No thread for this one yet. Card: ---------Main Event---------- Interim Heavyweight championship Tim Sylvia vs Antonio "minotauro" Nogueira Main card Hvywt: Frank Mir vs Brock Lesnar 185: Jeremy Horn vs Nate Marquardt 185: Ricardo Almeida vs Alan Belcher Undercard (may not be televised) 155: Gleison Tibau vs Tyson Griffin 170: Chris Lytle vs Kyle Brady 185: Marvin Eastman vs Terry Martin 205: David Heath vs Tim Boetsch Looks like a good card but I'd rather see Tibau/Griffin or Eastman/Martin on the main card instead of Almeida/Belcher.
Re: UFC 81 :: 2/2 Mandalay bay events center I'm excited about seeing Lesnar vs Mir, I hope Brock destroys him.
Re: UFC 81 :: 2/2 Mandalay bay events center I just can't get myself excited for this card and I definitely can't get myself to pay for it. Maybe some of us will go to a bar to watch but this is not an appointment event.
Re: UFC 81 :: 2/2 Mandalay bay events center I thought Mir really had something going for him but since his accident he has not been the same fighter. They both have something to prove. My personal favorite for this fight is Mir.
Re: UFC 81 :: 2/2 Mandalay bay events center wth did the ref stop the initial encounter between brock and mir? brock could of capitalize in the first encounter disappointed......I was expecting explosive fighting......hope brock improves from this
Re: UFC 81 :: 2/2 Mandalay bay events center Brock is such a dummy, he deserved to lose the fight...he couldn't cut it as a football player, and he won't be able to cut it as a mma fighter...
Re: UFC 81 :: 2/2 Mandalay bay events center Brock was actually better then i expected, but the fight ended how i expected it too. I didn't think it'd be so quick and abrupt but I figured he'd have some horrible technique. He pounded Mir for about 60 seconds then got up to escape an armbar and left his foot out long and was caught with a footlock. The Maniac. What can I say buddy? Jiu Jitsu Hates you.
Re: UFC 81 :: 2/2 Mandalay bay events center Brock punched Mir in the back of of the head a couple of times, which is illegal. Referee Steve Mazzagatti stopped the match to take a point from Lesnar. I thought he gave a decent account of himself and did have Mir in trouble, but he wasn't as respectful of Mir's submission skill as he needed to be. If he had backed away when he was standing and Mir was on his back, he'd have been okay - he had taken Mir down at will twice at that point already. I think Lesnar will be much better in his next fight. I was praying that Minotauro would win. Having Sylvia as Champion again and watching him grind out decision wins by sumo-wrestling people into a corner again would have sucked.
Brock looked good for his first UFC fight, he just made a few rookie mistakes, hitingin the back of the head and not protecting him self. He was looking for a quick finish, and Mir is smarter than that. I'm sure that Brock will only improve from here.
Re: UFC 81 :: 2/2 Mandalay bay events center I did end up watching the fights at a bar. And they were better than I could have hoped for but I'm still glad I didn't pay to watch. Agreed. He definitely has the talent and drive to become a good MMA fighter but after watching his pre-fight training shows on Spike I say that he actually needs to train with some really good MMA fighters! Not just his old wrestling coaches and a boxing coach. I've liked Mir for a while and after his terrible accident it looks like over his last 2 fights he has finally gotten back to his true self. He's such a smart figher, tactician and unbelievable submission expert. Also agreed here. I hate watching Sylvia fight but I will say at least he tried taking it to Minotauro in this fight unlike when he fought Vera and wouldn't take it to him even though the Truth had a broken hand. There's already talk of a Mir/Sylvia match with the winner taking on Nogueira.
Lesnar show promise in his first UFC fight, but as has been mentioned, his lack of experience was exposed. But Brock has all the tools necessary to be a very good MMA fighter, great wrestling skills with heavy hands, IMO he just needs more fights to get his experience level up. Also, anyone else think Dana White rushed Lesnar into a bigger fight than he was ready for?; for the simple reason that the heavyweight division is ... shall we say lacking(in a big name draw type of way) since Couture left.