UFC Fight Night: Sonnen vs. Shogun

[Road Warrior]

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Yesterday it was confirmed that Antonio Rogerio Nogueira was out of his co-main event bout against Mauricio Rua at UFC 161 on June 15th. Chael Sonnen went to Twitter later that evening to volunteer his services on short notice. According to Globo's Ivan Raupp, who originally reported Lil Nog's back injury, Sonnen will indeed be taking on Shogun in 12 days time:


Incredibly, Sonnen (27-13-1) almost became the LHW champion of the world in April against Jon Jones, but that's only because Jones broke his toe and would've lost had he not finished Chael in an otherwise lopsided 1st round. There was talk of Sonnen possibly fighting Wanderlei Silva next, but that appears to be off the table for now.

If this report is true, it very much changes the fight plan for Shogun, as Sonnen is one of the best MMA wrestlers in the UFC. Given Shogun's top 10 ranking, it could also be a potential path for Sonnen to eke into the top 10 (should he win, of course) and hang around as a perceived title contender at 205 lbs.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/6/3/4391886/mma-news-report-chael-sonnen-vs-mauricio-shogun-rua-ufc-161

[Next Big Thing]

Don't like this fight for Chael on short notice. Would honestly prefer Wandy/Sonnen and I have no idea why Dana hasn't made that fight happen yet.

[Crimson]

Either way you gotta love Sonnen. That would be a helluva fight as well I hope it's true.

[Crimson]

Don't like this fight for Chael on short notice. Would honestly prefer Wandy/Sonnen and I have no idea why Dana hasn't made that fight happen yet.

I'm sure that was in the works, pretty sure we'll see that fight as well.

[MoFo]

Yes!

Sonnen saves us from an awful ppv!

[Kris P Lettus]

Sonnen has built his career on fighting anyone at any time..

Love him or hate him, you have to respect him..

[Kris P Lettus]

Uh oh

http://www.mmamania.com/2013/6/4/4393924/shogun-rua-off-ufc-161-card-next-fight-antonio-rogerio-nogueira-chael-sonnen-winnipeg-mma

[Road Warrior]

Son of a bitch!!!

[Next Big Thing]

Sucks, but to be honest, there's still some compelling fights on that PPV. I like Shields v. Woodley, Big Country is always good for a crushing knockout and Henderson/Evans has the potential to be fight of the night or very disappointing.

[Impact!]

Awful PPV, would be alright for a Fuel card though...

[Kris P Lettus]

Chael just said they are gonna fight at the Fox Sports 1 Boston card..

[Kris P Lettus]

http://www.fightline.com/fl/news/2013/0604/555705/mauricio-shogun-rua/

[Kris P Lettus]

UFC ON FOX SPORTS 1 1: SHOGUN VS. SONNEN

Date: August 17, 2013
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Venue: TD Garden
Broadcast: FOX Sports 1

Mauricio Rua vsChael Sonnen

Michael McDonald vs Brad Pickett

Travis Browne vs Alistair Overeem

Yuri Alcantara vs Urijah Faber

Thiago Alves vs Matt Brown

Michael Johnson vs Joe Lauzon

Uriah Hall vs Nick Ring

Conor McGregor vs Andy Ogle

Mike Brown vs Akira Corassani

Cody Donovan vs Ovince St. Preux

[alvarado52]

its quickly getting to the point where the free shows have a more solid lineup than PPV's.

Maybe Fitch is right in saying that the UFC needs to ditch PPV's and go free like other sports.

[Kris P Lettus]

They Fox cards are gonna all be big because of the exposure, this card is big because its kicking off a new channel.. PPVs are still better most cable events..

[Crimson]

Wasn't McMann vs. Kaufman added to that card as well? Really a good looking card

[Kris P Lettus]

McMahon vs Kauffman is set for ufc on fs1 2 : kampmann vs condit 2

[Next Big Thing]

The UFC needs to drop the numbering and just have a designated show name for these Fox shows like the WWE has for Raw and Smackdown. Shit gets confusing.

[alvarado52]

They Fox cards are gonna all be big because of the exposure, this card is big because its kicking off a new channel.. PPVs are still better most cable events..

Yeah, but if the UFC wants to make a name as a legit sport of MMA, they need to make all events televised like the other sports.

The NFL doesnt make the Superbowl a PPV event, get what i'm saying?

[Next Big Thing]

Yeah, but if the UFC wants to make a name as a legit sport of MMA, they need to make all events televised like the other sports.

The NFL doesnt make the Superbowl a PPV event, get what i'm saying?

The economics of combat sports is different from that of the NFL, which has a billion dollar television deal and hosts games every Sunday in 32 cities in stadiums that seat upwards of 60,000 and are usually sold out. Those other sports are able to negotiate television deals based on the dozens of markets they are in nightly during the television season. The NBA/MLB/NFL put on as many games in a month as the UFC does events in a year to a much wider audience so of course those tv deals would be more lucrative.

Operations like the UFC and the WWE are still reliant on PPV money and make more money from that than they do from television. That Super Bowl comparison is equivalent to asking the WWE why they won't make Wrestlemania free on USA. I'm sure if cable was a more lucrative route with that business model, the UFC/WWE/Boxing would go there.

[alvarado52]

dont you fuckin' sass me NBT

[Next Big Thing]

Haha! I actually wondered if that read douchier than I meant it to sound then I said fuck it in a real sassy way and hit enter anyways.

[Kris P Lettus]

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[Kris P Lettus]

Awesome card

Cant wait

[Next Big Thing]

Didn't know Lauzon was on this card too. Nice.

[DaveBrawl]

Overeem? Curtis will be so excited.

Looks like a great card though.

[Kris P Lettus]

lauzon vs michael johnson

Johnson will prolly get choked out but it will be a good fight

[Kris P Lettus]

I like browne a lot but if reem comes in hungry, as he should, it will be a short night for travis

[DaveBrawl]

Want to see Faber, but I'm starting to get a little gunshy on him seeing as how everytime I check a card with him he loses via decision.

[Kris P Lettus]

Faber is still legit, he beat jorgenson via rnc in his last fight

Undercard is awesome too.. mcgregor, pickett, brandao, etc

And to clear up the ufc on fox sports 1 1 bs they have gone back to calling them fight nights.. officially, this is UFC UFN 26, which is awesome bc the last "fight night" they did was the one I went to, ultimate fight night 25: shields vs ellenberger

[DaveBrawl]

Oh no doubt he's still legit, just feel like a jinx for the dude in a way. If I forget about him on a card he chokes the guy out, if I look forward to it he goes down.

[Kris P Lettus]

He hasnt been the same since zuffa shut down the wec, but the again, his competition is much higher now

[DaveBrawl]

So true, but I love to watch the dude when he's on his game.

[Kris P Lettus]

Yeah he always is entertaining

[Next Big Thing]

I like browne a lot but if reem comes in hungry, as he should, it will be a short night for travis

Nah dude. I've got Brown winning via KO.

Love Reem as a personality and respect the hell out of his kickboxing, but dude has a suspect chin and I question how he will be moving forward now that he's off the juice, I mean "horse meat".

[Kris P Lettus]

I like Browne too and think he is a future contender but this will be prolly reems last shot at staying relevent in the hw division

[Next Big Thing]

If Reem loses this one and JDS loses to Cain as I expect, hopefully we get to see JDS beat the breaks off of Overeem before he's cut.

[Corndad]

Will find out if Hall was a one knock out wonder on TUF or if he's gonna be around a while

[Kris P Lettus]

He ko'ed like 4 people on tuf

[Kris P Lettus]

He also fought in bellator and was the ring of combat mw champ

His only loses are to kelvin at the tuf finale and early losses to costa phillipou and chris weidman

Dude will be around awhile

[Kris P Lettus]

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[Kris P Lettus]

LMFAO

Around 34 mins into todays presser, when asked about his ability to take Shogun down, Chael went off defending Shoguns toughness while shooting about Lil Nog missing fights

He said "anytime Lil Nog or Vitor Bellfort signs a contract, I start a training camp"

He is golden every time he grabs the mic

[Kris P Lettus]

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[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

The channel that now has UFC in the UK (BT Sports) finally got added to my TV package for free.

There was a huge stand-off between the providers, meaning I had to watch the last UFC event online (and I couldn't use legal streams either, due to the conditions of the rights deal).

[Kris P Lettus]

Yeah people in the UK will now have to pay for events but theyll come on at better times for yall and Dana promised a lot of extra content

Fox also cut a deal yesterday with Direct tv so this event will now be in 93 million homes

(The ppvs will still be much cheaper than we pay here in the states)

[Next Big Thing]

The channel that now has UFC in the UK (BT Sports) finally got added to my TV package for free.

There was a huge stand-off between the providers, meaning I had to watch the last UFC event online (and I couldn't use legal streams either, due to the conditions of the rights deal).

That's what you get for not being American.

[whiteyford]

The channel that now has UFC in the UK (BT Sports) finally got added to my TV package for free.

There was a huge stand-off between the providers, meaning I had to watch the last UFC event online (and I couldn't use legal streams either, due to the conditions of the rights deal).

That with changing internet providers?

[Kris P Lettus]

Here is an article breaking down the BT/Virgin Media deal

http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/ShowArticle.cfm?ArticleID=45262846-58D9-4D23-9DA8-3FB9234B29AB

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

I fall into the category of Virgin Media customers who have all the BT Sport channels added for no extra charge, due to having the "XL Package".

[Kris P Lettus]

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[Kris P Lettus]

Came to mississippi yesterday and went and watched the Saints game at my brothers last night, get back to my moms (out in the country-ish) and went to look for the fights just to get the channel etc

well, ComCast, not only had doesn't carry "Speed" but they acted like I was speaking German when I called and asked.. There are 3 "fox sports south" type channels but no Speed


So now I have to see if my buddy want to watch and go back over to his house (I crashed there last night) and crash there again tonight


if i had known this, I prolly would have stayed at home or stayed at my moms last night to watch the game, and gone into the city tonight to watch the fights


fucking bullshit

[Next Big Thing]

Jon Anik and Joe Rogan are doing the commentary on the prelims at least. Hopefully that continues on the main show. Hell, I wouldn't mind Rogan and Anik going forward.

[Crimson]

So Hall has been a huge letdown. Love watching Mike Brown fights.

[Next Big Thing]

I've always felt that Hall had a Mike Tyson effect in the house. Guys were psyching themselves out of fighting him before it began. Outside of it, he's another guy who is talented, but far from a guaranteed contender.

[Next Big Thing]

Really just tuning in for the Overeem/ Browne match up. I've been hot and cold about Shogun versus Sonnen.

[Next Big Thing]

Reem's glass jaw is his achilles heel.

[Next Big Thing]

Gotta love Chael. If he was a better fighter, he'd be one of the biggest draws in combat sports.

[Crimson]

Gold on the mic. I wana read exactly what he said

[Next Big Thing]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Chael Sonnen not all talk. He show he still the real and he make the Shogun humble tonight.</p>&mdash; The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/statuses/368932541366951936">August 18, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Kris P Lettus]

amazing night of fights

random thoughts:


brad picket is tough as nails but mcdonald is fn legit


mcgregor is entertaining


michael johnson looked outstanding and made lauzon look amateur


matt brown is prolly the most underrated fighter in mma today


travis brown with the silva/machida front kick made me mark out so hard, though reem was gonna finish around 2 minutes in


chael is amazing, his submission was only outshined by his post fight promo


loved when he was taking shots at rogan


amazing card top to bottom

[Kris P Lettus]

Highlight gifs

OSP

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Siver

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Notorious

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McDonald

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MJ

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silly

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faber GNP

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I think its OVER, REEM

(see what I did there)

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Chael P

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[Kris P Lettus]

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I hate to jump on hype trains, but Conor McGregor is f'n hilarious

[Kris P Lettus]

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[Kris P Lettus]

Dana White said during the post fight scrum that "Uriah Hall is not a fighter"

[DaveBrawl]

Glad to see Faber straight up rocking last night. When it first started I was like "man I really am jinxing this guy" the he turned it on and went to work.

That Hall-John Howard fight was just wierd from the constant respect taps, especially at the end, to the spinning wheel kick/ground superman punch right at the bell. Especially since when he first landed after grazing Hall's head I thought the two of them started making out at the horn until they changed the camera shot.

[Corndad]

Kinda like I figured Hall is gonna be a few KO on TUF wonder. Guy just doesn't have it right now.

[Kris P Lettus]

As Dana said, you put Brad Picketts brain in Uriah Halls body and he would be GOAT

Hall lacks the killer instinct but has all the physical tools in the world


they should have put mcgregor/halloway on the main card

[Kris P Lettus]

Maybe they give Brown a shot at Ben Askren when he comes over

I would love that because no way Brown lets dude wrestle fuck him for 15 minutes

[Kris P Lettus]

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[Next Big Thing]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>RT <a href="https://twitter.com/MMAjunkieJohn">@mmajunkiejohn</a>: The main card (8-11 pm ET) averaged 1.71 million viewers - or 10 times what SPEED, FOX Soccer and FUEL TV did combined...</p>&mdash; Loretta Hunt (@lorettahuntmma) <a href="https://twitter.com/lorettahuntmma/statuses/369215733235843072">August 18, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>In primetime, UFC main card actually outrated all four broadcast networks in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Men 18-49, Men 18-34. Impressive.</p>&mdash; John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/MMAjunkieJohn/statuses/369216636558921728">August 18, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The viewership numbers represent a 38 percent increase over the average audience size of the FX events - and that's on day one.</p>&mdash; John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/MMAjunkieJohn/statuses/369217257882124288">August 18, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Kris P Lettus]

93 million homes is 10x what fuel covered

[Kris P Lettus]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Last night's UFC on FS1 drew an avg. audience of 1.71 mil viewers in the 8-11 pm slot. 1.33 HH rating beat all 4 major nets in key demos.</p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href="https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/statuses/369216299634671616">August 18, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Kris P Lettus]

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:(

[Heisenberg]

So happy for Chael, more promos to come from him, especially being on the 1 win high. Do they have a fight lined up for him yet?

[Kris P Lettus]

People are saying Wandy because of the hype but Chael is a maineventer, Wandy is not, so I dunno.

Chael would take him down and keep him there.

[Heisenberg]

I'd like to see that, my buddy that I watched the fights with said that Chael signed with WCW when it was going under, I didn't know that.

[Kris P Lettus]

Fox's new Phantom Cam highlights

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