By the time they fight, I won’t give a shit who wins!

youd think with a division as poppin as the welterwieghts you wouldnt wait that long before have a title fight

UFC is making a mistake…this wait is going to piss pple off!

Too many guys in one class. I bet you it turns out like this season. Half of the guys dont belong in MMA.

That is pathetic, having to wait that long to watch these two fight. I was at UFC 69 when Serra pulled off the biggest upset in UFC history ever against my boy GSP. He won the fight fair and square but to let him hold onto the belt for over 8 months without having to defend it. There is too much talent in this divison to wait 8 months to watch a title shot. Looks like GSP wont be Champ till next year…

I couldnt agree more Chris. Long waits like this are weak. GSP is also my boy, and after he dismantles KOS, we still have to wait till probably April for any re match.

i hate GPS!!!

actually i like st.pierre, im just pissed that he lost his belt the way he did, after all his hard werk…putting away hughes, cutting open sherk and shoking a shit stain out of trigg…but at this rate he wont get a title shot till mid/late 2008.

waiting sux!!!

does anyone think KOS hjas a shot?

Should make for a great New Years event…If it goes down that date

This is a bunch of sh**. Are these guys fighters or tv actors? You guys are right, in a sport (and weight class) that is exploding, this much of a wait is bad for everybody — fighters and fans.

Hey dis fight n the ultimate fighter 6 piss me off. they put the best weight class on hold.. If i see Dana some where i will give him a piece of my mined.. I hope Serra whoop Trash Hughes’s ass…. Then we will see a serra vs GSP rematch….. then once again GSP will rise to the ocassion n be the champ once more n he will keep that belt until he retires….

GSP u da man bro

nice

They should fight every 3 or 4 months.

This is ridiculous, why? Talk about putting the title on ice, for 8 – 9 months, crazy.

Leave the ultimate fighter for the up and comers. Don’t tie up the championship bouts with all that WWE drama crap, let them fight.

does anyone think KOS hjas a shot?

Kos doesn’t have a shot now, but a few minutes into the fight he’ll have plenty.LOL

dana is just trying to get some ratings for tuf 6, who else would be better coaches than these guys? it does suck that serra gets to hold onto the belt for 8 months without a defense though, lets just hope tuf 6 causes some more build up to this fight in december or else this whole wait won’t be worth it at all, i want to see some shit talking like we did this season with bj and jens, maybe even another ping pong match or two hahaha…milk these 8 months that you can call yourself champ serra cause come december your belt is gone…

Don’t get pissed at the fighters. They don’t get to decide when the fight happens. But It is a really long time

Oh and Serra is gonna beat Hughes down and tap him out. All ya’ll get off Hughes nuts

Oh and Serra is gonna beat Hughes down and tap him out. All ya’ll get off Hughes nuts

i agree with you on that one…the terror drops hurt’n bombs, hughes wont get the belt back! EVER!

now why wont this fight be free since it i tuf i think since we have to wait we should get it for free

Serra is becoming the next Sean Sherk – an alibi champ who never actually defends his title, but finds time to grouphug the miletich fighters at UFC events or in Serra’s case is taping a reality show.

Now what does that have to do with competitive sport? And you guys speak so highly what Dana did for this sport… he’s the next fucking Don King and will ruin the legitimacy of this sport.

i hate GPS!!!

I hate GPS too, sometimes when i go geo-caching, it sends me 100 feet from where I need to be…

GPS, GPA, CBS…whut ever!

i dont think TUF6 will be very successful. hughes and serra are both in weird situations, like serra is a nice guy with obvious talent, but he did de-throne a very popular fighter. and then there is hughes, a douchebag. i love gsp and i hope he gets his belt back but i think koscheck is more of a challenge for him than hughes or serra. and i will root for gsp and serra but sadly i really think at least 1 of them will lose.

i hate GPS!!!

actually i like st.pierre, im just pissed that he lost his belt the way he did, after all his hard werk…putting away hughes, cutting open sherk and shoking a shit stain out of trigg…but at this rate he wont get a title shot till mid/late 2008.

waiting sux!!!

does anyone think KOS hjas a shot?

I hate kos, but i think it will be a good fight, i think kos would destroy Matt hughes so i think Gsp will have his hands full.

i agree with you on that one…the terror drops hurt’n bombs, hughes wont get the belt back! EVER!

Yeah serra is a bad match for hughes, hughes wont get past the first round.

WTF is this sh*t,Serras head is gonna be so big by then he is just gonna get weaved into the mat.

Hopefully Matt Hughes will have a problem on his farm with the blade bits on the front of his combine,he then gets out and tries to pull out whatevers jamin em but hes left the combine in gear!OH NO Matt Hughes gets munched up by his own combine!
Well we can only hope and pray coz this could be Serras only chance.

As long as I don’t have to listen to,“ALL DAY DRAGO”, being screamed by from the corner by Matt Serra, then I’ll be okay. Listening to his voice cornering every fight is going to be brutal.

Serra has almost no shot against Hughes. His only chance is if Hughes comes out unprepared – as GSP was – or if he lands the proverbial lucky punch.

Failing that, he’ll be dominated. He’s not in a class with Hughes, nor with any of the top half dozen or so 170 lbers. Serra’s a big-mouth hack who got lucky. Nothing more.

I’ve said it before and I will definitly say it right now. The UFC, more specifically, Dana White has for the past 8 months has prided himself on the basis that the UFC is far and beyond boxing. While I am convinced that MMA is here to stay and that boxing is dying, I love nothing more than watching a great techincal fight a la Taylor/Hopkins or Winky Wright/Hopkins.

However Dana needs to get off of his high horse, Thats right Dana I said it. Stop trying to play some kind of marketing guru which you are not. I went to school, I got me a degree in Business and a Masters in one too, all in 5 years. While I spent most of my nights playing beer pong and slapping freshmen ass, Ive realized that a good business man knows his audience. THIS AUDIENCE DOES NOT WANT TO WANT AN EXTRA TWO MONTHS FOR THIS TO GO DOWN (SHOULD BE HAPPENING IN OCTOBER).

DANA PLEASE STOP WATCHING YOUR 3 VOLUME SET ON HOW TO BE A PROMOTER LIKE ME
-DON KING

Dana prides himself on how we as the UFC is better than boxing yet he is BECOMING the biggest hypocrite. The last great UFC that we all saw was UFC 66. I saw this because UFC 66 had all 8-9 fights aired for our pleasure. These days there is a “televised portion” portion of the card only. Since when does the UFC earn the right to only show 5 fights? You say you are better than boxing Mr. White but I say you are a hypocrite. You complain how De La Hoya / Mayweather only had 2 undercard fights but the way you are directing the UFC, today and now, we only have 4 undercard fights and the main event KEY WORD : TELEVISED PORTION

You are making tons of money in PPV’s an gate admissions yet fighters are still getting paid A COUPLE GRAND for their efforts (NO HEALTH COVERAGE BY THE WAY)

Come on Dana I love watching MMA more specifically the UFC, and I know your organization is better than this. Keep giving us the great mega fights every 3-4 months. Dont let your ego get too big where you make us wait 2 years for a star studed fight. This time we have to wait until December, WHICH IS PROBABLY 2 MONTHS AFTER THE TUF6 ENDS, next time will it be 5 months?, 8 months?

Get you head on straight !!!

Kevin “cuts” Kelly

This is too long to wait, and it is unfair to all of the other quality fighters in the division. I like Hughes, but it does seem like the UFC bends over backwards to serve him while giving little respect to the other contenders (GSP, Kos, Karo, Fitch, Swick). One of the parts of MMA that I like(ed) was that the top fighters competed three to four times a year. To have to wait this long for what is really a poor fight (Serra got lucky and is a second class ww at best) is not good for the UFC or the fans.
White better return to the basics of what brought the UFC to this point, or he may find that the sport will cease to grow at the rate he wants or expects.

This is just plain too long

Does it hurt your brain ?

I can see Karo whimpering like the candy ass crybaby he is …

“You mean I have to wait until late summer of 2008 for my shot? Do you know who I am? Do you know what I can do to those punks? Im a Judo Practicioner. I am so hungry, why does the winner of GSP / Kos get a shot. I am the UFC brah”

-Karo Parysian

Someone call Nat Diaz and have him slap this bitch.

The best things to happen to us in the last twenty years

1. Cell phones
2. The Internet
3. Baywatch
4. The Real World
5. Global Positioning Systems
6. Easy Mac

Oh and obviously the greatest Judo expert / MMA fighter the world has ever seen (yeah ok)

Way too long to wait…Hughes will take Serra, but it should be somewhat of a fight. I liked Serra until he won the belt. He was awesome on TUF, but he has made some questionable comments as of late. He’s not good enough to be overly cocky as there are at least 5 or 6 fighters in his weight class who would take his belt from him (Hughes, GSP, Diego, Fitch, Karo and possibly KOS). I look forward to watching him get grounded and pounded.

GSP and KOS may turn into an excellent fight. KOS has improved his striking, and he was already an awesome wrestler. He will not be a push over for GSP. Could go either way. I really hope GSP comes back to form – if he does, he’ll be a champ again (depending on how long he has to wait for a shot…)

This wait is far too long.

I wonder if they’re just trying to kill any momentum Serra might have coming off that huge upset… ?

In such a stacked division, there should not be 8 months between title shots. That should be the most exciting division in the UFC.

Wow…Way to cool off what was a division that was on fire. There were so many potential fights lined up and so many matches to see who would get the next title fight and now it’s delayed until next year. If GSP loses the belt after regaining it this time, I’ll lose it. It will take him probably close to a year to get it back and hopefully that will make him never want to lose it again.

I can just imagine that come September, Dana will announce some stupid shit like

“The coaches for TUF season 7 will be Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. We will begin filming the season in 8 months. This season we will be featuring the lightweights again, and since we had so much talent in season 5, we are going to have 64 lighweight fighters in the house. So you will se 62 preliminary fights before the live finale airs on Spike featuring Liddell/Silva on April 20th, 2010.”

I can just imagine that come September, Dana will announce some stupid shit like

“The coaches for TUF season 7 will be Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. We will begin filming the season in 8 months. This season we will be featuring the lightweights again, and since we had so much talent in season 5, we are going to have 64 lighweight fighters in the house. So you will se 62 preliminary fights before the live finale airs on Spike featuring Liddell/Silva on April 20th, 2010.”

ROFL! 1

dana is just trying to get some ratings for tuf 6, who else would be better coaches than these guys? it does suck that serra gets to hold onto the belt for 8 months without a defense though, lets just hope tuf 6 causes some more build up to this fight in december or else this whole wait won’t be worth it at all, i want to see some shit talking like we did this season with bj and jens, maybe even another ping pong match or two hahaha…milk these 8 months that you can call yourself champ serra cause come december your belt is gone…

nice to see some of the old school guys posting again

Kevin Kelly Great minds think alike. I agree with all your posts on this link. Right on with the Don King comparison and I hope Karo loses the rest of his teeth and then he will literally only be able to flap his gums.

Damn the Tuf series to all hell.

Damn the Tuf series to all hell.

Agreed. They need to have a new season every 2 years or so. 2 seasons a year is just way too much, and I don’t even care anymore. At least give it enough time so new young talent can arrive

You don’t think that UFC can use more Danny Abadi’s, Wayne Weems, and Josh Rafferty’s???

i like tuf, its something to watch every week and every season has come up with some nice new additions to their respective weight classes…tuf1: forrest, diego, swick, bonnar, koscheck, florian tuf2: rashad, jardine, stevenson (even marcus davis, guillard, burkman and cummo are all decent) tuf3: ed herman, kendall grove, bisping, hamill tuf4: lutter, serra, din thomas tuf5: gray, diaz, c. hill, manny, joe, cole miller, wiman…this show hasn’t fallen off that far if you ask me, its still offering up some nice talent and some exposure for that talent…

I don’t want to fan the flames of the Boxing vs. MMA holy war, but this is one of the things I can’t stand about boxing. Once a guy reaches the top he fights once a year, if that. I’ve always thought that one of the reasons you could get away with paying MMA fighters a good, but realistic wage (less than 10 million per fight) is that they’re capable fighting 3 to 5 times per year. So if a guy gets 500k x 3, plus endorsements, ppv %age, etc. then he’s making out alright. If the top dogs start fighting once every 10 to 18 months, that’ll will probably lead to the same sport killing payouts that drove boxing to the brink.

ahh yes… the belt stays in long island a little longer. go serra go go go go serra go serra.. dana white loves u.. this is awesome hahaha

You don’t think that UFC can use more Danny Abadi’s, Wayne Weems, and Josh Rafferty’s???

One can only wish!

I understand that this match up is a product of TUF, but it makes no sense to give Matt Hughes a title shot. He should have to face GSP first, or at least the winner of GSP Koscheck.

I watched the interview with Dana White yesterday on Hot List. He talked about there being a system in place for determining fights. But he also talked about making any match up they want. So which is it? I guess I’ll answer my own question and say, there is not a system. Not a clear or consistent one anyway.

Good or bad?

Just F*ing great…..
Serra will have the belt for another half a year before he loses it.
I think Dana White knows the fans don’t like it but thinking the fans will change their minds after they see the show.

I mean, think about it, GSP will fight in a couple months, assuming he wins, by the time he’s ready to take another fight, the Hughes-Serra saga will just about resolved. Then GSP will fight the winner. You can’t go wrong there….

But that leaves a mess to rest of the Welter W Division.
Dana, I still don’t like you.

I’ve said it before and I will definitly say it right now. The UFC, more specifically, Dana White has for the past 8 months has prided himself on the basis that the UFC is far and beyond boxing. While I am convinced that MMA is here to stay and that boxing is dying, I love nothing more than watching a great techincal fight a la Taylor/Hopkins or Winky Wright/Hopkins.

However Dana needs to get off of his high horse, Thats right Dana I said it. Stop trying to play some kind of marketing guru which you are not. I went to school, I got me a degree in Business and a Masters in one too, all in 5 years. While I spent most of my nights playing beer pong and slapping freshmen ass, Ive realized that a good business man knows his audience. THIS AUDIENCE DOES NOT WANT TO WANT AN EXTRA TWO MONTHS FOR THIS TO GO DOWN (SHOULD BE HAPPENING IN OCTOBER).

DANA PLEASE STOP WATCHING YOUR 3 VOLUME SET ON HOW TO BE A PROMOTER LIKE ME
-DON KING

Dana prides himself on how we as the UFC is better than boxing yet he is BECOMING the biggest hypocrite. The last great UFC that we all saw was UFC 66. I saw this because UFC 66 had all 8-9 fights aired for our pleasure. These days there is a “televised portion” portion of the card only. Since when does the UFC earn the right to only show 5 fights? You say you are better than boxing Mr. White but I say you are a hypocrite. You complain how De La Hoya / Mayweather only had 2 undercard fights but the way you are directing the UFC, today and now, we only have 4 undercard fights and the main event KEY WORD : TELEVISED PORTION

You are making tons of money in PPV’s an gate admissions yet fighters are still getting paid A COUPLE GRAND for their efforts (NO HEALTH COVERAGE BY THE WAY)

Come on Dana I love watching MMA more specifically the UFC, and I know your organization is better than this. Keep giving us the great mega fights every 3-4 months. Dont let your ego get too big where you make us wait 2 years for a star studed fight. This time we have to wait until December, WHICH IS PROBABLY 2 MONTHS AFTER THE TUF6 ENDS, next time will it be 5 months?, 8 months?

Get you head on straight !!!

Kevin “cuts” Kelly

HEY KEVIN CUTS KELLY IF YOUR GONNA WRITE SOMET THAT LONG TRY AND MAKE IT INTERESTING,COME ON MATE!

BISPING TO BE LH CHAMP!

HEY KEVIN CUTS KELLY IF YOUR GONNA WRITE SOMET THAT LONG TRY AND MAKE IT INTERESTING,COME ON MATE!

BISPING TO BE LH CHAMP!

Oh SNAP!

Im just not happy with the fact that it seems like title holders fight twice a year MAX! I think Silva is gonna be the only fighter that fights more then twice this year and holds a belt. No reason why Hughes shouldnt fight 3-4 times a year, same with Rampage… Sherk and Couture, they are frail, I can understand.

I just really wanna know what direction the producers are gonna go in for this upcoming season of TUF. Serra is obviously a loudmouth arrogant douche that tries to act humble… he also hates Hughes and has called him exactly what Serra is himself. Pot, meet kettle. But as far as anything else is concerned, you really havent seen much of Hughes’ personality on the TUF series. Saw him talk some trash to GSP… but they both respect and like each other. shrug Maybe I just want a bro-mance with Matt Hughes…

Im from Queens and Matt Serra rants and raves on how Matt Hughes thinks so highly of himself (Mr. Jock) and this and that, calls Hughes an asshole when in fact he is acts like a typical jerkoff from Nassau County (Long Island). Hughes is gonna tear his shit up.

Guys used to fight 3-4 times a year like clock work just as recently as last year. Guys like Hughes, Franklin, Kos, Griffen, Liddell and a handful of others still do. Just seems like Dana and company are getting inflated egos and arent as hungry as they used to be.

Kevin “cuts” Kelly

I hope this is worth the wait. This can only mean tons of UFC cards with non-title bouts(HOPEFULLY ON SPIKE), especially with two title fights on the next card then Rampage and Hendo not long after.

Waiting this long is stupid for all reasons I think UFC events in general should happen every 3 weeks . This would allow a lot of the new talent to develop and get octagon experience, this is considering that there are 1000’s of fighters from all over the world willing to showcase thier abilities to a ready and waiting global audience.

I think having the PPV’s more often would be better than all this ultimate fighter crap, let people build their popularity the old way, like Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture And Chuck Liddell have.

Impressive victories builds reputations (e.g. Brandon Vera).

To sum it up; a ppv every 3 weeks, every title should be defended at least every 6 months unless there is a medical reason and finally with more frequent shows there would be no need for shows like TUF

Im from Queens and Matt Serra rants and raves on how Matt Hughes thinks so highly of himself (Mr. Jock) and this and that, calls Hughes an asshole when in fact he is acts like a typical jerkoff from Nassau County (Long Island). Hughes is gonna tear his shit up.

Guys used to fight 3-4 times a year like clock work just as recently as last year. Guys like Hughes, Franklin, Kos, Griffen, Liddell and a handful of others still do. Just seems like Dana and company are getting inflated egos and arent as hungry as they used to be.

Kevin “cuts” Kelly

Kevin…Who cares if your from Queens?? I’m from N.Y.C., does anyone here give a shit? Dude Serra is one of the best guys you would ever meet. If you want a typical J/O from Nassau County Google “Phil Baroni”.

Serra will not be denied in the Hughes fight…… I think GSP gets the belt back from Serra, And all is right with the world!

Um yeaaaa Serra is definitly gonna get worked over by Matt Hughes. No question about it Hughes will display the advantages he has over Serra in overall strength, wrestling, and you will be very surprised with his standup as Hughes will use his longer reach.

Have you ever seen Serra getted worked over period? Carter nailed him with that flying pimp slap like 10 years ago….other than that? Yea… he has lost fights, this is MMA brother. It will be a good fight…..I don’t see either one gettin “worked over”.

Laff, I got a few good friends from Nassau… dont hate or generalize.

Hughes by rear naked choke in Rd 1.

so who is gonna fight at ufc 79

Yeah, Serra is marinating on that belt for a while….. I can’t blame him, but 8 months is getting ridiculous. I hope Serra pounds Matt Hughes and proves he is worthy of the belt.

The terror deserves the belt matt serra by Tko STRIKES

Serra has almost no shot against Hughes. His only chance is if Hughes comes out unprepared – as GSP was – or if he lands the proverbial lucky punch.

Failing that, he’ll be dominated. He’s not in a class with Hughes, nor with any of the top half dozen or so 170 lbers. Serra’s a big-mouth hack who got lucky. Nothing more.

“Obviously, you don’t know what you are talking about!” Have you ever seen either guy train! This will be an interesting fight, especially if Hughes tries to stand with Matt. Serra hits like a freight train! Oh! Believe me, you do not want to go to the ground with Matt Serra. If BJ didn’t gas he would have beaten Hughes. Matt won’t gas! He has time to train just like he did with GSP. It was to Matt’s advantage when GSP got hurt and the fight was delayed! I will be there to see it in Dec.!!

I DONT CARE HOW LONG I HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE THE KING CROWNED AGAIN MATT IS LEADING THE WAY IN MMA SO HAVING THAT GOLD AROUND HIS WAIST IS DESERVED MORE BY HIM THAN ANYONE ELSE

AFTER MATT TAKES HIS BELT BACK FROM SERRA THE UFC SHOULD HOLD AN OPEN TOURNAMENT BETWEEN ALL HIS WEIGHT RIVALS TO FIND THE NEXT #1 CHALLENGER AND THAT WAY YOU WOULD HAVE THE BEST TWO IN THE WEIGHT CLASS FIGHTING OR YOU COULD JUST PUT ST PIERRE UP AGAINST HUGHES WHICH HUGHES WOULD WIN BY SUBMISSION IN THE 3RD ROUND

Matt Serra is the shit talking dick here, not matt hughes from what I’ve seen in this situation. Mr.Serra will most likely be a 1 and done champion. Hughes will come in and slam his punk ass around. BTW, BJ’s BJJ is on a whole another level from Matt Serra’s BJJ. Enjoy your title reign Paper champ, Hughes is going to take it back from you.

Matt Serra lucked out the wholeway through to become champ. When he was ultimate fighter he did nothing to prove that he’s a champ. His matches went to decision. The only good thing I saw this chump do is a lot of foot stomping. He’s is over confident and he’s garbage. He is not even in the same league as hughes and GSP. I mean he got knocked out from a spinning back punch from that clown Shawnie.

Season 6 of the ultmate fighter is boring.I really hope Dana
white makes some changes.The ultmate fighter seems to get
worse with each new season.