Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 It's coming soon. Who's going? Looks like a very strong card, especially for a FUEL show.   FUEL MAIN CARD (ESPN - 9pm) Stefan Struve vs Stipe Miocic Dan Hardy vs Amir Sadollah Brad Pickett vs Yves Jabouin Matt Wiman vs Paul Sass John Hathaway vs John Maguire Duane Ludwig vs Che Mills  FACEBOOK PRELIMS (6pm) Kyle Kingsbury vs Jimi Manuwa Akira Corassani vs Andy Ogle Brad Tavares vs Tom Watson Gunnar Nelson vs DaMarques Johnson Jason Young vs Robert Peralta  Wasn't going to bother doing one of these posts again but I'm bored shitless and it's either this or Eastenders.  You'll all know the Queen is a massive UFC fan   Common knowledge, she loves it. But she wasn't keen on a recent event   Hopefully this one reaches her expectations, for Dana's sake...   Main event looks good. No way it's going 5 rounds. We'll either see;  STIPE SMASH!  or  Struve taking an absolute belting and pulling out another comeback  ...either way I don't see an easy route for the 'Skyscraper' in this one.  And just for the record...  Struve would have fought Jones.  Co-main event features Nottingham's own..  Dan Hardy, returning to fight in the UK. Last time he fought here this happened..  He's been working on every area of MMA since then though.  From doing Bruce Lee impressions to improve his striking  Meeting up with old foes to improve his ground game  And of course he's worked extensively on his wrestling  And if all else fails  The big question is though, which Dan Hardy will show up?    Or as most recently seen  Make your mind up.  Standing in his way is this man  No, not Verne Troyer, this menacing chap  Scary.  Hopefully Hardy remembers to wear a protective cup...   Whatever happens at least we'll have another one of these  Elsewhere on the main card..  Everyone's favourite Chas and Dave fan  Can Matt Wiman survive the Bermuda Sassangle?  And MMA's only Gypsy Jiu-Jitsu pinkbelt, the UK's John 'The One' Maguire...  ...who is hoping to unveil the first ever Kerry Von Erich claw in UFC history...   Who says the Brits have no ground game?  Only thing that could fuck this card up would be...   On a more serious note, I think this card looks outstanding. It's not stacked with big names but FUEL shows aren't about that. For fight quality this looks like a belter. All the main card fights look excellent. It's been long overdue for the UFC to come to Nottingham and the crowd reaction for Dan Hardy should be insane on the night.  On the prelims you've got the UFC debuts of UK standouts Tom Watson and Jimi Manuwa, the debut of Gunnar Nelson who's been highly touted and tearing shit up on the European MMA scene for a while now, and the official UFC debut for TUF 15's Andy Ogle.  Maldonado vs Kruth is one fight I was hoping would make the main card personally but I understand why they stacked it with UK fighters. That could be a hell of a stand up battle. Hopefully it makes the air one way or another. It deserves better than streaming on Facebook but I suppose that shows how strong a line up this is that a fight like that is the first fight on the night.  It'll be nice to catch a live UFC at a human time as well. Staying up until 6am for every UFC, I'm going to end up with worse bags under my eyes than Harry Redknapp by the time I'm 30.  So yeah UFC in Nottingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Another quality post there! I didn't think you could even come close to replicating what you did before! Â You realise we'll be expecting these for all our event threads now, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Excellent post again Wand  I will be at this show and cannot wait! I like Stipe to win the Main Event, Struve has yet to learn how to strike well and use his reach to effect. If it goes to the ground Struve is a serious submission threat, but I lean for Stipe.  Hardy is a personal favorite of mine so I will go mental when he comes out and he does his usually shouting at the camera like a serial killer. I like him to beat Amir, in what should be a entertaining brawl, Saldollah has a suspect chin and Hardy proved with Ludwig he has power, with Hardy improving his ground game as well he may be able to survive Amir's sambo attacks and those nasty armbars.  Rest of the card is full of fun fights as well. Pickett has grown on me and he is now a favorite, but can I really look myself in the mirror if I cheer a man who comes out to Chas N Dave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bono Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Really wish I could afford to go to this,it's going to be a cracking show. I went to the last show at the nec with leben v Munoz and loved it. Â Seems to be loads of tickets left I checked the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Up Chuck Posted September 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 UFC, in reachable distance of my house, on my FUCKING BIRTHDAY... and I can't afford it. Probably having some mates round to watch it though. Should be a fun one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted September 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 Well folks, this will be my first ever UFC. In fact my first ever MMA event. The card for me is stacked full of great Fights and I can't wait. I just begrudge the cost. I ended up going for the 100 quid tickets but it also included a 10% booking fee so the whole cost came to 110. Too much in my opinion. Â All the fights are hard to predict which makes for an exciting night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 it's a brilliant card, if you have a passing interest in UK MMA this is the card. I'd argue that it's the best MMA card ever featuring MMA fighters from the UK, should provide a quality atmosphere too because the UK crowds definitly favour the UK fighters in the live setting. Â I'm fancying a UK clean sweep down the main card too, i might see what kind of odds i can get on that (minus the main event and the all UK fight). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I am not sure Ogle will win, all the other Brits I will pick though. Che Mills vs Ludwig maybe 50/50 Â I have not seen Manuwa fight before and do not know much about him, so I cannot say if he is good enough to beat Kingsbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 Manuwa's been wrecking shop over here for the last couple of years, he actually turned down a UFC contract at one point saying something like when he went into the UFC he wanted to be ready to go straight into title contention, but he's finally signed the deal. Â Â he's a handful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted September 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 Apologies Wand for my ignorance, I forgot to say awesome job with the post opener. You've unleashed a beast that I don't know how you're going to control haha. Attempting to top each of these is certainly an unenviable task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted September 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 Seems to be loads of tickets left I checked the other day. As luck would have it I'll be in Nottingham that week visiting a friend, and although there's no way I'd pay the prices they're asking for I might go to the weigh in and keep an eye on Dana's twitter because if the reports of ticket sales are correct I wouldn't be surprised if he gives out some freebies. Â But yeah, it's a good card for a Fuel show. Definitely not worth 200 quid though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 3, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 I fancy the Brits to do well on the main card. But the prelims could be another story. Kingsbury is a hard debut for Manuwa. Manuwa's looked great but Kingsbury's tried and tested in the UFC and has been in some tough fights. Also I think Brad Tavares could upset Kong Watson as well to be honest. Tavares is a big 185, he's got power and he's looked pretty handy at times in the UFC. I don't know, he could throw a spanner in Watson's debut. Akira/Ogle I'm not sure about either. Â I think Hardy will beat Sadollah but you never know. I don't think Amir's chin's that bad to be fair. He took some fucking haymakers off Baroni and his chin stood up fine and he went on to dominate. He also got rocked by Ludwig and hung in there to see the final buzzer. Hendricks stopped him quick but Hendricks also put Fitch out in 12 seconds, he hits like a truck. And like you say Amir's got some nice submission skills as well. Not as easy a fight for Hardy as people think in my opinion. I think it will be a crowd pleaser though. They're both always aggressive and they like to strike. Should be fun either way. I don't think Amir has the kind of power to really hurt Hardy but if it goes to the ground he could be in with a shot. Â One thing you have to give Hardy credit for, he's really making the effort and seems to be doing the right things to improve on his weaknesses. His grappling has always been the major hole in his skillset but the last year or so he's been working with the likes of Roy Nelson, Frank Mir, Robert Drysdale and Ricky Lundell. If he's not improving under their guidance then there really is no hope. Â I'll pick Hardy by decision in an exciting fight. Crowd will be wild for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted September 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 Seems to be loads of tickets left I checked the other day. As luck would have it I'll be in Nottingham that week visiting a friend, and although there's no way I'd pay the prices they're asking for I might go to the weigh in and keep an eye on Dana's twitter because if the reports of ticket sales are correct I wouldn't be surprised if he gives out some freebies. Â But yeah, it's a good card for a Fuel show. Definitely not worth 200 quid though. Â Tickets start at 75 quid and I think the capital FM arena is quite small so you get a good view wherever but I do agree with you. I'm only paying it as its my first ever event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I think Hardy will beat Sadollah but you never know. I don't think Amir's chin's that bad to be fair. He took some fucking haymakers off Baroni and his chin stood up fine and he went on to dominate. He also got rocked by Ludwig and hung in there to see the final buzzer. Hendricks stopped him quick but Hendricks also put Fitch out in 12 seconds, he hits like a truck. And like you say Amir's got some nice submission skills as well. Not as easy a fight for Hardy as people think in my opinion. I think it will be a crowd pleaser though. They're both always aggressive and they like to strike. Should be fun either way. I don't think Amir has the kind of power to really hurt Hardy but if it goes to the ground he could be in with a shot.  Hendricks is a heavy hitter, but I felt he put Amir down with a glancing blow, but I guess the chin he displayed against Baroni does prove his chin is not that bad  Thanks to EBB for the info on Jimi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 3, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2012 Seems to be loads of tickets left I checked the other day. As luck would have it I'll be in Nottingham that week visiting a friend, and although there's no way I'd pay the prices they're asking for I might go to the weigh in and keep an eye on Dana's twitter because if the reports of ticket sales are correct I wouldn't be surprised if he gives out some freebies. Â But yeah, it's a good card for a Fuel show. Definitely not worth 200 quid though. Â Tickets start at 75 quid and I think the capital FM arena is quite small so you get a good view wherever but I do agree with you. I'm only paying it as its my first ever event. that's what people are forgetting when they see the prices for the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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