robj55;980162 wrote:How was round 5 not 10-8? Fucking crazy, both had each other hurt multiple times, I thought Hendo was damn near out on his feet when Shogun landed that uppercut, please have a rematch.

Agreed.

Soooooo pissed I missed that fight.

The_Crosby_Show;980309 wrote:

love it, two warriors, much respect

hoops23;980306 wrote:Soooooo pissed I missed that fight.

you def missed one of the best fights ever

that was awesome both guys gave all they had i wish the ufc wwoulda had this one as the first fight on fox the ratings woulda been through the roof by the 5th round

How was round 5 not 10-8? ****ing crazy, both had each other hurt multiple times, I thought Hendo was damn near out on his feet when Shogun landed that uppercut, please have a rematch.

Coulda been probably shoulda been but alot of the punches Rua threw were weak bc he was so tired so it didnt create to much damage

sportchampps;980316 wrote:Coulda been probably shoulda been but alot of the punches Rua threw were weak bc he was so tired so it didnt create to much damage

He held mount the entire round and ground and pounded, that is a 10-8 round without question in my mind, unreal fight though, one for the ages.

robj55;980318 wrote:He held mount the entire round and ground and pounded, that is a 10-8 round without question in my mind, unreal fight though, one for the ages.

I thought both guys had a 10-8 round which means it came down to hendo winning rounds 1 and 2 10-9 (was it the 3rd he almost finished him? I think it was 10-8 for hendo) over ruas 10-9 in the 4th

So stoked hendo won. If this were a 3 round fight we'd be talking about how shogun was completely dominated and i probably would've been calling him overrated. But damn did he end strong, i'm definitely a shogun fan after this fight.

Love the interview with rogan "That guy can take an effing punch!" -hendo

Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez put on a show in their Bellator title fight!!

Fab1b;980514 wrote:Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez put on a show in their Bellator title fight!!

I was getting ready to post the same thing , One Hell of a Fight

I DVR'd it last night watched this morning could be fight of the year!

Watched that Chandler/Alvarez fight and that was sick! Looked like Alvarez almost quit though. Fedor defeated Monson by unanimous decision in a fight where he bloodied and dropped Monson several times, and took little to no damage himself.

Mmajunkie.com posted the Alvarez fight if anyone didn't see it

[video]http://bjpenn.com/news/2011/11/20/mma-news-fedor-emelianenko-victorious-over-jeff-monson-video-8375.html?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=twitterfeed[/video]

For anyone that's interested

Does anyone have a clue as to the method of how the UFC pays the fighters? I saw somewhere that Cung Le made the most money and he was the loser of the first main event fight.

Anderson Silva will be out til June. When guess what, the UFC is speculated to go back to Brazil.

Also, looks like it'll be Sonnen/Munoz on UFC on FOX 2

bigdaddy2003;984546 wrote:Does anyone have a clue as to the method of how the UFC pays the fighters? I saw somewhere that Cung Le made the most money and he was the loser of the first main event fight.

It's all contractual, most make a base salary then get that same amount bonus if they win. Some are contracted with no win bonus. Cung was set to make 350k for the fight, then he got the 70k bonus for fight of the night. Honestly that is only disclosed pay, and is not accurate, they don't actually release what these guys make. The upper echelon guys make a center percent of the pay per view, someone like GSP probably gets 2-3$ for every ppv buy. He was quoted saying that he makes 4-5 million a fight. Then you always have sponsorships which can be quite substantial.

The_Crosby_Show;984591 wrote:Anderson Silva will be out til June. When guess what, the UFC is speculated to go back to Brazil.

Also, looks like it'll be Sonnen/Munoz on UFC on FOX 2

Out til June? Wow

Upcoming cards with big fights listed:

The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale - December 3rd on Spike TV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Jason Miller vs. Michael Bisping
Tony Ferguson vs. Yves Edwards
Featherweight Finalist #1 vs. Finalist #2
Bantamweight Finalist #1 vs. Finalist #2

UFC 140 - December 10th on PPV from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jon Jones (c) vs. Lyoto Machida for Light Heavyweight Title
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir II
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz
Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Igor Pokrajac

Strikeforce 37 - December 17th on Showtime from TBA
Gilbert Melendez (c) vs. Jorge Masvidal for Lightweight Title
Cristiane Santos (c) vs. Hiroki Yamanaka for Women's Featherweight Title
Gegard Mousasi vs. Ovince St. Preux

UFC 141 - Friday, December 30th on PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem (to determine number one contender)
Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone
Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexander Gustafsson

UFC 142 - January 14th on PPV from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jose Aldo (c) vs. Chad Mendes for Featherweight Title
Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson

UFC Fight Night - January 20th on FX from Nashville, Tennessee
Jim Miller vs. Melvin Guillard
Josh Neer vs. Duane Ludwig
Pat Barry vs. Christian Morecraft

UFC on Fox 2 - January 28th on FOX from Chicago, Illinois
Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis
Chael Sonnen vs. Mark Munoz
Jon Olav Einemo vs. Mike Russow

UFC 143 - February 4th on PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Georges St-Pierre (c) vs. Nick Diaz for Welterweight Title
Carlos Condit vs. Josh Koscheck

UFC on FUEL TV 1: February 15th on Fuel TV from Omaha, Nebraska
Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger

UFC 144 - February 25th on PPV from Saitama, Japan
Frank Edgar (c) vs. Ben Henderson for Lightweight Title
Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader
Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields
Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon

UFC 145 - March 4th on PPV from Sydney, Australia
Thiago Alves vs. Martin Kampmann

141 isn't looking great to me so far.

Who does everyone think will win Saturday between Bisping and Mayhem?

I hope Mayhem KO's the Brit!

Leben tests positive for drug abuse, susp. 1 year by Zuffa.

Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (“the UFC®&#8221, today released information stating that middleweight fighter Chris Leben tested positive for Oxycodone and Oxymorphone following his Nov. 5 loss to Mark Munoz in the main event of UFC® 138 in Birmingham, England.
As a result of the positive test, Leben will be suspended from fighting for one (1) year.

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/367421/Leben-tests-positive-for-drugs-of-abuse-suspended-1-yr-by-Zuffa/