Comments on: UFC 85 in London

By: Zack

Zack — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:51:02 +0000

I thought the Marquart/Leites fight was excellent, although all the fouls kind of took away from it. Overall, I enjoyed the card.

By: Rollo the Cat

Rollo the Cat — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:31:09 +0000

Hywel,

They sounded dead on TV, except when they booed. Or maybe I wasn’t hearing right and those weren’t boos. I’m not sure.

I think the Newcastle crowd was the best ever.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:20:22 +0000

I don’t think the crowd was mic’d properly, hence the appearance of a bad crowd on TV.

By: Hywel Teague [Fighters Only Magazine]

Hywel Teague [Fighters Only Magazine] — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:10:36 +0000

crowd were dead? wtf? dude there was a mexican wave that went around the arena six times. they went insane for Bisping and gave good reception to all the good fights

By: Rollo the Cat

Rollo the Cat — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:44:00 +0000

Not a great show. Crowd was dead. Last time in London the crowd wasn’t great. It seems to be the one city in the UK that is different.

I really thought Swick ruined my night. He was trying to squeeze by on points and it ruined what could have been a great fight.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:35:44 +0000

I agree with Leslie on this. Seriously, when a fighter (not just MMA, bot boxing too) doesn’t make weight many put freaking fatwas on the overweight fighter. Why? Many react worse than fighters who test black for whatever drugs. This hatred has pretty much started when Jose Luis Castillo weighed over the weight limit for what was going to be the third fight against Diego Corrales. Corales opted to pull out of the fight. Castillo was overweight for the second fight as well. I wrestled in high school, and trust me when I say that cutting weight is a VERY hard and stressful endeavor. Even cutting two pounds is hard without killing and/or starving yourself. Sometimes it’s NOT worth it, especially when you lose many times because you are drained from cutting weight. I went through it, and it completely sucks.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:15:39 +0000

I don’t any need to ask for blood when people don’t make weight. There are already rules in place and they are adequate. If Sherk can test positive for steroids and come right back into a title shot, then I don’t see how you’d even begin to justify harsher punishments for not making weight.

By: Tim Lee

Tim Lee — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:05:24 +0000

We all know that Alves is going to give Matt Hughes 10% of his fight pursue for not making weight, but i personally think that it’s too light of a penalty as a 1st offense of not making weight.

I think UFC should add this penalty as well for a fighter not making weight. “if you don’t make weight, you don’t get any ‘fight night’ bonuses”

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:31:23 +0000

I predicted 2 of the 10 fights right. That might be my worst for any UFC ever.

Overall, it was kind of a crappy PPV.

By: IceMuncher

IceMuncher — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:01:24 +0000

Alves can probably squeeze in another fight before taking on GSP. He’s definitely the #2 contender at this point though.

I really don’t like the idea of GSP vs Penn. No matter the outcome, one division’s title-legitimacy will take a major blow as a result. Yeah, it’s a great fight, but I’d rather see them defend their titles. If they both clear out their divisions in a couple years, we can talk then.