I’m pullin for Maynard on this one. But I got a feelin Edgar will pull it off. Either way, should be an exciting fight.

Why would they not but this on ufc 84 every fight on the fight night has a fighter who is well known

Dude, I feel bad for the fighter tonight having to take a back seat to the debut of Brock.
Brock is getting paid $250,000 just to show up, and an additional $200,000 if he wins.

Former UFC Champion Frank Mir, will only make $40,000 to show up and an additional $40,000 if he wins.

Two Former Champions Noguerra and Sylvia will each get paid $100,000, with the winner getting an additional $100,000

This means that whoever wins the title, will still be making $50,000 less then what Brock is getting just to show up. If Brock Where to win his fight, he will have made $250,000 more then the winner of Noguerra/Sylvia….Fair?

I know Brock is making so much because of the anticipated increase in pay per view sales that he will generate for this event but come on…. Noguerra is a freaking Legend in this sport, and as much as I hate Big Tim, if he wins he will be a 3 time UFC Heavyweight champion.

I am ordering this event, for 1 reason….Noguerra! I could care less about any other fight on this card, with the exception of the Almeida fight…. I wish my $45 would go directly in Noguerra’s pocket because to be completely honest, Noguerra is the ONLY reason I will be spending $45 to watch th is event

Mania

We only get PPV events in the UK not Fight Nights. Have UFC got any plans to broadcast them in UK?
This card is one i really dont want to miss.

Why in the world isnt the UFC adding some of these match ups to UFC 83?…which is turning out to be a weaker card then we anticipated.

UFN card:

Main event:

155 lbs.: Kenny Florian (7-3) vs. Joe Lauzon (16-3)

Under card:

170 lbs.: Karo Parisyan (18-4) vs. Thiago Alves (13-3)
205 lbs.: Stephan Bonnar (11-4) vs. Matt Hamill (3-1)
205 lbs.: Houston Alexander (8-2) vs. James Irvin (13-4)*
155 lbs.: Spencer Fisher (20-4) vs. Marcus Aurelio (15-5)*
155 lbs.: Frank Edgar (8-0) vs. Gray Maynard (4-0)*
155 lbs.: Clay Guida (22-9) vs. Samy Schiavo (10-4)*
155 lbs.: Din Thomas (20-7) vs. Josh Neer (23-6-1)*
170 lbs.: Tommy Speer (9-2) vs. Anthony Johnson (4-1)*

Only 4 fights will be aired, 5 at the most which means that, these great match ups most likely will never be seen by anyone:

155 lbs.: Spencer Fisher (20-4) vs. Marcus Aurelio (15-5)*
155 lbs.: Frank Edgar (8-0) vs. Gray Maynard (4-0)*
155 lbs.: Clay Guida (22-9) vs. Samy Schiavo (10-4)*
155 lbs.: Din Thomas (20-7) vs. Josh Neer (23-6-1)*
170 lbs.: Tommy Speer (9-2) vs. Anthony Johnson (4-1)*

The UFC should just swap this undercard for the UFC 83 undercard, that way fans will at least get to see these fights when we purchase the UFC 83 DVD. Having these fights take place on a UFN preliminary card, will mean that we will never get to see these fights because UFN events arent released to DVD. Why have these great match ups that no one will ever get to see? Makes no sense to me.

Wow Edgar vs Maynard should be a battle. That will be cool.

Yo, is Brock Lesnar married to Sable?

Lets hope one either Brock or Mir leave the fight tonight looking like they are legit forces in the Heavyweight division because the division really needs one of these 2, if not both fighters, to step up and become a star.

It would have been better IMO, if Noguerra vs. Mir and Sylvia vs. Brock were the match ups.
I have been really critical of Brock, but its not because of him. I am mad that he is the co-main event instead of working his way up. But thats not really Brocks fault its Dana’s. I have to commend Brock for stepping in there right away against a top fighter, when in reality he should have probably been facing Eddie Sanchez or Antoni Hardonk. I think Brock has lots of potential but I thin the UFC isnt handling his career the right way. Instead of building him up, they are trying to cash in on him tonight.

ufc needs to have a system have the tuf guys and newbiew fight on fight nights to get exposure and save the pay per views for stacked cards, it’s sad that alot of the fights will never be seen but they are great fights, but yet rob emerson is fighting on a per per view but not frankie or clay or spencer. it sucks the ufc needs to get involved or have spike but out the fight nights on dvd or at least the best of fight nights with the best matches they have had in the past

Dude, I feel bad for the fighter tonight having to take a back seat to the debut of Brock.
Brock is getting paid $250,000 just to show up, and an additional $200,000 if he wins.

Former UFC Champion Frank Mir, will only make $40,000 to show up and an additional $40,000 if he wins.

Two Former Champions Noguerra and Sylvia will each get paid $100,000, with the winner getting an additional $100,000

This means that whoever wins the title, will still be making $50,000 less then what Brock is getting just to show up. If Brock Where to win his fight, he will have made $250,000 more then the winner of Noguerra/Sylvia….Fair?

I know Brock is making so much because of the anticipated increase in pay per view sales that he will generate for this event but come on…. Noguerra is a freaking Legend in this sport, and as much as I hate Big Tim, if he wins he will be a 3 time UFC Heavyweight champion.

I am ordering this event, for 1 reason….Noguerra! I could care less about any other fight on this card, with the exception of the Almeida fight…. I wish my $45 would go directly in Noguerra’s pocket because to be completely honest, Noguerra is the ONLY reason I will be spending $45 to watch th is event

thsts a damm shame why should he b gettin paid more then proven fighters

Dude, I feel bad for the fighter tonight having to take a back seat to the debut of Brock.
Brock is getting paid $250,000 just to show up, and an additional $200,000 if he wins.

Former UFC Champion Frank Mir, will only make $40,000 to show up and an additional $40,000 if he wins.

Two Former Champions Noguerra and Sylvia will each get paid $100,000, with the winner getting an additional $100,000

This means that whoever wins the title, will still be making $50,000 less then what Brock is getting just to show up. If Brock Where to win his fight, he will have made $250,000 more then the winner of Noguerra/Sylvia….Fair?

I know Brock is making so much because of the anticipated increase in pay per view sales that he will generate for this event but come on…. Noguerra is a freaking Legend in this sport, and as much as I hate Big Tim, if he wins he will be a 3 time UFC Heavyweight champion.

I am ordering this event, for 1 reason….Noguerra! I could care less about any other fight on this card, with the exception of the Almeida fight…. I wish my $45 would go directly in Noguerra’s pocket because to be completely honest, Noguerra is the ONLY reason I will be spending $45 to watch th is event

Man, if these payoffs are correct, I really want Brock to get his Arse kicked. You are totally freaking right it is a joke. So maybe if they bring in some big celeb and all of his fan base, They would be paying over a couple million.

I guess it isn’t how good you are, it is the size of your fan base that determines payday.

Yo, is Brock Lesnar married to Sable?

Lets hope one either Brock or Mir leave the fight tonight looking like they are legit forces in the Heavyweight division because the division really needs one of these 2, if not both fighters, to step up and become a star.

It would have been better IMO, if Noguerra vs. Mir and Sylvia vs. Brock were the match ups.
I have been really critical of Brock, but its not because of him. I am mad that he is the co-main event instead of working his way up. But thats not really Brocks fault its Dana’s. I have to commend Brock for stepping in there right away against a top fighter, when in reality he should have probably been facing Eddie Sanchez or Antoni Hardonk. I think Brock has lots of potential but I thin the UFC isnt handling his career the right way. Instead of building him up, they are trying to cash in on him tonight.

oops i saw you post this after i made my comment. i do agree with waht you said here. (yes brock is married to sable).

i thought it was a bad move to through him in with mir, but i’ve heard rumors that Brock asked for Mir as his first UFC fight. i thought he should have fought someone closer to his experience,but hey its a gamble. if brock wins it will be like “hey i beat a former champ”. if he loses he can say “ehh what do you expect i got beat by a former champ”.

if he fought someone like sanchez and lost, it would be far more damaging to his career IMHO. honestly though, brock is in a tough spot anyway. they guy is too well known to fight on the local MMA circuit so realistically the UFC was really his only option. here’s hoping he’s a quick learner.

Man, if these payoffs are correct, I really want Brock to get his Arse kicked. You are totally freaking right it is a joke. So maybe if they bring in some big celeb and all of his fan base, They would be paying over a couple million.

I guess it isn’t how good you are, it is the size of your fan base that determines payday.

He gets paid more because the wwe has also been showing that brock is fighting and the ufc knows that some of the wwe fans will be watching the fight so they are giving him more money because4 they know they are going to make more because of him so its there way for him bringing in more money

edgar all the way

I think Maynard may shock some people in this match. Don’t forget Edgar beat Fisher by wrestling him. He won’t walk through Maynard wrestling. He barely beat Tyson Griffin. Gray Maynard has impressed with his stand up. Plus he trains with Randy. I think he could win. What would this do to the divison, and would a Maynard win catapolt him into the top 10-15 of the lightweight divison. I have him ranked #21 right now with Edgar ranked #7. I think Maynard it the 4th best TUF 5 alum (Lauzon, Gamburyan, and Nate Diaz), I would say he is better than Wiman and Miller, but they aren’t bad. TUF 5 is proving to have put out some quality fighters.

Yeah I really wouldn’t mind seeing most if not all of those undercard fights, just hope they’re fast wins so we can see a few of them.

oops i saw you post this after i made my comment. i do agree with waht you said here. (yes brock is married to sable).

i thought it was a bad move to through him in with mir, but i’ve heard rumors that Brock asked for Mir as his first UFC fight. i thought he should have fought someone closer to his experience,but hey its a gamble. if brock wins it will be like “hey i beat a former champ”. if he loses he can say “ehh what do you expect i got beat by a former champ”.

if he fought someone like sanchez and lost, it would be far more damaging to his career IMHO. honestly though, brock is in a tough spot anyway. they guy is too well known to fight on the local MMA circuit so realistically the UFC was really his only option. here’s hoping he’s a quick learner.

You make some really good points and I can not diagree with any of it. It is what it is, but it sucks for the other fighters. At the end of the day its all just business, stuff like this reminds us of that. I am sure their will be a lot of un happy fighters after his officail salary has been made publi.

I thought that was Sable, how the hell did that meat head land her? Good for him. I wish him the best tonight, but I really did not like the way the UFC handled it, I didnt like the promotions all focusing on him and having that clown Kurt angle talk on UFC all access made me sick to my stomach!
I felt bad for Noguerra and Tim (who I hate) who really had to take a back seat to the debut of Brock. I really didnt like the promotions and I think Dana didnt handle this whole situation in the right way. We cant take that out on Brock. He didnt get to decide to be a co-main event and he sure as hell didnt come up with that crappy and cheezy promotions, that was Dana and the UFC. So tonight, I am going to try and push all that hype out my mind and judge his performance as if he were an NCAA star who is 1,0 in MMA, making his UFC debut. We need to get all that hype out our minds, because it isnt really fair and probably wont turn out to be accurate. The truth is that he is far from a finished product, but with his Physical abilities and work ethic,he has all the potential in the world to make it big in MMA. I give him a lot of respect, for being a celebrity coming into the sport as a novice, and asking for Mir. However, I really feel that the UFC has mishandled this whole situation. Its like they are content on gaining WWE fans, at the expense of making Brock hated by mma fans and probably other envious fighters.

Why in the world isnt the UFC adding some of these match ups to UFC 83?…which is turning out to be a weaker card then we anticipated.

UFN card:

Main event:

155 lbs.: Kenny Florian (7-3) vs. Joe Lauzon (16-3)

Under card:

170 lbs.: Karo Parisyan (18-4) vs. Thiago Alves (13-3)
205 lbs.: Stephan Bonnar (11-4) vs. Matt Hamill (3-1)
205 lbs.: Houston Alexander (8-2) vs. James Irvin (13-4)*
155 lbs.: Spencer Fisher (20-4) vs. Marcus Aurelio (15-5)*
155 lbs.: Frank Edgar (8-0) vs. Gray Maynard (4-0)*
155 lbs.: Clay Guida (22-9) vs. Samy Schiavo (10-4)*
155 lbs.: Din Thomas (20-7) vs. Josh Neer (23-6-1)*
170 lbs.: Tommy Speer (9-2) vs. Anthony Johnson (4-1)*

Only 4 fights will be aired, 5 at the most which means that, these great match ups most likely will never be seen by anyone:

155 lbs.: Spencer Fisher (20-4) vs. Marcus Aurelio (15-5)*
155 lbs.: Frank Edgar (8-0) vs. Gray Maynard (4-0)*
155 lbs.: Clay Guida (22-9) vs. Samy Schiavo (10-4)*
155 lbs.: Din Thomas (20-7) vs. Josh Neer (23-6-1)*
170 lbs.: Tommy Speer (9-2) vs. Anthony Johnson (4-1)*

The UFC should just swap this undercard for the UFC 83 undercard, that way fans will at least get to see these fights when we purchase the UFC 83 DVD. Having these fights take place on a UFN preliminary card, will mean that we will never get to see these fights because UFN events arent released to DVD. Why have these great match ups that no one will ever get to see? Makes no sense to me.

There will definitely be great fights that don’t make this telecast. If they were going to move a fight to UFC 83, the Karo snoozefest would be perfect for the non-televised undercard. The Karo fans could buy it on UFC on demand and the rest of us won’t have to sit through the 15 minutes it takes Karo to grind out a decision. I would much rather see the Answer and the Bully. No disrespect to Gray, but I see Frankie having the advantage wherever that fight goes. Fortunately, the Irvin vs. Alexander fight will probably last about 3 minutes and contain more action than the Karo fight.

He gets paid more because the wwe has also been showing that brock is fighting and the ufc knows that some of the wwe fans will be watching the fight so they are giving him more money because4 they know they are going to make more because of him so its there way for him bringing in more money

Has the wwe been promoting his UFC fight?

UFC new slogan: “We Ruin Fighters”
sure, i want to see the best fight the best, but, the UFC has done the same thing time after time. They take a fairly well-known fighter that’s come in from outside (& is usually not accustomed to the cage & different rules) and they throw them to the wolves…

1. Sokudjou – he had all the hype, no cage experience, and they give him probably IMO the hardest fighter to match up with. result: ruined all his hype, but he is former pride & a foreigner anyway…

2. Shogun – pretty much the same thing as above but not matched up with a top caliber of fighter as Machida is. (Griffin is an experienced tough fighter though and had nothing to lose which is really a lose lose for Shogun) result : ruined hype, also a fromer pride & aforeigner…

3. Minatauro – they give him Herring who he beat twice before. (no one wants to fight a guy three times, he knows your style and can train to adapt to the style) result: loses some hype, wins a descision (almost KO’d in round two i believe)

4. Lesnar – no experience really (except amature wrestling) & they put him in with Mir (former HW Champion. result: ???

i don’t even know if i like Lesnar as a fighter but i would’ve like to see him against some lower tier fighters first and then built up a little (like Huerta is being built up)

so the UFC does build up some fighters (usually home grown american boys) & seems like they get off destroying the hype of others (former pride – foreign fighters)

i’m just saying…

YO BOYZ… I THINK DANAS PAYIN BROCK THAT MUCH JUST TO PISS OF RANDY… LOL WHAT A FUCKTARD…GO MIR!!!

i’m hoping maynard wins this one. lets just hope he doesn’t knock himself out again. and y’all seriously need to stop bitchin’ about the lesnar pay crap. sure its alot, and yeah many other great fighter don’t get that much. but dana and the brothers are going to make a killer on the ppv, and its because of the wwe fans. lesnar is pulling new fans from all over, his name is world wide. listen up, wwe fans will pay to see lesnar win and mma fans will pay to see if he’s for real. either way, its a win-win for dana.

we’ll never see Kurt Angle in MMA. heck the dude was afraid to take on Ken Shamrock! the owner of the IFL was on Inside MMA a few weeks back and the topic of Kurt came up and he mentioned that Kurt was all set to fight for the IFL and they had an opponent lined up, aka Ken Shamrock, well when Kurt sat down ringside and saw the action up close he chickened out. Ken Shamrock was on that same show basically laughing at Kurt and said that he must be content being a fake wrestler.

Edgar is the shit and will definitely win, i like maynard and believe he won that no contest….If you watch the reply several times you will see why. Anyways yeah edgar should be the top 155 pound fighter soon unless gomi comes in and even then edgar is still real youung good stand up wrestling good power good technique good chin. Edgar has Everything to be the best at 155.

Edgar is the shit and will definitely win, i like maynard and believe he won that no contest….If you watch the reply several times you will see why. Anyways yeah edgar should be the top 155 pound fighter soon unless gomi comes in and even then edgar is still real youung good stand up wrestling good power good technique good chin. Edgar has Everything to be the best at 155.

Dude, change your name on here. I have been blogging on here for the longest, so change your name because I dont want my posts getting confused with yours

John pride is dead. The UFC hates the ex-pride guys so much that 2 f them are champions and one is fighting for the belt tonight.

hey john that explains a lot. i thought you had multiple personalities for a while now and i was wondering what the heck was up.

edgar all the way

I heard edgar has a cousin SAL “BIG SABADO” who is also undefeated in his HW mma career (17 – 0) & is looking to sign with the UFC. Maybe he will whoop Brock for his first fight. What do you think Shamo?????

Two great wrestlers, should be a great fight. I like Gray, but I think Edgar is gonna win. If Edgar wins he should get a shot at the winner of Sherk vs Penn.

hey john that explains a lot. i thought you had multiple personalities for a while now and i was wondering what the heck was up.

I am the real John, the insightful one, that blogs on here all day and night who some of you have become familiar with…That dude is just an imposter who needs to change his name. There are some people on this site that value my insight and u r messing wit it by using my user name….Change your name dude! Im serious. Its not right, people ask me how I feel about a fight and u say something different then what I would say , and they bet on the wrong fighter and loose, thats really messed up. Please change your name, I am serious.

John pride is dead. The UFC hates the ex-pride guys so much that 2 f them are champions and one is fighting for the belt tonight.

whats your point I love Pride and I am one of the few people who think Pride guys have actually been successful in the UFC…Change your screename!

Dude change your username to “ThebloggerformerlyknnowasJohn” and I can keep my normal “John” user name.

Man this should be an awsome battle of the wrestlers. I hope Edgar wins, like his style much more, more methodical, while Manyard is strong and spastic.
Really good, exciting match up, really hope Edgar takes it.

I say put John vs John because there is already bad blood.

Edgar by domination.

I GO FOR MAYNARD HES THE UNDER DOG BUT I THINK HE CAN PULL IT OFF

maynards winning, no contest

frank edgar wrestling is way better gray maynard. frank was a all american in d1 and hes a better striker.hes going to kill gray.

frank edgar wrestling is way better then gray maynards.frank was a all american in d1 and hes striking is better. franks going to kill maynard.

frank edgar wrestling is way better then gray maynards.frank was a all american in d1 and hes striking is better. franks going to kill maynard.