Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 "Jon Jones is a great champion, but me in my prime, I was devastating. I was vicious. Nobody could stop me. Of course I could beat him in my prime Jon Jones is in his prime now, so you compare it to something like Ali v Tyson in boxing. You'll never know because it's two different generations. I don't ever want to talk smack about Jones because he's a great role model of the sport but in my prime, I wouldn't count myself out - that's for sure. I would never disrespect him. It'd be a very close fight, a decision. But in my prime I was the best in the world." Â Tito's gone into overdrive this time out, can't blame him considering it's last hurrah and all. But really? Tito can lay claim to being unbeatable in his prime all he wants because nothing can take that run away from him but if them two met i'd be the fucking farm on Jones. Tito was good but he was limited, Jones would have destroyed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members MichaelScarn Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 So is this a 4 hour ppv then? ESPN via Freeview cuts off at 6am, so could we miss the main event? The replay is on Monday late night, so will cut off again I think if thats right. Â Not happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Shows the interest in the PPV that the thread is 18 pages long and the PPV hasn't happened yet  Yeah it's rare a thread for a single UFC event gets this much discussion before it. The only ones I remember being similar were the threads for Brock Lesnar's fights. That's to be expected on a pro wrestling forum given Brock's history.  Cheers wandshogun o9.  Is this a six fight main card? What time does it start? Thanks.  The UFC Primetime and the Silva/Sonnen portion of the Countdown to UFC 148 were terrific. I'm also laughing at the UFC 148: The American Gangster video. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Where's everyone getting this idea of a 6 fight main card/4 hour event? As far as I'm aware it's a standard 5 fight main card with Silva/Sonnen, Ortiz/Griffin, Le/Cote, Kim/Maia, Mendes/McKenzie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 MMA Junkie have it like this:   MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view) Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title) Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar  PRELIMINARY CARD (FX) Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Gleison Tibau Fabricio Camoes vs. Melvin Guillard Riki Fukuda vs. Constantinos Philippou John Alessio vs. Shane Roller  PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook) Yoislandy Izquierdo vs. Rafaello Oliveira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hmm, interesting. I certainly hope it's not a 4 hour broadcast as the idea of trying to stay up till 6.30am sounds like a painful experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Despite my excitement, I'll stick to my usual routine of watching as soon as I get up Sunday morning. I always struggle to stay awake and I end not concentrating and missing stuff when I start to get tired. Â I'll be like a kid on Christmas morning though. Awake by 6 am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Despite my excitement, I'll stick to my usual routine of watching as soon as I get up Sunday morning. I always struggle to stay awake and I end not concentrating and missing stuff when I start to get tired. Â I'll be like a kid on Christmas morning though. Awake by 6 am. Â I normally do that, but with this one I can't do it. Waking up in the morning, with the thought of not watching the biggest MMA fight of all time live will be too disheartening for me. Â As mentioned earlier the last event I stayed up for was Lesnar/Overeem and I actually found it quite easy. Just had a sleep earlier in the day, followed by trip out to the casino with a couple drinks and back by midnight to watch the prelims etc. Not doing the casino this time though, but I'm hoping that the adrenaline for the fight will keep me going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members MichaelScarn Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 ESPN UK have these 2 times for it: Sat pm/Sun am 3am start duration 240 minutes Mon pm/Tues am start Midnight duration 240 minutes  From what I can tell on UFC.com for US viewers, the post show starts at 02:00 on Saturday morning (I assume that means eastern time), so with 10pm eastern start (which fits in with 3am UK time start), that also indicates 4 hours doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryko Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I stay up for every event. No sleep during the day, just some chocolate and lemonade or something, to keep me going through the night. In bed right after the main event finishes and usually awake agin by 9. It usually hits me on the Sunday night when I'll end up getting in bed earlier than normal and sleep right the way through til my alarm goes off. Â I think in the last 2-3 years, I've only not watched 3 or 4 cards live on ESPN. It's the best way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 I'm in two minds whether to try and get my timings right so I wake up before Silva/Sonnen II or watch the whole show. The former is risky as you don't know what time the fights before it end (I'm predicting a lot of decisions). All about Silva/Sonnen II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I think I've watched one event live since I started watching UFC, and that's only because I wasn't at home and couldn't slink off to bed. Missing the live aspect doesn't really bother me. As long as I can avoid spoilers (which is easy) I have no problem at all. Besides, I like my UFC with a sausage and egg mcmuffin. It's my routine now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I've never stayed up to watch an event. I usually stay spoiler free & we put it on about 5pm on the Sunday with nibbles for tea & a couple of beers. We'll be doing the same this Sunday, it's our UFC weekend routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 The only problem I have with watching a recording is that i KNOW that I can fast forward if I find a fight boring. There's something about watching a fight knowing that it is happening right at that second which adds something special to the feel of the event. Â Every event I've watched recorded just lacked that special feel and depriving an event of this magnitude of that doesn't sit well with me. So I will be stacking up the sugar induced treats for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted July 5, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I always try to watch live. I usually don't have a problem staying awake because I've always been more of a night owl. Always had shitty sleep anyway and work nights a fair bit so I'm kinda used to it. Â I can't remember the last one I didn't watch live. It was most certainly a mid week Fight Night though where I'd either be working that night or have to get up early next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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