UFC 181 Anticipation/Discussion Thread (Dec. 6th 2014)

Started by JXY, Nov 24, 2014, in Sports Add to Reading List

  1. tomroe93
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    Dec 5, 2014
    Was just wondering since you asked about the prelims lol
     
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  2. JXY
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    Dec 5, 2014
    Yeah, turns out I have fox sports 1 here so I'm good :blunt:
     
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  3. tomroe93
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    They finally put the 181 poster up for sale on UFC Store but that s--- sold out fast :emoji_slight_frown:
     
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    redsoxx "What's my favorite ring? The next one."-TB12

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  5. tomroe93
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    Dec 6, 2014
    So ready for this! Having a pretty big group of people over, so hopefully the stream doesn't s--- lol
     
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  6. Daniel
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    Most I've been looking forward to an event in a while. Think Hendricks and Pettis will both get the wins, good card all round though!
     
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  7. redsoxx
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    redsoxx "What's my favorite ring? The next one."-TB12

    Dec 6, 2014
    Fight Pass prelims start in a few mins.
     
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  8. redsoxx
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    Dec 6, 2014
    Pretty good start

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    Dec 6, 2014
    crazy choke!
     
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  10. redsoxx
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    Dec 6, 2014
    Took Gordon like 5 mins to wake up from this

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    Glad for Josh though, he had a tough year losing his girlfriend in that car crash.
     
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  11. Motor City
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    Dec 6, 2014
    This is the first PPV me and my boys have bought in over a year. Can't f---ing wait for Gil Melendez vs Pettis! This should be a great fight. Gil was the uncrowned champ, he definitely beat Ben Henderson last year. Also, Hendricks/Robbie should be a great fight too I think Hendricks will take it again.
     
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  12. redsoxx
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    Hard to say Gil definitely beat Bendo, probably the closest fight ive ever seen.

    Pettis back b------s
     
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  13. Motor City
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    I just simply did not agree with Gilbert Melendez's game plan. Why go for takedowns when you clearly couldn't get one in the first round? He should have just stayed boxing with him even if Pettis has those crazy kicks. Oh well. Lets go Hendricks now
     
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  14. ruff
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    Dec 6, 2014
    Great card :)
     
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  15. redsoxx
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    Gil couldnt straight stand with Pettis though, he had the perfect game plan imo. Put him against the fence, dirty box and look for the take down. Pettis is slick as f--- with those submissions though.
     
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  16. Motor City
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    I didn't like the takedown attempts but I did like the dirty boxing and those knees looked nasty. I'm still pissed because I feel like Gil should have been the champ a while ago I thought he definitely beat Ben.
     
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  17. Clive
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    Dec 7, 2014
    I wanted Lawler to win... but there is NO WAY he won that fight. I scored it 4 rounds for Johny, 1 for Lawler.

    -Hendricks hit him with more combos, having a nice jab, cross leg kick added to his offense.
    -Took Lawler down 6/7 times.
    -At one point they showed the strikes Hendricks had 207 while Lawler had 111 I think?
    -Hendricks is the defending champ so for a decision t's got to be pretty d--- decisive not close.
    -Lawler stood there like a human pylon during the 3rd and 4th round.

    Again, I wanted Lawler to win but this doesn't feel like a win for him. Feels like a robbing of Hendricks, I feel bad for Hendricks.
     
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    Dec 7, 2014
    Robbie looked like he knew he shouldn't of won
     
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  19. fed
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    YES YES YES Robbie f---ing did it!!!! did not expect that when Bruce said 49-46.

    Also Pettis is a f---ing stud. He taps grapplers and KOs strikers.
     
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  20. Clive
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    Dec 7, 2014
    I'm about to watch the post fight conference. My friend said Johny didn't even act like he was robbed. Johny said he didn't "fight" uhh landed 250 strikes, taking him down 6 times isn't fighting? Sorry but THAT fight was way more one sided than the apparent "Win" over GSP. GSP won, Johny was closer to beating GSP than Lawler was to beating Johny by a long shot.

    Apparently Lawler Hendricks III is on the way before Rory?
     
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