UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes

[DixieDestroyer]

Here's the card for today's UFC 142 card in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Preliminary card (Facebook)

• Featherweight bout: Felipe Arantes vs. Antonio Carvalho

Preliminary card (FX)

• Welterweight bout: Ricardo Funch vs. Mike Pyle

• Featherweight bout: Yuri Alcantara vs. Michihiro Omigawa

• Heavyweight bout: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ednaldo Oliveira

• Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Sam Stout

Main card

• Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim

• Welterweight bout: Erick Silva vs. Carlo Prater

• Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Mike Massenzio

• Catchweight (197 lb) bout: Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson

• Featherweight Championship: José Aldo (c) vs. Chad Mendes

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***The ol' Destroyer from Dixieland will be pulling for Mendes, Belfort, Stout, Gonzaga, & Massenzio.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Anthony Johnson missed weight so 20% of his pay will be deducted.

 

[Hawkeye2]

This crowd is terrible.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Sam Stout got screwed. I had him winning the last two rounds and I think Taverez got saved by the bell in the third.

 

[Liverlips]

Good to see Gonzaga back in the UFC. Yeah, Stout just took too long to get going.

 

[Liverlips]

Vitor taps the Great Black Oaf Anthony Johnson who only likes to fight guys 30 pounds lighter than him.

 

[Liverlips]

Chad Mendes coming in the ring to Guns & Roses.

Aldo is vulnerable and I think Chad pulls the upset with his wrestling.

I think Mendes might be Portuguese-American. He has light brown hair and is very white. Lots of Portuguese in California as well (like Steve Perry of Journey). Plus the spelling of Mendes rather than Mendez is indicative of Portuguese.

 

[Liverlips]

Damn - Chad was winning the first round then got caught with a knee in the final seconds. The fight was waved off as the bell for the end of the round rang.

Oh well - Koch, Porier, Hettes, Pearson and a slew of young whites at 145 are coming for Aldo.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Here's the results from UFC 142...


Preliminary card (Facebook)

• Featherweight bout: Felipe Arantes vs. Antonio Carvalho

Arantes defeated Carvalho via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). This bout was aired on the FX broadcast following the Gonzaga vs. Oliveira fight.

Preliminary card (FX)

• Welterweight bout: Ricardo Funch vs. Mike Pyle

Pyle defeated Funch via TKO (knee and punches) at 1:22 of round 1. This bout was aired on the PPV broadcast following the Aldo vs. Mendes fight.

• Featherweight bout: Yuri Alcantara vs. Michihiro Omigawa

Alcantara defeated Omigawa via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27).

• Heavyweight bout: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ednaldo Oliveira

Gonzaga defeated Oliveira via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:22 of round 1. This bout was aired on the PPV broadcast following the Funch vs. Pyle fight. :thumb:

• Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Sam Stout

Tavares defeated Stout via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). This bout was aired on the PPV broadcast following the Gonzaga vs. Oliveira fight. :thumbdown: :icon_mad:

Main card

• Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim

Barboza defeated Etim via KO (wheel kick) at 2:02 of round 3.

• Welterweight bout: Erick Silva vs. Carlo Prater

Prater defeated Silva via disqualification (illegal blows to back of head) at 0:29 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Mike Massenzio

Palhares defeated Massenzio via submission (heel hook) at 1:03 of round 1. :icon_neutral:

• Catchweight (197 lb) bout: Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson

Belfort defeated Johnson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:49 of round 1.

• Featherweight Championship: José Aldo (c) vs. Chad Mendes

Aldo defeated Mendes via KO (knee and punches) at 4:59 of round 1 to retain the UFC Featherweight Championship. :icon_rolleyes:

 

[white is right]

This card reminded me of one of the early UFC cards when it was Brazil vs USA. Nice to see Belfort spring a mild upset over Johnson. Who seems to not try and make weight if he can't do it without killing himself. It's a huge advantage when you can be 20 pounds heavier and be the longer fighter too. Otherwise this card was mediocre at best........:thumbdown:

 

[Hawkeye2]

The cards are set to favor the country it is in to get more international appeal. That is why the British cards are always very bad because it's hard to find anybody who can lose to a British fighter.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Anthony Johnson has been cut by the UFC.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Anthony Johnson has been cut by the UFC.

Good riddens to the "soopah afflete". His (lack of) BJJ was exposed by Vitor, Koscheck and Clementi. He's always seems one dimensional to me....striking w/ overrated wrestling.

 

[white is right]

The cards are set to favor the country it is in to get more international appeal. That is why the British cards are always very bad because it's hard to find anybody who can lose to a British fighter.

You said that not me....... It's true the first card in Brazil back about 15+years ago was similar to this card.