UFC 48 Official Thread

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UFC 48 wird am 19 June in dem Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas,Nevada stattfinden.Nun wurde ein weiterer Fight fuer den Event bestaetigt.Tim Sylvia wird auf Frank Mir treffen um den Vacanten UFC Heavyweight Title.Der Title ist seit UFC 44 Vacant als Sylvia positiv getestet wurde,bei UFC 47 It`s On konnte Sylvia nicht antretten,nun soll es also bei UFC 48 soweit sein und ein neuer UFC Heavyweight Champion gekroent werden.UFC President Dana White sagte dazu: "Tim has served his suspension, been very remorseful and has handled the matter extremely well. I’m looking forward to seeing Tim back in the Octagon and I’m anticipating a tremendous fight." Sylvia hat aufgrund seiner Sperre keine Fighterfahrung in den letzten 8 Monaten bis dahin sammeln koenne.Frank Mir hingegen hat bei UFC 46 Wes Sims zerstoert durch KO in der 2 Runde.Zum Fight gegen Sylvia meinte Mir: "I am training expecting this to be the hardest fight possible. Tim is going to be in the best shape possible and is not going to make a single mistake."

Im Main Event trifft jedoch "The World’s Most Dangerous Man" auf Kimo.Das ist eins der heisserwartetsten Rematches der UFC Geschichte.Shamrock hatte Kimo bei UFC 9 mit einem knee bar zur aufgabe gebracht.Es ist bis heute der letzte Sieg von Shamrock im Octagon,kurz danach bei UFC 10 verlor er gegen Dan Severn seinen UFC Superfight Title.Das Kimo gewillt ist und es noch kann zeigte sein Sieg bei UFC 43 gegen Tank Abbott.Shamrock trainiert schon seit geraumer Zeit fuer sein Comeback.Fuer beide koennte es die letzte Chance sein auf ein grosser Fight.Ausserdem wird es das Rematch von UFC 45 geben zwischen Phil Baroni und Evan Tanner.Folgend die komplette UFC 48 Card:

UFC 48 Card:

-Ken Shamrock (25-8-2) vs Kimo (10-3-1)

-UFC Heavyweight Title:
Tim Sylvia (18-0) vs Frank Mir (7-1)

-Matt Hughes (36-4)vs Renato "Charuto" Verissimo (6-0-0)

-Dennis Hallman (51-8-2) vs Frank Trigg (9-2)

-Phil Baroni (6-3-0) vs Evan Tanner (30-4-0)

-Matt Serra (12-3) vs Ivan Menjivar (13-2)

-Jason Miller (22-4) vs Georges St. Pierre (6-0)

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Die Card gefaellt mir auch wieder gut,allerdings natuerlich nicht so gut wie UFC 47,aber immerhin. Kimo vs Shamrock sollte okay werden. Ich persoenlich rechne allerdings mit einem Sieg von Shamrock.Ich habe einiges gehoert wie er trainiert und er soll in herausragender Form sein.

Zu Sylvia vs Mir,auch das verspricht einiges,sowie natuerlich Tanner vs Baroni,das wird auch ein Fight wo viel auf dem Spiel steht.

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Ein weiter Fight wurde nun der UFC 48 Card angefuegt,Lee Murray trifft auf Curtis Stout.Die Card sieht nun wie folgt aus:

-Ken Shamrock (25-8-2) vs Kimo (10-3-1)

-UFC Heavyweight Title:
Tim Sylvia (18-0) vs Frank Mir (7-1)

-Matt Hughes (36-4)vs Renato "Charuto" Verissimo (6-0-0)

-Dennis Hallman (51-8-2) vs Frank Trigg (9-2)

-Phil Baroni (6-3-0) vs Evan Tanner (30-4-0)

-Matt Serra (12-3) vs Ivan Menjivar (13-2)

-Jason Miller (22-4) vs Georges St. Pierre (6-0)

-Lee Murray (8-1-1) vs Curtis Stout (3-3-1)

[KingKoolTaxXx]

Den PPV werde ich mir auf jeden Fall bestellen. Sieht doch recht gut aus. Freue mich besonders auf die beiden MEs und Evan Tanner (8)

Ich Tippe auch mal auf Shamrock vielleicht schafft er noch mal den Durchbruch, zutrauen tue ich es ihm auf jeden Fall. Mal gespannt wann man wieder was vom Bad Boy hört...

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Ortiz hat sich nach seinem Hospital aufenthalt nichtmehr blicken lassen,damals bekam er einige stiche.Momentan trainiert Ortiz wieder seit rund 2 Wochen.

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Gehoert zwar nicht unbedingt hier rein,aber einen extra thread braucht es nun auch nicht.
Im June wird ein Film namens No Rules in die Kinos kommen.Und niemand geringeres als Randy Couture spielt den Killer indem Film.Er spielt den Boesewicht der den Vater des Haupt Characters ermordet im Ring.Couture meinte dazu: It's 'Karate Kid' goes MMA,but it's got a gritty, underground feel to it. We fight bare knuckles."

Couture befindet sich momentan auf Promo Tour fuer den FIlm dabei gab es auch ein Interview ueber seine Zukunft bein der UFC.Couture forderte unterdessen Vitor Belfort heraus,und meinte Belfort sei ein feigling da er nicht gegen ihn antretten wollte.Belvort habe ihm den Refight muendlich zugesichert doch jetzt drueckt er sich vor ihm

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Tito Ortiz hat sich jetzt zum erstenmal nach seinem Fight gegen Chuck Liddell bei UFC 47 in einem Interview gestellt:


MMA: Tito, are you happy with your performance durring the Chuck Liddell fight ?

Tito Ortiz: Yes, I'm really happy with the performance. It's just too bad that the mishap of his thumb hooking me in the eye off his left hook kind of stopped the fight for me. There was no other fight for me from then on out. I probably made a bad mistake by trying to close the gap in some positions, but at the same time, it was a mistake on Chuck's part, hooking me in the eye with a thumb. He saw that I was hurt and he just pretty much showed the type of fighter he really is by finishing me.


MMA: Many people have actually pointed out the thumb in the eye and I watched the replay many times. You're definitely wincing right before he hit you. Do you think that these MMA gloves that they're currently using are safe?

Tito Ortiz: I think they're safe. It's just something that happens -- little mishaps, accidents that happen like that. The next step now is making a rule for that because I think it's going to happen a lot more. I mean, it's too bad -- I lose a fight, of course due to Chuck Liddell's punching power, but more than anything by hindering my view of punches coming at me by hooking me with a thumb in the eye.


MMA: I want to ask you about that in a minute but my question while we're on the gloves is, at the event before that, Randy Couture was sliced in the eye by the seam of the glove. You were poked in the eye and it looked like Cabbage's ear got sliced. Do you think it might be time for them to look at some new gloves?

Tito Ortiz: I think so. I've looked at the glove myself. I train with the gloves and cuts do come a lot more quickly. But getting caught in the eye -- I think that's the most important thing. As far as boxing goes, when someone gets poked in the eye, the fight is stopped. They look to see if they can continue, let the doctor look at it, and usually go to the scorecards after the second or third round. So I think that some kind of rule that allows that is going to have to apply, or maybe possibly changing the gloves.


MMA: That's what I was going to get at. I'm looking at a boxing glove and I've got an MMA glove here in my hand. It's hard to get poked with the thumb of a boxing glove but the MMA glove -- your fingers just stick right out there. I know why they were designed, but do you think now that MMA is regulated and has gotten past whatever hurdles, it might be time to reinvent the glove?

Tito Ortiz: Yes, there are other things, too. A boxing glove is not open-palmed because in boxing there's no takedown. To do takedowns and submissions, you need to have an open glove. I don't know if they can make the glove bigger on the sides or in the palm -- make them a little bit heavier. Or they could just make a rule just in case someone getting caught in the eye the way I did happens again.


MMA: Okay, let's go back to the fight. You came into the fight a couple of pounds lighter than you would come in. Do you think that was a hindrance?

Tito Ortiz: No, I don't think it was a hindrance at all because at fight time, I was weighing about 216, 217 -- probably about 7 more pounds heavier than I was for the Couture fight. I just thought that the CVAC system that I'm using makes it a lot easier to lose weight because I'm in such great shape. The weight came off a lot more quickly than usual. I felt strong and at fight time, I felt strong. I don't think it was a hindrance to my competition. It's not good to lose that much weight but I was fine. My [sheet] felt really good and I felt confident going into the fight.


MMA: You stood there toe-to-toe with Chuck Liddell; he gave you props at the post-fight press conference. But as you and other people said, you were poked in the eye. Knowing what you know now, how would a rematch be any different from this match?

Tito Ortiz: I think I would add in my takedowns a little more. I wouldn't be so ignorant in just standing with the guy. I think that was something that I had to prove to myself. It was something that I had to prove -- "Oh, Tito's afraid to get hit" -- I'm not afraid to get hit with anything. I think it's just a factor of me stepping up and doing what I do best. The first round, I thought I was hanging good with Chuck Liddell. He barely hit me, gave me just one or two shots. I hit him with one or two shots. I had the game plan going throughout and I was trying to prove someone wrong by standing in the middle of the Octagon.


MMA:Where do you rank Tito Ortiz now in the 205 lb division?

Tito Ortiz:I'm not really worried about rankings or anything like that because when it's fight time, it just matters whose night it is. But I stay in the top five for sure. I'm not done in the sport. This loss did hurt me really badly -- I mean, I was more annoyed to get poked in the eye than anything because I couldn't really protect myself after that. Chuck Liddell fought a good fight but I still see myself in the top five in the world.


MMA: There's a rumor yesterday -- it popped up on the underground -- that you said you were going to the WWE.

Tito Ortiz: No, not any time soon. I`m still a fighter


MMA: Are you going to fight Lee Murray in June?

Tito Ortiz: I would love to fight Lee Murray in June. It's just that Lee Murray doesn't want to fight me. Poor kid, he's just caught so much flack…


MMA: He was on the Internet a few days ago calling you out.

Tito Ortiz: Really?


MMA: On MMAWeeklyRadio.com

Tito Ortiz: Really? Very cool. Well, hopefully they'll sign the contract and make it happen. I would love to fight him. I'm willing to fight anybody the UFC puts me up against. I think it lies in the hands of Joe Silva and Dana White right now, making the right decisions for the UFC's future. I want to fight anybody, man. Whoever wants to step up, I'm willing to fight. It's my time to come back and compete three times a year the way I used to, and that's going to make me a better fighter.


MMA: If you fought and beat Lee Murray, would you then be looking to jump back in the ring with Chuck and Randy again?

Tito Ortiz: I would love to. I would love to fight Chuck first. That would be the first fight I would like to do. I want to get redemption. I still think I can stand with the guy; I still think I could do a lot of different things for the game plan-wise -- actually make sure that I do win the next time I fight him.

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Die Card ist klasse vorallem der heavyweight title
fight ,der mainevent und der rest ist eigentlich auch ganz in ordnung. Shamrock gewinnt,aber Sylvia verliert
auch wenn mein kumpel ne andere meinung hat,
Aber egal was passiert:
Shamrock rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :

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London bad boy Lee Murray wurde nun offiziell von der UFC 48 Card gestrichen.Er zog sich im Training am Freitag zu.Trevor Prangley wird nun Lee Muray ersetzen.Prangley hat zuletzt enorm beeindruckt und einen wichtigen Sieg gegen Andrej Semenov gehollt.Der neue Fight sieht wie folgt aus

-Trevor Prangley (6-1-0) vs Curtis Stout (3-3-1)

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Eine weitere Fight aenderung gibt es fuer UFC 48.Jay Hieron (4-0) wird sein UFC Debut geben gegen Georges St Pierre (6-0) das gab nun UFC bekannt.Hieron vertritt Jason Miller der mit dem "Gesetz" in konflikt geraten ist.
Die aktuelle UFC 48 Card fuer den 19 June sieht also wie folgt aus

-Ken Shamrock (25-8-2) vs Kimo (10-3-1)

-UFC Heavyweight Title:
Tim Sylvia (18-0) vs Frank Mir (7-1)

-Matt Hughes (36-4)vs Renato "Charuto" Verissimo (6-0-0)

-Dennis Hallman (51-8-2) vs Frank Trigg (9-2)

-Phil Baroni (6-3-0) vs Evan Tanner (30-4-0)

-Matt Serra (12-3) vs Ivan Menjivar (13-2)

-Jay Hieron (4-0) vs Georges St. Pierre (6-0)

-Trevor Prangley (6-1-0) vs Curtis Stout (3-3-1)

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die card sieht sehr sehr gut aus und der PPV wird bestellt! .. aber ob das besser wird als 47??? der PPV hat mich richtig begeistert! Hoffe es kommt zum rematch zwischen Ortiz und Liddell!

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Ortiz vs Liddell wird man dieses Jahr nichtmehr sehen, wenn dann erst in einigen Jahren, wenn ueberhaupt. Zu UFC 48 man kann noch nichts genaues sagen,da sich staendig irgendein Fight aendert,das war auch das Manko von UFC 47 das sich 2 Tage vorher nochmal 2 Fights geaendert haben und 1 Fight ganz gecancelt wurde. Sollte es bei dieser Card bleiben,hat UFC 48 sicherlich die Chance besser zuwerden wie UFC 47 davon gehe ich eigentlich aus.

[Sharkboy]

warum gehst du davon aus dass sie nicht mehr gegeneinander antreten??