Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted July 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2019 Ten years ago today then. 11thĀ July 2009.Ā Where were you when this went down? What are your memories of that night/fight week etc? Did you watch live?Ā Iāve got really vivid memories of this show. Especially of shitting myself in the run-up toĀ the event because Setanta went tits up that Summer and it was up in the air for a time if it would even be televised in the UK. The UFC rightsĀ ended up on ESPN UK but this show fell between the television deals.Ā All was right in the end though as it bizarrely aired for free on the RacingUK channel or something.Ā Over the last week Iāve been watching the whole show backĀ in stages.Ā July 11th 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada - Mandalay BayĀ The lead-in to this was electric. The Countdown was one of the best theyāve ever done and the press conference and weigh in had the anticipation for this show through the roof. I donāt think MMA has ever been hotter than it was in 2009/10. Matt Grice vs Shannon GugertyĀ Round 1: Gugerty gets a takedown within a minute and Grice never gets up. Gugerty controls him well and snatches a guillotine in the scramble. It looks like Grice is out of danger but then Gugerty adjusts the grip and itās a wrap. Grice doesnāt tap, he goes OUT. Winner - Shannon Gugerty by submission. Round 1,Ā 2:36. I didnāt really remember Gugerty but he looked good here. Grice of course went on to have one of the all-time undercard classics against Dennis Bermudez in 2013. That sadly turned out to be his last fight before his career was cut short due to serious brain injuries from a car crash.Ā Tom Lawlor vs CB Dollaway Yes, Filthy Tom is here.Ā Round 1:Ā Two guys from the TUF glory years. Dollaway was a finalist on season 7. Lawlor was on TUF 8 where he provided one of the greatest moments in the showās history, knocking out the āunknockoutableā Dave Kaplan in the house.Ā Anyway, the fight begins and...well, ends. Dollaway shoots in for a takedown and Lawlor catches him in a guillotine and he goes out. For the second straight fight on this card, a man goes unconscious in a guillotine choke.Ā Winner - Tom Lawlor by submission. Round 1,Ā 0:55. This was a win-win for me. Love Lawlor, canāt stand Dollaway.Ā TJ Grant vs Dong Hyun Kim Round 1:Ā Good grappling early, with Stun Gun getting the better of it. His Judo is on point and heās opened up a cut on Grant with his ground and pound. Iād go 10-8 for Kim here. Pure dominance.Ā Round 2:Ā Kim controlling the fight with his takedowns and top game again. Grant stays out of submissions and tries to attack off his back but Kim is just overwhelming him. Grant gets a point deducted for an illegal upkick. So another 10-8 for Kim. Disaster for Grant.Ā Round 3: Grant has a bit more success this round with his striking but itās fleeting and heās soon on his back again eating Stun Gun elbows. Another Kim round and itās a shutout. With the two 10-8s Iāve got it 30-25 Kim.Ā Winner - Dong Hyun Kim by unanimous decision. 30-26 across the board. Not the best fight but a really strong performance from Kim.Ā I used to really like Grant. He had a bad night here, it was largely on account of Kim being in top form too though. But Grant was one of my favourite undercard scrappers in this period. Proper tough bastard, solid grappling and could be a technician or a brawler. I predict a lot of shit wrong but I remember there was 3 prelimers from around this time that I used to always big up as future threats to the gold. Rafael Dos Anjos, Max Holloway and TJ Grant. I got 2 out of 3 and I think Grant had a good chance at making me 3-0, especially when he dropped to 155. But his career ended right when he was due a shot at then champ Benson Henderson in 2013, due to ongoing problems with concussions that he was unfortunately unable to come back from. A real shame and looking back now, I think he mightāve beat Bendo as well. UFC 100 wasnāt his night though.Ā Jon Jones vs Jake OāBrien Jonny Bones in his prelim days. At this point he was only 21 years old, 8-0 in MMA and only 2-0 in the UFC. He was merely just a prospect, although he had turned a lot of heads with his flashy points win over Stephan Bonnar in his fight before this at UFC 94. OāBrien was a solid and logical next test for Jones on paper. 11-2, a strong amateur wrestler (152-9 record) and had been in with the likes of Cain Velasquez, Andrei Arlovski and Heath Herring.Ā Round 1:Ā Jones looking good early, throwing shit from odd angles and defending OāBrienās takedowns. Heās so wild and raw here. You donāt know what heās going to do or when. Jones is passing the wrestler test with flying colours so far. OāBrien is having zero luck taking him down. Heās landing some punches and heās coming forward a lot but Jones is landing nice kicks and jabs and you can just see him getting more comfortable as the round draws to a close. Jones 10-9.Ā Round 2:Ā Jones coming out with a jumping knee and a headkick within the first 10 seconds. Christ. Heās feeling it now. OāBrien is starting to look a little bit bamboozled.Ā And that doesnāt help matters.Ā OāBrien is wobbled and Jones puts him away with a modified guillotine choke.Ā Winner - Jon Jones by submission. Round 2,Ā 2:43. Jones improves to 9-0 in MMA, 3-0 in the Octagon and that was his first UFC finish. Wonder what became of him.Ā Jim Miller vs Mac DanzigĀ OK, Iām looking forward to this. Donāt recall seeing it before but I remember watching the main card live and seeing all the blood splattered on the canvas and thinking the shark from Jaws mustāve done a run-in on the prelims. Well this is the fight where all that claret came from.Ā Miller was young and fresh here. Only 25 years old and 13-2 with his only losses being decisions to Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar. Danzig had won TUF 6 in late 2007 but had struggled since, going 2-2 in the UFC.Ā Round 1:Ā Miller with an early takedown. Rogan and Goldy are hyping Danzigās grappling as if Miller is chopped liver on the mat. I forgot how much they used to love their TUF winners. Elbows from Miller and yep...that blood is flowing.Ā Itās pissing out of his head and spraying all down his right arm as Miller takes him down and just beasts him. This looks like a Ric Flair match in the 80s. More elbows. Millerās back is so covered in blood he looks like a giant spare rib. 10-8 Miller for me but back then they probably scored it 10-9.Ā Round 2:Ā Danzigās corner told him between rounds that Miller wants no part of him in the striking. Yet Miller comes right out and blasts him with a sweet body kick and punch combo. This is not a good day at the office for Danzig at all. Heās outgunned everywhere and his face looks like itās falling off. Then he gets taken down again. He keeps trying for a kimura but Millerās too good of a grappler for that and just continues the punishment from the guard. Miller shoots in and Danzig actually secures a tight guillotine at the end but the time runs out. Another Miller round. Wouldāve been another 10-8 if not for that late choke.Ā Round 3: Danzig looks more fired up now but Millerās catching him with better stuff. Miller takedown again. At this point the canvas looks like the crime scene round OJ Simpsonās gaff. Miller is mauling him. Just a miserable night for Danzig. Miller takes his back with about a minute left and is going all out for a rear naked choke. Danzig escapes and is on top throwing punches but the round ends.Ā Winner - Jim Miller by unanimous decision. And now itās Hammer Time... Mark Coleman vs Stephan Bonnar Right. This was basically Colemanās last shot. The UFC signed him in 2008 and itās pretty much forgotten now but he was originally supposed to face Brock Lesnar at UFC 87. Coleman got injured and Brock ended up fighting Heath Herring instead. Small mercies, eh? He finally fought in January 2009 at UFC 93 in Dublin. And had a weird fight with Shogun where both gassed horribly and Coleman got knocked out. He was also 44 years old at this time so this fight really had the feel of a āwin or go homeā situation for Coleman. At the time I really thought this fight shouldāve been on the PPV main card myself. With it being a milestone event, sticking a legend on the main card made sense to me. I still think it probably warranted that PPV spot, to be honest.Ā Round 1:Ā Doesnāt take long for Coleman to go for a takedown. And he gets it. Bonnar keeps gripping the cage with his toes, which goes unpunished but Rogan highlights it. Bonnar tries for a leg lock from the bottom but The Hammerās having none of it and controls him from the top. āCOLEMAN, COLEMANā chants from the Vegas crowd. āFor the old school guys, Mark Coleman was THE MAN back in the day. You have to realise, this guy literally redefined how people approach this sport.ā - Joe RoganĀ Coleman holds onto the legs while Bonnar cuts him with elbows. Heās landing a lot of elbows here. Bonnar 10-9 for me. He did all the damage while Coleman mostly just held him.Ā Round 2: Bonnar lands some shit early but Coleman eventually drags him down to the mat and absolutely lays him wide open with an elbow. The Godfather Of Ground & Pound! Bonnarās a mess. So it wasnāt just Miller-Danzig painting the canvas red after all. Bonnar keeps elbowing from the bottom but Coleman is staying on top and lands some more shots at the buzzer. Coleman 10-9.Ā Round 3:Ā Coleman is GASSED now. Heās still throwing but heās moving at a snailās pace. He guts through it though and eventually gets the takedown. He doesnāt do a great deal from the top but he stays busy enough to stop the fight being stood up. In the final minute Coleman takes his back and is working for a choke but theyāre in a fucked up position and he doesnāt have the hooks in. Coleman 10-9 again.Ā Winner - Mark Coleman by unanimous decision.Ā It wasnāt a great fight but it was certainly dramatic and all the blood and the crowd being so into it and the feel-good story of Coleman getting that moment in the UFC again, it was something to see.Ā Onto the main card.Ā Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Alan Belcher This was Sexyamaās UFC debut. And what a way to debut, opening up the UFC 100 main card! Akiyamaās class entrance is edited. Get fucked. In more positive news, I remember this being a really good fight.Ā Round 1:Ā Belcher kicking loads to start things off, while Akiyama is going solely for power strikes. Belcher kicks him in the bollocks, forcing a lengthy time out, which kind of kills the moment. For Akiyama and the viewer. They get right back at it though and, despite getting knocked down briefly, I feel like Akiyama is getting the best of a lot of the exchanges. He knocks Belcher down right on the buzzer and Belcher pops back up looking pissed off. Fun round, that. And itās Sexyama 10-9.Ā Round 2: They mix things up and we get some sweet grappling to kick this round off now. Akiyama in top position but Belcher is constantly moving and attacking off his back. This is such a fun fight. Back on the feet and, understandably, theyāre both starting to feel the pace. Close but Akiyama 10-9 again for me.Ā Round 3:Ā Both throwing heat but Belcher looks the fresher of the two at this point. Akiyama lands some big digs every now and then but Belcher is outstriking him this round. This in the last minute being the highlight... Akiyama scores a late takedown but Belcher gets back up and the time runs out. Belcher 10-9. So Iāve got it for Akiyama 29-28.Ā Winner - Yoshihiro Akiyama by split decision. Cracking fight. I recall a lot of cries of robbery after this but Iām not having it. If you had it for Belcher I wouldnāt argue against that but it really couldāve gone either way.Ā Jon Fitch vs Paulo ThiagoĀ Very vague memories of this one. I remember that for some reason, this fight actually went on last on the night. This actually had to follow Lesnar vs Mir 2. Donāt know why they did that but Iām going off the order on the DVD.Ā Fitch was in a rebuilding phase here. Heād initially gone 8-0 in the UFC to earn a title shot. But in the Summer of 2008, he got schooled by GSP at UFC 87. He beat Akihiro Gono in his rebound fight and this was fight #2 on the comeback. Thiago had debuted at UFC 95 in London with a shock first round KO over Fitchās buddy Josh Koscheck.Ā Round 1:Ā Within a minute of the fight starting, Thiago catches Fitch in a guillotine off a takedown attempt. Seems itās the night for guillotines. He spends a good half of the round trying to lock it in properly but Fitch gets through it and eventually pops out. Fitch does his thing for the rest of the round. Thiago 10-9 for the guillotine.Ā Round 2:Ā Fitch with a cool trip takedown and he gets to Fitching his way through the round. He takes Thiagoās back a couple of times and is working for a rear naked choke to no joy. Crowd is dead. This wasnāt the fight to follow a Brock and GSP double-header. Fitch 10-9.Ā Round 3:Ā Fitch takedown. The Fitchfest continues. Honestly, thereās nothing technically wrong with this. And as much as I liked to have digs at Fitch, he was undeniably one of the best welterweights of this period. Probably the #2 actually. But he was very rarely much fun to watch. Itās not a grappling thing - there are plenty of grapplers I love watching - itās a Fitch thing. Anyway, takedowns, control, takes back, time runs out. Fitch 10-8 for me.Ā Winner - Jon Fitch by unanimous decision. Moving on... Dan Henderson vs Michael Bisping Oh here we go. These two were coming off coaching TUF 9 here. Team USA vs Team UK. And Bisping had talked a whole bunch of shit going in. The Yanks absolutely bloody hated Bisping at this time, and a lot of UK fans werenāt keen either. I was quite new on this forum at the time but I clearly remember opinion being very divided on Bisping. This place was probably actually skewed more towards negative feelings on him than positive actually. What a difference a decade can make.Ā First thing thatās always hit me when I see footage of this fight is how skinny Bisping looks. He actually looks ill. Heās said in a few interviews that he trained like an idiot for this fight and really overdid it. You can say thatās an excuse but he does look pretty skinny and almost frail here.Ā Round 1:Ā Hendo, as always, the aggressor. Bisping is looking to hit and move. So much of the talk going in was about Hendersonās wrestling but it quickly becomes clear that Hendo isnāt looking for any takedowns. No. He has no interest in that. In one of the first exchanges he hurts Bisping and it seems like Bisping was spooked from Hendoās power from that point on. He basically backpeddles most of the round as Hendo lunges after him with haymakers. Bisping lands the odd counter but the power discrepancy is so obvious. Iām watching with the benefit of hindsight of course but even on the night, after the first few exchanges it just felt like a matter of time. Bisping actually shoots for a takedown towards the end of the round and Hendo laughs at him and lands another right as the horn goes. Hendo 10-9.Ā Round 2: Bispingās Scouse cornerman was screaming between rounds that he was walking into Hendoās right hand. Observant one. Bisping moving well early here but Hendo has zero respect for his punching power and just keeps walking through his strikes and clobbering him. Bisping starts to score a bit more and the commentators are just saying how itās been a much better round for him when... Winner - Dan Henderson by KO. Round 2,Ā 3:20. Maybe the most memorable KO in UFC history, that. Thereās been better knockouts technically, prettier knockouts artistically. But youād be hard pushed to find a more brutal one punch killshot than that, with that kind of drama and crowd investment going in.Ā Georges St Pierre (c) vs Thiago Alves - UFC Welterweight Title It sounds mad now but at the time of this fight I was actually fancying Alves to knock GSP out and take the gold. In 2007-2009, he was a Muay Thai wrecking ball, a leg kicking machine and had really good takedown defence. It was also the pre-USADA days and, while we donāt know for sure, Alves in 2009 looked like his piss wouldāve glowed in the dark and blown any lab up. We also werenāt a million miles removed from GSP getting KOād by Matt Serra, so the thought of Alves getting it done didnāt seem so crazy back then.Ā Round 1:Ā Alves comes out aggressive right out the gate. And within the first minute GSP has taken him down. Uh oh. Alves being fresh and strong here early on, heās able to make it a struggle and get back to his feet a couple of times but GSP is fucking relentless. He takes Alvesā back for a spell and then strikes with him just enough to keep him guessing, then takes him down again. GSP 10-9.Ā Round 2: GSP with some lovely combinations on the feet before landing a takedown again.Ā GSP was a master at this. Heād strike with you just long enough to make you think āoh, weāre striking nowā, then heād scoop you up and slam you on your back. He keeps Alves down almost the entire round and Alves looks knackered and confused. GSP 10-8.Ā Round 3:Ā Alves is going for it now, throwing some big punches but none are connecting clean. He manages to stuff a takedown so GSP stands with him for a bit then switches back to grappling later and takes him down again. They stand for the last minute or two and GSP drops him with a sweet one-two!Ā He beats Alves up from the guard to end another one-sided round. GSP 10-9.Ā Round 4:Ā More bad news for Alves as GSP just mows him down with another big takedown early in the round. He goes for a failed submission, allowing Alves to take top position but he takes very little damage and escapes to his feet. Another takedown from Georges and Alves spends the end of the round fighting off a rear naked choke. GSP 10-9.Ā In the corner between rounds... GSP: Man, I pulled my groin.Ā Greg Jackson: I donāt care. I donāt care, Georges. This is where champions are made. You understand me? HIT HIM WITH YOUR GROIN!Ā š Round 5:Ā Alves needs a KO to win. Itās a total shutout to this point. Some nice strikes early then itās more takedowns from GSP. Alves is still trying but he looks well frazzled. Heās out of ideas and that KO shot just isnāt happening for him. Alves finally manages to get to his feet one last time but itās too late. The fight is over. GSP 10-9.Ā Winner - Georges St Pierre by unanimous decision. No mystery there. Probably couldāve gave two or three 10-8s in there. Iāve said it before on here but this mightāve been the best version of GSP we ever saw. He had more spectacular performances and finishes and stuff but, on this night, he looked damn near unbeatable. I wish we couldāve somehow seen GSP vs Anderson Silva around this time.Ā Main event time.Ā Brock Lesnar (c) vs Frank Mir - UFC Heavyweight Title Of course, Mir had submitted Brock in their first fight in 2008. AndĀ Mir was such a cock in the buildup to this fight. He always wasĀ anyway but he was evenĀ more of a smarmy, condescending prick for this one. This quote from the Countdown is one thatās come up on here a few times over the years;Ā āHe has to be working on his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu defence. See, right there that shows the mindset of where he would be - working his defence. You think Iām working on BJJ defence? Iām working on the intricacies of details of manoeuvres that he still doesnāt even know the names of.ā - Frank Mir Round 1:Ā Brock lands a hard right hand and gets a takedown, as Mir unsuccessfully tries a leg lock. Brock holds him down by the throat and just controls him.Ā Tell us about those intricacies again, Frank.Ā Some proper nasty shit here from Brock as he wraps one arm around Mirās neck, traps his head and arm and just smashes his smug face in with his free arm. Heās really busting Frank up here. And itās as magnificent to watch now as it was live 10 years ago. You can tell Brock is really enjoying this. Lesnar 10-8.Ā Round 2:Ā Mir landing some strikes to start the second and, like he always did when strikes started flying, Brock looks a bit flustered. Mir lands a hard jumping knee but it backfires as Brock just bulls him to the ground and now heās on top again. And thereās no fucking about. He traps Mir against the fence and starts punching the absolute fuck out of him. Mir is done. Heās in the foetal position, covered in blood and taking bomb after bomb. Herb Dean has seen enough. Itās over.Ā Winner - Brock Lesnar by TKO. Round 2,Ā 1:48. āTALK ALL THE SHIT YOU WANT NOW, MOTHERFUCKER!ā Beautiful.Ā Big Bad Brock then flipped the booing crowd the old double middle fingers and cut the show closing promo; āFrank Mir had a horseshoe up his ass. I told him that a year ago. I pulled that sumbitch out and I beat him over the head with it! WOOOOOH! Iām gonna go home tonight, Iām gonna drink a Coors Light, thatās right a Coors Light, because Bud Light wonāt pay me nothing. Iām gonna sit down with my friends and family, and hell I might even get on top of my wife tonight. See you all later.ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, wandshogun09 said: Ten years ago today then. 11thĀ July 2009.Ā Where were you when this went down? What are youļ»ær memories of that night/fight week etc? Did you watch live?Ā Iāve got really vivid memories of this show. Especially of shitting myself in the run-up toĀ the event because Setanta went tits up that Summer and it was up in the air for a time if it would even be televised in the UK. The UFC rightsĀ ended up on ESPN UK but this show fell between the television deals.Ā All was right in the end though as it bizarrely aired for free on the RacingUK channel or something.Ā That week was probably the height of my UFC fandom. It was such anĀ exciting time to be a fan of the promotion. It felt like the sport was growing with every passing day.Ā They uploaded this video during fight week, which really exemplified the momentum that the promotion had gained overĀ the previous 4 years.Ā As Wand pointed out, the UFC promoted the show brilliantly. The countdown show wasĀ the best the promotionĀ ever produced. I'm not his biggest fan by any means, but Rogan was a fantastic talking head throughout the show. His hyperbolic ramblings fit the occasion. The main talking point of theĀ show was of courseĀ the Lesnar vs Mir rematch. The highlight of which being theĀ scene whereĀ Lesnar finished viewingĀ a tape of the fight fight, and subsequentlyĀ proclaimedĀ that justice would be served in the rematch. He thereafterĀ smacked a door as he left the room, which eventually tumbled down (see below).Ā However, I do not remember UFC 100 as a 1-fight show.Ā Rather, I remember itĀ as aĀ 3-fight show. The anticipation for theĀ Bisping vs Hendo fight had been excellentlyĀ built on theĀ TUF 9 series. The two personalitiesĀ contrasted nicely with one another. Whereas GSP vs Alves was a mouth-watering co-main event. Alves had recentlyĀ shrugged off and punishedĀ top-level wrestler Josh Koscheck, and savagedĀ Matt Hughes in a way that no other fighter had done previously. By contrast, GSP was a pound 4 pound kingpin, who was arguably the best all-round fighter in the game at the time. His stock was at an all-time highĀ after beating the highly touted Jon Fitch and mauling fellow P4P kingpin BJ Penn. It really seemed like the irresistibleĀ force vs unmovable object.Ā Wand has already reviewed the show itself and I have little else to add other than my own viewing experience. I made sure to watch the weigh ins. I specificallyĀ remember doing this because it was the only time I have gone out of my way to watch a UFC weigh-in. I can probably count on one hand the amount of UFC weigh-ins I have watched over the years. Amazingly, however,Ā I didn't stay up to watch the show itself. I can'tĀ even remember if it was shown onĀ the RacingUK channel or not. IĀ instead opted to watch the show on aĀ 12 hour delay on my Playstation. Overall, I reallyĀ enjoyed the event. I was a huge fan of both Lesnar and GSP at the time, so the results pleased me greatly.Ā The buzz around the promotion continued in the week after the show. I recall The Sun Newspaper's website running a massive article on the event. I think it might have even made the website's front page. The UFCĀ continued to prosper for theĀ next 18 months. There was the record settingĀ TUF 10 series, the Rampage vs Rashad feud, Anderson vs Sonnen, etc. I personally preferred the Strikeforce promotion at times during thisĀ timeframe, but there was little question that the UFC was the biggest game in town.Ā ThisĀ boom period for the UFC lastedĀ until late 2010, when Brock lost and the promotionĀ started to lose momentum. I seem to recall that theĀ UFC 122 card, headlined by Okami andĀ Marquardt, marked the end of the UFC's initial boom. It was around that period where people started to wonder if the promotion had hit its peak and was starting to cool of a bit. Nevertheless, if I had to pick a show that exemplified the UFC's first boom period, it would probably be UFC 100. It had the two biggest stars of that era (Lesnar and GSP), a grudge match that had been built on the thrivingĀ TUF seriesĀ that was a hallmarkĀ of MMA'sĀ first boomĀ (Bisping vs Hendo), and a stacked undercard full of memorable faces from that era (Bonnar, Alves, Coleman, Danzig, etc).Ā It was a great time to be a fan.Ā Ā Edited July 12, 2019 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 12, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2019 Yeh, i vividly remember this show too. I was with my parents on the Saturday night for some birthday gift for my mam in the West End and wouldnt get back home until late Sunday afternoon. I had a mate download the show ready for me and a group of them were waiting for me to arrive home to press play on the damn thing. God knows how none of them saw spoilers. I remember being super paranoid walking around London on the Sunday morning thinking someome would mention the Brock Lesnar result š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I vividly remember watching it down my grandads and Iām sure before hand there was either the 100 greatest moments or greatest fights on in 4 parts on the same nightĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Don't think I'll ever tire of seeing that Hendo KO. Ā Amazing how Bisping became as likeable as he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) How could I forget this gem? Ā Edited July 12, 2019 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jacko said: I vividly remember watching it down my grandads and Iām sure before hand there was either the 100 greatest moments or greatest fights on in 4 parts on the same nightĀ Yeah they aired that one part after another, followed by the Countdown. Then into the main show, which had no ad breaks. It actually turned out to be a blessing that it was shoved on that Racing channel. Their coverage of that one event was better than Setantaās had been the previous 2 years. Uninterrupted coverage with no ads was a real nice change.Ā Oh and on the Countdown, Brock was ace on that. Like Jim said there was him punching the door off. But also when he was watching the first Mir fight back,Ā his hatred for referee Steve Mazzagatti was a joy to behold.Ā Quote āMazzagatti spent the night at Frankās house the night before, I guess. Having supper and sitting in the hot tub together.āĀ āI donāt know how many times I had to tap his leg. Mazzagatti was a fucking dickhead. He should be thrown out of the fucking arena. Iād like to punch his fucking moustache right off his face.ā Edited July 12, 2019 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted July 12, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2019 This is the show that solidified my MMA fandom. Prior to this, I think I only ever checked out Brock fights, but this was the first card I watched all the way through. What shouldn't be understated was the buzz for this show, which wasĀ helped by the best Countdown shows they've ever done. It was impossible not to get invested in the card watching them. The event itself was so thrilling that I've barely missed an event since. It also introduced me to the greatest fighter ever and will probably reside joint place at top of the table for my favourite fighterĀ forever. To echo wand, GSP was absolutely flawless on this night. The UFC did a good job building Alves as a Mike Tyson like ball of destruction, so how impressed I was to see GSP make it look easy. I was definitely going to be checking out a GSP fight again (and again and again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted July 11, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 11, 2022 Bumping an old thread but today is 13 years since UFC 100! July 11th was also the date of UFC 251 on Fight Island (Usman vs Masvidal 1, Volkanovski vs Holloway 2) and the anniversary of Arturo Gattiās death. Quite a date in combat sports history. My boyās birthday as well. But yeah, 100 is an all time classic. One of those where the show itself actually matched, and maybe even surpassed, the hype and buzz going in. And there was a ton of that at the time. The card came at the height of maybe the hottest period in MMA history. A Brock/GSP double-header on top with the Hendo vs Bisping grudge match as support, with the TUF buildup back when TUF was still good. A magical time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 12, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2022 On 7/12/2019 at 6:07 PM, ColinBollocks said: What shouldn't be understated was the buzz for this show, which wasĀ helped by the best Countdown shows they've ever done. It was impossible not to get invested in the card watching them. . the mate that i lived with at the time was in no way a sports fan, and he didn't follow MMA on a day to day basis by myself, but he would watch the Countdown shows before every PPV around this time and be bang up for the fights when they came around. I'm not so sure how valuable a tool the Countdown's are these days where there's countless build up shows and podcasts but back around UFC 100 they were invaluable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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