UFC 111 info

[brooks85]

Date: FEB 20, 2010
Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRLIA



Main Card
Middleweight
Wanderlei Silva (6) vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (12)

http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cage-rage-coming-here/2009/10/10/1255019652968.html

quote from article

UFC fighters use a brutal combination of martial arts, boxing, kick boxing and wrestling inside a cage called the octagon.
Competitors are permitted to pin an opponent to the floor and punch or elbow them into unconsciousness in a move known as "pound and ground". <<<

haha pound and ground

[Bread]

Will this be at 9am?

[illmatick]

cant wait to bet Yoshihiro Akiyama

[Eccocide]

cant wait to bet Yoshihiro Akiyama

We can bet some points on the fight then!

[illmatick]

ok- loser has to transfer their daily 6 points to the winner for an entire year

[naokothewarrior]

ok- loser has to transfer their daily 6 points to the winner for an entire year

[Eccocide]

lol I said I would bet some points, I didn't say it was my favourite bet of all time. I was thinking more along the lines of 50-75 pts. Fight is a long time away anyway - you can build your points back up by then

[shady610]

I decided to make a list of 5 things i look foward too more than this fight.

1. Nigel Mcguiness WWE debut
2. Drake's album
3. Bernard destroying RJJ
4. Going to March maddness next year
5. NBA League pass

[brooks85]

Nba league passss!!!!!!

[Eccocide]

Interesting if this match comes to fruition. CroCop says he wants to finish out his last 2 fights of his UFC contract....he should be able to handle Rothwell but his heart just doesn't seem to be in it anymore.

http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/11/04/mirko-cro-cop-filipovic-vs-ben-rothwell-at-ufc-111/

"A heavyweight battle between Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Ben Rothwell appears as if it may be in the works for UFC 111.
A report has recently surfaced on the extremely popular mixed martial arts forum, The Underground, stating that the two are expected to face off in Australia.
The only card rumored for Australia in the near future would be UFC 111, expected to take place in Sydney during February of 2010, with a possible bout between Wanderlei Silva and Yoshihiro Akiyama already confirmed through both fighters.
FiveOuncesofPain.com has since been able to contact parties close to the situation, who were unable to provide any comment on the possibility of the match-up.
Rothwell is fresh off of a second round TKO defeat at the hands of Cain Velasquez during UFC 104, which ended somewhat controversially after referee Steve Mazagatti waved the contest of as “Big” Ben was attempting to climb back to his feet while absorbing punishment. Just prior to the loss Rothwell stopped Chris Guillen via TKO during Adrenaline MMA 2 following a knockout defeat to Andrei Arlovski that came on the heels of thirteen consecutive victories for the heavy handed brawler out of Iowa.
Cro Cop would be looking to get his mixed martial arts career back on track following an embarresing verbal submission to Junior dos Santos following a punch at UFC 103. Prior to his most recent loss, Filipovic strung together back to back wins over the likes of Mustapha Al-Turk and Hong Man Choi."

[brooks85]

that would be a great matchup.

[Eccocide]

Chael Sonnen vs Nate Marquardt looks to be added to the card. Its starting to appear more and more like Hendo is not gunna be back in the UFC.

The supposed card to date:

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva
Chael Sonnen vs. Nate Marquardt
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Ben Rothwell
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski

http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2009/11/...quardt_sonnen/#

[urge2kill]

Marquardt is going to tool Sonnen. Can't wait to hit that line.

[brooks85]

yessir

[illmatick]

looks like we all agree on that one , pound away boys!

whats it open at? I say -220 ish, could be higher though

[brooks85]

Im also liking bonnar over the polish experiment. I got my alerts set up, im hitting the marq line right away. Not many lines out right now, hopefully a bunch will get dropped on us soon.

[brooks85]

this is ufc 110*


Dana said something about changing the headliner and now rumors are flying.

Looks like sexy is getting dropped. Silva Vs Bisping.

http://www.fightersonlymagazine.co.uk/news/viewarticle.php?id=3483&offset=0

[urge2kill]

Wandy is gonna kill him.

[THE_LOCKSMITH]

one thing for sure is Wandy won't crumble like Kang did

[Bread]

Oh crap Wandy vs. Bisping? Noooooooo!!!

After losing my biggest fight bet ever on Wandy vs. Franklin, I swore to leave him alone forever. But against Bisping?!!

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THAT FIGHT ALONE?!?!

Crap.

[southmadejd]

Is there any possible way Bisping could be Wandy? I mean Wandy's chin has become suspect but Bisping doesn't really hit hard enough to hurt him. I just can't see Bisping winning but then again, I feel like Bisping is another one of Dana's golden boys.

[THE_LOCKSMITH]

Is there any possible way Bisping could be Wandy? I mean Wandy's chin has become suspect but Bisping doesn't really hit hard enough to hurt him. I just can't see Bisping winning but then again, I feel like Bisping is another one of Dana's golden boys.

Bisping can easily win this fight if he uses his spped and length, lets not forget Wandy has lost 5 0f his las 6 fights !!!!!!! Not to mention that he gasses Vs Franklin when he cut down to 195, how will he do cutting to 185. and last how will the travell to Austrlia affect him. that being said i hope Wandy knocks his head off worse than Hendo

[Eccocide]

Wand doesn't have a suspect chin......getting knocked out on flush shots by Hendo/Rampage and getting LHK'ed by Mirko don't equal a weak chin.....

And he may have lost 5 of his last 6 but look who he was facing. Nothing but top competition. Bisping isn't half the fighter those guys are.

But I will agree - only way I can see Wand lose is if he has a bad weight cut and gasses and Bisping runs away the whole fight trying to win by scoring jab points. But Wand has already shed a lot of weight based on what he has said in recent interviews and this cut should go a lot better.

[Boddhissatva]

Wow...a Japanese guy might beat W. Silva for the first time.

[terpkeg]

At this point in their careers, Bisping is the more well rounded fighter imo. I would like to see him at + money.

[Eccocide]

At this point in their careers, Bisping is the more well rounded fighter imo. I would like to see him at + money.

I'd have to disagree. Dunno what you have seen in Bisping that shows that he is well rounded. Average standup, little power, bad takedowns. Showed some promise on the ground against Kang, but Kang wilted so it's hard to really tell. I don't see anywhere that Bisping has an advantage other than speed.

[brooks85]

[urge2kill]

Bisping will be at + money for sure.

[RobbReport]

i cant wait til Nate beats the shit out of Sonnen.