I completely agree, to of the best at lightweight, and guys that would prefer not to let the judge decide the fight. I expect this to be a pretty fun, and a quick paced fight. I'm also excited for the Quarry/Maia fight. I'm a big fan of Quarry, he's a heavy hitter and will try to avoid the ground for the most part this fight I suspect, and he is one of the good guys of the business it appears. So I like that fight. One question I have always wondered, when a place like Buffalo Wild Wings purchases the fight, and you pay a cover charge to get in. Does each person that pays a cover charge count towards TV ratings, or does just the one Buffalo Wild Wings count towards ratings?
Good question. I've watched the event at bars that don't charge cover so I'm under the impression that it only counts as one PPV buy.
With the day of the fight here, I really do think this maybe does have the juice to be the biggest rated pay per view just because of the main event. I went and looked on wwe.com and they are have advertisements all over the homepage for this fight.
Wow really? I know Vince hates mma and he has made it a rule that a arena can't host an mma fight one month before or after the wwe has a show in the same arena. Surprising.
He doesn't hate mma. Vince was one of the people interested in buying the UFC when it was for sale years back. Him and Dana get along well (Dana constantly refers to him as a genius). The idea behind seperating the PPVs is that he figures WWE fans don't have the money to go to both and he doesn't want them to have to decide between them.
Yeah, I need a stream too. I had plans to watch this fight for the past month and my buddy just cancled on me and I don't really feel like spending 50 bucks. Anyone have a link?
Sweet, thanks! I just found this stream too, seams pretty good so far. http://www.justin.tv/stealthshot/popout
Ohhhhhh! I didn't expect that. Also, the card was bad on paper but good IRL. That was a nice card plus they played two full undercard fights after the main event to boot.
Just looking back at the card now, I see they showed all nine fights. Nice. Results: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="HeaderBlue" align="center" width="56" height="25">Match</td> <td class="HeaderBlue" align="center" width="126">Winner</td> <td class="HeaderBlue" align="center" width="126">Loser</td> <td class="HeaderBlue" align="center" width="160">Method</td> <td class="HeaderBlue" align="center" width="71">Round</td> <td class="HeaderBlue" align="center" width="69">Time</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr align="center"> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="50" height="30">1</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Matt Brown</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Ryan Thomas</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="160">Submission (Armbar)</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="71">2</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="63">0:57</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="50" height="30">2</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="126">Mark Bocek</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="126">Alvin Robinson</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="160">Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="71">3</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="63">3:16</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="50" height="30">3</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Jeremy Stephens</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Rafael dos Anjos</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="160">KO (Punches)</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="71">3</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="63">0:39</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="50" height="30">4</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="126">Aaron Riley</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="126">Jorge Gurgel</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="160">Decision (Unanimous)</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="71">3</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="63">5:00</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="50" height="30">5</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Demian Maia</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Nate Quarry</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="160">Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="71">1</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="63">2:13</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="50" height="30">6</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="126">Gabriel Gonzaga</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="126">Josh Hendricks</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="160">KO (Punches)</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="71">1</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="63">1:01</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="50" height="30">7</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Dustin Hazelett</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Tamdan McCrory</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="160">Submission (Reverse Armbar)</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="71">1</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="63">3:59</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="50" height="30">8</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="126">Kenny Florian</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="126">Joe Stevenson</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="160">Submission (Rear-naked choke)</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="71">1</td> <td class="Txt11Gray" width="63">4:03</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="50" height="30">9</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Brock Lesnar</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="126">Randy Couture</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="160">TKO (Punches)</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="71">2</td> <td class="Txt11Gray OddBgd" width="63">3:07</td></tr></tbody></table>
