The UFC returns to Brazil for UFC 134 this Saturday night, and Bleacher Report is here with the latest predictions for the UFC Rio card. This exciting card will feature a highly anticipated rematch between defending UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson…
The UFC returns to Brazil for UFC 134 this Saturday night, and Bleacher Report is here with the latest predictions for the UFC Rio card.
This exciting card will feature a highly anticipated rematch between defending UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and the last man to defeat him, Yushin Okami. These two last fought back in January 2006 when Okami was given the victory by way of disqualification.
Another important rematch will take place in the semi-main event when two former UFC light heavyweight champions do battle, as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua fights Forrest Griffin. After being touted as the top 205-pound fighter in the world, Rua surprisingly stumbled in his UFC debut against Griffin in September 2007 at UFC 76.
But while Shogun and Silva are looking to rectify losses that were perceived to be uncharacteristic, other fighters on Saturday night’s card are simply looking to make a name for themselves in what may turn out to be the summer’s biggest event.
So without further ado, let’s look at the UFC Rio: 134 fight card!
The UFC may have a new lightweight title contender in the form of former The Ultimate Fighter 2 contestant Melvin Guillard. Guillard convincingly crushed the always tough Shane Roller last night at UFC 132, earning his fifth straight fight in the Oc…
The UFC may have a new lightweight title contender in the form of former The Ultimate Fighter 2 contestant Melvin Guillard. Guillard convincingly crushed the always tough Shane Roller last night at UFC 132, earning his fifth straight fight in the Octagon.
As the Louisiana-native works closer to a title shot, it’s wise to examine what his chances truly are against the division’s top to fighters—Gray Maynard and champion Frankie Edgar—who are expected to fight for the third time this fall.
As was pointed out tonight by the commentary team of Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg and later elaborated on by Melvin himself, Guillard is a crazy-talented fighter who could do some serious damage at 155-pounds.
Here are the top five reasons why the 28-year-old lightweight is a bad matchup for anyone in the division.
Dominick Cruz defeated Urijah Faber tonight in the first bantamweight championship fight in the UFC’s history, winning a tightly contested judges’ decision and evening the score between the two men at 1-1. The former WEC featherweigh…
Dominick Cruz defeated Urijah Faber tonight in the first bantamweight championship fight in the UFC’s history, winning a tightly contested judges’ decision and evening the score between the two men at 1-1.
The former WEC featherweight champion, Faber, fought hard but was unable to score enough points on the judges’ scorecards to be crowned the new champion. Still, he believed going into the decision that he had the fight won, he told MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani.
“I’m an optimist, I felt like, yeah, I did enough,” he explained. “Three times, I feel like, I put him down and that scores usually pretty big on the cards. I took some of his best punches and kind of walked through.”
“I felt like I definitely had a chance to get the victory,” he added.
Faber was outnumbered in total strikes throughout the fight, but did land more power punches, according to CompuStrike.
“I did a lot of standing right in front of him and just kind of taking what he had, which was kind of my gameplan,” Faber admitted. “I wanted to not react to his movement and get distracted, stay calm and block his kicks and his punches, then fire back with some heavier punches.
“But I guess when it goes to a decision, you need to rack up those points also, and I must not have done that.”
When asked about an immediate rematch, Faber stopped short at saying that he believed he deserved an immediate fight with Cruz, but did agree that the division seems to be somewhat in limbo after he lost to the champion.
“That’s not up to me. I’ll fight anybody. I’ve never turned a fight down. Any time they’ve wanted me to fight somebody, I’m game. I’m always game to take an opportunity to fight for the title.
“I really feel, in my heart, that there’s not a lot of people out there that can hold a match to me, let alone beat me. Dominick beat me tonight on the judges’ cards, but I feel like we were neck and neck in that fight.”
The former 145-pound kingpin is now 0-4 in his last four title fights with two losses to Mike Brown, one to Jose Aldo and his loss tonight to Dominick Cruz.
UFC 132 saw one of the most impressive knockouts in recent memory when Chris Leben was able to defeat one of his idols, Wanderlei Silva, in the semi-main event.But the event may also be memorable for another reason as former middleweight No…
UFC 132 saw one of the most impressive knockouts in recent memory when Chris Leben was able to defeat one of his idols, Wanderlei Silva, in the semi-main event.
But the event may also be memorable for another reason as former middleweight No. 1 contender Chael Sonnen continued his verbal tirade on the organization by challenging yet another Brazilian fighter, Anderson Silva’s friend and fellow Black House member Lyoto Machida.
This came as somewhat of a surprise as Sonnen had been openly bashing Wanderlei in the media for the past few weeks leading up to this event.
“I was cheering for Chris [Leben],” Sonnen admitted tonight to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani. “I don’t have any ill-will towards Wanderlei; I hope he’s okay.”
Sonnen was in attendance and witnessed Silva get knocked out of the fifth time in his last eight fights.
“He can’t do this work,” Sonnen bluntly stated. “But I certainly hope he’s okay.”
“The only guy that would’ve finished him quicker is me.”
When asked if he would like to be the next to fight Silva, Sonnen shook his head and dismissed the idea entirely.
“No, it doesn’t make sense,” he explained. “Wanderlei is going to need to do something else. I don’t have any interest in getting in there with him. I don’t want to be the next guy to force him to have a flashlight shined in his eyes.”
But he did have his eyes set on a fight, surprisingly one outside his own middleweight division. For whatever reason, Sonnen apparently wants to fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida.
“There’s a karate guy at 205 pounds. I might stop there on my way back to 185. For a tune-up fight, take out Machida.”
Machida is coming of a huge win over Randy Couture at UFC 129. Though the fight against Sonnen would certainly be one that fans would look forward to, it’s hard to say that it would be a great fight for Machida to take if he hopes to move back up the ranks in the light heavyweight division.
With Sonnen having been off for nearly a year at this point and moving up in weight classes, it’d be difficult for matchmaker Joe Silva to give Machida much credit if he were to defeat the loud-mouthed 185-pounder.
That said, expect to hear much more about this potential fight in the coming weeks.
The UFC 132 results are in and the winners and losers are celebrating or recuperating after the big event. We had some awesome and shocking results on the card featuring the entertaining bantamweight title bout between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Fabe…
The UFC 132 results are in and the winners and losers are celebrating or recuperating after the big event. We had some awesome and shocking results on the card featuring the entertaining bantamweight title bout between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber.
In addition to that fight, we also saw one legend come out on top while another was violently knocked out.
We know who the winners and losers are in the official record book, but often, it is not as simple as that. As tonight proved, there are always times when the real winners and losers aren’t credited with a “W” or an “L” on their records.
With that said, let’s take a look at who were the real winners and losers tonight.
If you’re looking to watch a live stream of UFC 132 tonight on your computer, look no further. With the success of the of the preliminary fights on and Spike TV and Facebook at recent UFC events, tonight’s prelims will again be some of the …
If you’re looking to watch a live stream of UFC 132 tonight on your computer, look no further.
With the success of the of the preliminary fights on and Spike TV and Facebook at recent UFC events, tonight’s prelims will again be some of the most accessible in the organization’s history.
But if it’s the pay-per-view card featuring Cruz-Faber, Silva-Leben and Bader-Ortiz that you’re wanting to watch on your computer, then you should strongly consider checking out the UFC’s various live streaming partners.
Yes, there may be some horrible quality free streams elsewhere, but they can often be unreliable and there is always a strong chance of viruses and malware with any illegal stream.
So why not put all of that concern to rest and invest in an online stream that will actually work, won’t mess up your computer and won’t leave you wondering if the cops are going to come knocking on your door?
For $44.99, you can watch the UFC 132 pay-per-view from three different locations:
UFC.tv, the organization’s own online streaming service.
Yahoo Sports, one of the world’s largest sports websites.
Or perhaps the most viewed online streaming service, UStream.tv. This site is also great because it includes a place for fans to chat with one another during the event.
Whichever option you choose will provide you an excellent quality live stream of tonight’s UFC 129 pay-per-view, which starts at 9 p.m. EDT, 6 p.m. PDT.
Don’t be fooled by other websites that say they are offering a free live streaming of the event. Support the sport you love and order the event in high quality.
