UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort

[BigIan88]

Anyone else REALLY excited for this event?

one of the best cards ive seen in about a year and for the first time in 4 months im able to watch it live as one of my mates is hosting it at his house and theres about 6 of us drinking and playing poker till it starts :D



Any predictions?

UFC Middleweight Championship bout: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png Anderson Silva (c) vs. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png Vitor Belfort

Light Heavyweight bout: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Jon Jones vs. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Ryan Bader

Light Heavyweight bout: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Forrest Griffin vs. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Rich Franklin

Welterweight bout: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Jake Ellenberger vs. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png Carlos Eduardo Rocha

Bantamweight bout: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Miguel Torres vs. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Antonio Banuelos

[marsey99]

i want to see franklin knock forrest out :D

silva v belfort will either be over in seconds or go to points.

[BigIan88]

I like Griffin and I like Franklin - its a really really good fight to happen, I think id give the edge to Franklin though as Forrest hasnt had a fight in about a year.

Jones vs Bader will be a really good clash of the titans style match, 1 is incredibly elusive and throws arkward moves from arkward angles whilst the other is a decent striker and proficient wrestler - again another great match up.

Silva vs Belfort - I have to agree with you marsey, it will either be over in seconds due to strikes (knees or counterpunch from silva or bombardment of punches from belfort) or it will go the distance. Im a big fan of "the spider" so i hope he doesnt come unglued like he did with sonnen as belfort may not get caught out in the last round like sonnen did!

[marsey99]

hughes v castilo from 63 is on fiver in 10 minutes.

[BigIan88]

it was on 2-3 days ago aswell

[marsey99]

didnt see it then.

its hughes v penn 2 description made me think i hadnt seen it lol

[El Wayneo]

If any of them end in knockouts rather than tummy grabbing then i might watch some replays.

[Tainted]

It's hard to see past Silva in that fight but belfort has amazingly fast hands and has the ability to knock anyone out with one good punch, could be very interesting indeed.

I'm gonna go for Silva, Jones, Franklin and torres. Not too sure of that other fight as I haven't seen much of either.

[sunjoo]

i hope belfort wins

anyone seen the weigh in vid with silva wearing a mask?

[BigIan88]

Yeah i saw it on YT

Im a big fan of Silva, I want him to end it in the 1st :D

[Tainted]

Wish I could see it tonight but don't have ESPN anymore...

Should be a great card though with some real good fights, however I don't see the Silva/Belfort fight going the distance. Someone's getting knocked out tonight!

[sunjoo]

Preliminary card

Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson
Pierce defeated Robertson via TKO (punches) at 0:29 of round 2.

Light Heavyweight bout: Ricardo Romero vs. Kyle Kingsbury
Kingsbury defeated Romero via TKO (strikes) at 0:21 of round 1. This bout aired on Spike TV following the Mendes vs. Omigawa fight.

Lightweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. Gabe Ruediger
Taylor defeated Ruediger via KO (strikes) at 1:42 of round 2. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Silva vs. Belfort fight.

Preliminary card (Facebook Stream)
Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Demetrious Johnson
Johnson defeated Yamamoto via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).

Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Mendes defeated Omigawa via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly
Cerrone defeated Kelly via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:48 of round 2. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Taylor vs. Ruediger fight.

Main card
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos
Torres defeated Banuelos via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Welterweight bout: Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Ellenberger defeated Rocha via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28).

Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
Jones defeated Bader via submission (Guillotine choke) at 4:20 of round 2.

Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
Griffin defeated Franklin via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Vitor Belfort
Silva defeated Belfort via KO (front kick and punches) at 4:25 of round 1 to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship.


oh well i knew someone was going to get knocked out in the main event but im glad griffin won

[BigIan88]

Anderson Silva - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! What a KO!