deathrey Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Bit of a weird thought but me and my brother were on about the Sonnen-Shogun fight earlier, and my brother mentioned how it was kind of eery how Babalu was cornering Shogun last night, then Sonnen beats Shogun by guillotine. Shogun's first career loss was a submission via guillotine...almost 10 years ago exactly...to Babalu. Weird. I hadn't even made that connection. Â Chael also lost his first match in the UFC to Babalu via a choke (though it was a triangle choke rather than a guillotine), I'm guessing that was part of the reason Shogun trained with Babalu for his fight, that and to work on his wrestling I assume. You know, I rewatched that IFC show in June after Babalu announced his retirement, its a great tournament. I've not watched it in a good few years but its well worth a watch for anyone who hasn't seen it. Â Add me to the Brian Stann fanclub he is doing a great job, I think he should be a permanant addition to the commentary team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 18, 2013 Thought it was one of them cards that were full of great performances rather than great fights. McDonald, Brown, Faber, Sonnen & Johnson wereall outstanding. Â Connors performance did him no harm, i actually thought he was just trying to showcase other skills in rounds 2 & 3, but showing that ability to adapt under adversity along with that first round performance was enough to convince me that the guy is legit. The guy had a main eventers entrance for fucks sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 18, 2013 Yeah, Conor's entrance was class. I love the bastard. Even my dad specifically asked me to record the fight when he saw me browsing MMAJunkie and saw he was fighting.  Speak of the devil, McGregor quote;  "It feels like a loss to me, to be honest. I wanted the finish. I felt the finish was there for me. I injured my knee midway through the second. I just can't get it out of my head. Looking back, I should have just pulled my knee from my leg and just hit him with it.  I'm here listening to this guy got of the night, and this guy got of the night, this guy got of the night. I want that. I don't come here for decisions. We are rewarded for finishes. That's what I'm looking for, I am a finisher. I planned on stealing the show and it didn't happen for me. It feels like I'm dealing with a loss at the moment.  I don't care what anyone in my weight class thinks. I know what I can do. I know what I do in the gym, day in and day out. People are saying I got the three rounds in. I don't give a shit about getting the three rounds in. I do 300 rounds a week. Stick me in 30 rounds out there.  I'm looking to get paid here. We get looked after when we finish. This promotion wants finishes and that's what I'm looking for. These custom made suits aren't cheap. This solid gold pocket watch, three people died making this watch. I need to put people away. I need those big fights or I'm gonna end up in debt pretty fast."  Ha, I love the pocket watch bit.  Dana still loves him;  "I love that he's that kind of a kid. I love that he's that kind of a fighter. That just shows you more and more the promise that this kid has. I love that attitude. He's pissed off he didn't finish. Some guys will sit up here and go, 'Eh, well, I won.' No. He's pissed at himself that he didn't finish. Are you kidding me? Why am I promoting this kid? Why am I getting behind him? Because I love what he's about." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 18, 2013 Connors little 15 min media scrum after the fight was great too, check it. Â The train keeps rolling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted August 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 18, 2013 I'm looking to get paid here. We get looked after when we finish. This promotion wants finishes and that's what I'm looking for. These custom made suits aren't cheap. Brilliant. Two fights into his UFC career and he already gets it more than 90% of the roster. McGregor is the man. He's got absolutely everything going for him, with a total understanding of how the game works. He's a superstar waiting to happen.  Ratings are in; UFC ratings from last night 1.3 rating  1.7 million viewers  The number is nothing short of remarkable for the first night of a new station in an umfaimilar spot on the dial, even beating out all four networks in the 18-49 demo and every key male demo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatseeker Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 A lot of people I know who were interested in the idea of watching MMA but never had the chance to since it was on ESPN managed to catch this show - and what a show it was. Â Won't repeat previous points but I really thought the Pickett fight should have been stopped twice in the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 After seeing how Michael McDonald performed at the weekend, is anyone else interested in seeing him go up against Faber? That would be an epic fight in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan2710 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 After seeing how Michael McDonald performed at the weekend, is anyone else interested in seeing him go up against Faber? That would be an epic fight in my opinion. That's exactly what I was thinking too. Would be a great fight and makes so much sense to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 19, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 fuck yeh! lets see it. Â No. 2 & No. 3 in the division, it makes sense. I know people weren't fussed on seeing another Faber title shot but the guy is just dominating anhone he fights, a win over another top 5 guy is what he needs to get that crack. Â McDonald blew me away on the weekend, he was fucking brilliant. Everytime Brad Pickett threw anything he got punished. Â Only problem is, Faber has mentioned hes willing to go back to 145 for certain fights, so the UFC may keep him in an 'attraction' kind role and use him like that? Â On the subject of Connor McGregor, hopefully he can get a fight in before the end of the year (depending on the knee), how does everyone feel about a McGregor/Siler fight? That makes sense to me right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 On the subject of Connor McGregor, hopefully he can get a fight in before the end of the year (depending on the knee), how does everyone feel about a McGregor/Siler fight? That makes sense to me right now. I've seen it touted that he be matched with the winner of Poirier and Koch, which wouldn't disappoint me at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 19, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yeh i love that too. Depends on how fast the UFC wanna go with. Poirier/Koch is a faster track to the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yeh i love that too. Depends on how fast the UFC wanna go with. Poirier/Koch is a faster track to the top. From the looks of things they've earmarked him for the top, and he clearly has the ability to mix with the top players. Putting him against either Poirier or Koch is a sure way of seeing if he has what it takes to move up and face someone like Cub Swanson, which is a fight I'd love to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Really enjoyed the performances from McDonald and McGregor but unfortunately fell asleep and missed most of the card! I just cannot stay up that late any more. Does anyone know if it will be repeated at a reasonable hour on BT this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted August 19, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 Ok hands up, who was the one who voted for Sonnen to win by submission after the fight had happened? After the fight on Sunday the vote was at 1. Â Edit: Now, it's at 3. In fact all of them, who's voting after the fights haha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Ok hands up, who was the one who voted for Sonnen to win by submission after the fight had happened? After the fight on Sunday the vote was at 1. Edit: Now, it's at 3. In fact all of them, who's voting after the fights haha? Mods can tell us that.  I am going to guess Wand, probably wants to save face for saying Sonnen had no chance of winning by submission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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