UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis

Date: Saturday, January 28th
Preliminary Card (FuelTV): 16:00 LP.net
Main Card Time (FOX): 19:00 LP.net
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Main Card (FOX TV)

Rashad Evans (16-1-1) vs. Phil Davis (9-0) (Light Heavyweight)
Michael Bisping (21-3) vs. Chael Sonnen (26-11-1) (Middleweight)
Demian Maia (16-3) vs. Chris Weidman (7-0) (Middleweight)

Preliminary Card (Fuel TV)

Evan Dunham (12-2) vs. Nik Lentz (21-4-2) (Lightweight)
Mike Russow (14-1) vs. John-Olav Einemo (6-2) (Heavyweight)
Cub Swanson (15-5) vs. George Roop (12-8-1) (Featherweight)
Charles Oliveira (14-2) vs. Eric Wisely (19-6) (Featherweight)
Michael Johnson (9-6) vs. Shane Roller (10-5) (Lightweight)
Joey Beltran (13-6) vs. Lavar Johnson (15-5) (Heavyweight)
Chris Camozzi (15-5) vs. Dustin Jacoby (6-1) (Middleweight)

Other

- The event will be the first to be broadcast on Fox as part of a seven year agreement between the UFC and the network and the second to air live on Fox after the inaugural UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos.
- A bout between Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Wineland was originally slated for this event. However, Johnson was pulled from the bout to be a participant in the UFC's Flyweight tournament set to begin in March. Wineland was then expected to face Johnny Bedford at this event. However, Wineland himself was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Mitch Gagnon.
- Paul Sass was expected to face Evan Dunham, but was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by Nik Lentz.
- Cody McKenzie was expected to face Michael Johnson at the event, but was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by Shane Roller.
- Mark Munoz was expected to face Chael Sonnen at this event in a #1 contender's bout for a middleweight title shot, but was forced out of the bout with an injury, and was replaced by Michael Bisping, who was pulled from a scheduled fight with Demian Maia on the same card to replace Munoz. Maia's new opponent became Chris Weidman.

should be an awesome card. pretty sick matchups

Rashad > Davis (via TKO. It might be a UD for Rashad if he cant finish it, but I don't see Davis winning. Both had only 1 fight in 2011, with Rashad coming off a 1+ year layoff .)
Sonnen > Bisping (via TKO by way of GnP.)
Weidman > Maia (I'm not sure how the fight will end, but Weidman keeps showing in each fight he has skill and gets better each time. He apparently has good BJJ skills too.)

Dunham > Lentz (via Decision)
Einemo > Russow (via TKO. Einemo is 0-1 in the UFC while Russow is 3-0 in the UFC, but Russow is the guy who got his ass kicked against Todd Duffee for 3 rounds and landed 1 punch and got the KO, and he's not good imo.)
Gagnon > Bedford (via Submission. Bedford sucks and will probably be cut after this loss.)
Swanson > Roop (via Submission.)
Oliveira > Wisely (via TKO)
Johnson > Roller (via TKO. Bother are wrestlers, Johnson's hands looked better in his last fight, Roller sucks.)
Beltran > Johnson (via TKO. I see both these guys at the mid level of the HW division, but Lavar is coming from the Strikeforce mid level and fighting a UFC mid level fighter. Lavar cant KO Beltran.)
Jacoby > Camozzi (via TKO.)

Chael is going to make me do much money when he takes that bisping coward's head off dan henderson style

Can't wait

I really hope Davis takes it but obviously not sure. I think he's a better wrestler though and I'm still not sold on Rashad's "black belt".

I think Sonnen will decision Bisping and I'm sick excited for Weidman and Maia. If Weidman BJJ is half as good as you'd think from his ADCC performance a while back he'll be a real force. Dunno if he can take a punch but if he learns to move his head a bit he could be a challenge for Silva.

Einemo is really good too. I think he messes up Russow on the feet and you wouldn't want to go to the ground with him.

On January 24 2012 00:35 TimDawg wrote: Chael is going to make me do much money when he takes that bisping coward's head off dan henderson style Can't wait

You're laying -450? Or are you doing some sort of win by TKO/Submission prop at lower odds?

omg, can't wait for this, and omg, why isn't sonnen main card, omg omg, happy either way, this is awesome xD

BISPING LOSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

On January 24 2012 00:35 TimDawg wrote: Chael is going to make me do much money when he takes that bisping coward's head off dan henderson style Can't wait

Pretty tough to make a lot of money on a 5 to 1 favorite. Also, I'm a Sonnen fan (and dislike Bisping too much like 96% of the known world) but he's not knocking anyone out Henderson style.

Sonnen might eat several jabs here and there but I don't see how Bisping will be strong enough to stop the inevitable takedown and from there Sonnen's just gonna pound away without much danger of any submissions coming back at him.

I'll go Bisping just because Sonnen is corny.

i hate both of them so much, i want sonnen to win so he can get a rematch vs silva and get knocked the fuck out as he deserves

Also i want to see Rashad fight again, i wont speculate on this one

rashad, but not as confident as i once was.
sonnen
weidman did well at adcc with barely any experience so i do favor him slightly over maia, but not by much.

then i like dunham, einemo, roop, oliveira, johnson, johnson, jacoby


i think johnny bedford is one of the bright spots from TUF. hes very good for a tuf fighter and i expect him to stick around a while.

On January 24 2012 18:58 Baalim wrote: i hate both of them so much, i want sonnen to win so he can get a rematch vs silva and get knocked the fuck out as he deserves Also i want to see Rashad fight again, i wont speculate on this one

nope, anderson deserves to get smashed in the face.

Anderson acts nice before the fight then clowns on them during the fight.

Chael clowns on them before the fight, and just then just fights.

On January 24 2012 07:04 RaiNKhAN wrote: Show nested quote + On January 24 2012 00:35 TimDawg wrote: Chael is going to make me do much money when he takes that bisping coward's head off dan henderson style Can't wait You're laying -450? Or are you doing some sort of win by TKO/Submission prop at lower odds?

Didn't know he was that big of a favorite lol

Let me do some research and get back to you with my bets

Going to be at this event live. This is gonna be such a sick and epic card.

Rashad. Phil Davis wrestling has unimpressed me, and getting your shots stuffed by lil nog for 1.5 rounds doesn't bode well for taking down rashad who is a vastly superior wrestler to baby nog. On the feet Phil Davis looks incredibly awkward, slow, uncoordinated, tentative and most importantly stiff. Stiff fighters are the most prone to being knocked out. So I'm going to go with rashad by KO. I put a small bet on him, but its a pretty meh bet. Mainly because the blackzillian camp has looked really terrible so far, they're 1-3 with the only win being rashad over tito. They seem to have problems getting their fighters on weight, and melvin guillards game plan looked really really bad. That and Shad has shown a tendency to gas, and it's a 5 rounder. So if rashad doesn't get the KO in the first two rounds he might fade enough to lose. Pretty close overall, but going with shad.

Chael Sonnen - Gonna own bisping. I actually think Chael is a better striker than bisping, and obviously a much better wrestler. I think Chael beats him everywhere. Only thing bisping has going for him is the fact that he is probably focusing a ton of his training on submitted chael, since he made the comment, " If he takes he down I'm going to sub him. " Thats the right mindset against Chael, since focusing on stopping the takedown or getting back up from it won't get you far. Don't feel like dropping 2g's on chael to win a few hundred, so not gonna bet it.

Weidman - via being possibly the greatest BJJ grappling Phenom in history. He won the eastern ADCC trails with 8 months training, won his first round match in the final tournament and made it to the quarter finals in which he grappling to a 4-0 lose to Galvao, one of the very best BJJ artists in the world. That's with only 8 months of BJJ training, thats retarded sick. If he fights smart I think he's got this.

a recent (and nice) video about Aldo and the crowd

I love Davis at +180

And I love Sonnen at any line lol