Davis out. Machida-Evans II slated for 133.

Needless to say, my interest in this card has skyrocketed.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/7/1...-injured-phil-davis-will-meet-rashad-evans-at

Not 100 percent done, but it probably will be.



Needless to say, my interest in this card has skyrocketed. Too bad it's a 3 rounder.

 

i just bought tickets to go see this since it's in philly. main reason for going is to see Akiyama though. belfort may have enough wear and tear for akiyama to take this! it would be awesome if machida vs. evans II gets signed. i doubt it will end in a KO though. evans will fight like a girl to survive.

 

The thing I love most about this fight is the fact that a Machida win sets up a possible Machida-Jones if Jones gets by Rampage.

With Evans new style, this might go a little longer and test Machida's take down defense, but Machida still knocks him out.

And TLC is right, much better card if this fight happens.

 

I just read that Joe Silva offered the Evans fight to Tito Ortiz and Tito turned it down..

I realize it's a quick turn around following the Bader fight but Tito suffered no damage and fought less than a round. It's a little pussified that Tito didn't jump on the opportunity for the rematch with Evans.

 

oh, i thought the offer to tito was an evans rematch, not machida.

 

Duh, my bad. I meant Evans. Not sure why I typed Lyoto. The Evans rematch seems like one Tito would want since the first one was a draw that Tito actually should have won.

It's corrected now. Thanks.

 

well, evans has improved since and tito probably wants another W before he loses again.

but he should've taken it. i thought the bader fight was kinda flukish. wouldnt surprise me if tito loses his next fight against much lesser opposition.

 

There are tons of conflicting reports about Machida. Some say he is in, others say he already declined the fight.

 

Which is why a fight with Evans, which is a fast track to contention, is a tough opportunity to pass up.

As Joony said, now he'll probably not fight again until October and get beaten by someone like Stephan Bonnar.

 

It was a sub not a KO.

 

It was a sub but the punches ended it essentially. Bader was gone.

 

Yep, now Machida's wife is saying they won't take the fight. Figures.

 

That said, I don't see any possible replacement and this card has probably gone to complete hell.

Seriously at this point the best they can do is probably put Gustaffson or Matyushenko vs Rashad and flip the matchup. But the UFC never does stuff like that.

The best guy they can bring in literally is probably Luiz Cane.

 

Looks like the UFC just scrapped Evans from the card all together. Talk about shit. Franklin-Lil Nog as a main event with Belfort-Akiyama as the co? That blows.

Plus, the other fights on this card are dismal. Seriously Santiago, fresh from getting beaten and spit on by Bisping is on the main card?

The McDonald-Pyle fight is interesting but that's about it for me.

 

Are you really going to argue with me about it?

Sorry, it was a KO since you guys said so. :shit:

 

It was, sorry.

 

Vera?

 

You're just being grumpy.

 

Mind powers bro, mind powers!! I'm going to have to enter your mind for the next event. Thanks in advance. ::

 

wow, this card is co-headlined by guys all coming off losses. haha. oh well, i'm still going.

 

It's funny, I was talking about it in another thread addressing how bad Bader's chin must be because Tito hadn't knocked anyone out since Frank Shamrock.

I have no idea why I keep referring to Ortiz over Bader as a KO. I should probably be banned for a week or two to get my shit together.

 

Tito's in now.

Kind of surprised. Dana must've offered him lifetime job security or something. That said, when's the last time someone has fought on back to back cards? The last person I can think of that did that is Randy Couture back when UFC cards were every 4 or 5 months.

 

Dana said Lyoto wanted "Anderson Silva type of money" and he said he wouldn't do that until Lyoto accomplished what Anderson has accomplished.

No surprise. Anderson has sold about a whole card's worth of PPV buys more than Machida has in his last two headliners. Selling about 225k more.

 

Yeah about that.