UFC Velasquez vs. Dos Santos on FOX

Rush-2112 · #1 11-12-2011, 07:35 PM

This is a bit short notice, as we are minutes away from round 1...but for anyone who watches UFC the fight is live on FOX right now. No PPV! Go Santos!

Darkstrike · #2 11-12-2011, 07:38 PM

In the UK it's on Setanta, and it's free view, so you'll get it without having to pay for the channel.

No advertising here..... damn lucky I saw this thread... cheers!

Darkstrike · #3 11-12-2011, 07:42 PM

Aaaaaaand done.

Rush-2112 · #4 11-12-2011, 07:45 PM

Well that was QUICK!

Darkstrike · #5 11-12-2011, 07:49 PM

I was just setting down to watch the fight....

DigMe · #6 11-12-2011, 08:41 PM

What a crappy fight. As good as Cain has looked I had a feeling about Junior going into this one.

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Mooch · #7 11-12-2011, 09:47 PM

Don't think it was a crappy fight at all. Cain has been laid up for 13 months against IMO the best striker in the HW division. He shot for the take down and missed and then got clipped behind the ear. Could have happened to any fighter.

Lesnar caught Cain with a great knee in their fight and got a take down but couldn't capitalize on the ground and Cain caught Brock after that.

Was good to see UFC on Fox and excited to see more events on FX and Fuel TV. Good time to be an MMA fan!

DigMe · #8 11-12-2011, 10:14 PM

Yeah, it's fun to see a big knockout but it was not a good fight.

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SBsoundguy · #9 11-12-2011, 10:30 PM

It was dumb to do 30 minutes of hype for an event that they knew could be over in seconds. They should have at least shown the Guida v Henderson fight before the main event.

jp58 · #10 11-13-2011, 01:04 AM

From what I've read, the first fight was supposed to air as well, but ended up getting pulled over some kind of dispute. Figures.

Wyrm74 · #11 11-13-2011, 02:55 PM

I was happy for Junior, but not sure I liked the fight being on big network television at all. It just made me realize how much b.s. they stuff in there. I am not convinced that this is a good thing for MMA at all, but I hope it is. Oh well! Dana didn't call me to ask my opinion so there you go!

SBsoundguy · #12 11-13-2011, 05:53 PM

Dana was bottling his fury after the fight. It was very obvious.

Well maybe a seeping bottle...

DigMe · #13 11-13-2011, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SBsoundguy

Dana was bottling his fury after the fight. It was very obvious.

Well maybe a seeping bottle...

He actually seemed like that before the fight. He has talked about how much stress he's had about the Fox debut and I think he was just so jacked up and stressed out that he could barely contain himself.

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HaRd · #14 11-14-2011, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by DigMe

He actually seemed like that before the fight. He has talked about how much stress he's had about the Fox debut and I think he was just so jacked up and stressed out that he could barely contain himself.

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The whole Fox thing is ironic to me. Spike and Versus was always a nice fit but I really couldn't stand how Spike could never keep their shows on "schedule" and messed with my DVR.

It's funny because it's usually republicans (in NY) who always deny the vote to legalize MMA and yet now it's on a highly biased republican channel lol.

benthughes · #15 11-14-2011, 10:15 AM

I was excited about this fight and would certainly like to see a rematch. I think Velasquez is a much more well rounded fighter with excellent wrestling. As to whether or not he should have tried wrestling right off the bat, who knows. I imagine JDS worked take down defense hard for that fight and I imagine he would have punished Velasquez if he wasn't spot on. That's how these things work, it only takes one punch.

As for it being on Fox...ugh. Death by commercials is a good way to put it. I was like all the worst aspects of the Superbowl without the funny commercials. It makes me want to pay more attention to Strikeforce and Bellator.

invalidprotocol · #16 11-14-2011, 12:02 PM

It was a good matchup on a lousy fight card. Way too much hype for a single bout. It was a dismal failure IMHO.

Dana would probably be terrible at poker. He obviously disliked the dude from Fox. Every time that guy spoke, Dana had a nasty look on his face like he just despised him. Then after the fight he was just so PO'd at the outcome.

To make an impact at a network debut, they needed it to go for at least 2 rounds with some intense back and forth before a KO. At least it shows that the UFC fights are honest and aren't fixed.

ebonalley · #17 11-14-2011, 12:15 PM

It may be tough to fit MMA into a primetime 1 hr box. Their best bet is to at least run a two hour show and plug in fights from earlier in the card as needed.