Warren Beatty is currently enjoying the infamy of messing up the announcement of the winner at last night’s Oscars, but UFC’s Bruce Buffer feels his pain. Buffer had incorrectly announced Tyron Woodley as the victor over Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson following their majority draw at UFC 205 to a packed Madison Square Garden on pay-per-view (PPV) […]
Warren Beatty is currently enjoying the infamy of messing up the announcement of the winner at last night’s Oscars, but UFC’s Bruce Buffer feels his pain. Buffer had incorrectly announced Tyron Woodley as the victor over Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson following their majority draw at UFC 205 to a packed Madison Square Garden on pay-per-view (PPV) […]
Couples who find themselves arguing at the dinner table probably don’t expect a well known personality to intervene. When that particular person happens to be Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announcer Bruce Buffer, it may be confusing enough to forget about the argument altogether.
The official YouTube channel of the UFC rolled out a new video that viewers probably weren’t anticipating. It’s a new GEICO commercial featuring Buffer. A couple is seen arguing at a restaurant. When Buffer senses a fight brewing, he can’t help but provide the introductions.
Here’s the description of the video:
“If you’re Bruce Buffer, ‘voice of the UFC Octagon,’ you announce fights. It’s what you do. When a couple is arguing in a restaurant, the people around them usually try to ignore them and pretend not to notice. Not Bruce Buffer, ‘voice of the UFC Octagon.’ When Bruce sees a fight about to start, he announces it. It’s what he does.”
The “Veteran Voice of the Octagon” made his UFC announcing debut in 1996. Buffer filled in for Rich Goins at UFC 10. While Goins would return at UFC 11, the promotion stuck with Buffer as their official announcer for 20 years.
Buffer is the half brother of famed boxing announcer Michael Buffer. Michael had done the introductions for UFC 6 and UFC 7. Bruce caused a bit of a stir when he compared women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes to Chuck Liddell. He said “The Lioness” is, “like Chuck Liddell with a clitoris.”
When it comes to his announcing, it’s hard to find someone to compare to Buffer. The man isn’t perfect. Take for example his error naming Tyron Woodley the winner at UFC 205 when his fight with Stephen Thompson was actually a majority draw.
Still, when you hear Buffer’s voice you know it’s fight time. Even under new ownership, Buffer is one name that probably won’t go away anytime soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wNVCEfeffM
Couples who find themselves arguing at the dinner table probably don’t expect a well known personality to intervene. When that particular person happens to be Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announcer Bruce Buffer, it may be confusing enough to forget about the argument altogether.
The official YouTube channel of the UFC rolled out a new video that viewers probably weren’t anticipating. It’s a new GEICO commercial featuring Buffer. A couple is seen arguing at a restaurant. When Buffer senses a fight brewing, he can’t help but provide the introductions.
Here’s the description of the video:
“If you’re Bruce Buffer, ‘voice of the UFC Octagon,’ you announce fights. It’s what you do. When a couple is arguing in a restaurant, the people around them usually try to ignore them and pretend not to notice. Not Bruce Buffer, ‘voice of the UFC Octagon.’ When Bruce sees a fight about to start, he announces it. It’s what he does.”
The “Veteran Voice of the Octagon” made his UFC announcing debut in 1996. Buffer filled in for Rich Goins at UFC 10. While Goins would return at UFC 11, the promotion stuck with Buffer as their official announcer for 20 years.
Buffer is the half brother of famed boxing announcer Michael Buffer. Michael had done the introductions for UFC 6 and UFC 7. Bruce caused a bit of a stir when he compared women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes to Chuck Liddell. He said “The Lioness” is, “like Chuck Liddell with a clitoris.”
When it comes to his announcing, it’s hard to find someone to compare to Buffer. The man isn’t perfect. Take for example his error naming Tyron Woodley the winner at UFC 205 when his fight with Stephen Thompson was actually a majority draw.
Still, when you hear Buffer’s voice you know it’s fight time. Even under new ownership, Buffer is one name that probably won’t go away anytime soon.
Amanda Nunes and Chuck Liddell have one thing in common. They are both all-time great UFC champions. One thing they do not have in common? A penis.
The following story is presented to you in its original, unaltered form, courtesy of The MMA News Ar…
Amanda Nunes and Chuck Liddell have one thing in common. They are both all-time great UFC champions. One thing they do not have in common? A penis.
The following story is presented to you in its original, unaltered form, courtesy of The MMA News Archives.
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JANUARY 9, 2017, 10:13 AM]
Headline: Bruce Buffer: ‘Amanda Nunes is Chuck Liddell Minus The Penis’
Author: Fernando Quiles Jr.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announcer Bruce Buffer has a way with words.
The world of mixed martial arts (MMA) and sports, in general, was buzzing when Ronda Rousey’s bid for a second run with the women’s bantamweight title was derailed in 48 seconds by champion Amanda Nunes. “The Lioness” was dominant while “Rowdy” didn’t showcase any improvements from her brutal knockout loss to Holly Holm in Nov. 2015.
Buffer recently appeared on The Pony Hour podcast (via Bloody Elbow) and talked about Nunes’ first successful title defense. Despite Rousey’s performance, Buffer believes she took the bout very seriously:
“I thought (Rousey) was focused, she just got her ass handed to her. She came into Vegas, on Monday or Friday previous, weighing 135 lbs, instead of coming in on 150 or whatever, and having to lose 15 lbs in 5 days. That’s focused! She came in for the kill.”
With Nunes’ punching power, Buffer compared the 135-pound queen to UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell. There is one significant difference, however.
“In the case of Amanda Nunes, who is like Chuck Liddell with a clitoris. It’s like — and minus the penis — this is a woman who can move back and forward, who doesn’t punch and hit you in the face, she punches through your head. She’s probably going to hold that belt for a long time.”
Many have provided their theories as to why Rousey hasn’t improved in the sport. Some shoulder the blame on her coaches while others feel she was overrated to begin with. Buffer offered his take on what has gone wrong.
“She came in being told, in Holly’s case, that she was invincible. Wrong!” Buffer exclaimed. “Nobody is invincible. Okay? She came into this next fight, without any improvement to be seen in the 48 seconds that we saw. Flat-footed, no head movement, walking into a devastating striker to fight her fight. Bad judgment!”
The co-main event of last weekend’s (Nov. 12, 2016) historic UFC 205 event from New York City turned out to be an instant classic, Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson went back-and-forth for five rounds with Woodley’s welterweight title hanging in the balance. There was, however, some confusion after the bout. Longtime UFC announcer Bruce Buffer,
The co-main event of last weekend’s (Nov. 12, 2016) historic UFC 205 event from New York City turned out to be an instant classic, Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson went back-and-forth for five rounds with Woodley’s welterweight title hanging in the balance. There was, however, some confusion after the bout.
Longtime UFC announcer Bruce Buffer, a man who very rarely if ever makes mistakes, announced the decision as a split-decision victory for “The Chosen One” when it was actually a draw. Woodley retained his title either way, but Buffer recently explained the situation in an interview with TMZ Sports:
“I’m the messenger. I don’t add up the scores, I don’t do that,” Buffer said. “But, at the same time, I actually learn more so than ever, if there was a question, I’m gonna bring it up at that point.”
Continuing on, “The Veteran Voice of The Octagon” admitted that he felt bad about the mistake, also thanking God that he didn’t announce “Wonderboy” as the winner:
“Thank God I didn’t announce Stephen Thompson as the winner, that would’ve been kind of a Steve Harvey moment.”
After the event, UFC President Dana said that a rematch between Woodley and Thompson would likely take place next, although a timetable for that match has yet to be determined.
After an abundance of trash talk, a pre-fight press conference brawl, asking pussies if they’re still there, technical breakdowns, and moving betting lines, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier duked it out for five rounds in an early “Fight of the Year” candidate, which went exactly how most of us thought it would. The main card of UFC 182, however, was pretty putrid.
Our excitement was at an all-time high, which is rare nowadays when it comes to MMA in general. This truly felt like 2008 all over again, but sometimes, we rely on nostalgia to compare upcoming fight cards that may or may not be worth viewing live.
Nevertheless, Jones vs. Cormier lived up to the billing, as both light heavyweights engaged in a dogfight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV., this past Saturday night.
After an abundance of trash talk, a pre-fight press conference brawl, asking pussies if they’re still there, technical breakdowns, and moving betting lines, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier duked it out for five rounds in an early “Fight of the Year” candidate, which went exactly how most of us thought it would. The main card of UFC 182, however, was pretty putrid.
Our excitement was at an all-time high, which is rare nowadays when it comes to MMA in general. This truly felt like 2008 all over again, but sometimes, we rely on nostalgia to compare upcoming fight cards that may or may not be worth viewing live.
Nevertheless, Jones vs. Cormier lived up to the billing, as both light heavyweights engaged in a dogfight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV., this past Saturday night.
Truth be told, their fight couldn’t have come any sooner to save the day. There was uncontrolled excitement running through our veins Saturday morning, but after the FOX Sports 1 and Fight Pass prelims concluded, we were better off rummaging through our Twin Peaks Definitive Gold Box Edition and watching some of our favorite episodes.
The prelims were off to a raucous start, with Marion Reneau pummeling Alexis Dufresne in a unanimous decision win, and making the latter look like she came straight out of those So You Wanna Fight? events we used to see on our PPV listing (they must be at #341 by now…talk about real oversaturation). The highlight from that fight was Dufresne’s pathetic corner, who had too much pride to throw in the towel and actually made it seen like their fighter could have bounced back when she lost every second of that fight.
After Omari Akhmedov and Evan Dunham returned to winning ways over Mats Nilsson and Rodrigo Damm, respectively, Shawn Jordan scored another highlight-reel knockout over the debuting Jared Cannonier. Then, Team Alpha Male witnessed some ups and downs, as rising prospect Cody Garbrandt scored a stoppage victory over Marcus Brimage with 10 seconds left in the round.
Although the happiness was short-lived, as Paul Felder, taking the fight on short notice, blasted Danny Castillo with a spinning back forearm that sent “Last Call” into the Himalayas. If Garbrandt was seen as one of the starlets of the under card, the undefeated lightweight stole his thunder minutes later, and even walked out of Las Vegas $50,000 richer. The downside is with the sheer volume of athletes competing inside the Octagon these days, it’s impossible for bar bros to remember their names come Monday morning.
The main card was supposed to be off to bang, since Hector Lombard was going to smother the returning Josh Burkman in seconds. However, the former WSOF welterweight title challenger hung in there, hands down and guns blazing, stepping up to “Showeather” and looked good early. Lombard eventually cracked Burkman enough times to convince us the scrap was a lot more lopsided than we initially thought, earning the unanimous decision victory and disappointing UFC President Dana White in the process, since he thought the winner should have tried harder to finish.
Then, it all went miserably downhill from there. You know, there are plenty of things to do on a Saturday night when staying in. MMA fans have sacrificed hitting the club or having a meaningful social life outside of the bubble, and that’s okay. But watching the next three fights (all involving popular fighters like Donald Cerrone, Nate Marquardt, and according to Fightland, the next Prime Minister of Japan, flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi), over the NFL wildcard playoff between the Steelers vs. the Ravens, Saturday Night Live, a black market copy of Birdman, or Louie on Netflix was an absurd decision. I’m not saying the main card of UFC 182 wins The 2015 Potato Award for Greatest-Hype Deflation, but it’s definitely worth consideration.
The main event was a straight-up dogfight, and even looked like a street fight at times. The battle was highly competitive for the first three rounds, as “Bones” was off to a flashy start, throwing strikes from every angle with every limb. It was the back-and-forth scuffle we hoped it would be, thanks to “D.C.” staying in Jones’ face and willing to close the distance, or better yet, nullify the champion’s reach advantage in the clinch. If the first round went to Jones, then it was fair to award Cormier the second.
The tide turned when Jones, who swore he could take down Cormier and presumably started this mess, took the Olympic wrestler down at will, and stuffed his adversary’s attempts, too. From that moment on, it seemed as if Cormier let the fight slip past him, with AKA’s Javier Mendez and Bob Cook yelling in his face while he sat on the stool before the fifth frame.
The challenger didn’t do much to finish the fight in the final round like he needed to, and instead, went for the takedown because of pride issues. He scored somewhat of a toss, and grappled with the champion when he should have separated and swung for the fences. As the fight concluded, Jones, who had given “D.C.” the crotch chop seconds after the final horn, blasted his adversary in his post-fight interview and told fans to return their “Break Bones” t-shirts. Finally, “Bones” embraced the heel persona, and did as good as Shawn Michaels did on The Barber Shop.
A while back, UFC announcer Bruce Buffer compared Jones to Muhammad Ali. Considering Jones was prepping for the Ryan Bader fight at UFC 126, and hadn’t even won his coveted 205-pound strap yet, some knew the comparison would eventually come to fruition, while others chose not to believe it. Ironically, leading up to this contest, there was a lot of talk as Jones being Ali, and Cormier serving as his Joe Frazier, even though “Bones” thought Alexander Gustafsson better suited the part.
However which way the media wants to spin it, Jones isn’t Ali, and quite frankly, he’s something even greater in the sport of MMA. Nobody talks the same way as they did when referring to Anderson Silva and Fedor Emilianenko, and with Georges St-Pierre absent from the whole scenario, Jones truly is the greatest fighter on planet earth right now, and maybe the greatest ever. It’s not like the main event was as close as Jones’ scrap against “The Mauler” at UFC 165.
When it comes to “Gus,” if the Swede beats Anthony Johnson later this month at UFC on FOX 14, he’s obviously next. But the division is so thin that “Rumble” would earn his spot against Jones if he pulls off the upset against the former title challenger.
But you have to wonder what happens after that. Jones sticking around to face his old foes would get tiresome, and maybe even pointless. Some are under the impression that “Bones” should move to heavyweight after his next fight, which would be the right call. If Jones was announced to face Cain Velasquez in four months from now, I’ll go out on a limb and say not only could he win the heavyweight title, he could even be favored. It’s all speculation at this point, yet this athlete is just too special, being 27 years old and already beating the division’s most dangerous fighters. We can say that he may not have even entered his prime yet, but we can also agree he’s wiped out everyone he’s had to in order to be called the greatest, with not much else to prove.
Apart from a lackluster PPV card, UFC 182’s main event was the perfect way to start off 2015, even though problems will continue to persist, like domestic abuse cases being thrown out the window, drug testing woes, odd MMA debuts, PPV price increases and the other nonsense we have to put up with. Apart from the cool Fight Pass library news, some other stuff has been getting us mildly intrigued, like Bellator in it to win it, Brock Lesnar’s rumored return, and the potential superfight involving Ariel Helwani vs. Front Row Brian at Cowboys Stadium (now the AT&T Stadium), stemming from their continued fight announcement rivalry.
Let’s not hold our hopes high for a groundbreaking year. We’re just praying it’s better than the last.
Browne most recently got his ass handed to him by Fabricio Werdum, who outstruck “Hapa” to a clear-cut unanimous decision victory at UFC on FOX 11 back in April. The loss snapped a streak of three consecutive first-round knockout wins for Browne, which he earned against Gabriel Gonzaga, Alistair Overeem, and Josh Barnett.
Browne most recently got his ass handed to him by Fabricio Werdum, who outstruck “Hapa” to a clear-cut unanimous decision victory at UFC on FOX 11 back in April. The loss snapped a streak of three consecutive first-round knockout wins for Browne, which he earned against Gabriel Gonzaga, Alistair Overeem, and Josh Barnett.
(Huh. Now that I think about it, it’s obvious that the UFC put two title fights on this card because either Belfort or Pettis will pull out of the event due to injury. Seriously, I’m calling it now.)
(And are you f*cking kidding me with that Bruce Buffer photo? The man has abs like an action figureand he can do the splits? He is truly the world’s most complete man.)
