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UFC Fight Night: Sonnen vs. Shogun
![]() 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/...un-rua-ufc-161 Last edited by Kris P Lettus; 08-12-2013 at 04:17 PM. |
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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.
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Either way you gotta love Sonnen. That would be a helluva fight as well I hope it's true.
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Narc stole my star
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Yes!
Sonnen saves us from an awful ppv! |
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Sonnen has built his career on fighting anyone at any time..
Love him or hate him, you have to respect him.. |
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#8 |
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Son of a bitch!!!
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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.
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Awful PPV, would be alright for a Fuel card though...
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Chael just said they are gonna fight at the Fox Sports 1 Boston card..
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sick card here, gents
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 |
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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. |
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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..
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The NFL doesnt make the Superbowl a PPV event, get what i'm saying? |
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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. |
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Wasn't McMann vs. Kaufman added to that card as well? Really a good looking card
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McMahon vs Kauffman is set for ufc on fs1 2 : kampmann vs condit 2
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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.
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dont you fuckin' sass me NBT
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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.
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Awesome card
Cant wait |
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Didn't know Lauzon was on this card too. Nice.
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Inconceivable
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Overeem? Curtis will be so excited.
Looks like a great card though. |
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lauzon vs michael johnson
Johnson will prolly get choked out but it will be a good fight |
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I like browne a lot but if reem comes in hungry, as he should, it will be a short night for travis
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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". |
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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He hasnt been the same since zuffa shut down the wec, but the again, his competition is much higher now
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So true, but I love to watch the dude when he's on his game.
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Yeah he always is entertaining
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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
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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.
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Will find out if Hall was a one knock out wonder on TUF or if he's gonna be around a while
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He ko'ed like 4 people on tuf
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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 |
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