UFC 191 (9/5): Johnson vs. Dodson II

Post #1 » by **CPT** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:59 am

Just looking at MMAJunkie's rumors section and updating/creating some threads...how is this one 6 weeks away with only 5 announced fights?

Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson for flyweight title
Jan Blachowicz vs. Anthony Johnson
Alex Chambers vs. Paige VanZant
John Lineker vs. Francisco Rivera
Nazareno Malegarie vs. Joaquim Silva

Jasen777 · Post #2 » by **Jasen777** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:35 am

Needs some help. Might Mouse going to main event whether he wants to or not?

SDM · Post #3 » by **SDM** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:01 pm

I believe Jan/Rumble was already announced as the co-main.

Mighty Mouse is the most dominant P4P fighter right now... and he rarely is placed on a card with name support so casuals can see how special he is. Sucks.

Love Dodson's body shots, some of my fave in the sport. Hella fast too, can't wait.

REDDzone · Post #4 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:29 pm

I would be so much more hyped for this if Dodson didn't look so bad in his last fight. His knee is still hurt, 100%. Even when asked about it he doesn't even pretend like its not, says depressing statements like he just takes it one day at a time or just tries not to think about it, etc. It sucks because the first fight was very good and very competitive.

Mouse smashes him now.

REDDzone · Post #5 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:32 pm

Rivera/Lineker is a sneaky good fight btw.

SDM · Post #6 » by **SDM** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:32 pm

REDDzone wrote:I would be so much more hyped for this if Dodson didn't look so bad in his last fight. His knee is still hurt, 100%. Even when asked about it he doesn't even pretend like its not, says depressing statements like he just takes it one day at a time or just tries not to think about it, etc. It sucks because the first fight was very good and very competitive.

Mouse smashes him now.

Riiiiiight, forgot about his knee. I didn't see the Makovsky fight.

If his explosiveness is hampered, yeah, Mighty Mouse all day.

Cammo101 · Post #7 » by **Cammo101** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:27 pm

SDM wrote:
REDDzone wrote:I would be so much more hyped for this if Dodson didn't look so bad in his last fight. His knee is still hurt, 100%. Even when asked about it he doesn't even pretend like its not, says depressing statements like he just takes it one day at a time or just tries not to think about it, etc. It sucks because the first fight was very good and very competitive.

Mouse smashes him now.

Riiiiiight, forgot about his knee. I didn't see the Makovsky fight.

If his explosiveness is hampered, yeah, Mighty Mouse all day.

I thought Makovsky won that fight.

REDDzone · Post #8 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:42 am

Mir/Arlovski on tap for this event. I have to say as a Mir fan, this is about the best thing that could happen. Arlovski may be the biggest name that Mir could actually beat I think. A guy like Rothwell is a terrible matchup.

I thought the ufc would give Arlovski the title shot. Either Werdum is out awhile or they are going with Stipe.

REDDzone · Post #9 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:16 am

Updated card in no specific order:

Champ Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson – for flyweight title
Frank Mir vs. Andrei Arlovski
Alex Chambers vs. Paige VanZant
Anthony Johnson vs. Jimi Manuwa
John Lineker vs. Francisco Rivera
Nazareno Malegarie vs. Joaquim Silva
Jan Blachowicz vs. Corey Anderson

Nemesis21 · Post #10 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Aug 1, 2015 8:49 pm

I just don't see Mighy Mouse losing in this division.

Cammo101 · Post #11 » by **Cammo101** » Sun Aug 2, 2015 6:47 am

Nemesis21 wrote:I just don't see Mighy Mouse losing in this division.

Henry Cejudo has a shot.

Jasen777 · Post #12 » by **Jasen777** » Sun Aug 2, 2015 4:15 pm

Cejudo has potential, but I'm not sure he's ready for Benavidez. Anyways, Might Mouse got knocked down twice by Dodson and probably should have lost that Uncle Creepy fight. He'll lose eventually.

cowboyronnie · Post #13 » by **cowboyronnie** » Sun Aug 2, 2015 8:48 pm

Jasen777 wrote:Cejudo has potential, but I'm not sure he's ready for Benavidez. Anyways, Might Mouse got knocked down twice by Dodson and probably should have lost that Uncle Creepy fight. He'll lose eventually.

disagree

he won't lose unless it's by way of age.

Cammo101 · Post #14 » by **Cammo101** » Sun Aug 2, 2015 9:52 pm

If DJ wins this fight and TJ beats Cruz (or Cruz can't get healthy), this is the perfect time for the TJ vs. Mighty Mouse super fight.

Jasen777 · Post #15 » by **Jasen777** » Sun Aug 2, 2015 10:34 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:he won't lose unless it's by way of age.

It's not always easy to say if it's because of age or not.

REDDzone · Post #16 » by **REDDzone** » Mon Aug 3, 2015 12:02 am

cowboyronnie wrote:
Jasen777 wrote:Cejudo has potential, but I'm not sure he's ready for Benavidez. Anyways, Might Mouse got knocked down twice by Dodson and probably should have lost that Uncle Creepy fight. He'll lose eventually.

disagree

he won't lose unless it's by way of age.

Agreed.

The Cejudo fight isn't interesting to me at all. Cejudo is probably closer to his last opponent Chico than he is to Mouse.

Cammo101 · Post #17 » by **Cammo101** » Mon Aug 3, 2015 2:08 am

REDDzone wrote:
cowboyronnie wrote:
Jasen777 wrote:Cejudo has potential, but I'm not sure he's ready for Benavidez. Anyways, Might Mouse got knocked down twice by Dodson and probably should have lost that Uncle Creepy fight. He'll lose eventually.

disagree

he won't lose unless it's by way of age.

Agreed.

The Cejudo fight isn't interesting to me at all. Cejudo is probably closer to his last opponent Chico than he is to Mouse.

Cejudo is just scratching the surface of what he can be, and his wrestling can give MM problems. The last guy to give MM problems was Ian McCall, because he got on top and held him down. Cejudo has the potential to execute that game plan better than anyone at 125. I'm not saying he will beat Johnson, but if anyone can, it's him.

REDDzone · Post #18 » by **REDDzone** » Mon Aug 3, 2015 2:34 am

I hope you're right but I think you're wrong.

REDDzone · Post #19 » by **REDDzone** » Sat Aug 8, 2015 6:12 pm

Felder vs Pearson added here.

1) Surprised Felder is getting back in there so quickly after that war with Barboza.
2) Four weeks notice for this fight is weird.
3) IDK if this is going to go well for Pearson.

Post #20 » by **CPT** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:57 am

That Felder vs. Pearson fight is nice.

More additions:

Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson for flyweight title
Andrei Arlovski vs. Frank Mir
Anthony Johnson vs. Jimi Manuwa
Corey Anderson vs. Jan Blachowicz
Alex Chambers vs. Paige VanZant
Paul Felder vs. Ross Pearson
John Lineker vs. Francisco Rivera
Clay Collard vs. Tiago Trator
Joe Riggs vs. Ron Stallings
Nazareno Malegarie vs. Joaquim Silva
Liz Carmouche vs. Raquel Pennington