Comments on: UFC 85: Bedlam Preview

By: bvrasp

bvrasp — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:23:50 +0000

Preach on brutha! lol

By: R.J. St.Croix

R.J. St.Croix — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:59:33 +0000

i to feel some sadness at the lack of title fight or big marquee fight…. but that doesnt mean its going to all that bad, now i could waste $50 on all kinds of thing (a trip to McDonalds with my 6 kids costs almost $50) a few rounds on the go-carts, the water park, golf w/ my Pops, shoot i can think of a whole bunch of things but my sons love MMA and so do i and there still at the point where they think Alves vs. Hughes could be just as good as Liddell vs. Shogun, so as a learning tool and the sake of there entertainment i will be getting this card. does it make me a bad father that i used my boys to talk my self into buying this card lol, nah they’ll like it and have a good time watching it with me. if i had to wait till 10pm for it i may not have but it on in an hour so i just cant help myself….. hi everyone my name is Randall-Joseph and im an MMAoholic…. lol

By: PATRICK

PATRICK — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:21:57 +0000

guys this card blows..im sad

By: bvrasp

bvrasp — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:06:50 +0000

Ya i hear you Kansas, but i recall a couple lack luster cards ending up being exciting! hehe its fighting afterall, but like you said, i take the good with the bad.

Im glad we get to see Hughes again, hes the vet but he has a tough 24 year old kid to deal with, should be interesting heh.

By: MMAKansas

MMAKansas — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:31:17 +0000

BV.. glad to see you the eternal MMA fan in good and bad times.. but sorry as a wise man once said.. “don’t church it up boy” … the card is trash, even Dana White admitted it was a debacle… I can’t say its worth $20 save $44.99…. I will catch it online the day after.. I like hearing the Word of God preached, but some preachers are just plain BORING… I like making money and job stability, but some jobs just plain SUCK so they are out no matter how stable, and MMA is wonderful, but some fight cards just plain STINK and this one has some lights in it but mostly just filler… if the 2-3 promising fights don’t deliver, the card proves to be a waste of time.. a dud.. or as White said. “I just want to get this fight card out of the way”.. with 8 people dropping off the card since its ATTEMPTED inception, I cannot blame him for the frustration…

By: PATRICK

PATRICK — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:10:08 +0000

dang bv..u gotta a job dude…or internet at ur work…

By: bvrasp

bvrasp — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:32:59 +0000

Alot of people are saying they dont like this card, i have to seriously disagree with you guys. The only thing its really lacking is a strong main event, as everyone knows this was the event with all the substitutions so thats why the main event is somewhat lackluster.

Being a Hughes fan, im happy to see him back in the cage, but thats just me. The other fights on the card are crazy man!

Davis vs Swick promises to be a slugfest becasue we all know what Davis is about and Swick has come out to say he plans to be the aggressor in the fight, cant wait to see these guys clash.

Marquardt vs Leites will probably be fight of the night, i think we will see alot of great technique, especially on the ground, this is the fight im most excited about at 85.

Werdum vs Vera will be interesting considering theyre somewhat at opposite ends of the spectrum, plus theyre fighting for the #1 contender spot.

some pretty good fights here, ill be watching this event 100% and im very excited about it! i wish it was on tonight!!! lol

By: Amir

Amir — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:17:39 +0000

I’m not really excited about this card and do not plan on buying it. I am mostly looking forward to the Affliction card coming up. I have no interest in watching Matt Hughes takedown attempts and poor striking. I don’t feel he should still be headlining UFC PPV’s anymore. I sure wouldn’t have minded watching a fight that many of us would beg Joe Silva to put on….Nate Quarry vs. Bisping…but I guess they dropped the ball again.

By: bvrasp

bvrasp — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:59:47 +0000

Richard, RJ and Patrick, as they stated many times which you could find in articles interviews etc.. Affliction is planning to lose money on this event, they said they hope to make money on their next card, which will probably not showcase any big talent.

I dont know how much money Trump is willing to pump into Affliction, but i think after a few events “in the red” if they keep at it, they could create a great promotion and a legit threat to the UFC.

As weve seen, the UFC is not able to handle all the best fighters in the world, this year alone 50% of the guys they released are great fighters. These guys deserve to stay at the top of the heap, but the UFC simply cant afford to pay them what they deserve.

Instead the UFC keeps guys from the TUF show because people know them and they are willing to fight for ALOT less money.

If affliction can absorb atleast some of those guys, they could make it.

By: PATRICK

PATRICK — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:44:02 +0000

im actually looking forward to this affliction show more than any upcoming ufc events…

anyone know if fedors brother is fightin on this card??