UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami

Posey H8er · Post #1 » by **Posey H8er** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 3:15 am

Main card
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva(c) vs. Yushin Okami
Light Heavyweight bout: Maurício Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Lightweight bout: Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov

Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher
Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller

Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell
Bantamweight bout: Raphael Assunção vs. Johnny Eduardo
Featherweight bout: Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes
Bantamweight bout: Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Welterweight bout: Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwyWyluQs_Q[/youtube]

REDDzone · Post #2 » by **REDDzone** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 3:26 am

I'm not even sure if I'll be able to watch the Griffin/Shogun fight. HATE seeing either lose.

High 5 · Post #3 » by **High 5** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 4:25 am

REDDzone wrote:I'm not even sure if I'll be able to watch the Griffin/Shogun fight. HATE seeing either lose.

Me too, but I'll be rooting more for Griffin since most Shogun fans have never given him credit for the first win.

Post #4 » by **spykelee** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 5:19 am

Man Ross Pearson is going to get eaten for breakfast in that fight

Post #5 » by **CPT** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 1:41 pm

I think that Pearson vs. Barboza fight is an awesome matchup, but yeah, Pearson is probably in for it.

Don't think it's the strongest card all in all, but the Brazilian crowd should eat it up.

Post #6 » by **singh_shady** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 3:48 pm

^ Really? I think it's a great card. Any Silva fight is a must watch, and both Forrest vs Shogun and Nog vs Schaub are very intriguing. The remainder of the main card/prelims are also solid

REDDzone · Post #7 » by **REDDzone** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 5:31 pm

H5, I can dig what you say about the first Shogun/Forrest fight.

Sweet card, although I'd probably rather see most other fights on the main before the Luiz Cane fight, although maybe the other guy will be exciting, never seen him fight.

Nemesis21 · Post #8 » by **Nemesis21** » Thu Jul 7, 2011 10:10 pm

Dan Miller replaces injured Alexandre Ferreira in bout vs Palhares,

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=A ... es_UFC_134

Post #9 » by **CPT** » Fri Jul 8, 2011 2:17 am

singh_shady wrote:^ Really? I think it's a great card. Any Silva fight is a must watch, and both Forrest vs Shogun and Nog vs Schaub are very intriguing. The remainder of the main card/prelims are also solid

It's a great international card, and not horrible by any standard, but I'm not particularly excited about Silva vs. Okami (though of course a Silva fight is a must watch), and Schaub vs. Big Nog doesn't do much for me.

Not complaining or bashing the card though, was commenting more on how it's a card the Brazilian fans should eat up. They are lucky to be in a time zone that works for PPV. England/Australia don't get cards like this.

SDM · Post #10 » by **SDM** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:29 pm

This is coming up. Remember to make your picks for the pool, guys!

Nemesis21 · Post #11 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:50 pm

Miller/Palhares has been bumped up to the Spike prelims.

three6mofia · Post #12 » by **three6mofia** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:09 pm

Ill take

Silva by KO 2nd round
Rua by unanimous decision
Big Nog by split decision
Barbosa by decision
Cane by tko 3rd rd

If/when silva wins who does he fight next?

K1NG · Post #13 » by **K1NG** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:24 am

three6mofia wrote:If/when silva wins who does he fight next?

Sonnen, if he beats Stann.

Nemesis21 · Post #14 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:15 am

three6mofia wrote:Ill take

Silva by KO 2nd round
Rua by unanimous decision
Big Nog by split decision
Barbosa by decision
Cane by tko 3rd rd

If/when silva wins who does he fight next?

I'll take,

Anderson via TKO Rd 4
Forrest via UD
Big Nog via Subm
Barboza via Subm
Cane via UD

Fisher via UD
D Miller via TKO

P Thiago via TKO
Assuncao via Subm
E Silva via Subm
Alcantara via UD
Jabouin via KO

Post #15 » by **spykelee** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:35 am

Fella's make your picks in the pick em thread that CPT created...

viewtopic.php?f=270&t=1123642&start=30

SDM · Post #16 » by **SDM** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:31 pm

I see Nog/Schaub going a lot like Cro Cop/Barry, in terms of a late sub. I think The Hybrid will stand and trade, think he's doing well and gets cocky. Then somehow the fight will end up on the ground and Nog will take him to school in a matter of seconds.

cowboyronnie · Post #17 » by **cowboyronnie** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:37 am

Nog's so God damn old and slow and he's here with a serious reach disadvantage. He's going to get KOd easily, IMO. It's going to be another sad end to a vintage fighter.

The Countdown did a pretty good job of selling Okami, arguing that he'd compensated for each of the two UFC losses he's had by focusing on strength and wrestling respectively. Hmmm. What's the deal with he and Chael, though? Is that hype...is the UFC paying Chael to bring some animosity into the fight somehow? Will Chael be in Okami's corner? Why? What is he thinking?

My only prediction is that if Forrest loses in a damaging way that he retires. Hell, Shogun might retire himself if he suffers a similar loss. His brother just did. As much of dumb mule as Forrest wants to be, he's a guy thinking about his long-term plans. He's been shut off a couple times already.

REDDzone · Post #18 » by **REDDzone** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:52 pm

Chael and Okami go way back, there are training videos of them all over the web to be found pretty easily.

Chael isn't going to go because he doesn't want to take the focus off of Okami. Said he doesn't want to have Okami inadvertently booed for having Chael in his corner. There is another story where some sheriff supposedly said he would arrest Chael for slandering the country, but not sure if that is true or just rumor by Chael.

three6mofia · Post #19 » by **three6mofia** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:29 pm

REDDzone wrote:Chael and Okami go way back, there are training videos of them all over the web to be found pretty easily.

Chael isn't going to go because he doesn't want to take the focus off of Okami. Said he doesn't want to have Okami inadvertently booed for having Chael in his corner. There is another story where some sheriff supposedly said he would arrest Chael for slandering the country, but not sure if that is true or just rumor by Chael.

Chael sonnen is not legally not allowed to leave the united states at the moment/ He was never going to be going 2 ufc rio

REDDzone · Post #20 » by **REDDzone** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:37 pm

Sooo it was just a rumor by Chael then haha.