UFC 75 Open Thread
By: Kris Karkoski (admin) | Sep 8, 2007
UFC 75 will begin airing in the United States on tape delay begining at 9pm ET. This thread serves as an open platform for fans to voice their opinions on the event as it airs and discuss the results and news from the event with other fans.
As soon as the event concludes we will begin to role out news on the homepage including results and other news stemming from the event.
Enjoy the event and comment away!
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So how is excited is everyone for the event, only 25 minutes until it starts?
henerson over rampage/crocop over kongo
Thanks for stopping by James.
Now that the first fight has aired how impressive did Houston Alexander look in his one minute KO win over Alessio Sakara. I think he’s done enough to prove he’s a legit contender not only by the level of competition but by how dominant he was in his wins. I will say it’s hard to judge him fully based on under 2 minutes in the octagon.
bad mofo couple more he’ll be a contender for title
taylor davis good fight eye
Taylor Davis was really good. Davis was impressive coming back from the near TKO to win it with a submission.
kongos a dirty fighter nobody could come back after 4 or 5 shots in the nuts bjm 2nd worst reffing job 2 date 1st is silvia/couture
What didn’t you like about Sylvia Couture? I think Cro Cop probably said he was okay to continue but I agree, Kongo should have lost a point. The one they showed in slow motion was pretty brutal by the look on Mirko’s face.
stalling not improving on position w/ couture/sylvia 3+min. hamil/bisping fixed by judge
hemmil had him the hole fight. I geuss thats the priviledge of fighting in england. I wanna c rematch in the good U,S of A fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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GO HENDERSON RAMPAGE CAMP IS 2 & 0 TONIGHT THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPION OFTHE WORLD DANGEROUS DAN HENDERSON
I knew the fixed comments would come in sooner or later. I actually scored the fight in favor of Bisping because he had crisper striking and Hamill let him get up. Hamill looked very, very impressive and had good striking skills but he needed to keep Bisping on the ground not just take him down and let him return to his feet. The judges see that like you’re able to take him down but unable to keep it there which will go against you. I would say we would see a rematch but it’s unlikely unless Bisping loses to someone else first. The UFC doesn’t want the winner of TUF to lose in a rematch so unless something changes I don’t expect a rematch, the UFC won’t risk Bisping losing.
I have to agree, Hamill won all three rounds. That was ridiculous. As a long time UFC fan, that was one of the worst scoring results I have seen in the UFC. Very dissapointing, do we need to just eliminate judges completely or get some other kind of scoring system?
Lee
Right Lee and another big complaint is, even though Bisping was the winner on 2 of the 3 cards, if you add up the scores Hamill has more points which is always controversial.
Think of it this way, even though it’s a loss if fans and the UFC knows Hamill was robbed it is to his benefit. The UFC has stated before they would rather see a fighter lose trying than win in a dull or uneventful way. I am not saying Michael Bisping did that because I really don’t think he did but that same scenario essentially applies here too.
Bisping should have kepted his mouth shut in the post fight interview from embarrassment. He knows he
lost and he should make sure those unmarked envelopes are extra fat because those judges should not ever judge another match of any kind (even tiddly winks). UFC = NBA
For those who didn’t notice (I am not sure if they showed it on the US broadcast) but the crowd booed Bisping afterward which is saying a lot about the decision
How much did the judges get paid off for throwing the fight to Bisping???? This was such a blatant display of corruption in the UFC, we are considering not watching any more. It is a CRIME that Hamill was denied the win. You better make it right, or you will lose a lot of die hard UFC fans. What is the sense of watching if it is all fixed????? It just so happens to be Bisping’s home country??? Come on, give us a break!!!
Absolute uproar about the decision eh? I thought it could go either way but what convinced everyone of it going to Hamill?
I’m with you Kris. I didn’t see anything that went blatantly for Hamill. I thought it was a pretty even fight that would go either way. I think it’s a big stretch to claim corruption and say the fight was fixed.
As far as Cro Cop/Kongo goes, those were some nasty groin shots. I’m rather disappointed that there wasn’t a penalty. As a woman, I don’t know what it feels like when one’s testicles are hit but the replay in slow motion even made me cringe.
DAMN 3 AND 0 FOR RAMPAGES CAMP. i AGREE W/ RAMPAGE WINNING BUT NOT UNANIMOUS
iMISS THE YELLOW CARD ALREAY
DANA WHITE THE STEINBRENNER OF MMA
Well said. Bisping had crisper striking and Hamill didn’t keep it on the ground and that was enough to sway it to Bisping’s side.
As far as the groin shots I thought it was pretty funny to see them replay the knees and Mirko’s face in slow motion. i think intent was the key reason that there were no penalties so even though he received a prior warning he didn’t mean to knee him in the groin. I was more impressed with Kongo’s performance than I was disappointed with Mirko’s
I agree with the UD. Henderson seemed to gas late in the fight and Rampage used effective control on the ground to really tame Hendo’s wrestling and win the fight. I was not upset with the fight but it was not the fight I was expecting.
I havent commented all night. Good UFC though. I gotta disagree with ya though Kris. I think this is the first time! haha. Hammil won that fight for the shear fact of better striking and wrestling. Bisping got his fair of good shots in, and some of them were brutal…but Matt had the better of both worlds….he was pressing the fight and landed more. My opinion only like i always say…..but I was totally shocked of the outcome. I wouldnt calles it fixed…but I think that if it was in the US….Hammill wins.
I WAS EXPECTING ANNOUNCEMENT FROM DANA WHIT BOUT FEDOR HAS HE SIGNED YET
I WONDER WHEN THE 185 BELT WILL BE UNIFIED
No Fedor announcement likely means he is not signed BUT in a promising development Mike Goldberg stated he would be facing Randy which seems to point to an announcement coming soon, possibly at UFC 76.
I feel I was robbed on the Bisbing/Hammil fight, I had money on the underdog Hammil. I feel I owe an apoligy to all of you who said Bisbing is overrated, because I may just agree with you now. Rampage looked really impressive, but I think Hendersen was a little too tenitive and causious. I really wish Kongo wouldn’t have kneed Cro-Cop in the NUTZ because Kongo was kicking his ASS and it takes a little away from the victory.