UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 [Results]

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http://espn.go.com/livenow/ufc118/

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Also, LOL @ Couture getting his black belt for submitting a no belt.

[Trench]

Outworked and out positioned the entire fight. Penn lost. Look like he quit too in the final round. Im a huge PENN fan, but nothing I can say to cover up this loss at all. All us island boys at the bar looked like fools today... lmao......

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The (not) Irish Hand Grenade (not) from Boston, Marcus Davis...

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E.T.

The photoshops are all over sherdog

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$60,000

Submission of the Night: Joe Lauzon
Fight of the Night: Nate Diaz vs. Marcus Davis

[BrianFromWA]

Armed Forces Network (Japan) showed the hype session, the Spike undercard and the PPV. My second time watching MMA (and first for more than one fight).

Thoughts? I thought that Lights Out did a pretty piss-poor job of training. Good on him for taking the fight, but as I understand it Couture is a pretty good MMA fighter who's known for takedowns/chokeholds, right? NONE of the training montages of Toney showed him on his back with an MMA guy applying chokeholds (or even sprawling, for goodness' sakes). He had to know his only chance was to maximize time on his feet where he could punch, and he looked silly after the first takedown. I give him credit for making it 3 minutes, b/c I've seen a guy knocked out in one kick.

On the pre-fight special I got awfully tired of BJ Penn running his mouth about how Frankie only won the last one when his trainers paraded him around on their shoulders and changed the ref's minds on the scorecard. I got tired of his "I'm the best, and it's not about winning, it's about hurting him" schtick. Maybe this guy is the Muhammad Ali of the Lightweight class, but nothing in his fight showed "I'm world-class and deserve this rematch".

Joe Lauzon was a ball of fire against an overmatched opponent. I was surprised that his opponent took 8 elbows to the face, 6 uppercuts in a row, and then submitted a couple seconds later on the armbar. I mean, I know it's a good move and it hurts, but I'd be pissed if I got beaten the eff down (and still managed to keep fighting) only to lose on a submission hold a bit later.

Gray's style seemed boring, but effective. I guess he's a) the #1 shot at the title now and b) the only guy who's beaten Edgar. But Edgar looked absolutely great against Penn.

To recap, I probably wouldn't pay 50 bucks to see this every month, but if it was on somewhere I'd probably stay, especially if I could get some backstories.

[cmac44111]

Gangsta

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^ The Diaz Bros., mean-mugging since forever.

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He looks like a fucking toad.

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Salaries


Frankie Edgar: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
def. B.J. Penn: $150,000

Randy Couture: $250,000
def. James Toney: $500,000

Demian Maia: $68,000 ($34,000 win bonus)
def. Mario Miranda: $8,000

Gray Maynard: $46,000 ($23,000 win bonus)
def. Kenny Florian: $65,000

Nate Diaz: $120,000 ($30,000 win bonus + $60,000 bonus)
def. Marcus Davis: $91,000 ($60,000 bonus)

Joe Lauzon: $84,000 ($12,000 win bonus + $60,000 bonus)
def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000

Nik Lentz: $22,000 ($11,000 win bonus)
def. Andre Winner: $10,000

Dan Miller: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. John Salter: $8,000

Greg Soto: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Nick Osipczak: $10,000

Mike Pierce: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
def. Amilcar Alves: $6,000

[Chocolove]

James Toney got paid big time.

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There are reports circulating that he took in $750,000 + a PPV cut.

[Hoops Manifesto]

James Toney pockets a cool half a million for his UFC 118 debacle. Plus check out salary info for every UFC fighter in our UFC fighter salary database.


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