UFC 134: Rio (8/27 on PPV)

[EmpireWF]

He won that first round for sure.

Until that last kick from Silva, you could make the argument.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

I dont think theres any argument to be made, Okami had round 1. It obviously means nothing now anyways.

 

[EmpireWF]

Sure it's moot now but no way that round was definitely Okami's.

He had Silva up against the cage for 2 minutes or so and did nothing significant. They each traded shots throughout, until Silva landed the big kick to the head before the bell.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Okami had cage control for half the round and besides that kick Silva wasnt throwing much of anything. Easy Okami 10-9 round IMO.

 

[EmpireWF]

I could see giving credit to Okami for the time spent on the cage but he didn't do anything of note. Neither guy did much of anything significant until the big head kick which rocked Yushin.

Especially being Silva and in Brazil, I don't see how any of those judges didn't score it for him.

 

[JeremyHight]

I would say the first round was 10-10, but since the judges don't do that, I'd see them giving it to Silva since he is the champ and it is in Brazil.

 

[Liquidrob]

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Best counterpuncher MMA has ever seen.

 

[BigBiss]

Has he done any wrestling at all the last 5 fights

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

Has he done any wrestling at all the last 5 fights

when your that damn good on your feet you dont have to

 

[SHOGUN]

It's amazing how And1 gauges distance.

Okami finally got his title shot after all the injuries and got styled on something serious.

 

[SHOGUN]

This card only did 256K in buys according to Meltzer. Seems a bit low, even with Hurricane Irene.

 

[EmpireWF]

This card only did 256K in buys according to Meltzer. Seems a bit low, even with Hurricane Irene.

PPV numbers are sketchy due to Hurricane Irene, which with power out in so many East Coast homes, had to hurt overall numbers. Because of that issue, we couldn’t get anything past preliminary trending numbers which indicated numbers in Canada being very slightly up from UFC 133, while being 15% down in the U.S. If that holds up, that would have to be a huge disappointment, particularly for those who thought Silva had become the No. 3 draw in the company behind Brock Lesnar and Georges St. Pierre. Non-North American fights usually don’t do numbers anywhere near North American levels, but this was not on a tape delay, and one would think the first show in Brazil may be a hook. Without question, Okami was going to be a detriment in the main event. Few gave him much of a chance. He has not had a lot of exciting fights and he doesn’t have any charisma. It would also indicate how far Forrest Griffin, at one point the company’s second or third most popular fighter, has fallen. The hurricane is a legitimate excuse for the East Coast, but not most of the U.S. or in Canada. Still, the combination of Silva and Brazil one would have thought should have done better. And UFC 133 that we’re comparing with was an estimated 310,000 buy show headlined by Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans. But even with the hurricane hurting numbers in the Northeast due to people not having power, the California trending numbers were down and that’s not affected by the hurricane. Best markets per cap appear to have been Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Honolulu, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Seattle, Montreal, Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Antonio and Denver. We’ll have a lot more solid estimates in two weeks.