No longer "just a striker," UFC 115 winner Martin Kampmann wants top 170-pounders

http://mmajunkie.com/news/19523/no-longer-just-a-stiker-ufc-115-winner-martin-kampmann-wants-top-170-pounders.mma

Great set of fights...so much better than 114! Our whole party loved all the fights except for the Yvel one...that one was DULL!

Can't wait until July 3rd!

Upcoming events (followed by big fights):

Strikeforce: Los Angeles - June 16th from Los Angeles, California
Robbie Lawler vs. Babalu Sobral
Marius Zaromskis vs. Evangelista Santos

The Ultimate Fighter 11 finale - June 19th on Spike TV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Matt Hammill vs. Keith Jardine
Court McGee vs. Kris McCray
Aaron Simpson vs. Chris Leben
Spencer Fisher vs. Dennis Siver

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
Christine Santos (c) vs. Jan Finney for Women's Featherweight Title

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
Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic

UFC on Versus 2 - August 1st on Versus from San Diego, California
Jon Jones vs. Vladimir Matuyshenko
Mark Munoz vs. Yushin Okami
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
Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida
Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Junior dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson
Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves
Thiago Silva vs. Tim Boetsch

WEC 50 - August 18th on Versus from Las Vegas, Nevada
Dominick Cruz (c) vs. Joseph Benavidez II for Bantamweight Title
Urijah Faber vs. Takeya Mizugaki
Anthony Pettis vs. Shane Roller

Strikeforce 27 - August 21st on ??? from Houston, Texas
Muhammad Lawal (c) vs. ??? for Light Heavyweight Title

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

WEC 51 - September 8th on Versus from TBA
???

UFC Fight Night 22 - September 15th on Spike TV
Demian Maia vs. Alan Belcher
Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau
Cole Miller vs. Ross Pearson

UFC 119 - September 25th on PPV from Indianapolis, Indiana
Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens
Matt Mitrione vs. Joey Beltran

WEC 52 - October 13th on Versus from ???
???

UFC 120 - October 16th on PPV/Spike TV from London, England
Dan Hardy vs. ???
Michael Bisping vs. ???

UFC 121 - November 13th on PPV from Oberhausen, Germany
Vitor Belfort vs. ???

WEC 52 - November 24th on Versus from ???
???

The Ultimate Fighter 12 finale - December 4th on Spike TV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Lightweight Finalist #1 vs. Lightweight Finalist #2

I am out of town this Sat and Sunday, got the DVR set up for UFC and WEC. Gonna have to find the Strikeforce videos online!

There are movie theaters down here showing these fights. Someone said today it was better than any bar he's been to, big screen and surround sound was almost like being there in person.

Yeah, I would watch fights in a theater any day over a bar. I mean you obviously have your pros and cons to both but every bar I have ever watched a fight in has been crowded, hot, and uncomfortable. The only pro to a bar would be the drinks.

I prefer my home for fights or friends houses. I don't like the bars or places like BW3 because they get jammed packed. I don't wanna pay 10 bucks for some popcorn and another 5 bucks for a coke at a movie theatre and no beer there.

Tinseltown in North Canton shows the fights in one of their big theatres. We are going to try it for Lesnar/Carwin, we usually have the fights at our house with people over.

how much do the theatres cost i know for 3d osu games they charged like 15 bucks

I'll stick to my internet, and hooking my computer to my TV for big fights. Then, I got the fight on 46" screen, beer, no crowd, and for free right in the comfort of my own home.

I think the theatres are either 15 or 20 bucks.

jmog, can you get more info on the North Canton one? I might have to hit that up. You're talking about the one by the strip beside the Walmart right?

I Wear Pants;391721 wrote:jmog, can you get more info on the North Canton one? I might have to hit that up. You're talking about the one by the strip beside the Walmart right?

Yup, they show the UFCs, I believe its $20 a ticket, on one of their 2 huge theatres that seat a couple hundred.

Here is a list of theatres that held last weeks UFC and the list will be the same or similar for UFC 116.

http://www.ncm.com/FathomContent/PDF/EventTheatresReport_UFC115.pdf

Oh, and everything I've read is that it is in complete HD and surround sound.

Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar training together as Couture prepares for James Toney in August, Lesnar compares for Carwin on July 3rd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quyrh-oVO-4

TUF was a pretty good card. I was glad to see Hammill get a win and Court McGee looked tough. I also thought that Chris Leban looked really good.

a 46" TV is pretty small by todays standards. It was great to see Chris Leben get an impressive win last night.

I was glad to see Leben pick up the W. I also liked Court McGee winning the contract. Anyone else think it may be time for Jardine to either leave the UFC or change weight classes?

bigdaddy2003;395864 wrote:I was glad to see Leben pick up the W. I also liked Court McGee winning the contract. Anyone else think it may be time for Jardine to either leave the UFC or change weight classes?

I prefer him leave the UFC but don't think he will be cut because of the two big wins he has (F. Griffin, C. Liddell). I can't stand Jardine. He is 6-7 in the UFC and has lost four fights in a row and five of his last six fights (lone win over Brandon Vera).

Leonardo;396060 wrote:I prefer him leave the UFC but don't think he will be cut because of the two big wins he has (F. Griffin, C. Liddell). I can't stand Jardine. He is 6-7 in the UFC and has lost four fights in a row and five of his last six fights (lone win over Brandon Vera).

Yeah, I can't stand him either. Yeah, he probably won't get cut but luckily we don't have to see him fight that often.

I dont really think Jardine could drop another weight class doesnt look like he has 20 pounds to lose when he is at 205

James McSweeney wants TUF 11 loss overturned due to 'illegal strikes', acxcording to camp:
http://mmajunkie.com/news/19634/james-mcsweeneys-camp-wants-tuf-11-finale-loss-overturned-nsac-head-responds.mma

McSweeney is a bitch.

Wanderlei Silva withdraws from UFC 116 fight with Yoshihiro Akiyama...
http://mmajunkie.com/news/19649/injured-wanderlei-silva-out-of-ufc-116-co-headliner-replacement-search-underway.mma

...and Chris Leben, who fought last week, steps in to fight Akiyama:
http://mmajunkie.com/news/19650/chris-leben-agrees-to-replace-injured-wanderlei-silva-in-ufc-116-co-main-event.mma

Yeah Mcsweeney is a hoe, I kinda wish Rampage would of just dropped him when he was talking shit during TUF

I finally was able to catch both the TUF Finale and the WEC, again great cards, good fights. Cannot wait for Lesnar/Carwin.