UFC 99 Thread (Spoilers)

[calgaryballer]

Anyone else watching? I'll wait until tonight if I am the only one

 

[calgaryballer]

No real surprises here tonight. I'll wait until the rest of you losers watch to discuss

 

[Bigpapa42]

Once others have watched it, I would very much appreciate if someone could explain that decision. I won't say more, but I'm sure it will be obvious....

 

[clovett]

thought it was a decent card


edit---the decision was horseshit imo

 

[calgaryballer]

Once others have watched it, I would very much appreciate if someone could explain that decision. I won't say more, but I'm sure it will be obvious....

There were two I scored different, but one was more controversial than the other

I wish they had read the judges scores.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Judging was atrocious..

 

[GridironWarrior]

This being streamed anywhere?

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Sopcast.

 

[GridironWarrior]

What's the channel?

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

http://www.p2psportchannel.com/mma.htm

Click on Play for the link to sopcast.. too lazy to find the actual address.

 

[GridironWarrior]

Thanks! Is this the place to use for future events?

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Definitely.

 

[GridironWarrior]

When is Cain/Kongo?

 

[Ralnakor]

Can't play SOP stuff, anyone got links to anything that doesn't use that format?

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

When is Cain/Kongo?

2nd to last fight.

 

[clovett]

Can't play SOP stuff, anyone got links to anything that doesn't use that format?

try channelsurfing.net

 

[RosettaStoned]

That decision was fine IMO. Could have went either way.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

i agree franklin won, but i just dont think it should of been unanimous, silva clearly won the second round and arguably the third

 

[RosettaStoned]

i agree franklin won, but i just dont think it should of been unanimous, silva clearly won the second round and arguably the third

That really doesn't matter if all 3 judges saw Franklin winning the first and the third. It was a close fight, but they all 3 saw it the same way.

 

[RosettaStoned]

Lmao..

COLOGNE, Germany – Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship was a short one.

Not long after stopping Mostapha Al-Turk in the first round of UFC 99 on Saturday at Lanxess Arena in his first fight in the UFC since back-to-back losses in 2007, Filipovic informed UFC president Dana White that he had signed a three-fight contract with the Japan-based DREAM.

White had signed Filipovic less than a month ago to a one-fight deal, the first time in more than nine years that he’d done that. He had worked out terms on two additional fights, but said he’d only put pen to paper for Saturday’s bout.

He brought Filipovic back because he knew the Croat is still very popular and Filipovic insisted he wanted to make a run for the title.

That proved not to be the truth. After turning down much tougher opposition, including Cain Velasquez, who defeated Cheick Kongo later on the card, he wound up with the lightly regarded Al-Turk.

But instead of getting a shot at big names like Randy Couture or Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and fighting his way into title contention, Filipovic opted to bolt for Japan.

“Isn’t that a dirty [expletive] thing to do?” White asked rhetorically after being queried about Filipovic’s deal with DREAM. “He [expletived] me. The first time in the history of the company I do one over the phone. He promised me a three-fight deal and he [expletived] me.”

Filipovic looked unsteady and hardly impressive in defeating Al-Turk, who is winless in the UFC. He never landed one of his vaunted kicks and the fight ended not from a punch but when he poked Al-Turk in the eye with his finger.

Referee Dan Miragliotta didn’t see the poke, so it was regarded as a clean blow and Filipovic won by stoppage.

Filipovic was fighting five months to the day after knee surgery, one of several injuries he said kept him from performing at his best in his first stint in the UFC. Before the fight, he called his 1-2 UFC record “the black spot” on his career.

While speaking with reporters on a prefight conference call, Filipovic enthused about his return and said he was gunning for a title shot. All the while, he apparently knew he was in it for a one-fight deal.

He texted White on White’s cellular phone and told him he wanted to return. White said Filipovic declined numerous opponents.

Apparently, Filipovic, who is from Croatia, wanted to fight in Germany and use the UFC bout as a tuneup. He did and is now Dream bound, but he’ll almost certainly never fight in the UFC again.

“He didn’t keep his word,” White said, who said he’d had a two-hour talk with Filipovic on the day Filipovic texted and asked to be able to return. “He talked about honor and all this other [expletive] and he [expletived] me.

“He fed me this bull [expletive] about wanting to take a run for the title, and what I think he did was, he went out and did this. He turned down every other [expletive] fighter I offered him, because I needed him to fight Cain. He didn’t just poke Al-Turk; he poked me, too.”

As is his custom, Filipovic skipped the postfight news conference and could not be reached to comment on the DREAM deal.