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Such disappointing news. Not overly excited about the confirmed Mir fight

https://twitter.com/#!/danawhite/status/188498674404438016

LOL, does any public figure reply to fan tweets more than Dana does?

Don't like UFC? https://twitter.com/#!/danawhite/status/189079289029869568

Think Dana sucks? https://twitter.com/#!/danawhite/status/189480967776382978

He's riled some people with some negative comments about soccer. I watch soccer, always have, always will, but it's a grossly flawed sport played primarily by a bunch of precious soft cocks.

And Dana's confirmed TUF will be Australia v UK.
Do love it when Dana gets stuck into people about soccer :thumbsu:

Australia v UK should be some epic trolling/good viewing too
 

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Indian Super Fight League 2 was on yesterday. Todd Duffee the only drawcard.

The commentators constantly banging on about his "big left hook", as did the interviewer in the ring after the fight, they must have said it 5-10 times. The only problem was it was a right hook. :p
 

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Was a fun card. The Pickett/Page fight was fantastic and some of the finishes were top shelf. I thought Gustafsson looked very impressive in the main event but I was a bit disappointed that Silva didn't try to mix in a take down to two.
 

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Good fights all the way through from the prelims to the main card. Agree that Silva should have tried to get the fight to the ground, instead he was content looking for the KO blow. Bahadurzada with an awesome finish, Page/Pickett was great, Siver/Nunes was good, Stann finished with power. Another good card as most of late have been.

Edit: How many times did the commentators say how similar Gustafsson is to Jon Jones? I think they tried pushing that a bit much. After the fight Mike Goldberg saying how the look on Silva's face was similar to the look on Jones' opponents face was funny, that's the look of disappointment on many fighters faces after a loss.
 

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Goldy was just trying to hype a potential Gustafsson v Bones fight. They do have similar stand up styles but I think Jones has much more to his arsenal than Gustafsson has currently. Would be interesting though.

That Bahadurzada short uppercut was awesome. Tagged him a beauty. Playing off the back foot sometimes does pay dividends if you know what your are doing.
 

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Anyone heard anything more on this supposed Brisbane event later in the year?

I was overseas for Sydney and really want to get to this one. Just need to know when so I can plan it.
 

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Anyone heard anything more on this supposed Brisbane event later in the year?

I was overseas for Sydney and really want to get to this one. Just need to know when so I can plan it.
The Brisbane event was reported a while ago as being the Ultimate Fighter UK vs Australia finale, right? I'm not sure if it's been confirmed that it'll be in Brisbane but I did see that it was reportedly going to be there. No dates been set.



I saw this fight pop up on a couple of MMA websites. It's an Australian fight from the weekend, not the greatest fight but a lot of heart shown in round 2.

[YOUTUBE]rKvwJOuZobI[/YOUTUBE]
 

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rumours from frontrowbrian (twitter news breaker) on the movement of silva/sonnen to las vegas:

huge rumours from frontrowbrian:

Brian ‏ @FrontRowBrian
Major story breaking in Atlanta. Anderson Silva has told Dana White he NOT fight Chael Sonnen unless it's in Brazil.

@FrontRowBrian
UFC147 presser in Rio on 4 Tues. Anderson will be present. Dana will announce date change to Vegas. Dana will fire AS if he declines fight

@FrontRowBrian
Should Anderson be fired, Sonnen v. @Bisping II is the back up plan for July 7 for the belt

@FrontRowBrian
Uncle Dana is beyond frustrated with Anderson. Let's see if he can convince Anderson to fight in Vegas. Dana playing hardball
 
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