UFC announces UFC 93 in Dublin Ireland, Shogun vs. Coleman II, and headlining Hendo vs. Rich Franklin |
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ufc88
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This is a fight I've been waiting to see for a long time
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14869
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Post #1 10/1/08 9:47:57AM
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gabe531
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no link??
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Post #2 10/1/08 9:54:58AM
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gsquat
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Need link. Not sausage either. A link to the website. I just want to know if its 185 or 205 at which Rich & Hendo are fighting.
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Post #3 10/1/08 10:00:33AM
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emfleek
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Shogun -vs- Coleman...it won't happen. One of them will get hurt and have to back out.
And I'm personally not too excited about Franklin/Hendo, either. It'll be interesting to see how the undercard shapes up, though. What are the odds of Marcus Davis being on this card? 
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Post #4 10/1/08 10:06:29AM
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emfleek
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LINKY DINKY
Franklin/Henderson will fight at 205.
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Post #5 10/1/08 10:08:47AM
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prozacnation1978
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two great fights
i heard this will be on pay per view not spike
so i guess to 45 dollar fights in a span of two weeks
ouch!!
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Post #6 10/1/08 10:12:48AM
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xtra_chewy
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Posted by emfleek
Shogun -vs- Coleman...it won't happen. One of them will get hurt and have to back out.
And I'm personally not too excited about Franklin/Hendo, either. It'll be interesting to see how the undercard shapes up, though. What are the odds of Marcus Davis being on this card?
Not excitied?? Come on Fleek! I have waited for this one since Henderson came to the UFC.
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Post #7 10/1/08 10:55:48AM
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emfleek
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Not excitied?? Come on Fleek! I have waited for this one since Henderson came to the UFC.
Sorry, it doesn't do much for me. Don't get me wrong, I'll watch it (and pull for Franklin) but I just don't get "that" feeling like I do about certain fights.
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Post #8 10/1/08 10:59:57AM
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franklin vs hendo is THE fight of the MW division!!!!!!
funny that its at 205 
i hope rich wins, i really want to see him thrive at 205 (lol that rhymed)
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Post #9 10/1/08 11:52:30AM
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4u2nv
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Rich's standup is far above Hendos. Hendo just cranks that right arm back waiting for that over hand right, which sucks. Lucky in his last fight Palaharse had no standup game what so ever. But this is truely a test for both fighters but i can see Rich winning it anyway possible. Via TKO, Sub or Disussion.
Shogun... my old top fav fighter. He hasn't been on his A game in quite sometime. Granted injuries and maybe some mental issuses he's just been sub par. But then again Coleman is old, and washed up honestly. If Shogun comes into this fight in shape and with a good game plan and not willing to just trade with Coleman then he should win this easily. These fights will be exciting but their both one sided. Alot of hype btw then and a great card for Ireland.
I guess no Tiago vs Machida.... i thought that was supposed to be at 93?
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Post #10 10/1/08 11:52:59AM
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Mchubb316
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I'm glad they are making the Franklin vs Hendo fight happen. Not too sure what to think about Shogun vs Coleman?
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Post #11 10/1/08 12:29:05PM
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who's that guy who came out of nowhere swinging from shogun's nuts?
its me, CADR 
let's hope this fight happens!
shogun needs a tune up on his road to the lhw title, & this is perfect
he can get his 1st win in the ufc & redeem a loss
Shogun via TKO Rd1 (he will make coleman look worse than fedor made him look)
next fight:
come on ufc! bring back babalu!
incase u didnt know, shogun lost to renato a few years back, this would be a good fight, but u would see babalu outclassed on the feet (unless abbalu can get a takedown, he'd be lucky to make it out of the 1st round)
& last but not least, Forrest MF'in Griffin:
no excuses, Forrest won the 1st fight
but this will be a lhw contender fight (as forrest will have already lost the title to either rashad or machida/silva winner) & shogun, who atleast 80% healthy, will murder Forrest til he drops to the ground. & screw punching him til the ref stops it, Rua will just go ahead, take his back, sink those hooks in & RNC Forrest to get a title shot
unless he tears his knees up again........then he's done
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Post #12 10/1/08 12:31:07PM
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MMAcca
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What a great couple of headliners!
Shogun and Ace are 2 of my favourite fighters, i can't wait for this 
However from a marketing point of view, i think this needs another pretty big fight to sell well. The last UFC in Ireland (UFC 72 in Northern Ireland i think) didn't sell well at all. In fact it only did about 220k buys iirc.
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I guess no Tiago vs Machida.... i thought that was supposed to be at 93?
That's scheduled for UFC 94 
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Post #13 10/1/08 12:56:21PM
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DevonFoxy
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Posted by 4u2nv
Rich's standup is far above Hendos. Hendo just cranks that right arm back waiting for that over hand right, which sucks. Lucky in his last fight Palaharse had no standup game what so ever. But this is truely a test for both fighters but i can see Rich winning it anyway possible. Via TKO, Sub or Disussion.
Yea im gonna have to disagree with you, Hendo has great stand up.Very Heavy hands and invites you to get close to hit him. If you do he unloads and his chin is good enough to take shots from the best strikers. He lets you hit him but he's gonna hit even harder and whenever he gets in trouble with the stand up he can take you down and keep you there as long as he wants.
Rich is a great fighter but thats just a testament to how good Dan is. He's not gonna have to worry about the weight cut and he should thrive at 205 again.
I don't know maybe its just me but there's no area in this fight that Rich has an advantage imo. I however do hope the line for betting is fairly close as if it's even theres no way I can pass up doubling my money.
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Post #14 10/1/08 4:27:39PM
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JackHammerXXX
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Shogun and Coleman is a good fight for both. I think Coleman would've been thrashed back into retirement had he fought Brock, back in August like he was supposed to. I like Shogun's chances of winning more, than against a Liddell, or... I see a late TKO for Shogun, or Sub. at anytime when Mark is doing the only thing he is known for.
Now, weird, but Hendo vs. Franklin has been on the rumor platter, ever since Hendo came back down to MW, which is what everyone I believe had in mind, a fight between the two, at MW?Not LHW... So to me, that only gives Dan's right more power, maybe less zip...
Rich sure looked slick too, in his last fight. Only problem is, is that Hendo ain't throwin that lazy, no good jab, one-two combo that Hamill threw all night. If Anderson got as good a clinch, in both, their fights...I'm confident that Hollywood will be able to control him, if he gets his grappling into play. I am going with Henderson in a decision, if it's a split, I won't be surprised to see Franklin's hand raised, though.
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