UFC 145 to air 6 fights on PPV; McDonald-Torres moves up

awesome this fight definitely deserves to be on the main card

GDPofDRC wrote:

awesome this fight definitely deserves to be on the main card

Deserves to be the co-main event.

On most other upcoming cards it would. I got Cain mir over this though.

Cain vs Mir isn't on the same card though.

The full six-fight card now reads:

Lightweight Bout: Mark Bocek Vs Matt Wiman
Featherweight Bout: Mark Hominick Vs Eddie Yagin
Bantamweight Bout: Miguel Torres Vs Michael McDonald
Heavyweight Bout: Brendan Schaub Vs Ben Rothwell
Welterweight Bout: Rory MacDonald Vs Che Mills
UFC Light Heavyweight Title: Jon Jones Vs Rashad Evans

Pretty weak outside of the main event.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Pretty weak outside of the main event.

Interesting fights on the undercard. Wonderboy is always fun to watch. Griggs vs Browne is a very good matchup. Njokuani is fun to watch and Danzig is going to knock Efrian da fuck out. This card is a little weak at top but I think the overall depth helps it out. Not a bad card.

This fight should be the co main event. +1

OU wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Pretty weak outside of the main event.

Interesting fights on the undercard. Wonderboy is always fun to watch. Griggs vs Browne is a very good matchup. Njokuani is fun to watch and Danzig is going to knock Efrian da fuck out. This card is a little weak at top but I think the overall depth helps it out. Not a bad card.

I don't think they'll be boring, but on paper there aren't many top guys.

You could argue they have 6 guys competing that are in the top 5 in the UFC in their weight class.

If I'm scheduling the fight order based partly off my interest I go like this:

Jones vs Evans
McDonald vs Torres
MacDonald vs Mills
Rothwell vs Schaub
Griggs vs Browne

Lightweight Bout: Mark Bocek Vs Matt Wiman - none anywhere close to ranked
Featherweight Bout: Mark Hominick Vs Eddie Yagin - Hominick is good, but not top 5.
Bantamweight Bout: Miguel Torres Vs Michael McDonald - Torres isn't top 5, but good. McDonald is working his was up. Close to top 5.
Heavyweight Bout: Brendan Schaub Vs Ben Rothwell - Schaub is decent, but not top 5. Rothwell is about to get cut.
Welterweight Bout: Rory MacDonald Vs Che Mills - Rory is a nice up and comer and will likely be top 5 in the future. Don't know much about Mills.

I count 2 somewhat close to top 5 outside of the main event. No idea where you get 4 from (taking out the main event).

GDPofDRC wrote:

If I'm scheduling the fight order based partly off my interest I go like this:

Jones vs Evans
McDonald vs Torres
MacDonald vs Mills
Rothwell vs Schaub
Griggs vs Browne

Shit if I'm going just off my interest I'll go like this:
Torres vs McDonald

McDonald vs Mills
Griggs vs Browne
Schaub vs Rothwell
Wiman vs Bocek

I just HATE Rashad and don't like Jones.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Lightweight Bout: Mark Bocek Vs Matt Wiman - none anywhere close to ranked
Featherweight Bout: Mark Hominick Vs Eddie Yagin - Hominick is good, but not top 5.
Bantamweight Bout: Miguel Torres Vs Michael McDonald - Torres isn't top 5, but good. McDonald is working his was up. Close to top 5.
Heavyweight Bout: Brendan Schaub Vs Ben Rothwell - Schaub is decent, but not top 5. Rothwell is about to get cut.
Welterweight Bout: Rory MacDonald Vs Che Mills - Rory is a nice up and comer and will likely be top 5 in the future. Don't know much about Mills.

I count 2 somewhat close to top 5 outside of the main event. No idea where you get 4 from (taking out the main event).

I said you could argue 6 guys for top 5 IN THE UFC. Not overall ranking in the division. Before the loss to Zombie Hominick was securely in the top 5 in the UFC in his division. I think you can still argue him being top 5. I disagree on Torres, I think he is definitely still a top 5 fighter in his division IN THE UFC. I'm not alone in thinking he beat Mouse in that SD. I think McDonald is already in the top 5 in the UFC for the division. Now Rory is in a deep division so 5 would be stretching it, but again if you want to call him the 5th best WW on the UFC roster I won't call you crazy. Do me a favor and name 5 fighters in the UFC currently ranked higher then Hominick, Torres and Michael McDonald.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Pretty weak outside of the main event.

+1

Not feeling the card at all.

If "names" is what you care about then I guess you will be disappointed. But the talent is there.

It will probably end up being a good one.

I'm past the days of not feeling UFC cards. They're all stacked and will bring action. Looking forward to it, this March lull of UFC besides TUF has sucked ass

bobbitt15 wrote:

I'm past the days of not feeling UFC cards. They're all stacked and will bring action. Looking forward to it, this March lull of UFC besides TUF has sucked ass

I enjoyed a few free cards this month. I can't complain.

Bellator has been it's usual baller self.

GDPofDRC wrote:

If I'm scheduling the fight order based partly off my interest I go like this:

Jones vs Evans
McDonald vs Torres
MacDonald vs Mills
Rothwell vs Schaub
Griggs vs Browne

+1

Reality is Schaub vs Rothwell should be on the undercard, Griggs vs Browne is a much better HW contests.

I really hate Rothwell, there's something about his face that makes wish a cartoon anvil would fall on it.

OU wrote:

If "names" is what you care about then I guess you will be disappointed. But the talent is there.

It is and isn't about names. The top guys usually become names. Top guys are more talented than not top guys. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy the card. These are the type of cards that turn out better than expected.