World Series of Fighting 2 Arlovski vs. Johnson (March 23rd)

Post #1 » by **LittleOzzy** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:36 pm

Main Card (NBC Sports Network)
Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski vs. Anthony Johnson
Bantamweight Marlon Moraes vs. Tyson Nam
Middleweight Dave Branch vs. Paulo Filho
Welterweight Josh Burkman vs. Aaron Simpson
Lightweight Gesias Cavalcante vs. Justin Gaethje

Preliminary Card (Sherdog.com)
Featherweight Waylon Lowe vs. Cameron Dollar
Featherweight Rick Glenn vs. Alexandre Pimentel
Welterweight Kris McCray vs. Danillo Villefort
Welterweight Igor Gracie vs. Richard Patishnock
Lightweight Ozzy Dugulubgov vs. Chris Wade

SDM · Post #2 » by **SDM** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:51 pm

I actually like this card quite a bit. A number of these guys are UFC level.

McCray/Villefort is an interesting fight, as is Dollar/Lowe.

Burkman/Simpson... winner likely faces Fitch in a title fight. Burkman's only loss since leaving UFC is a decision to Mein... he's won 6 of 7. Not an exciting guy, but wins over Gerald Harris, Jamie Yager, and that Kofi guy should have been enough to send him back to UFC.

Nam's a must watch. Don't care about the main event, Rumble's already said that he's back down to 205 after this fight.

REDDzone · Post #3 » by **REDDzone** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:54 pm

How do you feel about Moraes? His stand-up looked good to me against Torres but that is the only time I've ever seen him.

edit: Moraes has to be up there with one of the most common names in mma btw. Up there with 'Silva'.

SDM · Post #4 » by **SDM** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:55 pm

I've only seen that fight too... With Torres fading the way he is, it's hard to tell if Moraes is really good or merely better than a falling star. Interestingly, Sherdog picks him to win by decision.

REDDzone · Post #5 » by **REDDzone** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:24 pm

Burkman/Simpson is relevant to me. Burkman has been great and Simpson was honestly beating the **** out of Pierce (who I hold in very high regard) prior to getting hit once and swarmed iirc.

I'm excited for Nam/Moraes. Both guys have potential.

I'm one who thinks Arlovski should most likely retire. He said on the mmahour that he should have went to Jackson's earlier, and suffered losses because of that. I guess I was under the impression he has been at Jackson's for awhile. Maybe there is something there, who knows.

McCray/Villefort, why not?

Who is Rick Glenn again? I know, but can't figure it out off the top of my head.

SDM · Post #6 » by **SDM** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:38 pm

He's a Roufussport guy!

REDDzone · Post #7 » by **REDDzone** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:41 pm

Good call. Oops. Too much mma.

Post #8 » by **CPT** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:14 pm

I wasn't going to watch this card, but I may have changed my mind because of Ozzy Dugulubgov. What a **** epic name. I can only hope that name one day finds itself coming out of Mike Goldberg's mouth.

REDDzone · Post #9 » by **REDDzone** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:39 am

The weigh-in to this is on youtube. It is absolutely beyond belief that Anthony Johnson ever got to 170. He weighed in at 230. lmao.

Cammo101 · Post #10 » by **Cammo101** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:26 am

This card may not happen now, which is a shame, because I just figure out I get NBC Sports.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/3/22/4137728/world-series-of-fighting-event-in-jeopardy-of-cancellation-cage-issues

REDDzone · Post #11 » by **REDDzone** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:07 pm

Disappointing. Amateur hour.

cowboyronnie · Post #12 » by **cowboyronnie** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:37 pm

I got to think that the construction issues will be resolved. They have a good chunk of time, they'll get it.

If Moraes is the Torres opponent I'm thinking of, he's awesome.

Post #13 » by **kdawg32086** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:58 am

JZ just lost via a doctor stoppage (cut) to a guy who doesn't even have a wikipedia page...

SDM · Post #14 » by **SDM** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:06 am

He was losing handily though.

SDM · Post #15 » by **SDM** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:11 am

Man, Burkman has improved A LOT since he was in the UFC.

Post #16 » by **kdawg32086** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:11 am

Good night Aaron Simpson. Burkman vs. Fitch at WSOF 3.

SDM · Post #17 » by **SDM** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:39 am

I doubt Filho gets sanctioned in the US again.

Post #18 » by **kdawg32086** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:43 am

I'm sure there are still plenty of cans he can fight in Japan...

SDM · Post #19 » by **SDM** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 4:02 am

Good night of fights, except for the main event and the Filho disaster.

REDDzone · Post #20 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 4:34 am

SDM wrote:Man, Burkman has improved A LOT since he was in the UFC.

Dude's been around forever hasn't he? Seems like he should get another chance for sure.