UFC 142 (Official Discussion)

Date- January 14, 2012
Venue- HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Official Fight Card-

Main Card (PPV)

Jose Aldo (c) vs Chad Mendes
Vitor Belfort vs Anthony Johnson
Rousimar Palhares vs Mike Massenzio
Erick Silva vs Carlo Prater
Edson Barboza vs Terry Etim

Preliminary Card (FX)

Thiago Tavares vs Sam Stout
Gabriel Gonzaga vs Edinaldo Oliveira
Yuri Alcantara vs Michihiro Omigawa
Ricardo Funch vs Mike Pyle
Fabio Maldonado vs Caio Magalhaes
Felipe Arantes vs Antonio Carvalho

Anthony Johnson before his Middleweight debut-

Nice card. Wish Siyar was still on here

bobbitt15 wrote:

Nice card. Wish Siyar was still on here

Yeah not filled with big names but a lot of good fights.

Lovin how the prelims are on FX, which means I get to watch in HD. I only get Fuel in SD. I guess this is going to be rare and most prelims will be on Fuel.

Yeah, this is going to be most excellent! Not huge names, but some really good match-ups, a hardcore fans delight right here.

I like Anthony Johnson but I really like Vitor. I hope Anthony doesn't wrestle him to a decision.

I don't think his wrestling is at that elite of a level. He's a big dude but Vitor is a monster at 185 too. Rumble isn't capable of repeatedly taking and holding him down

I hope so.

Can't afford this one which means it will probably be the best card ever lol.

MMAEYES wrote:

Can't afford this one which means it will probably be the best card ever lol.

That's when the brothers at NP come in handy

bobbitt15 wrote:

I don't think his wrestling is at that elite of a level. He's a big dude but Vitor is a monster at 185 too. Rumble isn't capable of repeatedly taking and holding him down

This.

Chad Mendes is a huge test for Aldo. If he can deal with Mendes's take downs then it will be a huge feather in the cap of Aldo since Mendes has been successful 68% of the time and averages over 5 takedowns a fight.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Chad Mendes is a huge test for Aldo. If he can deal with Mendes's take downs then it will be a huge feather in the cap of Aldo since Mendes has been successful 68% of the time and averages over 5 takedowns a fight.

I agree. I just hope Mendes doesn't get stage fright.

Maynard is in Brazil training with Aldo. Im sure that will help Aldo a great deal with his wrestling

killerofchicken wrote:

Maynard is in Brazil training with Aldo. Im sure that will help Aldo a great deal with his wrestling

Why the hell would Maynard help him? Aldo will move up soon and they might have to fight.

freakzilla wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

Maynard is in Brazil training with Aldo. Im sure that will help Aldo a great deal with his wrestling

Why the hell would Maynard help him? Aldo will move up soon and they might have to fight.

That is just an assumption. How do you know how soon Aldo will move up? What if he loses to Mendes? Maynard is already 32 years old, his title hopes are probably over. I doubt they ever fight eachother.

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

Maynard is in Brazil training with Aldo. Im sure that will help Aldo a great deal with his wrestling

Why the hell would Maynard help him? Aldo will move up soon and they might have to fight.

That is just an assumption. How do you know how soon Aldo will move up? What if he loses to Mendes? Maynard is already 32 years old, his title hopes are probably over. I doubt they ever fight eachother.

No need to risk it. I think Maynard could beat Melendez or Bendo.

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

Maynard is in Brazil training with Aldo. Im sure that will help Aldo a great deal with his wrestling

Why the hell would Maynard help him? Aldo will move up soon and they might have to fight.

That is just an assumption. How do you know how soon Aldo will move up? What if he loses to Mendes? Maynard is already 32 years old, his title hopes are probably over. I doubt they ever fight eachother.

No need to risk it. I think Maynard could beat Melendez or Bendo.

im sure Maynard is taking in as much as possible from Aldo

Now he has a built in excuse to why he can't step in the cage to get his ass whooped by Aldo.

OU wrote:

Now he has a built in excuse to why he can't step in the cage to get his ass whooped by Aldo.

Lol

bobbitt15 wrote:

I don't think his wrestling is at that elite of a level. He's a big dude but Vitor is a monster at 185 too. Rumble isn't capable of repeatedly taking and holding him down

i like rumble in this fight.

he is the bigger guy despite having come up from welterweight and vitor can be a bit flaky.

cheekynffc wrote:

bobbitt15 wrote:

I don't think his wrestling is at that elite of a level. He's a big dude but Vitor is a monster at 185 too. Rumble isn't capable of repeatedly taking and holding him down

i like rumble in this fight.

he is the bigger guy despite having come up from welterweight and vitor can be a bit flaky.

Are you sure he is the bigger guy? I know he is 2 inches taller then Vitor, but Vitor cuts a decent amount of weight to get to 185. I know Rumble cuts insane amounts of weight to get to 170, but I'm not sure who is naturally the bigger man. I didn't realize Rumble will have 4 inches of reach in this fight until just now.

AJ cuts down from 225.

freakzilla wrote:

AJ cuts down from 225.

What does Vitor cut down from?