Ufc 83

[gooch]

April 19 at the Bell Centre in Montreal

confirmed fights

Matt Serra Vs. Georges St-Pierre
Travis Lutter Vs. Rich Franklin
Nate Quarry Vs. Kalib Starnes
Charles McCarthy Vs. Michael Bisping
Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig
Joe Doerksen Vs. Jason MacDonald
Rich Clementi Vs. Sam Stout
Kuniyoshi Hironaka Vs. Jonathan Goulet

All aboard the St-Pierre band wagon

[gooch]

whoa,

over 13k in seats sold in 24 hours

might be the biggest gate ever ,bell centre holds 21k+, record is 19k

[MudPie]

nice line up. good to see kalib working his way up the list. bisping better come out and impress after his last 'win'

[HIBuLlitT]

Serra better hope he didn't loose his lucky clover...
Franklin is hungry...but so is Lutter...
I like Bisping, but I think he's a bit over-rated...

Can't wait to d/l some of those fights.

[gooch]

Originally Posted by MudPie

nice line up. good to see kalib working his way up the list. bisping better come out and impress after his last 'win'

hopefully he will be more inpressive at middle instead of light heavy

anyone think hendo stands a chance against silva when they go?

[gooch]

Originally Posted by HIBuLlitT

Serra better hope he didn't loose his lucky clover...
Franklin is hungry...but so is Lutter...
I like Bisping, but I think he's a bit over-rated...

Can't wait to d/l some of those fights.

I think franklin is hurt, so that may not go, will give him time to get his nose reconstructed again after silva smashed it through his head

[HIBuLlitT]

Originally Posted by gooch

hopefully he will be more inpressive at middle instead of light heavy

anyone think hendo stands a chance against silva when they go?

Agreed


No. Silva is an animal, Henderson is a BMF but Silva is so fricking fast and it's
like he has blades in his elbows and knees. Henderson's tough though, should be
a good fight.

[gtse]

i'd like to say hendo will take silva.....but HIBuLlitT is right, silva is fast. dunno tough call but i think hendo will still prevail.

as for franklin.....twice he needed his face reconstructed and both times by silva. i think there's a fear put in him now that wasn't there before. i don't think he will be the same as before.

[gooch]

Originally Posted by gtse

i'd like to say hendo will take silva.....but HIBuLlitT is right, silva is fast. dunno tough call but i think hendo will still prevail.

as for franklin.....twice he needed his face reconstructed and both times by silva. i think there's a fear put in him now that wasn't there before. i don't think he will be the same as before.

if anderson did the old "flip up your hand like you are going to fix your hair" thingy rich would most likely pass out from fear

dan and spider will be interesting, hendo has fought some big guys so he has the strength to hang with him I think, will me a matter if he can control him enough with the cage and do some damage when he gets him there, either way should be a good fight and silvas best challenge to date in teh ufc

[gtse]

if anderson did the old "flip up your hand like you are going to fix your hair" thingy rich would most likely pass out from fear

hee hee ya i agree. the rematch you could not only see the fear in franklin but you could feel it. dang i felt bad for the guy.

there was an article/interview with franklin before the rematch and he said that having his face broken to pieces was the worse pain he has ever felt and how it also hurt to get a steel plate put in his face for reconstruction.

man i'm so glad i chose a different carrier cause man i dunno how much i could harden the fuck up but i'm sure not enough to stand in the octagon.

[gooch]

[Stuminator]

Me thinks Anderson is the best overall MMA fighter right now. That said, I agree that Hendo would be the biggest test for him. Let some other guys have a shot at him other than Rich. With their last fight, it looked like Rich was sucking up to him so he wouldn't get hurt so badly. The quick pace of sales bodes well for another card north of the border in the future.

[onepunch]

Im pickin Hendo all the waY. He has more victories over quality opponents, and some of his losses were to guys Like Big Nog, who did not tap or KO him if i remember right. Spider is a friggin machine, but i dont see his bag of tricks matchin Hendo's. Hendo's chin is unreal as well. I hoped they could have had a card featuring Canadians, that did not put two up against each other. (Jay mac and Doerkson). Got to pick Jay on this one...GO CANADA UFC FIGHTERS!!!

[MudPie]

Originally Posted by gooch

that cameraman looks sad, like he feels sorry for Rich. Me too.

Silva I hope, although I like Hendo. I love his stand up style, especially for UFC it's a treat. It'll be good one that's for sure.

KO by knee to head rd 2 and then on to rampage...

[Slaughter_da_Stinky]

Is anyone going to the Montreal show?
I'm thinking about it if I can score 2 tickets for a reasonable price...