UFC Fight Night 26

[Liverlips]

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

• Mauricio Rua vs. Chael Sonnen
• Travis Browne vs. Alistair Overeem
• Yuri Alcantara vs. Urijah Faber
• Matt Brown vs. Mike Pyle
• Uriah Hall vs. John Howard
• Michael Johnson vs. Joe Lauzon

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 6 p.m. ET)

• Michael McDonald vs. Brad Pickett
• Max Holloway vs. Conor McGregor
• Mike Brown vs. Steven Siler
• Diego Brandao vs. Daniel Pineda

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 4:30 p.m. ET)

• Manny Gamburyan vs. Cole Miller
• Cody Donovan vs. Ovince St. Preux
• Ramsey Nijem vs. James Vick

 

[Liverlips]

A good (and free) card with a veritable cornucopia o' caste matches. Am hoping Browne, Faber, Lauzon and Donovan dispatch their opponents with the "room brightening smiles" with ease.

Also some good white v. white matchups that could go either way like Rua v. Sonnen, Brown v. Pyle and McDonald v. Pickett.

 

[Liverlips]

Vick gets the night off to a good start with a guillotine submission over Najim. I have a good feeling about tonight's caste matches. Overeem will likely beat Browne but I see us winning the rest of the black v. white matches.

 

[Liverlips]

Conor McGregor looks very good in beating Max Hollaway via UD. Nice mix of striking and takedowns for the Irish fighter. Future champ at 145 and maybe 155 as well.

 

[Liverlips]

Wow - where was that Michael McDonald against Renan Berao? Another future white champ at 135 IMHO. Pickett is very tough.

 

[Old Scratch]

Those were the two fights I was most interested in.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Lauzon sucks, terrible cardo, takedowns, and striking. Lauzon is to much of a BJJ specialist, I hope he gets cut.

 

[Liverlips]

Lauzon looked listless. Maybe all those wars have taken it out of him. Johnson is not very good - especially on the ground. But Lauzon hardly tried to get him down.

 

[Old Scratch]

One judge scored it 30-25, I guess he got extra credit for being black.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Lauzon has always been like that. He has no motor. Johnson absolutely sucks to.

 

[Hawkeye2]

That funny because I scored the Johnson/Jury fight 30-25 Jury, and all the judges scored it 30-27. In that fight Johnson was on his back 90 percent of the fight.

 

[Liverlips]

Remember how they were hyping up Uriah Hall as the "scariest" fighter ever in TUF? And he didn't even win, losing to a fat George Zimmerman look alike who already dropped to 170.

 

[Hawkeye2]

I had Howard winning 30-27. I bet they give it to Uriah.

 

[Old Scratch]

Jesus Christ, Matt Brown is looking absolutely phenomenal lately.

 

[Liverlips]

Glad Matt Brown beat Pyle. I think he is something like 6-0 in his last 6 fights. Give him a top guy like the winner of Condit-Kampmann next.

 

[Old Scratch]

I would like to see the Rory/Condit rematch.

 

[Liverlips]

Uriah is a beast. I want to see him get one more crack at the belt. But I think a fight at 145 with Edgar is in the works.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Only chance Browne has is if he takes this to the ground.
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[Liverlips]

Hope I am wrong but I see Overeem handling Browne.

 

[Liverlips]

Hehehehe ... glad I am wrong .... :high5:

 

[Liverlips]

Ya think the roids had a slight bit to do with Overeem's past success?

 

[Hawkeye2]

Same here, great ko by Browne. Overroid gassed himself out it looks like.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Right now is a great time to check the board at sherdog, and see all fans bitching right now.

 

[Liverlips]

Other than the Lauzon fight it has been a pretty good night so far.

 

[Old Scratch]

Right now is a great time to check the board at sherdog, and see all fans bitching right now.

They're whining that it wasn't stopped earlier when Browne was turtled up (no mention of the illegal knees of course) and mad that it was stopped so quickly after Browne landed the front kick to the chin.