UFC Fight Night Is Back!

[Chris2K 176]

I hope everyone's looking forward to the first UFC show of 2014. It's in Singapore, and the Main Event (after an injury to Jake Ellenberger) is Tarec Saffiedine vs. Hyun Gu Lim.

 

TOO MANY FIGHTERS. TOO MANY SHOWS.

[Chris2K 176]

Just a warning for those in the UK: tomorrow's UFC Fight Night from Singapore will not be live on BT Sport as it's 11:30am UK time and as they can't show it before the watershed it's on tape delay at 9pm.

[Guest The Beltster]

The awful-on-paper sounding cards last year all seemed to outdo themselves and provide some great fights. Always worth sitting down for a couple hours to watch even if its just for the sake of seeing random nobodies knock each others blocks off.

[Guest John Hancock]

That was my lesson from last year too, to not judge UFC cards anymore. I hope I have a free bit of time to watch this.

[Chris2K 176]

It's the second card in the last month where the highest weight class is Welterweight, the majority of fighters are 145lbs and under, so it's basically WEC time again.

[Guest The Beltster]

Do you consider that a bad thing or are you just making an observation? WEC was great.

[Chris2K 176]

Yeah it was just an observation, WEC was great.

 

Speaking of WEC, JOE MARTINEZ~! was back doing the ring announcing for this show. I really do prefer him to Buffer for some reason.

 

Go out of your way to watch Saffiedine/Lim, it was the craziest fight. Easily the best fight of 2014 so far...

[Guest The Beltster]

That card was, sadly, pretty awful.

[Guest John Hancock]

If anyone's interested, there's one of these on tonight. Not the best card ever, but there could still be solid fights, and the semi-main, at the least, is a guaranteed finish. Should start 1am UK time by my count. The main card iiiiis;

 

Benson Henderson vs. Josh Thomson

Stipe Miocic vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

Donald Cerrone vs. Adriano Martins

Darren Elkins vs. Jeremy Stephens

[Guest The Beltster]

I'm looking forward to this show, quite a few names on the card.

[Guest Eddie]

That isn't too bad of a main card in all honesty the the main event should be exciting enough, I can see it being a decision or if Thomson's camp has been as bad as he's made out in the press- a submission. Miocic and Gonzaga should be good they both hit hard! I can't imagine it going the distance and Cerrone is usually interesting enough, if everything he's been saying about being hungry again is to be believed we can hope for a run like the one he had before Nate Diaz got in his head. Jeremy Stephens vs Darren Elkins doesn't do much for me though I can't imagine it'll be anything but a decision in Elkins' favor and he isn't known to finish or be exciting, hopefully Stephens can finish him early!

[Guest John Hancock]

A WHEELKICK APPARENTLY HAPPENED! WHEEEEEEEEEEE!

[Guest CMHunk]

this one?

 

https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/3C79739EF91038998936679329792_17f67601685.4.7.1735 9902188349503831_ZAIU8516WaeQhuj5B5Qxf6dGrewpwz_T4 XGvbIv9Euq7TprqCjMpuUY6WGNpiPDo.mp4?versionId=sdJb obIGtSTbepB0VyGdEepVdLa5vgTr

[Guest Frank Botch]

That was an awesome moment and he went sooooo close to catching him with the heel of destruction. Still was pretty effective though.

 

EDIT: Very neat finish by Caceres, 20 seconds left.

Edited January 26, 2014 by Frank Botch

[Guest John Hancock]

this one?

 

https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/3C79739EF91038998936679329792_17f67601685.4.7.1735 9902188349503831_ZAIU8516WaeQhuj5B5Qxf6dGrewpwz_T4 XGvbIv9Euq7TprqCjMpuUY6WGNpiPDo.mp4?versionId=sdJb obIGtSTbepB0VyGdEepVdLa5vgTr

 

WHEEEEEEEELKIIIIIIIIICK! I don't even know if that's the one, I'm not watching.

[Guest Frank Botch]

Slow mo for life

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-83dKukfGFJY/UuRBnAVJ9dI/AAAAAAABBXU/2_M1p89ltMk/s1600/Daron+Cruickshank+vs.+Mike+Rio+2.gif

 

#ShinsToNecks:

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ALkHCoh2sok/UuRqhfjb5YI/AAAAAAABBa4/rSuM3GO6i8M/s1600/0000.gif

[Guest John Hancock]

I had Thomson winning. But I also said we'd get a finish in Stipe/Gonzaga, so what do I know?

 

EDIT: One of the judge's had it 4-1 to Henderson. The actual f*ck?

Edited January 26, 2014 by John Hancock

[Guest The Beltster]

Thompson got f*cked, he won that fight. What is Sal D'Amato smoking?!

[Guest John Hancock]

Dana has openly said he doesn't like how Benson fights, so expect him to get Fitched out of any future title shots. Good.

[Guest John Hancock]

Machida/Mousasi is tonight at some ungodly hour in the morning on BT Sport. I think the main card starts at like 3:30 am, which is a shame for the people who are capable of sleep, because it's probably going to be a good show.