Keith Wisniewski vs. Chris Clements
Featherweight bout: Marcus Brimage vs. Maximo Blanco

On paper, the card is kind of bland. But those type of cards usually have the best action, so I'm expecting an exciting night.

I think Browne and Schaub should be fighting instead of sloppy Ben Rothwell though.

I agree with that sentiment. There aren't a lot of 'names' but these type of cards never disappoint. and even if the night is shit, the Main Event is enough for K7. I may come to the event in my BJJ Gi. BTW, I'm calling Hashad by mata leon.

That fights tough for me to call. I think Rashad can stay busy enough to get a decision, but then again, Jones finishes people and I don't see Rashad taking the punishment that Bonnar took.

Gotta say

Interesting call sir. Jones has definitely shown the ability to put away legitimate guys. He's a star, and there's no doubting that. Machida was clocking Jones and he legit frustrated him in the first round. Then the Elbow and Machida face happened. Rashad has the athletic ability to implement a simlar gameplan, the wrestling to take Jones down, the power to keep Jones on his toes. He just doesn't have the reach or the size advantage. He'll have to time his shots/punches/movements perfectly to get in.

Rashad won't sit in front of Jones and get picked apart either. I'm just pumped for this fight and I can't wait for this to happen

I will be present LIVE at the event. My first UFC show and I'm seein Jones get the win in this one.

Atlanta UFC meetup! let's drink talk shit and enjoy the fight! One will be happy one will be sad but we all will be entertained!

Pumped for Rashad/Jones..

Jones will make shad do the stinky leg.

Awesome! These guys are very polarizing. I'm gonna warn everybody now... When shad wins, I'm going full on heel turn, kicking tables over and slapping candy out of kids hands




















And. Nobody will notice :-\.

I don't think Rashad has what it takes to win. He'll come close, probably more than once, but I see Jones being able to change up and take control back pretty much anywhere the fight goes.

Shit card, fuck Rashad.

We have never seen JBJ get taken down, we've never seen him off his back, we've never seen him counter fighting, we've never seen him be 'the nail'.

Rashad can put JBJ in all of those positions. Anderson silva, the greatest of all time, has his kryptonite. Jon jones has his too...and who better to expose it than his old sparring partner?

Yeah... no surprise here. I can't remember the last time a 'shit card' didn't become a knockout festival. I can recall 'stacked' cards becoming snooze fests.

Everyone has weaknesses, yes. What I'm getting at is that it's not going to come down to whose weaknesses are worse or whose strengths are greater. It's going to come down to who does the best to minimize the impact their weaknesses have on their game. Anderson Silva is kind of a head hunter when he leads on offence. As a result, he'll not engage at all if it doesn't suit him to do so, for example.

On the countering, JBJ popped Rampage quite a few times off missed hooks, so we know he has some ability with it. Rashad is considerably faster than Rampage, so I figure for JBJ it'll be less about countering directly and more about mixing up offence in new ways to make it harder for Rashad to fight in close where he'd be in a much better position to do real damage.

As for the rest of it, we'll see. It's true Rashad has inside knowledge on Bones due to being former camp mates, but it works both ways too.

I think the whole "inside knowledge" from them training together is overrated and a moot point now.

It's been over a year since they've trained together, Jon Jones has grown up by leaps and bounds. Jones is finishing the best in the division and future hall of famers (including the guy who knocked Rashad out), so I don't think some sparring sessions from a year ago are going to be on his mind.

If anything, Shad might get surprised considering his level of competition has been no where near JBJ's. Before K7 goes ham, I do think Shad can make it a good fight, but it won't be because they trained together previously.

No ham going bro. Ive voiced my opinions, and you've voiced yours. The only thing shad can take from old sparring sessions is the knowledge that this kid ain't the greatest, and comfort that he did feel what this kid can do. Confidence can trump technique...a lot of people have been lulled into fighting JBJ's fight. I wanna see JBJ put in tough situations. I believe shad will do it

Well, you've got a good point. Minimizing weaknesses will be vital. I'm excited to see how a quick, power double wil be handled by JBJ

Probably with a quick power knee to the face.

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Gonna be a fucking war. :heart:

Rashad is super fight smart..

I think he's got this one.. Jones could certainly catch him on the jaw like Machida did, but I don't think Rashad will be talking shit during a fight like that again..

p.s. I love when he was like "Oh my God, what a biter, dog??" when jones was on three and four points early in the fight..

Rashad is very intelligent, just like Kris P said. to have such a clear and intimate knowledge of a fighter, and I would have to think that all that time with Greg Jackson has taught him a thing or two about how to prepare (and more importantly), and how JBJ prepares.

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see Rashad come out with a switch stance (feigning a switch kick) and land a bomb of a right hook instead, dropping JBJ like a sack of shit.

However I will be happy happy happy for him to out classhim with speed and athleticism, box him up and take him down/choke him.

:lol: Like it caught him off guard! Rashad was super composed, then I bet he got mad niggerish when he saw that.

The Primetime was great..

Waiting for the video to get uploaded..

I fucking missed it!

I was too busy watching my boy Douglas Lima get dominated by askerin. I'm betting he's second guessing taking so much time off now. Fuck...

Was it at least interesting or did Askren wrestlefuck his way to victory? I want to get into Bellator because they've got some good fighters, but everything about it seems so bush league compared to the UFC. At least Showtime and HBO boxing have a comparable level of production value and commentary, but Bellator is like diving off a cliff.

One thing I love about Jones, Rashad and GSP that has nothing to do with fighting are their suits. It's a throwback to the days when boxing was on top and the champ always had on a custom. So much better than these dudes who show up with backwards hats, jeans and t-shirts depicting a skeleton skull fucking a skull from rubber guard with some word like "Chokeout" in bold letters arching across it.

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Pure wrestle fuck. Douglas didnt do much to avoid said fucking. Bad cardio, poor gameplay leads to this type of performance. The best part was askerin going full heel on the fans after hearing the boos. It may be on YouTube. Bellator's production is lacking, but the fighters goddam bang it out. They'll fight like Dana is watching and the leave it in the ring.

You can thank rashad Evans for that level of professionalism. He got GSP into it, JBJ followed suit(no pun but wtf), hell even bisping is giving Tom Ford some love. If I won the lottery, I'd start making suits, man. I spend six days a week in suits(mornings), then I flip it to underarmour and sprawl shorts. It's funny to see my worlds collide, when coworkers come to my gym, or I'd teammates come to a work sponsored happy hour.

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Uploaded by UFC on Apr 6, 2012
This Tuesday, April 10th on Ultimate Insider, Jon Jones and Rashad Evans sit down with Jon Anik and discuss their heated rivalry and future light heavyweight title fight. Watch the full episode live on FUEL TV in the US at 10:30pm ET/ 7:30pm PT or later in the week on YouTube.com/UFC for international viewers.

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It was hilarious...I couldn't make the presser because of meetings/training at work. My gym and teammates went, I'm ashamed to say that the chick with the shameless plug was from my gym...she is stupid beyond measure.

Back on task, there was a ton of love for Suga, and I was getting random texts because my friends thought I was the dude screaming blackzillians! I wish I was, but I'll be at weighins, and ever open (and some closed) events that entire week

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Thought Shad came across pretty well on Primetime, had some valid points.

Greg Jackson seemed like the prick in all of it.