UFC 164: Bendo vs Pettis

[Kris P Lettus]

Lightweight Title Fight
Ben Henderson vs Anthony Pettis

Josh Barnett vs Frank Mir

Clay Guida vs Chad Mendes

Ben Rothwell vs Brandon Vera

Erik Koch vs Dustin Poirier

Nikita Krylov vs Soa Palalei

Chico Camus vs Kyung Ho Kang

Tim Elliott vs Louis Gaudinot

Pascal Krauss vs Hyun Gyu Lim

Magnus Cedenblad vs Jared Hamman

Gleison Tibau vs Jamie Varner

Ryan Couture vs Al Iaquinta
Solid card with a siccccc main and co main event

[DaveBrawl]

Nikita Krylov

That's just begging for the Iron Shiek to accompany him to the ring as they sing the Russian national anthem.

[Kris P Lettus]

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[Impact!]

Really excited for this card. Been waiting for Barnetts return for a long time...though I'm almost tempted to put money on Mir since his odds are so low. Oh and if Mendes knocks Guidas face out the back of his head I'll be very happy.

[Next Big Thing]

I'm definitely more excited for this card than I was initially. I think Mir is a shot fighter, but it will be nice seeing Barnett back... especially for the awkward exchange that will occur between him and Joe Rogan in the post fight interview.

[Kris P Lettus]

Why would it be awkwatd

Truthfully, I have always hated Barnett, even back in the day, until I listened to him on JRE, now I am a fan

[Kris P Lettus]

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[Next Big Thing]

Why would it be awkwatd

Truthfully, I have always hated Barnett, even back in the day, until I listened to him on JRE, now I am a fan

Watch the post fight interview w/ him and Pat Miletich. He always goes into these rambling pro wrestling promos and the interviewer just wants to transition to the next fight. It's awkward in a good way.

I've always liked Barnett's fighting skills. Not as big a fan of him as a person though.

[Kris P Lettus]

He came across as a funny, cool guy on JRE

dunno

[Kris P Lettus]

He came across as a funny, cool guy on JRE

dunno

[Kris P Lettus]

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[Kris P Lettus]

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[Next Big Thing]

Really pumped for the main event. Co-main not so much because I think Mir is a shot fighter. Guida/Mendes will be a snoozer unless the old Clay shows up (he looks lean as hell btw).

Really digging the new Octagon girl outfits too. Haha!

[Next Big Thing]

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[Kris P Lettus]

Good job posting 2 pics of the hottttter octagon girl

[Next Big Thing]

The hot one didn't have any pics so I had to settle for second best.

[Next Big Thing]

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Damn you Burt Watson. Damn you to hell.

[Next Big Thing]

Ryan Couture blows. The apple fell off the tree and rolled far away down a hill in his case.

[Kris P Lettus]

Im not gonna order this. Its a good card but I am exhausted from work amd I don't feel like watching it specially with college foorball on.

Ill prolly watch the prelims and the post fight show

[Kris P Lettus]

Intese scrambles in this first prelim fight

[Next Big Thing]

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Cold, but true.

[Savio]

Mir stoppage was too early

[Next Big Thing]

Dude went limp. I think it was a flash KO. Not complaining about that one. The Pettis win was surprising. Didn't see Bendo tapping in that one.

[Savio]

yeah twas verbal

[Krimzon7]

Pettis is amazing

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

Frank Mir did what he always does when he's under pressure, being held in place like that. He's far too patient, looking for his opening, while taking shots to the face. Same thing he did against Lesnar (2nd fight, round 1) and very evidently against Carwin.

It's like nobody told him that his chin doesn't hold up to powerful close range shots like that, so he's happy to keep eating them.

[Kris P Lettus]

Jabba is spot on,he got away with it with Big Nog cause he doesnt have KO power amd with Lesnar cause Mazzagotti stopped the action bc of "blows to the back of the head" and saved Mir

Hope they make Benson fight atleast once to build up hype for the 3rd fight. This is a good storylin/rivalry that will get burried bc of the Bendo hate. He cant play a heel.

[Next Big Thing]

I know Pettis hasn't even defended the title yet, but I think an Aldo/Pettis "Super Fight" is more intriguing and fair than a potential Silva/GSP or Silva/JBJ fight.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Bendo didn't see a title shot for at least 2 or 3 fights. Dana never seemed to be really behind him like he was for other champs and is probably glad Pettis won.

[Kris P Lettus]

The aldo super fight was talked about a lot postfight. Pettis hurt his left knee while checking a leg kick so he needs an mri, memdez and grant are the number one contenders respectively but it wouldnt surprise me if they had a pettis/aldo nontitle fight the spring 2014

[Next Big Thing]

I like Gilbert Melendez a lot, but the fact that he was still ranked as the #1 contender going into this fight shows what a joke the actual rankings are. Grant, Dos Anjos and maybe Thomson if he knocks off Gilbert are all more deserving of a shot at this point.

[Kris P Lettus]

I was talking about chad mendez at 145

He should def get the next 145 shot cause with all these ko's since the Aldo loss, he looks unstoppable

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

I never really got into Benson as champ. The combination of controversial decisions (I strongly believe Edgar won their 2nd fight), and talking about God constantly, really rubbed me the wrong way.

[Kris P Lettus]

He is legit but a lot of people feel like you, specially after his proposal after the Melendez win

[Next Big Thing]

I was talking about chad mendez at 145

He should def get the next 145 shot cause with all these ko's since the Aldo loss, he looks unstoppable

My bad. I could definitely see Money Mendez as the next contender.

[Kris P Lettus]

Duane Bang Muay Thai

[MoFo]

Mir stoppage was too early


stfu.

war Barnett.

Also, warrr guy who looked like Daniel Bryan on the prelims.

[Reavant]

I was talking about chad mendez at 145

He should def get the next 145 shot cause with all these ko's since the Aldo loss, he looks unstoppable

wrong.... Lamas deserves the next shot at 145

[Reavant]

Jabba is spot on,he got away with it with Big Nog cause he doesnt have KO power amd with Lesnar cause Mazzagotti stopped the action bc of "blows to the back of the head" and saved Mir

Hope they make Benson fight atleast once to build up hype for the 3rd fight. This is a good storylin/rivalry that will get burried bc of the Bendo hate. He cant play a heel.

dana said there wont be a third fight. compared it to silva dismantling belfort

[Kris P Lettus]

Bendo is ELITE at 155

Plus white is splooging his pants about an Aldo superfight

If bendo goes on a tear, there will be a rematch, dana just meant immediate

[Reavant]

Elite? he had razor thin decisions against edgar and melendez, and exposed diaz. He hasnt had a finish since he was in WEC.

[Kris P Lettus]

GSP hasnt had a legit stoppage sincethe second Serra fight, and that was in 2008.

Is he not ELITE?

[Reavant]

Elite? he had razor thin decisions against edgar and melendez, and exposed diaz. He hasnt had a finish since he was in WEC.

GSP hasnt had a legit stoppage sincethe second Serra fight, and that was in 2008.

Is he not ELITE?

1. GSP has beaten more than twice the amount of opponents in his weight class and as champion than bendo has.

2. GSP dominates people in his decisions. in both edgar fights, it could have gone either way with bendo and pretty much the same for melendez. GSP hasnt had a match like that since he first fought BJ penn.

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

It depends how exclusive a category you consider the word "elite" to describe.

He's not in the same tier as the likes of GSP, Jon Jones, etc, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's not "elite".

[Savio]

stfu.

Even so, Mir stoppage was still early

[Savio]

It depends how exclusive a category you consider the word "elite" to describe.

He's not in the same tier as the likes of GSP, Jon Jones, etc, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's not "elite".

I dunno I think I could whoop his ass.

[Reavant]

My elite list would have to be right now aldo, gsp, silva still, jones, and both cain and dosantos


Silva got caught being a dick. Before this, he would toy with people and dominate everyone he has faced. He came back and beat a man that was beating him for five rounds as well.

GSP for the obvious reasons

Same for jones

and aldo

Cain and dos santos have not had close matches with anyone other than eachother, and those matches with eachother werent close.

[weather vane]

TJ Grant vs Pettis is set.