TildeGuy~! Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Holly Holm Vs Megan Anderson has been announced for UFC 225... what a whopper card that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mole Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 The thing with ESPN & NBC "owning fighters" means they have a say on who gets pushed and who doesn't, so guys don't just get flip flopped from company to company, you will have ESPN acting like HBO does with their guys and vice versa with NBC & Showtime. Europe may get more fights, NBC & NBCSN shows the Premier league half a year of NASCAR & full NHL season and normal NBC is capable of running 8-11 unlike Fox who are only meant to run 8-10 then local news kicks in, ESPN2 will show majority of ESPN UFC stuff including classics but obviously ESPN is easiest the number one Sports Network and especially for normal ESPN & PPV fights they will promote them massively, leading to bigger sales/ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzExile Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Fuck Yeah! I just so happen to be in the Motherland when Till - Wonderboy is on. Got myself a ticket. Looks like it sold out pretty much within moments of general sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzExile Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 21 hours ago, TildeGuy~! said: Holly Holm Vs Megan Anderson has been announced for UFC 225... what a whopper card that is Huge! Cm Punk now confirmed for it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzExile Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 SHIT! So many fights on it that I'd forgotten about. Card of the year contender, this will be. Whittaker - Romero RDA - Covington Overeem - Blaydes Holm - Anderson Benavidez - Pettis Gadelha - Esparza Arlovski - Tuivasa Rashad v Smith Coulter v Crowder Santiago v Ige Lamas - Bektic Punk - Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted April 13, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2018 Jesus I can't figure out what five fights will end up on the PPV portion of that card. Maybe: Whittaker Vs Romero RDA Vs Covington Overeem Vs Blaydes Holm Vs Anderson Punk Vs Jackson Then on the FS1 portion you could have: Arlovski Vs Tuivasa Benavidez Vs Pettis Lamas Vs Bektic Gadelha Vs Esparza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Can't imagine Rashad isn't even going to get on to FS1. That'd be tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted April 13, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2018 It's where he's at these days unfortunately. Every other fight in my post has more relavance (apart from Punk Vs Jackson - which is booked to sell tickets and PPV's so it has to be on the PPV portion) with the exception of Santiago's fight and Coulter's. That's not to say that UFC won't put him on FS1 though and bump somebody else to Fight Pass, but they shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Unfortunately, Evans is now one of those guys who's trading on name value alone. He's lost his last four on the bounce, and his last win was against Chael Sonnen almost five years ago. The guy is just about finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 13, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2018 Yeah, I'll have the 225 thread up today or tomorrow so was looking up the card earlier. Ridiculous card. And a couple of really good fights on there that I didn't know were booked. Rashad is so done though. It's a shame but that time comes for every fighter. He hasn't looked good since battering Chael. 5 years ago. He just doesn't have it anymore. He's such a likeable guy, he's great as a FOX analyst, one of my favourites. And I think he would be a fantastic addition to the colour commentary rotating squad. He's shown qualities of an excellent trainer with his work with some of the Blackzilians guys in the past and his TUF stint, if he wanted to go the coach route. There's a lot he can still offer and add to the sport other than fighting but it seems he hasn't fully got it out of his system yet, plus the extra money must be hard hi give up too. I hope he stops soon though. It's been hard to watch his decline the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 2 hours ago, wandshogun09 said: Yeah, I'll have the 225 thread up today or tomorrow so was looking up the card earlier. Ridiculous card. Fight cancellations incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 13, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2018 Yeah, I'm scared to now. I'll leave it today. I already seem to be a jinx anyway, so me putting the thread up on Friday 13th is just asking for it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzExile Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Anyone going up to Liverpool for the Fight Night card from London? Looking at trains on the day, they are heavily delayed (3-5 hours instead 2hr15 / 2hr30) and about 86 GBP return. I fly into Heathrow on the Saturday night. Thinking of getting the Megabus up if no better option. If anyone's going up via car with space for a little one who would part with petrol money (with a big suitcase), pm me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bono Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 7 hours ago, OzExile said: Anyone going up to Liverpool for the Fight Night card from London? Looking at trains on the day, they are heavily delayed (3-5 hours instead 2hr15 / 2hr30) and about 86 GBP return. I fly into Heathrow on the Saturday night. Thinking of getting the Megabus up if no better option. If anyone's going up via car with space for a little one who would part with petrol money (with a big suitcase), pm me. I checked train prices from the midlands last week and they were all direct trains for £29 return. Now there still the same price with 2-3 changes. Some taking 3 hours. I'm presuming because it's a bank holiday weekend theve decided to do some engineering works and the liverpool line is effected. That's the only thing I could think of. i wasn't sure what time trains to get so I phoned the echo arena today and they said gates open at 1.30pm and the first fight is 2.30pm .They said that's the times theve been given but it could change. Wonder why it's an afternoon card here, won't that make it really early in the states? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzExile Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 10 hours ago, bono said: I checked train prices from the midlands last week and they were all direct trains for £29 return. Now there still the same price with 2-3 changes. Some taking 3 hours. I'm presuming because it's a bank holiday weekend theve decided to do some engineering works and the liverpool line is effected. That's the only thing I could think of. i wasn't sure what time trains to get so I phoned the echo arena today and they said gates open at 1.30pm and the first fight is 2.30pm .They said that's the times theve been given but it could change. Wonder why it's an afternoon card here, won't that make it really early in the states? Kin ell. Looks like it's the Megabus, whoop dee fucking doo. I assume the police have decided it can't go on any later than 10pm or so? The main card will probably start at 6 or 7pm, so not too early for the States. In the event that Liverpool win the Champions League the night before - there will be a bus tour around the city, wonder if they'll leave it until the Monday though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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