I wasn't going to buy it because it just sounded like a main event ppv but it turned out to be decent. Koscheck isn't exciting but neither is GSP. I don't care for either of them but I kind of hope Koscheck finds a way to pull out a victory. Daley is a douche for the sucker punch. Shogun had to beat Machida twice just to get the belt. Crazy. What are the chances Kimbo signs with Strikeforce?

Not sure what will happen with Kimbo. Japan I think is where he goes, he could become a superstar over there!! There is no doubt Rua is getting to old form. His first fights in the UFC against Coleman and Griffin he looked terrible but then it started coming back KO'ing Liddell and IMO beating Machida in fight 1, and that performance last night was fantastic. I'll eat crow here as I didn't even think Rua should have gotten the first shot at Machida so crow tastes terrible!! I do expect Daley to sign with Strikeforce or Bellator possibly. I think GSP dominates Kos again but it will not be an exciting fight for most, I would expect 25 minutes of wrestling but as a wrestler myself that is quite fine by me!! People don't understand or the casual MMA fan doesn't understand how big grappling and wrestling is to be successful in MMA!

Fab1b wrote: Not sure what will happen with Kimbo. Japan I think is where he goes, he could become a superstar over there!! There is no doubt Rua is getting to old form. His first fights in the UFC against Coleman and Griffin he looked terrible but then it started coming back KO'ing Liddell and IMO beating Machida in fight 1, and that performance last night was fantastic. I'll eat crow here as I didn't even think Rua should have gotten the first shot at Machida so crow tastes terrible!! I do expect Daley to sign with Strikeforce or Bellator possibly. I think GSP dominates Kos again but it will not be an exciting fight for most, I would expect 25 minutes of wrestling but as a wrestler myself that is quite fine by me!! People don't understand or the casual MMA fan doesn't understand how big grappling and wrestling is to be successful in MMA!

Exactly. When I watch two Wrestlers go at it, I appreciate it even more.

Fab, did the ref take Daley down?

It did look like he took Daley down but I didn't notice that live I think the camera cut away and that clip stopped short so I am actually not 100% on that.

I think he just held him against the cage.

He pushed him against the cage while say "Are you fricken kidding me? What's the matter with you?"

The camera cuts away where your gif ends fab... I replaced my youtube video above with a longer, working (for now) one that shows it.

When the ref spun him around at the end there it looks like he was able to maintain balance, then the ref put him back up against the cage.

Brian Cushing (suspended Houston LB for violating NFL's steriod policy) has been trianing MMA with Jay Glazer and Randy Couture, love Glazer's take on Cushing:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AhUAlLpdjeg4aBHgZ0SvNq5DubYF?slug=nfp-brian_cushing_i_did_not_take_a_steroid_html-201058

Cushing has been doing MMA training with Jay Glazer, who wrote the story for FOX.

And Glazer has expressed disappointment with Cushing.

"In today's NFL guys have to be fully responsible for what goes in their bodies," Glazer wrote on his Twitter account. "I don't care if it was steroidal or not, it's on the player! ..

"Right now, no, we will not be training him. We do not want to be associated w any of this crap. Gotta cool off b4 we make a final decision."

Glazer has been working with former UFC champion Randy Couture to train Cushing.

"I talked w Couture last night, we are both extremely pissed about the whole mess," Glazer wrote. "just being associated w any of this crap."

It's amazing how much Couture is the man.

full UFC 113:
http://atdhe.net/5282/watch-ufc-113

Kimbo is cut as well

Fab1b wrote: full UFC 113:
http://atdhe.net/5282/watch-ufc-113

The sound is wayyyy off.

Daley made about as much contact with that punch after the fight as he did with his "knee" to Kos's head lol.

Junior Dos Santos/Roy Nelson in works for UFC 117:
http://mmajunkie.com/news/19070/roy-nelson-vs-junior-dos-santos-in-the-works-for-ufc-117-main-card.mma

LTrain23 wrote: Paul Daley has been released by the UFC.

Dana White said "I don't care if Daley becomes the #1 p4p fighter in MMA, he won't be in our octagon again"

Just saw this on MMA Live on ESPN 2 a few minutes ago.

As much as Kos LnP to a victory and I don't like that at all (plus Kos is a douche), Daley deserved to be banned.

I said that right after the punch, told the people watching it at my house that "Daley just threw his last punch in the Octagon".

Daley apologizes.

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=11468&zoneid=2

I still think his suspension/ban from the UFC is warranted, but his apology does seem sincere.

Oh, and Kos is still a douche, faking the knee to head thing.

They both seem like tremendous douches.

Fab1b wrote: Junior Dos Santos/Roy Nelson in works for UFC 117:
http://mmajunkie.com/news/19070/roy-nelson-vs-junior-dos-santos-in-the-works-for-ufc-117-main-card.mma

I hope Dos Santos runs through Nelson.

^^
I'd be surprised if he didn't. HUGE step up for Nelson and I don't think he'll remotely be able to handle Junior.

Heretic wrote: ^^
I'd be surprised if he didn't. HUGE step up for Nelson and I don't think he'll remotely be able to handle Junior.

That fight is determined by whether or not Nelson can get dos Santos to the ground.

If he can, Nelson wins easy as he's a better ground fighter. If he can't dos Santos KOs him.

Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos targeted for UFC 117 in August

http://mmajunkie.com/news/19073/clay-guida-vs-rafael-dos-anjos-targeted-for-ufc-117-in-august.mma

jmog wrote:

Heretic wrote: ^^
I'd be surprised if he didn't. HUGE step up for Nelson and I don't think he'll remotely be able to handle Junior.

That fight is determined by whether or not Nelson can get dos Santos to the ground.

If he can, Nelson wins easy as he's a better ground fighter. If he can't dos Santos KOs him.

Exactly what i was thinking...JDS will be working his takedown defense extremely hard for this fight

The_Crosby_Show wrote: Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos targeted for UFC 117 in August

http://mmajunkie.com/news/19073/clay-guida-vs-rafael-dos-anjos-targeted-for-ufc-117-in-august.mma

This should be good fight...Dos Anjos has elite BJJ skills so look for him to try and take this to the ground...It seems like all of Guida's fights are entertaining

Upcoming events (followed by big fights):

Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery - May 15th on Showtime from St. Louis, Missouri
Alistair Overeem (c) vs. Brett Rogers for Heavyweight Title
Andrei Arlovski vs. Antonio Silva
Kevin Randleman vs. Roger Gracie

UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans - May 29th on PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans
Michael Bisping vs. Dan Miller
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Jason Brilz
Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway
Amir Sadollah vs. Dong Hyun Kim

UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin - June 12th on PPV from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Chuck Liddell vs. Rich Franklin
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Pat Barry
Martin Kampmann vs. Paulo Thiago
Ben Rothwell vs. Gilbert Yvel
Tyson Griffin vs. Evan Dunhan

Strikeforce: Los Angeles - June 16th from Los Angeles, California
Robbie Lawler vs. Babalu Sobral
Bobby Lashley vs. ???

The Ultimate Fighter 11 finale - June 19th on Spike TV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Middleweight Finalist #1 vs. Middleweight Finalist #2
Matt Hammill vs. Keith Jardine
Aaron Simpson vs. Chris Leben
James McSweeney vs. Travis Browne

WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus - June 20th on Versus from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jamie Varner vs. Kamal Shalorus
Josh Grispi vs. L.C. Davis
Chris Horodecki vs. Ed Radcliff

Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum - June 26th from San Jose, California
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum
Cung Le vs. Scott Smith II

UFC 116 - July 3rd on PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Shane Carwin (ic) for Undisputed Heavyweight Title
Wanderlei Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski II
Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos

UFC on Versus 2 - August 1st on Versus from Salt Lake City, Utah
Jon Jones vs. Vladimir Matuyshenko
Joe Stevenson vs. Takanori Gomi
John Howard vs. Jake Ellenberger

UFC 117 - August 7th on PPV from Oakland, California
Anderson Silva (c) vs. Chael Sonnen for Middleweight Title
Junior dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson
Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves
Thiago Silva vs. Tim Boetsch
Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida

UFC 118 - August 28th on PPV from Boston, Massachusetts
Frankie Edgar (c) vs. B.J. Penn II for Lightweight Title
Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard
Randy Couture vs. James Toney
Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares