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[The ADD]

Just remember Dana is free to change his mind until the contract is signed

 

[Roman Brady]

Dana fukked up letting Pettis drop to 145 instead of the money fight with Bendo(easy backstory of Pettis being the last man to beat him) The Pettis/Aldo bout will no doubt be good but their are plenty of contenders for Aldo at 145( Zombie, Mendes, Swanson) where Bendo has defeated most of his. If anything, I would rather see him fight Thompson then either Maynard(got finished by Frankie, had one of the worst fights of last year with Guida and still almost lost, coming off injury) or Grant(hasn't even beaten a gatekeeper at 155). One thing's for certain, Bendo isn't getting on PPV anytime soon with those two(may even be on FX if its Grant)

dont disagree with any of this

 

[Roman Brady]

Just remember Dana is free to change his mind until the contract is signed

true the thomson vs henderson fight is a no brainer.But seeing as tho benson isnt a draw they can afford to put him in maynard/grant type fights for fuel/fx

 

[johnnydakota]

Pretty solid card I thought. Loved the Mein Brown fight obviously, Matt Brown is a beast, I can't see it happening but him vs Nick Diaz would be such a fun fight to watch.

I thought Gil won the main event. Watched it twice and still feel the same, that being said I could see why some would argue the other way. Exciting to see Gil in the UFC though, lots of potential matches for him, if Alvarez is ever able to officially sign I'd love to see that fight happen.

Is Bang Ludwig really the reason Alpha Male are takin heads off?

Agree that it's surprising to hear Tj Grant's name in title talks right now but I wouldn't sleep on him, a lot of people believe he actually won the fight he had with Hendricks. Also he's looked great at 155 and although he hasn't fought the biggest names he made Wiman and Dunham look worse than I've seen anyone else do.

 

[Screwface Exchange]

couldnt believe when I read that seems with bendo's style and the list of remaining contenders once he beats maynard the LW division will be in the

This is exactly why I dont get why dana letting pettis drop down to fight Aldo? Would seem like perfect time for Pettis Bendo 2, fans have been waiting for that since the 1st one.

Let Aldo continue to clean out that division, let Faber go back up in class n fight Aldo again as a co main event in Cali, it'll help sell some tix and give time for the Zombie to come back n have a warm up fight. Then let Aldo fight zombie and if Aldo wins convincingly then Aldo goes up to 155, as that weight cut has been taking a lot out of him lately. Let Mendes fight sum1 to b da new champ.

 

[johnnydakota]

Anybody catch the reactions of Cain during the Diaz fight?

pretty funny shot, pic taken from sherdog

 

[Starburst]

Pretty solid card I thought. Loved the Mein Brown fight obviously, Matt Brown is a beast, I can't see it happening but him vs Nick Diaz would be such a fun fight to watch.

I thought Gil won the main event. Watched it twice and still feel the same, that being said I could see why some would argue the other way. Exciting to see Gil in the UFC though, lots of potential matches for him, if Alvarez is ever able to officially sign I'd love to see that fight happen.

Is Bang Ludwig really the reason Alpha Male are takin heads off?

Agree that it's surprising to hear Tj Grant's name in title talks right now but I wouldn't sleep on him, a lot of people believe he actually won the fight he had with Hendricks. Also he's looked great at 155 and although he hasn't fought the biggest names he made Wiman and Dunham look worse than I've seen anyone else do.

I think that is pretty much the general consensus, and i think Bendo thought so too, the brow wipe after the announcement was very telling- they need to have a rematch at some point. If Bendo lost would that have meant that the engagement and the ring would have been thrown in the bush?

LOL@ Team Alpha Male throwing Team Alpha Male under the bus-

 

[Starburst]

Chael Sonnen is such a fukk head i can't wait til Jones kicks the shyt out of him

This- his Sctick is getting boring now, he should move to WWE as a heel manager

I was unimpressed with Daniel Cormier- that fight reminded me of the TUF Big Country vs Kimbo prelims

 

[semtex]

Can you imagine how quick Cormier will be if he manages to get down to 205?

 

[123456789]

Anybody catch the reactions of Cain during the Diaz fight?

pretty funny shot, pic taken from sherdog

Isn't that Rhonda sitting next to Cain...that explains the look of horror on her face and the girl next to her.


Is that 2gunz fellow going to have a link to the MMA festivities this weekend? Just asking.

 

[johnnydakota]

Isn't that Rhonda sitting next to Cain...that explains the look of horror on her face and the girl next to her.

Sure is.

Here's an even better look at sad Ronda.

 

[thernbroom]

The full UFC on FOX 7 salaries included:

Benson Henderson: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
def. Gilbert Melendez: $175,000

Daniel Cormier: $126,000 (includes $63,000 win bonus)
def. Frank Mir: $200,000

Josh Thomson: $95,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Nate Diaz: $15,000

Matt Brown: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Jordan Mein: $16,000

Chad Mendes: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus)
def. Darren Elkins: $24,000

Francis Carmont: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus)
def. Lorenz Larkin: $23,000

Myles Jury: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Ramsey Nijem: $14,000

Joseph Benavidez: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
def. Darren Uyenoyama: $12,000

T.J. Dillashaw: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Hugo Viana: $8,000

Jorge Masvidal: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def. Tim Means: $10,000

Anthony Njorkuani: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Roger Bowling: $12,000

Yoel Romero: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Clifford Starks: $8,000

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays.

For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC on FOX 7 bonuses to Romero and Thomson (dual "KO of the Night" winners), and Brown and Mein ("Fight of the Night").

In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Cormier is poised to take quite a bit of thunder away from Jon Jones. If that bowling ball of a man could throw flying kicks like that as a heavyweight, imagine what he could do at 205?

 

[TheLukieBaby]

Who do you think wins Kongo vs Nelson, seems like a dull fight , but hard to call

 

[johnnydakota]

Who do you think wins Kongo vs Nelson, seems like a dull fight , but hard to call

Nelson handles him easily in my opinion. Not a Nelson fan at all but I see this going the way of Kongo Hunt.