Zebra Kid Mark Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Any ideas who they could chuck in there? It'll probably be someone shit on this notice but I wouldn't be against them giving Francis Ngannou the fight if he's up for it. European and could do with a name fight at this point. He ticks the boxes, I think . Stefan and Ngannou have been training together everyday for the past 3 weeks (according to Struves Twitter) so that fight is unlikely. Struve doesn't want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted September 15, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted September 15, 2016 Heads up; tickets for the weigh ins are available from 10am tomorrow, from Ticketmaster. They're free, so I imagine they'll go very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adequate8 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 cheers Supremo, got 4 via 2 accounts, still on sale now if anyone's interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted September 16, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2016 I got a couple, although I'm not sure I can go. Will try my best to arrange time off work etc but thought it would be best to have them than not.  If I end up not going, I will give them to any of you guys and post them to you.  Edit; Just seen it that doors open 5pm so it may be ok to sort out work but above still applies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 23, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2016 The bout order seems to be set now.   PPV MAIN CARD Michael Bisping vs Dan Henderson - Middleweight Title Vitor Belfort vs Gegard Mousasi Ovince Saint Preux vs Jimi Manuwa Stefan Struve vs Daniel Omielanczuk Mirsad Bektic vs Arnold Allen  FOX SPORTS 1 PRELIMS Brad Pickett vs Iuri Alcantara Rob Font vs Ian Entwistle Davey Grant vs Damian Stasiak Albert Tumenov vs Leon Edwards  FIGHT PASS PRELIMS Danny Roberts vs Mike Perry Leonardo Santos vs Adriano Martins Reza Madadi vs Marc Diakiese I like the card, love the main event. But I think they could've beefed this one up a bit with it being on PPV. Take the title out of it and this card looks pretty much like your standard European UFC event really. They're obviously banking on Bisping vs Hendo 2 pulling in the buys, and it'll probably do pretty well, but I do think the main card could've done with fattening up a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted September 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2016 It's why I'm not going Wand. The main event, whilst should be entertaining, really shouldn't be happening in 2016. Outside of that, I couldn't give a fuck about the rest of the card.  Isn't this the first time a PPV has been broadcast from the UK live too? I know other numbered events were broadcast, but weren't they tape delayed and put on Spike?  Even if it's not, I would have loved a great fight card as I would have found a way go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 23, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2016 Isn't this the first time a PPV has been broadcast from the UK live too? I know other numbered events were broadcast, but weren't they tape delayed and put on Spike? Hmmmm, not sure. It might well be. I remember even UFC 75 in 2007 was free on Spike. And that was with the big Rampage vs Hendo headliner to unify the UFC and Pride belts. Â I could swear at least one of them was on PPV in America though. I want to say UFC 70 (Cro Cop vs Gonzaga 1) but that might've been on Spike as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 UFC 70 was on Spike.  UFC 72 was on tape delayed PPV in America. It was shown live on Setanta over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 23, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2016 Ah, I knew one was on PPV. But bloody hell, UFC 72 was an awful choice to put behind the paywall. That must've tanked in buyrates? Especially with it being shown on delay when the results would've already been knocking about online.  Rich Franklin vs Yushin Okami Forrest Griffin vs Hector Ramirez  That's your UFC 72 main and co-main. Shocking really. Even as popular as Forrest and, to a lesser degree, Franklin were at the time. That's, to quote the man of the hour, "weak as piss".  Although, Tyson Griffin vs Clay Guida from that show is one of my absolute favourite fights ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 You had to pay a tenner for UFC 72 over here as well. I was sad enough to pay for it. It did indeed tank in America. It produced only 200k buys, which was terrible for the standards of the time.  Griffin vs Guida was indeed superb. I scored it for Guida at the time, but it was razor close. The opener pitting Ed Herman vs Scott Smith was decent as well. However, Griffin's fight was pretty tepid. He never really left 2nd gear. The Main Event was okay, but it didn't feel like a PPV Main Event, more like a Fight Night headliner. I can't remember the rest.  I'm staying home for this one, and setting my alarm for 4am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walton17 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I was hoping to catch a bus back to Newcastle at 6.30am after this, reckon I'll be pushing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Slightly on-topic; I was just reading an interview with Khabib Nurmagomedov, where he has said if Henderson has to pull out with injury he would step in for him! Seems like he just wants to fight someone at this stage (looking like Alverez), but Bisping would be too big for him surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METAL ON METAL Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 You should be fine, main event should start about 5-ish. Even if you get out at 6, the bus station is only about 5-10 mins away from the arena.   My tickets came today, starting to get excited - my last UFC was 105. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted September 26, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted September 26, 2016 Tickets came today. Very excited now. Thrilled that I'm either going to see Bisping get revenge in his home country, or Dan Henderson finish a career as UFC Champion. Â I've absolutely no idea how the crowd are going to be at 5am though. Was it rowdy whenever Ricky Hatton used to fight at those times? Boxing sucks, so I never watched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Tickets came today. Very excited now. Thrilled that I'm either going to see Bisping get revenge in his home country, or Dan Henderson finish a career as UFC Champion. I've absolutely no idea how the crowd are going to be at 5am though. Was it rowdy whenever Ricky Hatton used to fight at those times? Boxing sucks, so I never watched it. Certainly was, although in my experience, MMA fans tend to be more two can Van Damme's than boxing fans. I remember one event at the Cov Skydome, they delayed the event so the audience could get tanked up watching the extra time in the FA Cup final (I think)Â The hometown hero got sparked and the 2CVDs went on the riot. And that was only a delay of an hour so fuck knows what they'll be like at that time of the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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