UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera

I know UFC has a small following on these boards so thought i'd start a thread for UFC 105 November 14 in Manchester, Live on ESPN countdown starts at 8pm.

Just a reminder of the card.....

Main card

• Light Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera
• Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Dan Hardy
• Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang
• Welterweight bout: James Wilks vs. Matt Brown
• Lightweight bout: Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley

Preliminary Card

• Welterweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. John Hathaway
• Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty
• Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs. Matthew Riddle
• Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. Dennis Siver
• Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman
• Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs. Rolando Delgado

Any specific fights anyone is looking forward to? Me personally it'll be Ross Pearson's fight remember watchin him on the ultimate fighter and became a fan also Dan Hardy always provides a good show.
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That guy's name always cracks me up - Randy Couture.

Sounds like a drag queen in the Simpsons. :icon_mrgreen:

 

looking forward to this 1, cant wait till 106 tho with brock lesnar, still to see him fight.

 

He's boring as *. He gets on top of them and that's the end of the fight. Even Frank Mir couldn't get back on his feet in their rematch.

This event is annoying me. It's just down the road in Manchester, it's my birthday, and my * brother's going to it and didn't try to get me a ticket, ON MY BIRTHDAY!

I'm away to cry in a corner.

But on the matter at hand. I can't wait to see Couture vs Vera cos the only Couture fight i've seen in ages is the one against Lesnar.

Hopefully Couture can come back to winning ways but i think Vera might be too much for the el' yin.

On the prelim card i'd most want to see Paul Taylor's fight. The guys solid. Last time he was fighting in the UK that i can remember it was an all UK match up and the two of them just came out and stood there banging for about a minute and a half solid.

It was epic and easily a fight of the night in a card that blew my socks off.

 

tbh im new to UFC, 1st 1 i watched was 104 with Shogun and Machida, the only reason i want to see Lesnar is because hes an absolute bear and i just think he will maul whoever hes fighting lol

 

He does, but it's boring. He doesn't stand up, he'll throw 3 or 4 punches standing up, go for a takedown and thats it until the end of the round, unless he knocks them out or the ref stops it.

 

True.
Lesnar is a beast and although he has been beat by Mir before,i think his overall game has improved and is going to be interesting to see who can defeat him next.



Celticbhoy.....if you are new to the mma scene i would recommend trying to go see some local shows,these are usually very good.


I think Couture is going to turn the clock back tonight and put on a show and win by k.o,also glad to see him back to light heavyweight.

 

when will the fights start and end? will the main event be like 2am or something?

 

Its in manchester,the tv show starts at 8pm i think.

 

I want to see Hardy get the snot beat out of him by Swick.

 

anyone else participate in mmaplayground?

 

looking forward to this and the boxing also tonight!!

 

no unfortunaley..work at a few local events tho....cracking sport and mostly good genuine lads particapate.

what about yourself?

 

I too am of the few that are actually in awe of Lesnar. It is true that at this point in his career his size is his main tool, and IMO he would be beaten by the likes of Fedor Emelianenko, someone who is far too technically sound in all aspects of fighting for Lesnar to handle. But as his overall game improves (which it currently is doing, very quickly) I think he will eventually take the number 1 heavyweight spot from Emelianenko.

Btw, Lesnar is out of UFC 106, he has been suffering from a heavy flu and the fight with Carwin has been postponed until a later date I believe.

PS It might be a good idea to turn this into a general MMA thread for all discussions.

 

well i thought vera got robbed last night tbh? couture wasnt at the races for me compared to normal.

 

thats 2 in a row the judges decisions have been poor. shogun defo got the better of mchida in 104

thought it was a terrible fight tbh. soo boring.

 

like a chess match wasnt it ? lol. i thought it would have picked up in the 3rd round tbh. but na lol

 

True, it was a pretty dull fight to watch. But I think the decision was the correct one. As soon as the fight started Couture began implementing his gameplan, and continued to do so for 3 rounds. Sure it wasn't great to look at, but if you look at what each guy's strategy, Couture's was put into action much better. Vera did not capitalize on his significant striking advantage.

 

I do, it's a good time. My picks last night absolutely sucked but that happens every now and again.

My state is in the beginning stages of legalizing MMA so hopefully there will be some shows here soon.