Comments on: UFC gives out double “Fight of the Night” awards for Rua vs. Coleman and Davis vs. Lytle bouts

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:23:11 +0000

The people complaining about the Coleman/Shogun fight are crazy the fight wasn’t technically pleasing for sure, but was certainly entertaining and the two of them getting rewarded for fight of the night is not as big of a crime as people want to make it out to be.
Was anyone really bored during the Shogun/Coleman fight?
If yes then what the hell did you think of the Horn/Palhares?

By: HexRei

HexRei — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:43:40 +0000

Brandon on January 18th, 2009 2:49 pm

How in the world did Shogun and Coleman get FOTN honor??? I thought it was brutal and in fact they should charge both of them money for that horrible performance.

I think you should be charged money for making that dumb post.

By: Anom

Anom — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:08:30 +0000

that definitely was not a good fight…both Coleman and Rua sucked….but I think Dana gave them fight of the night because he knows Coleman needs the money…
that being said, Dana isn’t half as bad everyone says he is.

By: DamonO

DamonO — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:00:18 +0000

Coleman vs. Shogun = not fight of the night. Crazy! Both should be let go from the UFC…..immediately. Oh hey, here’s an extra bit of cash to help you out in the unemployment line. Thanks for playing the UFC game again.

By: bruiser

bruiser — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:11:09 +0000

“brandon what are u on about,which fight should have got FOTN THEN???”

None. It was a shitty card filled with underwhelming fights.

By: themindone

themindone — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:09:54 +0000

colemand v rua was not worthy of the ufc..
they should not be a cult of personality.. why was colman fighting again? after 10 yrs out the ufc? it seemed like white just wanted to get him some money .. rua looked horrible.. way past his prime.. coleman is one dimensional.. not a modern mma fighter, not the skill set of someone who should be representing our sport..
the fight sucked.. a lot.. what’s next “the legand ” tank abbot returns? maybe he could fight lesnar..

By: mark

mark — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:38:21 +0000

brandon what are u on about,which fight should have got FOTN THEN???

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:49:43 +0000

How in the world did Shogun and Coleman get FOTN honor??? I thought it was brutal and in fact they should charge both of them money for that horrible performance.

By: mark

mark — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:50:22 +0000

i enjoyed coleman vs shogun fight,i really think the ref should not have stopped the fight, coleman could have carried on and if it had gone to a desision colman could well have taken it. coleman took shogun down loads of times,dazzed him with a few hard punches.on the flip side shogun should have finished it late in the second round

By: glock

glock — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:19:35 +0000

eric,

i’m flattered that you’re more motivated to comment on my opinion than
you were on the fight card to begin with.

i think it was an average card as well, but does that automatically mean not entertaining to you? For me average means average- what you expect on a day to day basis means, usually, I’m ok with what I got for my money.

Did you expect coloeman rua to be more than a joke ??
I didn’t- but ya know what ? I was surprised . Painful to watch , yes, but coleman kept hangin in there, surviving on instincts and years of combat, I found that entertaining.

I’d love to keep going here , but I gotta go enjoy the nuances of clouds forming and dissipating from my hammock.

By: TongPoBangkok

TongPoBangkok — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:58:05 +0000

Im one of Shoguns biggest fans, but last night was horrific to watch

Granted he had knee troubles and surgery, but hes had a long enough camp to last more than 3minutes before gassing.

This was one of the worst matches Ive seen in a long while. Am I the only one who thought it looked like to tramps slugging it out in a pub carpark?

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:13:03 +0000

glock-
I think it’s ignorant to assume that if someone didn’t enjoy this card tfat the don’t appreciate nuance. I thought it was a very average card with no fights really standing out. Lytle/Davis wasn’t great, it was good. They didn’t engage enough for it to be a stand up war. Coleman and Shogun gassed far too early for the fight to be anything other than a disappointment. I didn’t see either fighter gutting it out- I watched two guys struggling to go longer than three minutes. The end of round two with Coleman turtled taking lazy shots and Shogun resting between throwing shots was ludicrous. If people didn’t like the card they may appreciate nuance but can spot a boring card when they watch one.

By: Milliniar

Milliniar — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:03:16 +0000

i agree no idea how colman shogun got FOTN. was boring and an embarrassment to mma. WTF. Did they feel sorry for coleman and feel like giving him extra money cause he is hall of fame and lasted almost 2 more rounds than he would’ve against ANY OTHER light heavyweight? IMO coleman’s next and last fight is against Hamill. After his performance tonight and hearing he still wants to fight Lesner…..i say lesnar by actually killing coleman if that fight actually goes down.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:13:14 +0000

The Coleman Shogun fight was comparable to watching a heavyweight fight at a local event they throw some hard punchs for 30 seconds then the old fat men roll around on the ground until the match is over. BORING

By: James

James — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:04:46 +0000

Shogun looked terrible. It seems to me that his previous injuries maybe too much to overcome. That fight was painful to watch. Lytle/Davis was good. Hendo/Franklin was ok. A bad card by UFC standards. My favorite part was when the crowd would sing. I’ve been to 2 UFC’s and I bet it was incredible just to be there. Too bad that Rampage is stuck fighting Jardine. I’m shocked and disappointed he’s not fighting Evans or Griffin. Bummer

By: bert zee

bert zee — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:58:24 +0000

i wonder what you mean, sam by “stunning” tko ? 1 out of 6 punchs lands cleanly & the ref jumps in! any idea what the judges scores would have been?

By: glock

glock — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:36:27 +0000

I thought it was a very entertaining card.You probably have to appreciate nuance to have fully enjoyed this card.
Lytle Davis – GREAT fight for stand up fans while still being a barn burner for mma fans.
With Coleman what I expected was a beatdown of the “old guy”, what i got was a lesson in how much of a part heart, instinct, skill, and conditioned response can play in a fight.
Coleman got a lot of respect from me tonight, EVEN THOUGH he looked plodding, slow and like a coma waiting to happen, thank God, luck, and his experience that he didn’t end up in one.
Hendo Franklin was a BIG disappointment but not totally unexpected. 30-27 WAS!
The way they BOTH looked tonight, makes Anderson SIlva look like he’s in another league by himself, and I don’t care to see either of them face him again.

I’m not a Bisping fan but I’m thinking he would decision both of them as well.

Belcher also showed why MMA is so great to watch. That was a slick highlight reel submission , that looks like he planned and executed.

No one complained about the buy tonight in our group.

By: Lord Faust

Lord Faust — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:34:25 +0000

“Stunning victory”. Wow, is the bar really that low. Shogun looked pretty sorry, considering he took 2 extra rounds to finish off a winded, flat-footed, low-handed, extremely tired, 44-year-old man. I respect Coleman for hanging in there; I’m really not sure how anyone could characterize Shogun’s performance as anything but underwhelming.

By: rbang

rbang — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:09:02 +0000

Way to go Marcus

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:09:01 +0000

Are guys kidding? This was not a bad event at all I enjoyed every fight I saw aside from Horn/Palhares.