UFC 157 Rousey-Carmouche Tonight 2/23/13

Anyone giving Hendo a chance?

 

Dennis! Penis head kick!

 

that's a pretty bad card

 

He has a chance, but I'm picking Machida. I think he's too fast and too skilled for Hendo to catch him.

The first prelim is on Facebook now. Great fight so far.

 

I'm watching. This is a fun little scrap.

 

i saw on sherdog that most fighters are picking hendo. stylistically, machida's a bad match up, but i guess hendo still has a lot of folks believing in his right hand.

i think machida's going to win rather easily. also, i'm actually looking forward to rousey's ufc debut.

 

Well, not sure if this is a bad card like JOM said, but the first fight was very good.

 

I hadn't heard of them, but I'd love to see them again.

 

Personally I think Hendo is going to look very old for the first time. He is too old to miss a full year of fighting and comeback against an elusive guy like Machida.

That being said, nothing would shock me when Henderson's involved. Even at his advanced age he still finds a way to quickly close distance and land the right hand. I think he will look to go Greco-Roman and clinch on the cage as often as possible. If he can do that and dirty box, it will be interesting.

As far as the main event goes, I think Rousey will win, but I couldn't resist putting money on Carmouche at +650.

 

Hendo would have problems dealing with Lyoto's style if he was in his prime. Nobody can take Machida down and hold him down (except Jon Jones, and Hendo's wrestling isn't on that level). Machida's striking is better than Hendo's at any point in his career. Anything can happen in a fight, but I'd bet on Machida if I was betting.

 

I agree, I expect Hendo to look his age and lose a clear cut UD. Injuries and inactivites are not a good mix when you get over 40. As for the main event, I never seen either of them fight but just looking at the weight in, I can pretty much gurantee that you lost your money. Rousey looks to have a good 10 lbs on Carmouche if not more.

 

I'm not a huge fan of women's MMA, but Rousey is worth watching. You could watch all of her pro fights in a few minutes. She hasn't really been tested yet, but I don't think Liz can stop her from getting the early submission.

 

That might have been the fight of the year so far.

 

I'm hoping Robbie Lawlor can get another win in the UFC.

I meant the Bermudez / Grice fight is a candidate for FOTY. Schaub / Johnson was a letdown.

 

nice for lawler, wasn't expecting him to win, but it was an early stoppage

 

dang, what an upset

 

Premature stoppage, but damn, I'm glad Lawler won.

TFK

 

at 42, you want someone who stay's in front of you, not someone you got to chase all around the cage

 

wth hendo's doing throwing ugly ass kicks

 

what a bore

 

close borign round, I would favor Hendo just because of the big right hand he landed and that MAchida was far too negative

 

dang, this fight makes the Smith-Bundrage garbage looks like HAgler-Hearns

 

I disagree with Rogan, I think the fight is a coin toss has far as scoring goes. Sure Machida landed the better strike but the agression and workrate is all Hendo

 

Henderson looked terrible tonight, chasing Machida around throwing right hand after right hand and missing them all by a mile. Meanwhile, Machida was tagging him a bunch of times. Other than the takedown that he did nothing with after, Henderson did nothing to deserve winning any of the rounds.

TFK

 

is that Melvin Manhoef in Machida corner ???

 

, I was wondering what the fuck was that about, now I get it