UFC 132 (July 2, 2011)

Nemesis21 · Post #21 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:05 pm

Posey H8er wrote:Urijah Faber vs. Dominick Cruz 2 will happen!- http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/3/26/20 ... -announced

Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber [BW title]
B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch
Ryan Bader vs. Tito Ortiz
Melvin Guillard vs. Shane Roller
Evan Dunham vs. George Sotiropoulos
Matt Wiman vs. Dennis Siver

Post #22 » by **CPT** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:03 am

Nice!

I doubted they would do it, but I'm happy to see them put that fight in such a big spot. Without a season of TUF to back it, no less.

Bad news is we probably have to wait quite a while for Jones vs. Evans now. I had just kind of assumed it would be on this card. The next card is August 27(ish) in Brazil; it won't be on that. I guess I wouldn't be surprised if a late July/early August card pops up...or they could throw it on this and make this card totally stacked :pray:

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Oh...and I thought Tito retired via twitter? Has that been debunked? I didn't really care enough to find out.

REDDzone · Post #23 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:11 am

Lol Tito Schmito.

kings35 · Post #24 » by **kings35** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:03 am

Jon Fitch pulled out of the fight...

http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/new ... id=6274899

Nemesis21 · Post #25 » by **Nemesis21** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:59 am

kings35 wrote:Jon Fitch pulled out of the fight...

http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/new ... id=6274899

That sucks, maybe they get somebody like Condit to step in ? :dontknow:

cowboyronnie · Post #26 » by **cowboyronnie** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:16 am

Not nec bad. Give him someone young and hungry. I'm not interested in Penn as a contender but hell yeah as a guy with whom to make interesting match-ups. Give him a striker. It's been a while.

Post #27 » by **CPT** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:40 pm

Can't say I'm too broken up about not being able to see Jon Fitch fight.

I think Condit is already booked in a fight with Dong-Hyun Kim. Would be easy enough to get out of if they wanted to go in that direction though.

As far as I know, Kampmann should be free, and I'd like to see that fight.

Those are about the only guys I can think of that would make sense. Maybe Rumble? That would be weird though.

SDM · Post #28 » by **SDM** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:25 pm

I think Kampmann needs a step down in competition. I think he's as legit as can be, but he needs to build up his name a bit against some guys he should beat. Two tough losses in a row.

Condit, Lytle, Ebersole, Kos (if available)... Rumble works too.

Cammo101 · Post #29 » by **Cammo101** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:40 pm

Thiago Alves is getting ready to fight Rick Story on an undercard. Yank Alves off that and lets see him and BJ bang it out.

Rumble Johnson is also an option. As he would get a big boost to a title shot if he can beat BJ.

Starkiller · Post #30 » by **Starkiller** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:59 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:You can't have BJ headline. He can't anchor the hype or a Countdown. He's had way too many lackluster performances in a row.

Fixed.

Post #31 » by **CPT** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:05 pm

Somehow I don't see Penn vs. Ebersole happening. Penn would probably rather retire than take a fight with a guy like that. Lytle is probably in the same boat, but at least he is a recognizable name.

I'd be cool with a fight with Alves if they chose to go in that direction. Not the greatest fit schedule wise though, as Alves and Story could already be training.

Koscheck would be a good replacement, but I haven't heard anything about him being ready to come back.

cowboyronnie · Post #32 » by **cowboyronnie** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:15 pm

Starkiller wrote:
cowboyronnie wrote:You can't have BJ headline. He can't anchor the hype or a Countdown. He's had way too many lackluster performances in a row.

Fixed.

Uh huh. What are the talking points going to be? That BJ's done coasting on talent, now he's 100% dedicated to training? For the 8th Countdown in a row?

Cammo101 · Post #33 » by **Cammo101** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:13 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:
Starkiller wrote:
cowboyronnie wrote:You can't have BJ headline. He can't anchor the hype or a Countdown. He's had way too many lackluster performances in a row.

Fixed.

Uh huh. What are the talking points going to be? That BJ's done coasting on talent, now he's 100% dedicated to training? For the 8th Countdown in a row?

People bought it the last 7 times. Like it or not, BJ is a draw and the UFC has done well with cards he has headlined. Does he deserve to headline based on recent perfor,mences? Maybe not. But, he puts on exciting fights and people love to watch him.

cowboyronnie · Post #34 » by **cowboyronnie** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:24 pm

Of his three straight no-win streak: the winner of his last fight got a title shot + he was moving up. The previous two were for title shots. There was something to talk about.

The next one...? Explain how to hype it. Him against Alves, let's say. What's the upshot for Penn's motivation? He's had three poor performances in a row and he has no remarkable motivation left. How does a Countdown promise a good fight?

Cammo101 · Post #35 » by **Cammo101** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:29 pm

Isn't Faber/Cruz the main event on this card? BJ/Alves as the co-main event to a title fight sounds like a pretty top heavy card to me.

Nemesis21 · Post #36 » by **Nemesis21** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:31 pm

Cammo101 wrote:Isn't Faber/Cruz the main event on this card? BJ/Alves as the co-main event to a title fight sounds like a pretty top heavy card to me.

Nemesis21 · Post #37 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 1:39 am

W Silva vs Leben official for this card,

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/4/4/209 ... or-ufc-132

Posey H8er · Post #38 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 1:46 am

the card is filling out very nicely!

Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber [BW title]
B.J. Penn vs. TBA
Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben
Ryan Bader vs. Tito Ortiz
Melvin Guillard vs. Shane Roller
Evan Dunham vs. George Sotiropoulos
Matt Wiman vs. Dennis Siver

it may have been mentioned already, but hopefully we get two free Spike fights as well. 8-)

cowboyronnie · Post #39 » by **cowboyronnie** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 3:17 am

Jesus. Wow, that's an insane card. And big money guys too.

But why are they wasting the Guillard fight giving him Roller? Roller looked ridiculous in his last fight. With Guillard's speed and reflexes + a technical team behind him, it's not competitive.

SDM · Post #40 » by **SDM** » Tue Apr 5, 2011 11:31 am

Agree about Roller/Guillard... Roller didn't look too great in his last fight.