Al Bundy(yes that Al Bundy!) breaking down the Jones/Belfort fight...




btw if you haven't seen these Gracie breakdowns before, they are excellent

So awesome, love the breakdowns.

Excellent card in Nottingham today. Love watching the post-fight presser. Dan Hardy seems like he's coming back, Gunnar Nelson great debut, and DW is about as passionate as one can be about ther business and growing globally. Good fights.

*bump* for UFC 153 in Rio tonight



Main Card (PPV)

Light Heavyweight - (Brazil) Anderson Silva vs (United States) Stephan Bonnar
Heavyweight - (Brazil) Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs (United States) Dave Herman
Light Heavyweight - (Brazil) Glover Teixeira vs (Brazil) Fabio Maldonado
Welterweight - (United States) Jon Fitch vs (Brazil) Erick Silva
Light Heavyweight - (United States) Phil Davis vs (Brazil) Wagner Prado
Welterweight - (Brazil) Demian Maia vs (United States) Rick Story

Preliminary Card (FX)

Featherweight - (Brazil) Rony Mariano Bezerra vs (United States) Sam Sicilia
Lightweight - (Brazil) Gleison Tibau vs (Brazil) Francisco Trinaldo
Featherweight - (Brazil) Diego Brandao vs (United States) Joey Gambino
Welterweight - (Brazil) Sergio Moraes vs (Brazil) Renee Forte

Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Middleweight - (Brazil) Luiz Cané vs (United States) Chris Camozzi
Lightweight - (Brazil) Cristiano Marcello vs (Sweden) Reza Madadi

hope ya like watching Brazilians and Americans fight!

guess the Silva/Bonnar main event is only 3 round for some weird reason, but whatever. probably won't go 4+ anyway...

Its a LHW fight so no title is involved. I know the UFC had some weird idea a while back to make some random main event fights 5 rounds even though a title isnt on the line. Dont know if they stopped doing that now or not, but didnt like it that much when they did it.

Both agreed to a 3 rounder because of the short timeframe/fight camp leading to the fight.

i'm just getting into ufc..how does this card compare to 152?

152 was better but it's always cool to see Anderson, assuming he decides to show off some skillz (the card on paper was better, the show turned out to be a bit ****)

Both cards are a bit messed up due to people pulling out

So the UFC still makes main events 5 rounds even if it isnt for a title?

5 rds > 3 rds. Judging can be all over the place and the 'F' in UFC stands for "Fighting" not "point scoring". Make all main event fights 5 rounders and let'em finish it in the ring. Quite a few 3 rounders I've seen would have been ended in the 4th but the gassed out guy wins first tow rounds and does the lay and pray in the third for the win.

I agree. I think Anderson requested since it was rather short notice that it be a standard 3 rounder instead of putting in a full camp for a full 5 round main event or something.

When the fight is scheduled for 3 rounds it doesnt matter if someone would be gassed and finished if there was a 4th round. Its like saying someone who won a 100m race would have lost if it was 150m. He trained for 3 rounds and you would expect him to give everything he had so why leave anything in the tank for a theoretical 4th round.

My problem with non-title main events being 5 rounds is why exactly does a main event get 5 rounds and not other fights on the card. If they want to make all fights 5 rounds i am fine with that.

As an aside I dont neccessarily think that going to 5 rds would make it more about "fighting" than "point scoring".

I understand a 3 rd fight is 3 rds. Standardizing main events, at least the top main card of a co-main, to a 5 rd bout would be an improvement and keep it out of the judges decisions - which are humorous at times. This is one reason DW spoke of all title fights being 5 rds.

With catch weight fights and "viewer fights" such as Silva/Bonnar, 3 rds are fine imo.

Im not against 5 rd fights at all. I just dont agree with picking and choosing which fights are 5 rds. I know im nit-picking here as there arent alot of main events that arent title fights but its just something that for some reason annoys me.

Ultimate fighter 1 is when i really started watching UFC on a consistent basis so defo gonna order in this fight because i'm still a fan of Bonnar.

Make all main events 5rds with the exception of catch weights, step-up fights and viewer fights like Silva/Bonnar. I'm not ordering the PPV but will watch the FB and prelims.

Thought this was good:

Silva/Bonnar seems like a test to see if Silva can get to the top of the LHW division.

a.k.a. fight Jon Jones

How does any judge score the first FB fight between Cristiano Marcello vs Reza Madadi a 30-27?

Silva has said numerous times he wouldn't fight JBJ. Seemed pretty adamant about it.

Dave Herman at $3:47/1 odds... yes plz

I'd rather it were just title fights that were five with the rest being three rounds. That's just me though.

Tasty.

i have no problem with 3 round fights, but combined with the 10-point must system it has the potential for AIDS (which happens occasionally)

i have to think there's a better way, but i don't know enough to suggest anything

Half point system is one that gets thrown around a fair bit.

When I reffed football/basketball we were often sent POE's, Point of Emphasis on rules to focus on. After seeing the prelims so far, all I can say is the refs must have received a POE on standing up fights. MMA does take place on the ground too ya know?

Fernando Yamasaki might be the fastest ref to stand up fights I've ever seen.

OMFG.

Where did that blood come from?