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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Quick with a one-liner or a dose of deadpan humor, Eric Schafer isn’t a fighter who is going to have too many enemies. But despite this, as well as the nickname “Red”, Schafer is likely to hear plenty of boos when he steps into the Octagon Wednesday night (Spike TV 8pm ET / PT) in Cornhusker territory to take on local Nebraska hero Houston Alexander.
Source:Eric Schafer – Can a Guy Nicknamed “Red” still be a Bad Guy in Nebraska?
Or at least that’s the conclusion one could draw from the report released today with stats from the fight between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Matt Lindland. The FightMetric system gives the fight to Lindland 29-28 for winning rounds one and three.
But that’s only half the story. The overall scores for the fight are 159-163, which falls within FightMetric’s four-point margin for error. That means the fight overall is a draw, which sounds more than reasonable. While Rampage landed more effective strikes, Lindland stayed busy on the ground and attempted five submissions.
What we’re learning over the course of the FightMetric project is that there probably should be many more draws in MMA than are actually called. In many cases, a controversial decision is controversial because the fight really was too close to call. But the ten-point must system makes fools of us all when judges refuse to call 10-10 rounds. Calling a round even carries the stigma of indecision, as if a better judge should have been able to spot the victor, even when there fairly shouldn’t be one.
Will this change anytime soon? Probably not. The reason seems clear: A close decision disappoints only the fans that thought the losing fighter won; a draw disappoints almost everyone.
Click below for the official UFC Fight Night weigh-in results. UFC Fight Night, which is headlined by the lightweight showdown between Nate Diaz and Josh Neer, will air on Spike TV Wednesday from the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska beginning at 8pm ET / PT.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) today announced that tickets for what is expected to be the biggest UFC event in history will go on public sale this Saturday, Sept. 20 at 11am PT. “Our estimates project that UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar will be the highest grossing UFC pay-per-view event in history,” said Dana White, UFC President.
Source:Tickets for UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar go on sale this week
Sherdog.com caught up with Alessio Sakara (Pictures) to discuss his bout against Joe Vedepo on Wednesday at UFC Fight Night
In honor of Fedor’s first consequential fight in nearly three years, we’ll be devoting our coverage this week to the career of one of the sport’s all-time greats. We’ll be releasing new stats and analysis every day this week. Here’s the Fedor Week schedule:
Monday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Semmy Schilt
Tuesday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira I
Wednesday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira III
Thursday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mirko “CroCop” Filipovic
Friday: Fedor Emelianenko Career TPR Report
Check out how Fedor fared in his first Pride fight and make sure to come back this week for more Fedor fun.
Source:It's Fedor Week!