UFC on FOX 8

[Liverlips]

MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)

• Demetrious Johnson vs. John Moraga - for UFC flyweight title
• Jake Ellenberger vs. Rory MacDonald
• Robbie Lawler vs. Bobby Voelker
• Jessica Andrade vs. Liz Carmouche

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 5 p.m. ET)

• Michael Chiesa vs. Jorge Masvidal
• Danny Castillo vs. Tim Means
• Mac Danzig vs. Melvin Guillard
• Daron Cruickshank vs. Yves Edwards
• Ed Herman def. Trevor Smith
• Germaine de Randamie def. Julie Kedzie

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 4 p.m. ET)

• Justin Salas def. Aaron Riley
• Yaotzin Meza def. John Albert via submission

 

[Liverlips]

Cruickshanks wins a close decision over Edwards in a caste matchup.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Tim Means has the worst ground game since Dwayne Ludwig.

 

[Hawkeye2]

If Rory wins tonight I hope he drops down to 155 and fights the winner or Pettis/Henderson.

 

[Liverlips]

Rory will likely win but I think he will call out Condit (should he defeat Kampmann).

 

[Old Scratch]

If Rory wins tonight I hope he drops down to 155 and fights the winner or Pettis/Henderson.

He'd have to come in looking like Christian Bale in The Machinist to make that weight.

 

[Wes Woodhead]

He'd have to come in looking like Christian Bale in The Machinist to make that weight.

Ha LMAO very nice one ol scratch!:grin:

 

[Hawkeye2]

I think he could probably make 155 no problem. I think it's the best fit for him. He doesn't want to fight GSP, and it was reported that When weidman was at Tr-star he was throwing Rory around like a sack of potatoes. So 155 would be the best chance at a title.

 

[Liverlips]

Never understood why Ellenberger doesn't use his wrestling more. That is his big advantage over Rory.

 

[Liverlips]

Rory and Jake are having a friendly sparring session so far.

Rory needs to stay at 170. Maybe GSP will move up or maybe they will just agree to fight.

 

[Hawkeye2]

GSP was also struggling with Weidman. 155 is the easiest division.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Ellenberger should have thrown leg kicks.

 

[Liverlips]

For an all-American wrestler, Moraga has very weak MMA wrestling.

 

[Hawkeye2]

This is what I didn't want to happen. Rory is now the number 1 contender for the welter-weight title. I assume The UFC now make Rory fight GSP. It's funny that Joe Silva never tried to make Silva fight Jones, but they will do everything possible to make this fight happen.