UFC:70 Nations Collide
 

You lucky son of a bitch..

I've been wanting to go to a UFC event for years..

werdum :)

I'm there. Like I could miss this.

I was kinda hoping Griffin/Ortiz #2 was going to take place.

But i'm not complaining.

Apparently that was the plan but Tito refused to fight in England for some reason.

Cause Tito>England

Don't think so. Dana White says the UK shows will be treated on par to the U.S shows so eventually it's gonna happen. Might have been a legal issue or something. Or maybe he didn't want to fight Forrest Griffin again. I dunno.

Side note, I'm more hyped for this show than any other since Summerslam 1992. This is better than going to Mania for me.

So wish I had money ffs, its only like 30 minutes on the train ffffffs:rant:

Bisping :love:

Looks like it will be a sweet card. Cant go however, because its in the fuckin UK.

I will settle for ufc 69 in houston.

Is this gonna be a one off or dya think they'll venture back this way again?

I think i read that they're going to do 4 over here in the year, i'm not sure how true that is though. But they have setup offices in London so thats promising.

Apparently they want to do half a dozen between now and Christmas over here.

http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=4610

Well we can hope. New arena on the way in Liverpool as we speak, and its as big a fight town as you can get...But it won't happen, still I'd go down to London or Birmingham for it.

I was curious, then I saw cheapest tickets were £25. Get the fuck out.

lol, you probably pay that to go see Wolves, whats the difference?

Dana said that this is gonna be on live tv on Spike. I heart Dana

1) I don't, since I live half a country away. Besides which, it would get you to pretty much any seat in the stadium. £25 for this is the furthest possible away seats, with piss-poor views if my memory of MEN is correct.

2) If I go to see Wolves, I know exactly what I'm gonna get, more or less. 90 minutes, decent chance of a goal or two. I go to see UFC, the event could be over in an hour or so if matchups don't click properly, or virtually every match could end in constant deadlocks with very little action. I realise that's unlikely with Arlovski and CroCop on the card, and to an extent it's what MMA is about, but still it's a lot of variance. If I was paying £250 (!) for premium seats I'd almost want some sort of guarantee of great action to justify the outlay.

3) Last weekend I saw 2 ROH shows with a great view and fantastic cards for a total of £35

1 - I see your point. I still paid £50 for mine and I would have spent way more if my pal wasn't new to the sport and is never gonna pay more.

2 - Since Zuffa took over, they have only have arguably 2 "bad" shows. And even they weren't that bad. I like the odds here.

3 - Wrestling is shite. ;) Liverpool is also half a country away.

Eh, I'm a casual fan at best, and between that and the cost of train, hotel etc it's a bit much for me. I don't doubt it will be a good show but I can't justify it right now.

Hotel? Fanny! Just stay out all night like I'm planning to do. Either that or drive back to the midlands.

Lighter note - where's decent to go out here?

How many times you fucker, I don't live in the Midlands anymore :p Plus I sold my car.

tbh the only real draw for me on the card is CroCop, and I can download the frickin' thing easier than go see it live.

As for up there, I can't really recommend much as I infrequently hung around Birmingham in my Uni days and that's about it sadly :o

Boo!

My girlfriend is gonna throw a wobbly that weekend. She thinks only one person is staying at my house. Oops.

Forrest Griffin is out with staph infection. Dave Heath is in. Jason Lambert and Keith Jardine refused the fight.

Bisping is the best thing to come from England since America left it...

BUMP

Pretty pumped about this.

The public execution of Gabe Gonzaga

So, I had to post this here. I was on UFC.com and clicked an article link that was talking about MMA coming back to london, and I notice this at the bottom.

Posted by: Rob Harvey, London on 6:17pm today
Have to say it, this article is without question the fairest piece on MMA written by a British journalist (nevermind a boxing expert). Glad to see someone who has such strong ties with boxing isn't turning a blind eye to MMA like some others are clearly doing to protect boxing. The only way boxing can protect itself is less talk outside the ring and more action inside of it.

Obviously more people on this earth could have the same name and even live in and around the same fuckin area, but I have to ask, is that our own famed and loved Rob that frequents these same boards?

PS: Card will rock.

Um, if Gabe takes him down, Mirko will be in trouble.

Yeah it was me. I wrote the email to Steve Bunce himself though (and it's the first time I've ever emailed a journalist). That's been cut from the original email though but I have no problem with it.

Mark Coleman couldn't take him down. Josh Barnett had a hard enough time. Gabe Gonzaga ain't taking him down.

And also he wason the ground with Fedor. And he managed to not get completely dominated. Fedor is the best ground fighter in the world.

Don't rule it out.

I can't rule it out, especially since Matt Serra just knocked out GSP

Rob, go to Manchester Village, you'll love it :shifty:

Cro Cop > Tito

Calling it now...left leg knock out...first round

LOL Mark Coleman.....