General UFC thread

Re: UFC 152

badmash said:
A lad I know has been called up to the England vs Australia TUF Smashes series

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.fightersonlymag.com/content/news/17226-brendan-loughnane-steps-up-for-team-uk-in-tuf-smashes?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.fightersonlymag.com/content/ ... um=twitter</a>

Thats great but also spoils the second episode I was about to watch, lol!

Hope the kid does well. The smashes is apparently a great series, you can watch them on the UFC website apparently.<br /><br />-- Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:43 pm --<br /><br />Could the mods please change the title to a general UFC thread, I'd like to post updates on general goings on etc, for those who are interested.
 
Re: UFC 152

Top day!

City win, they lose, and live UFC I can stay awake for.
 
Re: UFC 152

Ok, UFC in Nottingham was last night was a great night. Particularly Britain's own Brad Pickett winning with a sweet strike, highlights below.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/30877/ufc...hts.mma?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Dan Hardy also picked up a win, video below.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/30878/ufc...amir-sadollah-full-fight-video-highlights.mma

The full press conference is below, with Gary Cook popping up to talk around just after half way.

http://www.ufc.com/media/ufc-fuel-5-post-pc
 
Re: UFC 152

Here is an interview with former City boss Gary Cook, the new UFC Europe, Middle East and Africa Director.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...s-to-take-the-brand-to-the-world-markets.html

Between 2006 and 2008, Cook was credited with being key to changing the culture at the reigning Premier League champions' club before standing aside. The new challenge will be further developing the UFC, whose value last year was estimated at $2.2 billion.
"I've been following the sport of MMA for some time, because of the dynamic impact it is having on the commercial side of the sports industry," Cook explained to the Telegraph.
"It has made unprecedented strides to capture the hearts of new fans worldwide, and as Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White, the owners of the UFC, have articulated, it may not be for everybody, but it captures attention. It certainly captured mine."

Cook, originally from the Midlands, worked extensively on Nike's uber–successful global brand for Michael Jordan, and has worked in several other US–oriented commercial sports fields in a 25–year career in the sports industry. "I took the challenge of working at Nike, I worked in American Football, basketball – and as an Englishman I had to figure out Michael Jordan's world brand development.

"At Manchester City Football Club, the comments were: 'You're not from football, you don't understand it.' But you get in – and I mean in at the deep end – and you figure it out. My excitement level is very much the same about the UFC: how do you position the business, the brand? Continue the growth, look at developing internationally, use the cultural differences worldwide and continue the momentum the team has already created? "It's possibly the toughest challenge I've had, but this is what I enjoy. It's about having a clear vision and a clear strategy."

Cook, 50, needn't worry about interest. Over the past seven years the sport has grown exponentially, exploding in popularity and creating new fans in Brazil, Asia, Australia and Europe. In the US it has become one of the most viewed sports. Last year, the Fox television network signed a seven–year deal with the UFC worth $700 million. The biggest televised events are screened in 150 countries and reach half a billion viewers.
"We have a pure product, and that product is real, it's authentic. How that product reaches its fans and consumers is key, either live, on television or through social networking, which is very much a part of this sport. But at the end of it, it's about the athletes. In Europe,we are looking to develop local heroes. In Europe, we love our guy to go out there and challenge the greatest in the world."

Time is everything in sport. Thus it could be a perfect moment for Cook to make a dramatic impact for the UFC in the UK. Michael Bisping – perhaps Britain's most popular fighter – has clawed his way to the top of the middleweight division and is poised to challenge the seemingly invincible Brazilian Anderson Silva for a title fight.
Bisping outsells boxing stars such as Amir Khan when he fights in Britain and a fight with the greatest martial artist of all time would see him follow his friends, former world boxing champions Ricky Hatton and David Haye, and move outdoors to a stadium super–fight.
Cook was animated in describing the experience of sitting feet away from Silva as he defended the UFC middleweight title in Las Vegas in July against all–American Chael Sonnen. "I watched it through the eyes of a fan," he explained. "I bumped into a group of footballers there – two of whom I'd signed for Manchester City and one I tried to sign.
Sami Nasri, Kaka and Ronaldo are huge fans of the sport. They were gripped. As is Craig Bellamy, incidentally. And of course Mario Balotelli. Only a couple of months ago, Mario said if he hadn't been a footballer, he would have loved to have been a UFC fighter.
"The point is that great athletes recognise other great athletes. They all follow the same principles: fitness, focus, dedication.

"The UFC is a pure product. We have an audience, drama, unpredictability. No one is pretending to the consumer. There is talent, arenas, commercial opportunities.
"For me, the principles were the same at Nike and Man City. Now it's the UFC.
"The great thing is that the owners Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White – unlike those who buy a football club as an interest in a sport – have invested in the UFC and are defining a new sport and creating a new industry. It's groundbreaking, and I can't wait to get started."
 
Thanks to the mod who changed the title of the thread.

Will try to keep posting updates in this thread on the goings on at UFC/MMA for those interested.

Next up for the UFC is Browne v "Bigfoot" Silva this Friday night, it will be shown on ESPN.

After that is the strange but exciting match up of the best of all time Anderson Siva v Stephen Bonnar, anyone also looking forward to this? Or not?
 
Hey arygle, check out this template I made for when I used to post updates on upcoming fights...

Code:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/UFC_119_Poster_2.jpg[/img]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_RzHhbXLYU[/youtube]

[b]Event:[/b] UFC 119
[b]Date:[/b] September 25, 2010 
[b]Location:[/b] Indianapolis, Ind. USA
[b]Watch Live:[/b] Sept 26 @ 3am UK Time / ESPN-UK, Streams available
[b]Repeats:[/b] All fights shown at http://www.mmalinker.com

[u][b]Main event:[/b][/u]

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Frank Mir

[u]Main Card:[/u]
    
    * Ryan Bader vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
    * Chris Lytle vs. Matt Serra
    * Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk
    * Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens
    
[u]Preliminary Fights:[/u]

    * C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen
    * Joey Beltran vs. Matt Mitrione
    * Pat Audinwood vs. Thiago Tavares
    * Steve Lopez vs. Waylon Lowe
    * T.J. Grant vs. Julio Paulino
    * Mark Hunt vs. Sean McCorkle

[u][b]Main event:[/b][/u]

On August 15, 2010, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira had to pull out of his bout with Frank Mir due to an injury that will require surgery. It later was reported to be a recurring hip injury. Mirko Filipović has been lined up to replace Nogueira in the main event.

Aaron Riley was expected to face UFC newcomer Pat Audinwood at this event, but Riley was forced from the card with an injury and was replaced by Thiago Tavares.

This event will feature the UFC debut of PRIDE and K-1 veteran, Mark Hunt.

[color=#800000]As real As it gets[/color]

This is what it looks like:

UFC_119_Poster_2.jpg


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_RzHhbXLYU[/youtube]

Event: UFC 119
Date: September 25, 2010
Location: Indianapolis, Ind. USA
Watch Live: Sept 26 @ 3am UK Time / ESPN-UK, Streams available
Repeats: All fights shown at <a class="postlink" href="http://www.mmalinker.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mmalinker.com</a>

Main event:

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Frank Mir

Main Card:

* Ryan Bader vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
* Chris Lytle vs. Matt Serra
* Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk
* Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens

Preliminary Fights:

* C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen
* Joey Beltran vs. Matt Mitrione
* Pat Audinwood vs. Thiago Tavares
* Steve Lopez vs. Waylon Lowe
* T.J. Grant vs. Julio Paulino
* Mark Hunt vs. Sean McCorkle

Main event:

On August 15, 2010, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira had to pull out of his bout with Frank Mir due to an injury that will require surgery. It later was reported to be a recurring hip injury. Mirko Filipović has been lined up to replace Nogueira in the main event.

Aaron Riley was expected to face UFC newcomer Pat Audinwood at this event, but Riley was forced from the card with an injury and was replaced by Thiago Tavares.

This event will feature the UFC debut of PRIDE and K-1 veteran, Mark Hunt.

As real As it gets

Obviously the poster/youtube/fight info is changed for each event.
 

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