Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 23, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 Only a month or so away now.   PPV MAIN CARD (ESPN) Junior Dos Santos vs Frank Mir - UFC Heavyweight Title Cain Velasquez vs Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva Roy Nelson vs Dave Herman Stipe Miocic vs Shane Del Rosario Stefan Struve vs Lavar Johnson  FX PRELIMS (ufc.tv) Diego Brandao vs Darren Elkins Edson Barboza vs Jamie Varner Jason 'Mayhem' Miller vs CB Dollaway Dan Hardy vs Duane Ludwig  FACEBOOK PRELIMS Jacob Volkmann vs Paul Sass Kyle Kingsbury vs Glover Teixeira Mike Brown vs Daniel Pineda  Even Overeem's dodgy piss couldn't fuck this card up.  Amazing line up. I like the all heavyweight main card. And the prelims portion could easily be an event by itself. Even as awesome as the last year or so has been, this is the first show I recall in maybe ever where I'm excited about literally every fight. Well, we'll see who they match Big Country up with but for the rest of the card there's no fight that's 'just there' for me.  Dos Santos vs Mir has a great story behind it. There's no real bad blood between them but the history between Mir and Big Nog and Dos Santos' ties to Nog make this very interesting. They were planning a Primetime series for JDS/Reem and I really hope they go ahead with it for this fight. Mir's a better talker than Reem anyway and the possibilities for them to play up Nog's broken arm and JDS coming for revenge could make this the best Primetime yet I reckon.  Cain vs Bigfoot should be fun. Both coming off quick KO losses so they'll be out to impress. I'm really interested to see how Cain looks coming off his first loss especially.  Hunt vs Struve has FOTN potential written all over it. Struve's never in a crap fight and Hunt's on a run of good form at the minute. Dunno who to root for in that one cos I love both of them.  All the prelims look excellent. Barboza/Dunham could be a belter. I can't wait to see Diego Brandao again. Pineda's a promising young fighter and Brown's his first big step up. Teixeira's UFC debut finally. Hardy and Mayhem need a win to stay employed and Sass vs Volkmann is a really intruiging for me. Sass is a beast on the ground but Volkmann's got a really tough style to fight against, top grappling and doesn't take risks. It will be interesting to see how Sass matches up with him on the ground.  On paper this could be the UFC show of the year if the fight's deliver like expected. This and UFC 148 in July are the ones I'm most excited about in the coming months.   What say you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 23, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 there's not many fights where i get an instant feeling on what exactly's gonna happen, but that's what i get here. JDS first round KO, Mir will no doubt try and stand for a bit and it'll cost him. Mir was on queer street against Big Nog early on and if JDS lands it's gonna be over. Mir will sell it well and you always have that unpredictable factor in his fights but i can't see anything other than a JDS KO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 Yeah if you look at Mir's ways to win this fight and take into account their strengths and weaknesses, it doesn't look good for him.  His most obvious threat is with submissions but to do that he's gonna have to either  a) get him down  or  b) drop him standing and then lock on a sub.  Taking him down has proved damn near impossible. Better takedown artists than Mir have tried and failed. Carwin couldn't do it in 15 minutes. Cain tried and couldn't do it. Gonzaga and Nelson couldn't do it. I'd be very surprised if Mir is the first man to successfully takedown Cigano and keep him there.  The second option is even more risky. Mir has some power but he's well and truly outgunned on the feet against JDS in my opinion. For my money JDS hits harder, he's quicker, more accurate and he's got a really solid chin as evidenced by him eating bombs off Carwin and Nelson and not even flinching or backing up.  So if that's the options for a submission, his best chance, then it's not looking good at all. Trying to KO Dos Santos will probably lead to him having an early nap for the reasons above. And let's face it, Mir doesn't have the gastank to be winning a 5 round decision.  Then you add in the factor of Mir having snapped Nog's arm just to give Dos Santos some extra motivation.  Well, Mir's fucked isn't he.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I fucking love the GIF above. Â Everything that has been said about JDS vs Mir above I can agree on 100% Â That said despite the hype for Jones vs Suga, I am looking forward to this more as a massive JDS fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted April 23, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 I'd just like to add that people have been writing Mir off for the past couple of years, yet he's managed to come away with the wins. He knows how to survive and win in there. Â I think this is going to be a much trickier fight for JDS than one with Overeem because Mir has far more weapons he can use. With Overeem you know what you're getting, Mir is pretty bloody great at a lot of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryko Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Great card, but one for the Prelims, I hope Ludwig knocks Dan Hardy out cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 I'd just like to add that people have been writing Mir off for the past couple of years, yet he's managed to come away with the wins. He knows how to survive and win in there. I think this is going to be a much trickier fight for JDS than one with Overeem because Mir has far more weapons he can use. With Overeem you know what you're getting, Mir is pretty bloody great at a lot of things.  Yeah to be fair, I think Mir's actually gone from being massively overrated (after his wins over Brock and Nog the first time), to being a tad underrated more recently.  When predicting a Mir fight, I just can't shake the image of 205er Brandon Vera wasting him with knees, or Dan Christison taking him to a close decision. He has improved since then no doubt. Mostly in his stand up.  I just think of all the heavyweights in the UFC, Dos Santos is a nightmare style wise for him. Too good on the feet and too hard to take down.  My mate who is a big fan of Mir (cunt), reckons Mir being southpaw will throw Dos Santos off. I doubt it. We've only saw him fight one lefty so far and that was Cro Cop who he wrecked. His coach Luis Dorea has trained boxers for years, I'm sure he'll have him ready and be bringing in the southpaws for sparring. Also, Dos Santos has access to Little Nog and Anderson Silva who are both southpaw and better boxers than Mir so he should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted April 23, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 I know this is going to sound strange, but Frank Mir is the only fighter I've literally had nightmares about. There's something about Frank Mir that scares the shit out of me. I think it's something to do with the fact that Mir snaps limbs. You don't often see it, but Mir has been responsible for a fair few. Â There is something about an Armbar that terrifies me as an MMA fan, and after that Big Nog snap Mir just comes across scary. Â However, in relation to this fight, I can't see past a JDS win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SinN6 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 One thing that is in Mir his favor is that he was already training for a kickboxer. JDS now has a complete diff opponent to study.  Love the HW card! Main card full of studs Struve, Mir, Hunt, JDS, Cain and the undercard is stacked too. Great show on paper  Here is to another broken brazilian arm!!!   Look at the sad face of Big Nog. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 23, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 Dana White said in the post-UFC 145 interviews that the card is gonna change up a bit, so they may switch around Del Rosario/Gonzaga too. He confirmed that Hunt/Struve is staying together but we might get some other changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Roy Nelson vs Gabe Gonzaga has been confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackie Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Dana has just said on Twitter that it will be Roy Nelson vs Gabriel Gonzaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmcstyles Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Dana has just said on Twitter that it will be Roy Nelson vs Gabriel Gonzaga Gotta cheer for Gonzaga on this one, been a fan of his since the Cro Cop KO. Hopefully this will be Roy Nelsons last fight at HW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METAL ON METAL Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Stipe Miocic has stepped up to fight Del Rosario, yet another great looking fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 24, 2012 I like the new fights. They've done a good job on this card, despite me being disappointed about JDS/Reem not happening, Overeem's absense hasn't put a dent in the card for me. Â I really like the sound of Miocic/Del Rosario. That's a good fight to make. I'm hoping Del Rosario comes in in good shape, isn't this his first fight back after a car crash or something? I've liked what I've seen so far of Miocic aswell. Â I'm rooting for Gonzaga too, I like Big Country but I've always felt like Gonzaga's a lot better than he's shown at times. I'd love to see him find some consistancy. He looked good last time out and I was glad to see him going back to his BJJ. Not sure what the tactics will be against Nelson though, good grappling and a concrete chin. Should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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