UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz
 

Tomorrow free on Spike..

Preliminary card (Facebook)
Bantamweight bout: Chris Cariaso vs. Vaughan Lee[1]
Welterweight bout: Chris Cope vs. Che Mills[1]
Heavyweight bout: Rob Broughton vs. Philip De Fries[1]
Featherweight bout: Michihiro Omigawa vs. Jason Young[1]
Welterweight bout: John Maguire vs. Justin Edwards[1]

Main card
Light Heavyweight bout: Cyrille Diabaté vs. Anthony Perosh[1]
Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs. Eddie Faaloloto[1]
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Papy Abedi[1]
Bantamweight bout: Brad Pickett vs. Renan Barão[1]
Middleweight bout: Chris Leben vs. Mark Muñoz[1]

First nontitle main event that is scheduled for 5 rounds.. I got to meet Munoz at "Battle on the Bayou" and he was a super nice guy.. Too bad Leben is gonna smash him..

Alves missed weight again. Got it on the second try though. What a clod.

Shit..

3 times out of 7 fights..

Dana was pissed at him at UFC 117 also and kept a portion of his fight purse..

Well you still make weight if u miss it the first time and get it the second... dunno if Leben will smash Munoz. Think it's gonna be a knockdown dragout time fight.

They give them like 4 hours or something to make weight.. Tyson Griffen was like 7 over so that's why his fight last week was "catch weight"..

I don't understand profighters not making weight, specially when a guy like Rumble was cutting over 40 lbs..

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Rumbles missed weight a couple of times too.

I honestly see Munoz trying to get this fight to the ground early and often. It gives him a better chance of winning than trying to go toe to toe with Leben.

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Honestly Alves probably just mis calculated on the first weigh in. apparently his diet has been better.

This is a huge fight for Munoz.

I don't have enough confidence in Leben to call this a lock for him. Really hope he smashes Munoz though.

Aw, I clicked on that not knowing that the event was over. Well fuck.

My fault but damn.

lol I did the same..

Still gonna watch that shit though..

FAALALATO

Terry Etim like a BOSS..

This dude looks mad Croatian but he is Austrailian..

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The UK fans hate this lay and pray shit..

Che Mills is a monster..

WAR Alves

Dude fighting Thiago is f'n huge..

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Alves with the choke..

great fight for UK John McGuire. Awesome bout

Mason McGuire

Good fights.. Hate that about Leben.. You could kinda tell he was looking for an out.. Gotta watch it again but it kinda looked like he called the refs attention to the cut when they first did the doctor's stoppage.. It was hilarious towards the end of the first when Munoz was hammer Leben's face and Leben got up doing his walking dead shit.. Munoz' face was hilarious..

Also, why did the US broadcast not show the post fight interview with Munoz??

Is Blue Mountain State really that important??

Really disappointed in Leben. He could have kept going. That cut was not that bad. Munoz was whooping him good.

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I feel like Leben just gassed out and was scared as hell of possibly getting battered for five rounds , but didn't want to get KOed either.

Leben is one of those guys that I have to give the benefit of the doubt to, if he says he couldn't see I have to be inclined to believe him.

lol..it was actually a funny episode

Munoz beat up on Leben pretty good..but his defense is poor. Seems everytime he had Leben in trouble all of a sudden he would be in trouble on bottom.

I don't care..

I love post fight interviews.. You get insight into the fighters mind and the emotion of the fight..

Munoz's ground and pound is ridiculous. The thing about him, is he takes risks on the ground to get in positions to drop those fucking ridiculous bombs, so guys can get position on him, but honestly, since he's probably one of the best scramblers in the division, it doesn't matter, he recovers fast and often ends up on top again, landing those brutal bombs. And no matter who he's fought, if he's been in a position to land those bombs, the fight has changed dramatically. He's also CLEARLY undersized for 185, which is saying something given how powerful he is.

He's 6'0" 185lbs..

How is he undersized??

Also, him vs Chael will be a fucking WAR..

Look at his hips, he carries baby fat on them. He could drop the 15 pounds and be a lean mean skullfucking machine at 170.

What baby fat??

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To me it looks like he walks around at 200 and already cuts 15lbs..

I think Munoz vs. Sonnen would be a great match up. Munoz pushes the pace and might be the only guy at 185 whose wrestling is just as good as Sonnen's. He also might have the slight edge in striking.

Unfortunately, I think both him and Sonnen would get destroyed by a healthy Anderson Silva.

lower back fat son. It's for real. 6 ft 170 is QUITE doable.

I mean Sonnen has some performances that suggest he'd dust Munoz, namely the Stann and Silva performances BUT look at how Munoz faired against Demian Maia. After a rocky first round where he was taken by surprise, he took over the fight. He's a slow starter, but once he gets going it's business time. Dunno how Sonnen would deal with that gnp, cuz at SOME point he's gonna have to deal with it, even if he's winning the takedown battle (which he would quite easily I think), just Munoz scrambles so damned well.

You're right on. Only thing is, Sonnen took Stann to the ground and dominated him from there. I don't know if he'd be able to do that to Munoz as easily. Also, I still discount the Silva performance based on Anderson's injury and Chael's testosterone levels. I know it's debatable, but I don't see him dominating a healthy AS the same way.

Well Munoz doesn't have great take down d, but that's just because he's so good at scrambling, at some point he ends up in a good position when he gets taken down. One of the few guys who can actually do that on a consistent basis. He gets himself into trouble, but he reminds me of Fedor in the sense that he's always looking to finish and inflict lots of punishment.

I dont think they should delay a Sonnen/Silva money makermain event. If Munoz beats Sonnen then they lose a potential rematch.

Im sure ppv sales Sonnen/Silva > Munoz/Silva

Maybe make Munoz fight Yushin Okami..

The UFC usually pairs winners with winners and losers with losers. Beating Okami wouldn't exactly move him up in the rankings, but if he wanted to avenge the loss it would makes sense.

If they can do Sonnen/Silva in the next 3 or 4 months they should definitely do that fight, but if Anderson is going to be out for awhile I'd rather see Chael fight Munoz than sit for six months.

Chael vs Munoz is def a great match up, but as Crimson said, they'll lose a HUGE rematch if Munoz wins.. Also, with the lack of depth right now there are only a handfull of guys out there..

No announced fight:
Chael-w
Munoz-w
Leben-L
Stann-L
Okami-L

Wandy is fighting Le and Belfort is fighting Rumble..

The only other guy out there off the top of my head is my boy Alan Belcher, but he is just coming back off a year long injury.. He has won three straight, and IMO should have won against Akiyama at UFC 100, which would make his win streak 8 dating all the way back to 2008.. But does a Munoz/Belcher match really make sense right now??

This is making my brain hurt..

I don't see how this's possible.. He was on the Dolce Diet and eating better than he ever had.. He looked completely lean in the video blogs leading up to the fight..

I think he was over whelmed by Munoz grappling and GnP.. Leben has always had and iron chin but he took ALOT of damage in those first two rounds..

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Didn't know this happened with it being edited for US tv..

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Sounds like more excuses from Leben, which is sadly becoming more common from him. Just like after the fight with Stann he said he did bad because he ate a bunch of candy after the weigh ins. You can't do stuff like that and then try to paint yourself as a contender at 185.

He also said he had the flu after the Stann fight..

:(

It said on Danas twitter that a fan jumped in the cage, what fight was that?

Also Barao looked awesome

Look back 4 posts..

I guess Leben didn't do so hot because he has doped up on painkillers. He's been suspended for a year. Damn.

http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/11/2...g-test-at-ufc/

Hes been suspended here in Birmingham twice now......wtf hes giving us a bad name

I thought the walking dead shit came naturally, not with opiates..

No, he's giving you a good name. Just goes to show the testing process you guys have is that much better than what they use most of the time.

The UFC handles the testing themselves when they're in Britain.

The Brits have enough trouble finding good dentists and can't be bothered with drug testing. #CANIGETARIMSHOT