UFC 128: Rua vs. Jones March 19th, 2011 Prudential Center, Newark, NJ Facebook.com (8.00pm EST), Spike TV/Sportsnet (9.00pm EST), PPV (10.00pm EST) MAIN EVENT 205lbs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (c) vs. Jon "Bones" Jones CO-MAIN EVENT 135lbs. "The California Kid" Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland PAY-PER-VIEW CARD 155lbs. Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus 185lbs. Nate "The Great" Marquardt vs. Dan Miller 265lbs. Brendan "The Hybrid" Schuab vs. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic SPIKE TV CARD 205lbs. Luis "Banha" Cane vs. Eliot "The Fire" Marshall 155lbs. Edson Barboza vs. Anthony "The Assassin" Njokuani FACEBOOK CARD 170lbs. Ricardo "Big Dog" Almeida vs. Mike "Quicksand" Pyle 155lbs. Gleison Tibau vs. Kurt "Batman" Pellegrino PRELIMINARY CARD* 135lbs. Joe Benavidez vs. Ian "The Barn Owl" Loveland 145lbs. Raphael Assunção vs. Erik Koch 185lbs. Costantinos Philippou vs. Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone * preliminary bouts may not be broadcast.
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) Cane/Vemola & Njokuani/Barboza both to air on Spike. Both should be worthwhile.
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Vemola is injured. Replacement being sought.
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) More back problems for Gamburyan who out of his fight with Assunção. No replacement named yet.
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) Almeida/Pyle and Pellegrino/Tibau are now Facebook.com fights.
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) this weekend is going to be a joyous event! woooooooooooooooo! can't wait for to see jon jones as the new champ! (calling it now)
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) PPV MAIN CARD Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (205) vs. Jon Jones (205) Urijah Faber (135.5) vs. Eddie Wineland (135.5) Nate Marquardt (186) vs. Dan Miller (185) Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (229) vs. Brendan Schaub (245) Jim Miller (155.5) vs. Kamal Shalorus (155) SPIKE TV FIGHTS Luiz Cane (205.5) vs. Eliot Marshall (205) Edson Barboza (155.5) vs. Anthony Njokuani (155) FACEBOOK.COM/UFC FIGHTS Ricardo Almeida (170) vs. Mike Pyle (171) Kurt Pellegrino (156) vs. Gleison Tibau (155) PRELIMINARY CARD Joseph Benavidez (136) vs. Ian Loveland (135) Nick Catone (194) vs. Costantinos Philippou (195) @ a 195-pound catchweight, due to the late-notice nature of the booking. Raphael Assuncao (145) vs. Erik Koch (145)
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) I think Jones dominates Shogun--but I just don't feel right counting out Shogun.
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) UFC 113, Montreal, May 8th, 2010 http://sportstwo.com/threads/156552-UFC-113-Machida-vs.-Shogun-2-Results
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) Welcome to a new Era at 205. I dont see anyone taking that title from him.
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) I just check out Sherdog. People are going crazy making excuses and trying to discredit Jone's win. I'm a Shogun fan - but he just flat got beat tonight. Big props to Jones.
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) The Machida Era, right Joe Rogan? JJ looked amazing. Rashad Evans is going to get his shit pushed in.
OFFICIAL MAIN CARD RESULTS Jon Jones def. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua via TKO (strikes) - Round 3, 2:37 to become new UFC light heavyweight champion Urijah Faber def. Eddie Wineland via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Jim Miller def. Kamal Shalorus via TKO (strikes) - Round 3, 2:15 Nate Marquardt def. Dan Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Brendan Schaub def. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic via TKO (punch) - Round 3, 3:44 OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS Luiz Cane def. Eliot Marshall via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 2:15 Edson Barboza def. Anthony Njokuani via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Mike Pyle def. Ricardo Almeida via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) Gleison Tibau def. Kurt Pellegrino via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Joseph Benavidez def. Ian Loveland via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) Nick Catone def. Costantinos Philippou via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Erik Koch def. Raphael Assuncao via knockout (punch) - Round 1, 2:32
Re: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones (Mar. 19th) Jones looked incredible. He is way ahead of the division. Kind of strange that we're getting basically one standout per division these days with Aldo, GSP, Silva, and now Jones. I don't know who can touch him. And this isn't like Machida--Jones has the physical tools and size advantage to go along with his unique and so far unstoppable skill set. The sky is the limit for him. Shogun looked overwhelmed. Dunno how much the long layoff and knee problems hurt him--seemingly a lot but that might but the way his career is from now on. He isn't the fighter he was five, seven years ago, but who is? No excuse for him though as he took the fight. A rematch with Forrest Griffin might be interesting. The next contender is Rashad Evans who doesn't look to have much to offer Jones. His wrestling is good but probably not at JJ's level. His striking is going to be inferior and he is giving up a lot of size and reach. Seems like a really bad match-up for him. I don't know who else is in line--perhaps Phil Davis--but right now the gap between Jones and the rest of the division seems wide. Guess he should defend his title once before we get too carried away, though. Everything else that happened tonight will be overshadowed by Jones' dominance but there were a couple more good fights. Jim Miller continues to impress, Marquardt and Faber rode out decisions, and Cane got back on the winning track against a totally outmatched opponent. Barboza/Njokuani was excellent and Koch's knockout was pretty nice. The Cro Cop fight was familiar. Another lights-out KO from a blow he would've been able to absorb earlier in his career. He's now been badly knocked out four times in the UFC and has wins over guys that have been cut or middle of the pack heavyweights. Dunno where he goes from here. Schaub didn't exactly light Cro Cop up aside from some ground work but he will move up the ladder a bit anyway.
