UFC 118: Dan Miller vs John Salter booked with Phil Baroni hurt
by Jesse Holland on Jul 27, 2010 4:11 PM EDT
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Ba-da-dum, dum, dum, another one bites the dust ...
Phil Baroni has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming UFC 118: "Edgar vs. Penn 2" fight against John Salter on Aug. 28 in Boston, Mass., suffering a minor injury to his collarbone.
MMAmania.com today confirmed that middleweight ironman, Dan Miller, has once again stepped up on short notice to fill an important void on the under card.
Miller is on an uncharacteristic three-fight skid, losing his most recent bout to Michael Bisping via unanimous decision at UFC 114: "Evans vs. Rampage" back in May. Before the fight, he felt that he'd be "done" if he didn't pick up an important win, but the promotion clearly sees promise in an impressive nine-fight winning streak not too long ago, including an undefeated (3-0) start inside the Octagon.
Miller, who has continued to march on despite major family problems -- his son is battling a potentially life-threatening illness -- has all the tools to become a major player in the middleweight division.
Hopefully, he can use this upcoming fight against Salter to remind fans of why the UFC decided to have him stick around.
Salter is of course coming off a technical knockout victory over Jason MacDonald earlier this month at UFC 113: "Machida vs. Shogun 2" after MacDonald broke both his tibia and fibula in horrific fashion during the bout.
John dropped his Octagon debut to Gerald Harris at UFC Fight Night 20 via a hard-fought third round technical knockout. The up-and-comer was off to a perfect start (4-0) to his professional mixed martial arts career before the setback.
UFC 118 is set up to an absolute blockbuster card.
The three-headed monster will feature the rematch between Frankie Edgar and B.J. Penn for "The Answer's" lightweight title, a number one 155-pound contender bout in the form of Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard, and of course, the highly anticipated heavyweight fight between James Toney and Randy Couture.
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Can the Boston card get any worse?
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baroni is trash anyway
Please don't ever let Carwin fight Big Nog! It would result in death
Can't decide who I hate more, Penn or Edgar
He not elite by any means, a solid GK
But his fights are always entertaining.
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Jul 27, 2010 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually don't think this card looks so good.
toney vs couture is not really a good match up, it’s all commercial. both guys are nearing the end of their careers and are only around b/c of their names and constant mention in media.
your mother !
WHAT!?
Penn vs. Edgar Rematch
Couture gets to shut up Toney and somewhat of the boxing world
Florian vs. Maynard
Diaz vs. Davis
Lauzon vs. Etim
I guess you just don’t like MMA? I don’t know what to say.
this card should deliver.
lemme see if i can find my "give a fuck t shirt" concerning baroni being out...nah cant find it..
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
I nearly wrote out a long explanation to dkiller.....
and then just realized its not worth my time trying to defend myself against someone who “guesses” what they are talking about.
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DJ Pullout, I have no idea what you are talking about.
I literally am excited about every single fight on this main card. I would love to see your long explanation as to why you feel this is the “worst” card though.
As ChaelSownnen says below, main card is stacked.
simple.....
Edgar Penn is good
Davis Diaz is awesome.
Florian maynard is going to be a lay and pray match
Couture Tony is some weird celebrity freak show fight that, lets be honest, nobody should really care about.
Jorge broke his arm and is no longer on the card
Baroni…. although at the end of his career would have been fun to see enter the arena as usual
OK I apologize…. I shouldnt have said “worst.” But you have to admit that this card is mediocre at best. I mean look at the previous two cards….. Brock Carwin and then the super stacked Silva Sonnen card. Guess Im just irritated that Dana promised Boston a MASSIVE card and didnt really put it together….
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I also wanted to kind of see John Howard fight....
Figuring it was Boston and all. I met him at Bellator recently and the guy is a class act.
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i know exactly what i'm talking about
I was just “guessing” that you weren’t much of an mma fan. This is going to be a good card. You have to be realistic though, The company puts on basically 2 events a month. Injuries happen. You probably bitched up UFC116 too, BEFORE it happened. I know your kind.
please dude....
get a clue.
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Agreed
I give less of a shit about Toney/Couture than I do about Phil Baloney being out.
I don’t a shit about the boxing debate with two dudes old enough to be the fathers of the rest of the dudes on the card. It’s stupid ass debate anyway. It’s like debating a soccer player could beat a tennis player at golf. They are totally different sports.
Worbs' cookie crumbles
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by SouthCaliStunNa on Jul 27, 2010 4:13 PM EDT reply actions
this really blows
I go take my old ass for an afternoon nap, wake up and return to this? The best evah! is out of 118?!? Sucks man. He was who I was looking forward to the most of any fighter on the card. And his fight was the 2nd most interesting to me, behind Penn/Edgar, to see if Penn pulls it together. I am less concerned with Couture/Toney, as I’m quite damn confident in Randy’s (my hero) abilities.
Come back betta then evah Phil!!!!
GSP is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 GSP
2 Anderson Silva
3 Fedor Emelianenko
4 BK Penn
5 Jose Aldo
by daniel worby on Jul 27, 2010 6:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
if he comes back "better than evah" in his mind, i believe it would portray in his fights
He’s no world beater. But he owns one of my top 3 highlights of all time. And his after the fight antics makes it my all time fave at some points. Personality for days. And the guys got heart like no other. Watching him gas after the 1st round last time and just stand there and refuse to be put away in his last fight, after all the punishment he took for what felt like an eternity after, is one of the reasons the guys a bloody hero in my books.
GSP is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 GSP
2 Anderson Silva
3 Fedor Emelianenko
4 BK Penn
5 Jose Aldo
by daniel worby on Jul 27, 2010 6:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Thx. Really too bad this boys got an extreme case of Noguiera Syndrome.
GSP is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 GSP
2 Anderson Silva
3 Fedor Emelianenko
4 BK Penn
5 Jose Aldo
by daniel worby on Jul 27, 2010 6:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
EVAH!!!
GSP is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 GSP
2 Anderson Silva
3 Fedor Emelianenko
4 BK Penn
5 Jose Aldo
by daniel worby on Jul 27, 2010 6:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
the only exciting baroni fight ive ever seen is when shamrock did the "im gonna put you to sleep" motion with his hands...and then finished him shortly after...that was definantly entertaining
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
Was it UFC 108
that had the ridiculous amount of injuries? What about UFC 98, anyone remember how many people had to pull out of that one due to injuries? Maybe this curse comes every tenth UFC. If Joe Silva gives you the call for UFC 128 you’d better just pass. That is if you are superstitious…and if you happen to be fighting in the UFC…and if you gave Joe Silva your new cell phone number…
Do not. I repeat, do not, go to mma-core.com. I made the mistake of watching a couple UFC 108 bouts on there and I am still trying to get all the viruses of my computer. Ridiculous! You've been warned.
by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Jul 27, 2010 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
That's 2 down in 1 day.
JJ jinxed us all the other day. I knew it!
I'm always right, even when I'm wrong.
Damned hoser!
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
The saddest thing to me is
Baroni’s been fighting for EVAH and yet once it’s over for him (which it almost is) I’m sure he’ll have to get a 9-5!
that is sad
If only these guys had a decent money manager back in the day. NO Phil, that is a bad Phil. You do not need an all diamond jacket. No Phil, you don’t need diamonds in your sunglasses, wouldn’t you rater eat, at say, 50? Shit, look at Mike. What did he blow, like 200 mil or some shit?
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."
those are called rhinestones deuce
it’d sound more like this: “no Phil, most guys don’t tip strippers with 20’s or 50’s Phil, they do it with ones.”
that's always the part that's bothered me most
..about the guys that helped UFC grow, but weren’t the top tier guys long enough to keep their star power, and allow it to translate to their bank account. He will need another job. Too young.
Commentator?!? Anyone opposed?!? He’d be the best guest commentator evah!!!
GSP is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 GSP
2 Anderson Silva
3 Fedor Emelianenko
4 BK Penn
5 Jose Aldo
by daniel worby on Jul 27, 2010 6:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Worbs you missed the point
Baroni has made a decent living especially on sponsors, he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer and am guessing he doesn’t have the best savings plan/portfolio!
I am curious as to how much he made with sponsors and fighting
what is the over under on a mil?
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."
that's a good point, sponsors back then defs weren't paying as much. there wasnt money in mma.
Too bad we never know for sure.
GSP is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 GSP
2 Anderson Silva
3 Fedor Emelianenko
4 BK Penn
5 Jose Aldo
by daniel worby on Jul 27, 2010 6:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I am guessing
he made some good bucks in Pride and probably cashed in on his one fight from Elite XC. Shit, they paid everyone else. Plus he headlined a SF card or two. But who knows but him I guess.
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."
true.
I was referring to specifically UfC related moola. But he probs capitalized well with his “name” and marketability outside the UfC. Fuckin Joe Riggs.
GSP is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. My top 5 P4P list is.
1 GSP
2 Anderson Silva
3 Fedor Emelianenko
4 BK Penn
5 Jose Aldo
by daniel worby on Jul 27, 2010 8:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Who gives a shit?
This irrelevant jobber has no place fighting anywhere outside of Taichi Palace Fights
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
DAN MILLER
replaces Baroni.
you heard it first right here folks!
That sucks
that he got blood on that Independent shirt.
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You guyz didn't hear?
Baroni is fighting Joe Rogan at UFC 124 so he faked an injury.
by Brockness Monster on Jul 27, 2010 11:46 PM EDT reply actions
I read it on Wikipedia
I read it on Wikipedia
by Brockness Monster on Jul 27, 2010 11:48 PM EDT reply actions
wow
you sir just won the worst troll award of the century. Give yourself a hand! Than run into traffic. Good Day!
Ok
At least my grammar isn’t below average.
by Brockness Monster on Jul 28, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
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