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[Noel Luperon]

Much deserved, Diaz fought a great technical fight. Much as I dislike his and his brother's demeanor, they are very disciplined athletes and, just in stamina alone, stand above most of the competition.

The division champion is Benson Henderson, Diaz fighting him would make for a very, very exciting match

[Will]

The Kos Hendricks fight was not too shabby at all.

And I agree, as much as I can't stand either Diaz brother, they're incredible athletes.

[Lucian Von Dooom]

I'm a big Diaz fan (both of them) so I was pretty content with the outcome. He demolished him!

That was a great card. Lots of good fights.

I had no idea Belcher had that in him. He CRUSHED Palhares.

[Todd Gross]

Just got an alert that Dominick Cruz out of UFC 148 due to knee injury. I wonder if he hurt himself training his guys for The Ultimate Fighter Live?

The Ultimate Fighter Live will certainly be interesting this Friday.


EDIT: http://network.yardb...rs_acl/10738547

Dominick Cruz has torn his ACL and will not be fighting Urijia Faber at UFC 148. The story was first reported by Phytegurus.com. *update* Dana white has confirmed that Cruz is out.

A standard ACL rehab will take 7 to 9 months and with 3 month training camp, Cruz could be out for a year. There have been certain situations where the athlete has recovered within 4 months. However, even with a fast recovery, Cruz will not be able to recover in time.

Cruz was scheduled to fight Faber at UFC 148 on July 7, 2012. Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen will be the main event. The card is taking place at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Faber’s opponent has not been announced. There are two possible fighters that will likely replace Cruz, Renan Barão and Michael McDonald. Renan Barão is unbeaten in his last 29 bouts and has a recent win over Scott Jorgensen. He is also a training partner of the current UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo at Nova União. Micheal McDonald is coming off a huge win by beating Miguel Torres in the 1st round. McDonald outstruck Torres with crisp combinations and finished him with an uppercut. McDonald is on a 7 fight win streak with 4 of the fights being in the UFC.

Read more: http://mmaprime.tv/2.../#ixzz1uDT60cKE

EDIT 2: According to http://espn.go.com/m...ut-urijah-faber:

Cruz (19-1) suffered the injury while preparing to make his fifth 135-pound title defense.

Definitely going to be watching TUF Live Friday.

[Will]

Jones vs Hendo 1 September. I love Hendo but I think he's going to meet his match.

[Noel Luperon]

Great fight, but I see Hendo stiffening up with every fight, still every bit as powerful if not increasingly strong with every new match, but with age his agility is (naturally) waning. Not good for someone like Jones who loves surprises, faints and trickery.

But that right hand of Hendo can put down a bull. That's his one ticket in the fight. One overhand right hand and it's over. Let's see if he can put it to good use.

[Noel Luperon]

Fellas,

UFC put on a free show on FUEL TV last night (yes, a Tuesday and no, I don't know what channel it is either), if you didn't catch it the almost-nameless dudes BRUNG IT.

Stellar fights, mostly, and the main even is probably fight of the year so far. The winner of that main event (won't spoil it) is almost certainly fighting for the title, possibly against Jose Aldo. If Aldo's name is not familiar to you, google him IMMEDIATELY young padawan.

Here's a few links to the best fights for y'all:

Chang Sung "Korean Zombie" Jun vs Dustin Poirier (main event)

http://www.mmasharef...ier-t55614.html


Maldonado vs Pokrajac

http://www.mmasharef...ado-t55618.html


Jabouin vs Hougland

http://www.mmasharef...and-t55617.html


Enjoy! Also, remember there is a Strikeforce event this Saturday. The card is weak in principle, but they said so about yesterday's UFC on FUEL too.

The main event Saturday though is Josh Barnett, a great grappler with a long history, vs Daniel Cormier, a friggin' OLYMPIC CAPTAIN of the US wrestling team.

Morsels you say? Why, certainly me lads!:

[Todd Gross]

Have they announced who Faber is fighting since Cruz is out with a FUBAR ACL?


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[Lucian Von Dooom]

I'm surprised no one has been talking about the shit Manny Pacquiao has been saying about gay people. And Mayweather's response to it.

I used to be on team Pacquiao, but I think I've just switched to team Mayweather.

Naturally Manny is eating his words but the damage has been done. Fuck him up Floyd!

[Todd Gross]

Faber's new opponent to replace Cruz will be announced at the end of tonight's Ultimate Fighter Live.


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[Todd Gross]

Faber will be fighting Renan Barao in UFC 148.


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[Noel Luperon]

Very worthy opponent, more names need to get airtime on that weight division besides Faber and Cruz.

[Noel Luperon]

Fellow sinners,

In case you missed the Strikeforce event last night, concluding the Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament, here's one fight you MUST see (veeeery short!) and the main event-- don' forget there is an ALL-HEAVYWEIGHT UFC-prroper card this Saturday now (official old-school promo included below)!

The short, must-see fight from last night:



Main event-- Josh Barnett vs Daniel Cormier (can't embed, do the clicky):

http://www.mmasharef...ier-t55735.html

Taste of next week's event:

[Noel Luperon]

Y'all!-- free fights on Facebook at 6:45 ET!

[Noel Luperon]

If any of you know who Jon Jones is and wonder "who's going to stop that guy", tonight a man named Glover Teixeira just had his debut. HE is a threat. That fight was SHORT. Likely, it will be used to fill any spaces in the PPV main card. Look it up.

[Todd Gross]

This coming Friday will be the finale for The Ultimate Fighter Live. It will be 3 hours of fighting that's free! The main fight to determine the winner should be really good.


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[Nicholas Taggart]

No ridiculous post fight speech by Volkmann tonight. Paul Sass is my hero.

[Noel Luperon]

Looking forward to the finale of this TUF season myself.

Paul Sass just won himself hundreds if not thousands of fans-- namely, everyone who hated Volkmann's anti Obama stupid comments after every fight.

[Noel Luperon]

Never heard of Jamier Varner, but he just became the first guy to beat the guy who did this shortly ago (skip to 0:30)




EDIT: just NOW, they'll repeat the must-see fight of Glover Teixeira's debut in the UFC. Tune in to FX if you carry it folks.

[Todd Gross]

Teixeira just made a hell of a UFC debut!


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