On October 5, 2012 the UFC will roll into Minneapolis, MN for a what looks to be the best UFC on FX card to date. In the main event of the evening, two up-and-coming heavyweights, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva and Travis “Hapa” Browne, will square off.After …
On October 5, 2012 the UFC will roll into Minneapolis, MN for a what looks to be the best UFC on FX card to date. In the main event of the evening, two up-and-coming heavyweights, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva and Travis “Hapa” Browne, will square off.
After running through opponents since his draw with Cheick Kongo, Browne finally gets that step up in competition. While Browne looked like a man on a mission against Chad Griggs in his last outing, Silva is a tough draw for anyone.
Silva is coming off a brutal defeat at the hands of former Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez in his UFC debut. He was put on his back and thoroughly ground-and-pounded en route to a TKO loss. That loss was his second in a row after losing to Daniel Cormier in his final Strikeforce fight. Now on a two-fight skid, Silva will look to rebound against the highly touted up-and-comer, Browne.
Browne is currently unbeaten and has looked increasingly talented since joining the UFC back in 2010. His superman punch KO of Stefan Struve earned him Knockout of the Night honors back at UFC 130. He seemed to be a little gassed in his bout with Rob Broughton at UFC 135, but gained a unanimous decision victory. Browne will look to extend his unbeaten streak to 15 at UFC on FX 5.
Pictured: Their approximate reactions to finding out “garbage-ass” was a real phrase.
One week ago, Ben published an article voicing concerns over how weak UFC 151’s main card was. But it was cool, because Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson was going to be such an awesome fight. Two days ago, Jones vs. Henderson was scrapped and UFC 151 was canceled. [Ed. note: Damn, two days? Feels like we’ve been covering this forever.] Even though most of us acknowledged that the cancellation of the event was at least partially due to the garbage-assness of pretty much the entire card, we were too busy talking about Jon Jones ducking Chael Sonnen/Sonnen attempting to troll his way into an immediate title shot (depending on which side of the fence you’re on) to really delve into the issue. But now that the UFC has started to transplant the canceled UFC 151 fights to other cards, it’s time to take a closer look at that issue for a moment.
The bouts from UFC 151 are quickly being rescheduled for different cards, with UFC on FX 5 taking a significant chunk of them. As we covered in yesterday’s link dump, UFC 151’s planned co-main event, Jake Ellenberger vs. Jay Hieron, will now be the co-main event of UFC On FX 5. This won’t be the only fight from UFC 151’s main card that will now be padding UFC on FX 5 – Dennis Hallman vs. Thiago Tavares, Danny Castillo vs. Michael Johnson and Shane Roller vs. Jacob Volkmann will be moved to this card as well. UFC on Fuel TV 6 will now be featuring fights between bantamweights Takeya Mizugaki and Jeff Hougland and flyweights John Lineker and Yasuhiro Urushitani, while Kyle Noke and Charlie Brenneman will do the man dance on the undercard of UFC 152.
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s worth mentioning that absolutely none of these fights – three of which were on the pay-per-view portion of UFC 151, mind you – have made it to the main card of an upcoming pay-per-view. Now I understand that financially, most fighters who were expecting a paycheck on September 1 simply can’t afford to wait until November’s UFC 154 to fight again. But that’s not the issue: The issue is that the UFC could afford to move pay-per-view quality fights *makes this hand gesture* to free television in the first place.
Pictured: Their approximate reactions to finding out “garbage-ass” was a real phrase.
One week ago, Ben published an article voicing concerns over how weak UFC 151′s main card was. But it was cool, because Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson was going to be such an awesome fight. Two days ago, Jones vs. Henderson was scrapped and UFC 151 was canceled. [Ed. note: Damn, two days? Feels like we’ve been covering this forever.] Even though most of us acknowledged that the cancellation of the event was at least partially due to the garbage-assness of pretty much the entire card, we were too busy talking about Jon Jones ducking Chael Sonnen/Sonnen attempting to troll his way into an immediate title shot (depending on which side of the fence you’re on) to really delve into the issue. But now that the UFC has started to transplant the canceled UFC 151 fights to other cards, it’s time to take a closer look at that issue for a moment.
The bouts from UFC 151 are quickly being rescheduled for different cards, with UFC on FX 5 taking a significant chunk of them. As we covered in yesterday’s link dump, UFC 151′s planned co-main event, Jake Ellenberger vs. Jay Hieron, will now be the co-main event of UFC On FX 5. This won’t be the only fight from UFC 151′s main card that will now be padding UFC on FX 5 – Dennis Hallman vs. Thiago Tavares, Danny Castillo vs. Michael Johnson and Shane Roller vs. Jacob Volkmann will be moved to this card as well. UFC on Fuel TV 6 will now be featuring fights between bantamweights Takeya Mizugaki and Jeff Hougland and flyweights John Lineker and Yasuhiro Urushitani, while Kyle Noke and Charlie Brenneman will do the man dance on the undercard of UFC 152.
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s worth mentioning that absolutely none of these fights – three of which were on the pay-per-view portion of UFC 151, mind you – have made it to the main card of an upcoming pay-per-view. Now I understand that financially, most fighters who were expecting a paycheck on September 1 simply can’t afford to wait until November’s UFC 154 to fight again. But that’s not the issue: The issue is that the UFC could afford to move pay-per-view quality fights *makes this hand gesture* to free television in the first place.
Dana White can point his fingers at Jon Jones and Greg Jackson and say “That’s the bad guy!” all he wants, but that certainly doesn’t make him the good guy in all of this. The fact that the UFC can give away bouts that they expected you to pay for without worrying about the revenue they’ll lose is essentially an admission that the bouts were never really worth your money in the first place. Essentially, it’s proof that, as we feared, over-saturation has reached its tipping point in the UFC and as a result, the main event of any given pay-per-view is the only fight worth paying for. Gone are the days when a fighter in the co-main event of a UFC pay-per-view was too big of a name for basic cable (Isn’t that right, Mike Russow?). It’s easy to make Jon Jones and Greg Jackson the scapegoats for the cancellation of UFC 151, but it’s nothing short of willful ignorance to continue to deny that over-saturation is a pandemic in the UFC.
With Jones vs. Belfort now headlining UFC 152 (151?), Dana White will more than likely use the “stacked” UFC 152 as “proof” that the UFC is still putting on stacked cards and that over-saturation is not an issue. On paper, he has a point; it’s hard to say that a card with two title fights isn’t a quality product. But let’s actually look at what we’re getting: A light-heavyweight title fight where the challenger earned the honor of fighting for a belt by simply being the first guy to say “Yeah, sure, I’ll do it,” a flyweight title fight that fans weren’t exactly excited for in the first place, and a middleweight scrap between two top-ten fighters who probably still won’t be getting a shot at Anderson Silva with a victory. Call me crazy, but I’m not seeing a stacked card here. I’m seeing a card that, up until Jon Jones was added on, was weaker than UFC 151.
I guess it would be pretty ironic of me to let the comments section fill up with complaints about how boxing died because champions were fighting unworthy challengers and the “one-fight cards” that ruined the sport. But to do that would be missing my own point, so instead I’ll propose a new rule: From now on, if you aren’t willing to complain with your wallet, you forfeit your right to complain with your keyboard. That should be enough to force the UFC to acknowledge over-saturation, and admission is the first step to recovery.
UFC on FX 5 is home to an intriguing lightweight scrap between brawler Jeremy Stephens and long-time veteran Yves Edwards. It is a fight that promises to give fans a real treat.Both men are coming off losses, so they may be even more motivated to knock…
UFC on FX 5 is home to an intriguing lightweight scrap between brawler Jeremy Stephens and long-time veteran Yves Edwards. It is a fight that promises to give fans a real treat.
Both men are coming off losses, so they may be even more motivated to knock each other’s heads off. I guess that isn’t that much of a changeup, as they tend to do that in most of their fights anyways.
Here is the head-to-toe matchup for their fight in October.
Two exciting lightweights will clash when Jeremy Stephens and Yves Edwards step into the Octagon for the UFC on FX 5 event that takes place in Minnesota. Damon Martin of MMAWeekly reports that verbal agreements have already been made and there’s nothin…
Two exciting lightweights will clash when Jeremy Stephens and Yves Edwards step into the Octagon for the UFC on FX 5 event that takes place in Minnesota.
Damon Martin of MMAWeekly reports that verbal agreements have already been made and there’s nothing left to do but put pen to paper.
Edwards, who claims to be a master of “Thugjitsu” is coming off a decision loss to Ultimate Fighter winner, Tony Ferguson. He was scheduled to meet Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, but was forced off the card with an arm injury.
The man who replaced Edwards was Stephens. Cerrone and Stephens engaged in a stand up battle of attrition with Cerrone coming out on top on the judge’s scorecards. Despite the loss Stephens displayed great heart after taking a number of vicious leg kicks from “Cowboy.”
Stephens will look to avoid losing his third consecutive fight inside the UFC and possibly finding himself on the chopping block.
The UFC on FX 5 card takes place on Oct. 5 and will be headlined by a heavyweight battle between undefeated Travis Browne and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. Also on the card is former Ultimate Fighter star Matt Mitrione and Ultimate Fighter winner, John Dodson.
A rematch between former light heavyweight title contender Phil Davis and talented Brazilian fighter Wagner Prado is also expected to go down.
(“Now, Demian! Use the muscle-spasm death touch that I taught you!”)
Demian Maia‘s welterweight debut at UFC 148 was over before it really began, thanks to a poorly timed muscle spasm suffered by Dong Hyun Kim. But the former middleweight title contender will be getting another chance to make an impression against Rick Story. Their bout is scheduled to take place at UFC 153 (October 13th, Rio de Janeiro), a card that is quickly stacking up with top Brazilian talent. Story recently outpointed newcomer Brock Jardine at UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida, which snapped a two-fight losing streak against Charlie Brenneman and Martin Kampmann.
Speaking of Brenneman, “The Spaniard” has booked his return fight after being choked out by Erick Silva in June. He’ll be appearing at UFC 151: Jones vs. Henderson (September 1st, Las Vegas) against TUF 11 competitor — and former Crocodile Hunter bodyguard — Kyle Noke, who is coming off of two losses at middleweight and will be making his welterweight debut.
In other booking news…
(“Now, Demian! Use the muscle-spasm death touch that I taught you!”)
Speaking of Brenneman, “The Spaniard” has booked his return fight after being choked out by Erick Silva in June. He’ll be appearing at UFC 151: Jones vs. Henderson(September 1st, Las Vegas) against TUF 11 competitor — and former Crocodile Hunter bodyguard — Kyle Noke, who is coming off of two losses at middleweight and will be making his welterweight debut.
– The UFC has confirmed more fights for their UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot card (October 5th, Minneapolis). Notably, a heavyweight matchup between Matt Mitrione and Rob Broughton — originally scheduled for this weekend’s UFC on FOX 4 card, until Broughton pulled out due to injury — has been re-set for the UFC on FX 5 lineup. Broughton has dropped consecutive decisions to Travis Browne and Phil De Fries, while Mitrione will try to bounce back from his decision loss to Cheick Kongo at UFC 137. And on the other end of the fighter-size spectrum, TUF 14 bantamweight winner John Dodson will make his latest flyweight appearance against much-hyped newcomer Jussier da Silva, in a match that could very well produce the #1 contender in the 125-pound division.
Please direct your predictions to the comments section.
The boys over at UFC.com were busy on Tuesday night, as a slew of new fights were announced for UFC on FX 5. Officially announcing six bouts for the October 5 card, fans were treated to announcements from flyweight all the way up to heavyweight.The mos…
The boys over at UFC.com were busy on Tuesday night, as a slew of new fights were announced for UFC on FX 5. Officially announcing six bouts for the October 5 card, fans were treated to announcements from flyweight all the way up to heavyweight.
The most exciting fight added to the card is a potential title eliminator for the UFC flyweight championship.
Ultimate Fighter winner John Dodson will meet world ranked lightweight Jussier da Silva.
Dodson is 2-0 in the UFC and already has a career win over fellow flyweight John Moraga. Meanwhile, da Silva is a former Shooto Flyweight champion who holds a professional record of 14-1.
With Dodson and da Silva ranking in a No. 7 and No. 4 respectively on the flyweight chart, logic says that this fight will likely determine the first challenger for the newly created UFC Flyweight championship.
In another flyweight contest, green-haired warrior Louis Gaudinot meets a returned Darren Uyenoyama.
Both men are coming off of exciting wins as Gaudinot won a hard fought battle against John Lineker in his last appearance, and Uyenoyama picked up a signature victory when he dominated Kid Yamamoto at the inaugural UFC on Fox event.
Heavyweights will collide after a UFC on Fox 4 matchup was postponed due to injury.
Matt Mitrione and Rob Broughton will do battle on Minneapolis card.
Mitrione is returning from the first loss of his career last October. Broughton is trying to snap a two-fight skid after losing back-to-back contests with Travis Browne and Phil de Fries.
UFC veteran Josh Neer returns in a welterweight matchup against Ultimate Fighter contestant Justin Edwards.
Neer recently saw a six-fight winning streak snapped when he lost to Mike Pyle in June.
Edwards, on the other hand, hasn’t seen much momentum in the UFC, as he has put together a 1-2 record with the organization.
In a striker’s dream, Bart Palaszewski will step into the cage with dangerous stand-up technician Diego Nunes.
Palaszewski debuted with a vicious knockout of Tyson Griffin, but found himself manhandled by Hatsu Hioki at UFC 144.
Nunes has gone 6-3 since working for Zuffa and holds signature wins over Mike Brown and Manny Gamburyan. He is coming off of a decision loss to Dennis Siver back in April.
Finally, a lightweight bout featuring Carlo Prater and Marcus LeVesseur.
Prater scored a win over Erick Silva in January via disqualification.
The decision was panned by many, claiming that the strike to the back of the head was not enough to warrant the disqualification.
LeVesseur is an accomplished wrestler who fell to Cody McKenzie and his deadly guillotine at UFC on FUEL 3.
All of that action sits on top of a previously announced battle in the heavyweight division between Travis Browne and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva.
Get ready for UFC on FX 5, because it is quickly shaping up to be an excellent card.
Two exciting lightweights will clash when 
