UFC on FX 2 (3/3) - Kampmann v. Alves, Flyweight tournament

[Shaazzam]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2011/11/23/kampmann_alves/

UFC welterweight contender Martin (The Hitman) Kampmann escaped with a win Saturday and it appears he already has a new opponent.

According to MMAweekly.com, Kampmann has been matched up against former No. 1 contender Thiago (Pitbull) Alves for a bout on March 3.

No location or other details have been announced yet, but it appears it will be the third UFC event on FOX.

Check the link for more.

[REDDzone]

So this whole thing with the 2-3 events per year is definitely a sham if we have 2 in the first 3 months of the ear. Right? Good.

Hopefully they have a full card per broadcast as well. Then we are def in business.

[CPT]

Great fight.

Would be something good to show the Fox audience, if it is in fact on a Fox card.

[spykelee]

Defientely a good fight. Kampman's technique and accuracy against Alves pure power. Though early on at least, I am inclined to think that one of Thiago's big shots will land before Martin's accumulated damage has a chance to add up... Nonetheless, certainly an entertaining fight to bring to the mainstream.

[SDM]

Alves doesn't like being bullied. Kampmann won't have a size or strength advantage, but he has volume, a solid jab, and very underrated chin and that could puzzle Alves. Great fight.

[Shaazzam]

Kampmann does have a good chin, but it certainly gets tested. I'm a big fan, but that jab will have to work extra hard to Alves from clobbering him.

[Headliner]

I like both these guys, but I think i'll go Alves on this one. I don't think Alves will box with him. I think he'll try to bully him like Story did in the first round before he got a bit tired, reserved some energy and then got beat up and picked apart.

[REDDzone]

I like Alves to win...unfortunately. If Kampmann can be tagged and brought to a knee 1-3 times against Diego Sanchez, Alves will be able to push the pace and tag him imo. Kampmann needs to keep the distance here.

[cowboyronnie]

Defientely a good fight. Kampman's technique and accuracy against Alves pure power. Though early on at least, I am inclined to think that one of Thiago's big shots will land before Martin's accumulated damage has a chance to add up... Nonetheless, certainly an entertaining fight to bring to the mainstream.

Ah, but Thiago's not a one punch KO artist. He's really bound into a tight MT stance (and muscle). He never gets loose enough to throw KOs.

They are both, in their own ways, point fighters.

[Gold Chain]

I read rumblings about this one way back and I was stoked.

Both guys need to be aggressive in this fight, and I think it's a good style match-up.

Like sort of a Muay Thai vs Dutch Kickboxing thing, again.

Looking forward to this one, and it's free.

I think Alves wins with a TKO.

[Elden Payton]

great matchup.

Joe silva impresses with this one.

Hard to pick but I've got Alves by UD.

[CPT]

This is actually going to be UFC on FX 2 by the looks of things, from Sydney, Australia.

It will feature the Alves vs. Kampmann fight, and the first round of the flyweight tournament (Benavidez vs. **** and Johnson vs. McCall).

[SDM]

Bumped. This one fell under the radar, but it's a solid card, top to bottom. Very excited for the flyweights.

[REDDzone]

I keep going back and forth on the main event.

[Gold Chain]

I have to take Alves here.

I always like Kampmann and still feel like he got robbed against Sanchez and Shields, but if Alves can get that dirty muay thai going, I have to think he is the more dominant fighter. Kampmann has a to of heart and a good striker in his own right, so should be a god fight.

Preliminary card
Heavyweight bout: Oli Thompson vs. Shawn Jordan[1]
[edit]Preliminary card (Fuel TV)
Featherweight bout: Mackens Semerzier vs. Daniel Pineda[1]
Welterweight bout: TJ Waldburger vs. Jake Hecht[1]
Middleweight bout: Kyle Noke vs. Andrew Craig[1]
Featherweight bout: Cole Miller vs. Steven Siler[1]
Light Heavyweight bout: Anthony Perosh vs. Nick Penner[1]
Light Heavyweight bout: James Te Huna vs. Aaron Rosa[1]
[edit]Main card
Middleweight bout: Court McGee vs. Constantinos Philippou[1]
Flyweight bout: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall[1]
Flyweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani[1]
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Martin Kampmann[1]

Flyweight tourny is a neat idea. I have been really warming up to the smaller weight classes in the last year, I am seeing what others were once beforee.

And Constantine has those wierd boxing glove tattoos. Whenever he fight, I always spend half the time looking at them, I don't know why. lol

And I like Cole Miller a lot. I hope he wins and we can see him against some better competition.

[cowboyronnie]

Ewwww, Benavidez looks gross. 10 pounds is like 8.8 percent of his body...and you see it.

[REDDzone]

Ewwww, Benavidez looks gross. 10 pounds is like 8.8 percent of his body...and you see it.

Haha, what if the cut kills him and he loses to Uru$hitani? I heard on sherdog roundtable that he is a 14 to 1 underdog in some places. I've never seen a line like that in mma. Would that be like the biggest upset in history odds wise for mma? Serious question.

[SDM]

Yeah, that or Mack Da Menace over Fabiano.

[Nemesis21]

Why is the Alves/Kampmann fight 3 rds ? I thought all main events are now 5 rds. Seems like Fuel and FX main events are 3 rds. Watch this be like Ellenberger/Sanchez, where we were all like, I want to see rd 4 and rd 5.

[cowboyronnie]

It totally could be a downer to the event. Alves has had a bunch of fights that really got blue-balled cos of three rounds.

I'd imagine they didn't have the time to give these guys notice on 5 rounds, since Dana resolidified that policy only a couple weeks back.