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The British shows always get low buyrates because of the timing anyhow, why should UFC waste a great card on one of those?

I'm sure if they delivered a card worth watching, people would buy. Not that many would be scouring the internet for spoilers, and I know for the England shows that there are replays at the regular time for a UFC PPV.

Does anyone else think that UFC 89 card looks pretty darn weak for a PPV? I hope it's on Spike instead. I'm super excited for UFC 87, however, and I may actually buy it. Every single fight on the main card looks interesting to me, a rarity.

As for the EliteXC show, it could probably be very good, and I am looking forward to Smith/Lawler II, but I seriously doubt this will get anywhere near the ratings of the first one from looking at the line-up. If it gets low ratings, I really hope CBS knows that not every show is going to get as good a rating as the first one did.

I'm more amazed that Fedor made so little (compartively).

Me as well. One would think UFC would give him more.

They would... but part of what he wanted in his UFC contract was for a bunch of his Red Devil teammates to be given contracts, and the UFC just wasn't interested in them.

Hmm, are they in Affliction?

I read that the UFC wouldn't let him do his Sambo tournaments, and that's what screwed up the negotiations.

I'm more amazed that Fedor made so little (compartively).

Me as well. One would think UFC would give him more.

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No, a beating is what Houston Alexander dished out his first two fights. A beating is when Chuck Liddel decimates someone in a few seconds. What Silva did was wait for his opponent to mess up, land a single shot, then follow up. Impressive yes? A beating? Hardly.

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Meh, Irvin left himself wide open for that. Wasn't so much of Anderson dominating as it was him taking advantage of a mistake.

In please.

This could be fun, if you have room, count me in!

**Slight Disclaimer, I'm more a UFC fan than an MMA fan**

How long have you watched MMA: Almost 3 years

How often do you watch it: A few times a month

What interested you in the sport intially (an aspect of it, a fight, a fighter, etc): The realness of it, the awesome fight build-ups

What MMA promotions you watch/have watched: UFC, PRIDE

First fight and/or event viewed (that you can remember): I watched a bit of UFC 1 way back when, but the first would have to be the Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale

Last fight and/or event viewed: UFC 81

Favorite fighter (that you support or just enjoy watching): Anderson Silva, Jason MacDonald, Karo Parisyan

Least favorite fighter: Yushin Okami, Sean Sherk

Favorite fight: Karo Parisyan vs. Diego Sanchez (UFN 6), Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia (UFC 68)

Favorite event: UFC 74

Favorite knockout: Gonzaga headkicking Cro Cop

Favorite submission: Jason MacDonald's guillotine on Chris Leben

#1 Pound for Pound Fighter based on wins (in your opinion): Quinton Jackson

#1 Pound for Pound fighter based on skill: Anderson Silva

Most overrated fighter: Diego Sanchez

Most underrated fighter: Lyoto Machida

From browsing Sherdog, it reminds me of the ROH message board, or a good majority of the TNA fans. They hate most of the popular UFC-created superstars (Liddell in this case) and root for the lesser-known fighters (anyone from PRIDE). There's nothing wrong with that, but most of them are downright ignorant about it (the reaction of that board after Cro Cop/Gonzaga made me cackle with glee).

Do I think Liddell is overrated? No, but I'm not sure if the reason he's so popular is because of his skill. I think his look has a lot to do with it, as he's marketed as an action hero more than a fighter. His emotionless, 'Ice-Man' persona is what made him; and it shows because despite two consecutive losses, the fans still loved him when he fought Wanderlei. That being said, he definitely deserves respect if only because he is one of the ones who helped get UFC off the ground and into the mainstream. While his ground skill may be lacking and his chin may be more vulnerable than was once believed, he is still one of the best/most entertaining fighters in his weight class right now.

Err, UFC's lightweight division is quite strong...there's multiple guys near the top of the ladder. To name but a few: Nate Diaz, Manny Gamburyan, Kenny Florian, Rich Clementi, Tyson Griffin, Clay Guida, Roger Huerta, Gray Maynard, Cole Miller, Joe Lauzon, etc.

Any of those guys vs. Sherk would be great.

In my opinion, UFC is making a large mistake in giving Sean Sherk a title shot right away. The guy got busted, and the fans know it....did you hear them booing the shit out of him? No buys.

That being said, BJ vs. Sherk should be a good fight, although I'm sure I'm not the only one who'll have a hard time getting into the hype.

Rashad Evans vs. Michael "The Count" Bisping - TKO, Round 2

Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva - TKO, Round 2

Joe Doerksen vs. Ed "Short Fuse" Herman - Decision

Ryo "Piranha" Chonan vs. Karo "The Heat" Parisyan - Submission, Round 2

Frank "The Answer" Edgar vs. Spencer "The King" Fisher - Decision

Chris "Lights Out" Lytle vs. Thiago "Pitbull" Alves - TKO, Round 2

Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon vs. Jason Reinhardt - Submission, Round 1

Marcus "Maximus" Aurelio vs. Luke "Lil Hulk" Caudillo - Decision

Akihiro Gono vs. Tamden "The Barn Cat" McCrory - Submission, Round 1

What really boggles my mind is how bands like The Hip and Sloan are only popular really in the confines of Canada whereas a band like Nickelback have somehow acheived worldwide popularity. It's too bad the world hardly realizes that Canada has better music these days than Nickelback and Avril (as evidenced by Reily's post) .

UFC Middleweight Title: Anderson "The Spider" Silva © vs. Rich "Ace" Franklin - TKO, Round 1

Brandon "The Truth" Vera vs. Tim "The Maine-iac" Sylvia - Decision

Yushin Okami vs. Jason "The Athlete" McDonald Submission, Round 2

Alan "The Talent" Belcher vs. Kalib Starnes - Decision

Stephan "The American Psycho" Bonnar vs. Eric "Ravishing Red" Schafer - TKO, Round 1

Jason Black vs. Matt "The Wolverine" Grice - Submission, Round 2

Jorge Gurgel vs. Alvin "Kid" Robinson - Submission, Round 3

Josh Burkman vs. Forrest "The Meat Cleaver" Petz - Decision

Ryan Jensen vs. Demian Maia - Submission, Round 1

Randy Couture Quits UFC

The Fight Network has just reported that Randy Couture has quit the promotion, vacating his heavyweight title and leaving his job as a color commentator.

Couture, who works for The Fight Network itself, so there is no way they are going to miss on this story, wrote a letter from South Africa where he's filming the Scorpion King movie, to Dana White.

Not getting a match with Fedor Emelianenko played a part in his decision. The decision was made when it became clear the match with Fedor wasn't happening.

It is known Couture was one of the top UFC fighters who was unhappy when reading about the huge money guaranteed in the company's offers to Emelianenko, because he felt he and a few others were the fighters who helped build the current popularity and they weren't getting guaranteed income for fights anywhere near that level, particularly since they were bigger drawing cards.

With the decline of Chuck Liddell, Couture was likely the company's biggest short-term drawing card, and without question, was its most popular fighter.

We will have more on this story later.

Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua - TKO, Round 1

Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell vs. Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine - TKO, Round 1

Jon Fitch vs. Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez - Decision

Matt "Handsome" Wiman vs. Michihiro Omigawa - Submission, Round 2

Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Ryoto "Lyoto" Machida - Decision

Tyson Griffin vs. Thiago Tavares - Decision

Diego "The Octopus" Saraiva vs. Jeremy Stephens - TKO, Round 2

Christian "The Hungarian Nightmare" Wellisch vs. Scott Junk - TKO, Round 1

Rich "No Love" Clementi vs. Anthony Johnson - TKO, Round 1

Kenny "Kenflo" Florian vs. Din "Dinyero" Thomas - TKO, Round 2

Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Thiago "Pitbull" Alves - TKO, Round 2

Nate Diaz vs. Junior Assuncao - Decision

Gray Maynard vs. Joe Veres - Submission, Round 1

Chris "The Crippler" Leben vs. Terry Martin - TKO, Round 2

Luke Cummo vs. Edilberto "Crocota" Souza De Oliveira - Decision

Cole Miller vs. Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia - Submission, Round 2

Pete "Drago" Sell vs. Nate "The Rock" Quarry - TKO, Round 1

Dustin Hazelett vs. Jonathan Goulet - Decision

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Dan "Hollywood" Henderson - TKO, Round 3

Mirko Cro Cop vs. Cheick Kongo - TKO, Round 1

Michael "The Count" Bisping vs. Matt Hamill - TKO, Round 2

Alessio "Legionarius" Sakara vs. Houston Alexander - TKO, Round 2

Marcus "The Irish Hand Grenade" Davis vs. Paul Taylor - Submission, Round 1

Terry Etim vs. Gleison Tibau - Decision

Thiago Silva vs. Tomasz Drwal - TKO, Round 2

Dennis Siver vs. Naoyuki Kotani - Submission, Round 3

Anthony "The Crush" Torres vs. Jess "Joker" Liaudin - Submission, Round 1

Oh man, if they give Lesnar a pro wrestling gimmick...that would totally rule. Have him come out with WWE shirts on, pyro, and wearing his little spandex talking shit the whole way...people would pay top dollar to see him get his head kicked in.

Randy "The Natural" Couture© vs. Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga - Decision

Josh Koscheck vs. Georges "Rush" St. Pierre - TKO, Round 2

Joe "Daddy" Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino - Submission, Round 1

Patrick "The Predator" Cote vs. Kendall "Da Spyda" Grove - Submission, Round 2

Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. David Heath - TKO, Round 1

Marcus "Maximus" Aurelio vs. Clay "The Carpenter" Guida - Submission, Round 2

Alberto Crane vs. Roger "El Matador" Huerta - TKO, Round 1

Antoni Hardonk vs. Frank Mir - TKO, Round 2

Thales Lietes vs. Ryan Jensen - Submission, Round 3

Joined as KCC.

UFC Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva© vs. Nate Marquardt - TKO, Round 2

UFC Lightweight Championship: Sean Sherk© vs. Hermes Franca - TKO, Round 3

Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz - Decision

Heath Herring vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - Submission, Round 2

Kenny Florian vs. Alvin Robinson - Decision

Stephan Bonnar vs. Mike Nickels - TKO, Round 1

Jason Gilliam vs. Chris Lytle - Submission, Round 1

Jorge Gurgel vs. Diego Saraiva - Submission, Round 2

Mark Bocek vs. Frank Edgar - Submission, Round 3

B.J. Penn (Pictures) and Diego Sanchez (Pictures) have agreed to fight on the undercard of the heavyweight title fight between UFC champion Randy Couture (Pictures) and challenger Gabriel Gonzaga (Pictures), Aug. 25 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, a source speaking on the condition of anonymity told Sherdog.com.

The 28-year-old Penn (11-4-1) recently finished longtime rival Jens Pulver (Pictures) in a lightweight clash on the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 5. Meanwhile the 25-year-old Sanchez (17-1-0) has not fought since suffering the first defeat of his career, a decision loss to Josh Koscheck (Pictures) in April.

Credit: sherdog.com