Then on the 15th May there's UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie Vs.Poirier:

• Featherweight bout: Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier
• Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Jorge Lopez
• Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. Jeremy Stephens
• Bantamweight bout: Yves Jabouin vs. Jeff Hougland
• Light Heavyweight bout: Igor Pokrajac vs. Fabio Maldonado
• Middleweight bout: Tom Lawlor vs. Jason MacDonald

And in Strikeforce there's the Heavyweight Grand Prix final on the 19th May:

• Heavyweight Grand Prix Final bout: Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier
• Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson
• Light Heavyweight bout: Rafael Cavalcante vs. Mike Kyle
• Lightweight bout: Billy Evangelista vs. James Terry
• Lightweight bout: Gesias Cavalcante vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
• Welterweight bout: Bobby Voelker vs. Nah-Shon Burrell
• Light Heavyweight bout: Gian Villante vs. Derrick Mehmen
• Light Heavyweight bout: Virgil Zwicker vs. Guto Inocente

im looking forward to them all tbh.

Multipl....wait, too soon.

Also, I will be watching all the MMAs. Isn't Jon Jones a cunt eh.

Lucy Pinder what

I so hope to God that them two are fighting.

UFC have signed Hector Lombard and his first fight will be against Brian Stann. DO WANT.

J1m1 said:

Suprised and happy to see this thread!

Hunt vs Struve will be interesting, a proper clash of styles.  As will Dos Santos vs Mir.  Watching Mir's submission against Big Nog made me feel physically sick.

 

The MMA thread usually dies pretty quick :( Hunt v. Struve will be amazing. Hunt was really impressive against Kongo and I hope he keeps winning, especially considering the UFC wanted to pay him to leave his contract before that fight, haha.

It looks as if Bisping v. Boetsch has been moved to UFC 149 now too. Also, UFC on Fox 4 is shaping up pretty nice also, with Machida vs. Bader just added. Overall, a fucking great year for MMA, UFC are really taking off now.

Well, even if no one else replies I'll probably just keep posting in here, haha.

Yeah, next year there's TUF Australia vs. UK too. Not sure on the coaches though as it was rumoured to be Pickett for the UK, but there's no Australian fighters in his weight class that are near to his level, so who knows.

Belt system. In MMA...

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jacksons-introduces-mma-belt-ranking-150818321--mma.html

Not sure how that would work?  Would Anderson Silva get a mid-level belt because, according to Dana White, he only uses Muai Thai and is not really an MMA fighter?

I can only see it as a money-grabbing opportunity.

UFC on Fox 3 last night was brilliant. Great fights all night.

J1m1 wrote:

UFC on Fox 3 last night was brilliant. Great fights all night.

Just watched this and really enjoyed it.  I thought the Belcher - Palhares fight was technically brilliant. Although I still hate Nate Diaz.  I just can't get on with the showboating in the ring.

Yeah, I mean it's entertaining but Nate is getting to a high class of skill in the UFC now and he can't take these risks.

I fully expected Palhares to tear Belcher's leg off the second he grabbed it, haha.

UFC is on Tuesday night next week with:

UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier

Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier
  Amir Sadollah vs. Jorge Lopez
  Donald Cerrone vs. Jeremy Stephens
  Yves Jabouin vs. Jeff Hougland
  Igor Pokrajac vs. Fabio Maldonado
  Jason MacDonald vs. Tom Lawlor

A great card for a smaller event. I'll look forward to Tom Lawlor's weigh in/entrance as always, but I don't think it'll beat his Steven Seagal one from last time.

LesterUnlimited wrote:

Does anyone train MMA here?

I boxed in my teens and did jujitsu in my late 20's (as part of work).  I'm a massive MMA and boxing fan but am too cowardly/lazy/old to take part now.
My brother was active in local MMA fights and he would write down everything he drank or ate.  It's a massive commitment, one which I could never aspire to.  I like beer too much.