The Massacre vs. Professor X has been promoted to the main card. It should be a good fight but Barry/Hague would've been a better choice, I reckon. Weigh-in results: MAIN CARD: Rashad Evans (205) Vs. Lyoto Machida (204) Matt Hughes (170) Vs. Matt Serra (171) Dan Miller (185) Vs. Chael Sonnen (186) Sean Sherk (156) Vs. Frank Edgar (155) Drew McFedries (185) Vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam (186) PRELIMINARY FIGHTS: Brock Larson (171) Vs. Mike Pyle (172)* Pat Barry (237) Vs. Tim Hague (263) Phillipe Nover (156) Vs. Kyle Bradley (156) Krzysztof Soszynski (206) Vs. Andre Gusmao (206) Yoshiyuki Yoshida (171) Vs. Brandon Wolff (170) Dave Kaplan (156) Vs. George Roop (154) Mike Pyle didn't make weight but because he was a last minute sub, he won't be punished and the fight will go on as planned. Larson should knock him the fuggout anyways.
Can't wait to finally see what Nover has... been waiting to see what he can do for a while since TUF 8 ended.
Results: 01 George Roop def. David Kaplan Decision (Split) R3 5:00 02 Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Brandon Wolff Submission (Guillotine Choke) R 1 2:24 03 Krzysztof Soszynski def. Andre Gusmao KO (Punches) R 1 3:17 04 Kyle Bradley def. Phillipe Nover TKO (Punches) R1 1:03 05 Tim Hague def. Patrick Barry Submission (Guillotine Choke) R 1 1:42 06 Brock Larson def. Mike Pyle Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) R1 3:06 07 Frankie Edgar def. Sean Sherk Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 08 Chael Sonnen def. Dan Miller Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 09 Drew McFedries def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam TKO (Punches) R 1 0:37 10 Matt Hughes def. Matt Serra Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 11 Lyoto Machida def. Rashad Evans KO (Punches) R 2 3:57
Supposedly the reason Yves Lavigne was being booed so badly was that the Phillipe Nover stoppage was no good.
I'm not certain, but I think the bonuses were $60k and they went to Hughes/Serra (FOTN), Machida (KO), and Larson (Sub).
^^That's right according to http://mmajunkie.com/news/14970/ufc...a-machida-and-larson-each-earn-60k-awards.mma Krystof was pretty impressive too, I expect him to see a much better opponent next time out.
The press conference is live here: http://www.ufc.com/multicast/ Sounds likely Machida/Jackson will be the coaches on the next season of TUF and will fight late summer/early spring.
kinda of expected it.. i dont see rampage taking that belt away from machida either.. the dragon looks mighty hard to beat..
Rashad didn't look like he even had a game plan to be completely honest with you. He didn't attack, he didn't try to take Machida down, he literally did nothing for the entire first round, and landed hardly a few strikes in the second round.
That's similar to his first round with Liddell, I think. He tried to make Machida the attacker. The problem was that Machida lept in and out of range when he attacked, landing good punches and kicks in the process, whereas Evans was left swinging at air when he tried to counter.
Yea, watch Rashad vs. Liddell. The first round was pretty similar in regard to Rashad's gameplan. He was very passive, staying fresh and standing at a distance. He wanted for Machida to get frustrated and become the aggressor, and then if Rashad counters with power and still has fresh arms. However early on, Loyoto used feints and kicks, and was still picking his spots.
Rampage is going to get beat the fuck down, I think. Machida is going to have a field day with them kicks to the leg.
