UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II

Date: Saturday, June 23rd
Preliminary Card (Facebook): 17:00 LP.net / 3pm PST / 6pm EST Facebook stream
Preliminary Card (FX): 18:00 LP.net / 4pm PST / 7pm EST
Main Card Time (PPV): 21:00 LP.net / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: Prelims are Live on FX & Facebook - http://www.vipbox.tv (All MMA events are listed under the UFC button. Press the UFC button and you'll see the event in the list.)




Main Card

Wanderlei Silva (34-11-1) vs. Rich Franklin (28-6) (Catchweight 190 lbs)
Sergio Moraes (6-1) vs. Cezar Mutante (4-2) (Middleweight)
Godofredo Pepey (8-0) vs. Rony Jason (10-3) (Featherweight)
Fabricio Werdum (15-5-1) vs. Mike Russow (15-1) (Heavyweight)
Yuri Alcantara (27-3) vs. Hacran Dias (20-1-1) (Featherweight)

Preliminary Card (FX)

Anistavio Medeiros (15-7) vs. Rodrigo Damm (9-5) (Featherweight)
Delson Heleno (23-6) vs. Francisco Drinaldo (10-1) (Middleweight)
Jonh Teixeira (13-0-1) vs. Hugo Viana (5-0) (Featherweight)
Thiago Perpetuo (8-1-1) vs. Leonardo Mafra (5-0) (Middleweight)

Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Marcos Vinicius Borges Pancini (19-3-1) vs. Wagner Campos (11-3) (Featherweight)
Felipe Arantes (14-4) vs. Milton Vieira (13-7-1) (Featherweight)

Other

- While the expected rematch between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen would be moved to UFC 148 on July 7, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada and the expected co-feature of the Brazilian event, a rematch between Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva would headline the event. On April 24, the changes regarding Silva/Sonnen were confirmed. Plans were then being made for Featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who was scheduled to defend his title at UFC 149, to headline this event. However, it was reported April 28, 2012, that Aldo would remain on the UFC 149 card and defend his title against Erik Koch.
- On May 26, Vitor Belfort was forced to pull out of the card after breaking his left hand while training. Silva will now face Rich Franklin in a 190 lb catchweight bout. Franklin and Silva faced each other previously in June 2009 at UFC 99, where Franklin defeated Silva via unanimous decision in a bout the earned both participants Fight of the Night honors.

This is basically a TUF finale card that the UFC is trying to pass off as a legitimate PPV card.

Franklin > Silva (via head kick.)
Mutante > Moraes (via knee/kick into a TKO)
Pepey > Jason
Russow > Werdum (for the lulz)

Not familiar with the rest of the card. I like Rodrigo Damm, but he's probably lose. His sister is a better MMA fighter than he is.

That poster looks like the cover of a gay porn dvd.

Not that I know what that looks like.

This card is literally worse than Hitler... I won't even pirate it.

This is the worst card ever. I'm only watching it for Franklin-Wanderlei and Werdum-Russow.

Just be happy that we get 5 MMA events this week. 2 of them are UFC events, Friday and Saturday.

Also, the Brazilian TUF fighters looked good during their fight to get into the house, but they took it easy after that.
Hopefully they bring the fire once again.

vin diesel (35 years from now) vs johnny drama

god damnmit, wandy vs Belfort was 10 times better than shitty Snorefest franklin

On June 18 2012 21:21 Baalim wrote: god damnmit, wandy vs Belfort was 10 times better than shitty Snorefest franklin

It was just going to be Wandy getting Ko'ed in 3 seconds. As far as irrelevant fights go, this is one of them.

On June 18 2012 21:49 Funktion wrote: Show nested quote + On June 18 2012 21:21 Baalim wrote: god damnmit, wandy vs Belfort was 10 times better than shitty Snorefest franklin It was just going to be Wandy getting Ko'ed in 3 seconds. As far as irrelevant fights go, this is one of them.

Yes the most likely outcome is wandy getting KOd but if it doesnt, the fight has so much potential

On June 18 2012 18:51 PuertoRican wrote: This is basically a TUF finale card that the UFC is trying to pass off as a legitimate PPV card. Franklin > Silva (via head kick.) Mutante > Moraes (via knee/kick into a TKO) Pepey > Jason Russow > Werdum (for the lulz) Not familiar with the rest of the card. I like Rodrigo Damm, but he's probably lose. His sister is a better MMA fighter than he is.

why do you think pepey will beat jason ?
Pepey is totally noob stand up, Jason has a really good JJ, pepey doesn't even know how to take people down

line opened -300 Jason and I'm thinking about making a really big bet here because I can't see Pepey having any chance in this fight

^ I don't have any solid reads on the TUF guys. Everytime I pick any guy to win on any MMA card, its cuz I like him for whatever reaon. The fights I'm sure about are the ones I add notes next to, which usually lists a reason why someone will lose or win.

Rich Franklin -165
Wanderlei Silva +145

Fabricio Werdum -500
Mike Russo +400

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I'm not saying Russo is a good fighter or anything, but lets look at some UFC facts of his:

- He has enough cardio for 3 rounds.
- 3 of his last 4 fights went to round 3, while the other 1 fight went to round 2.
- He has some power in his hands, not the most powerful heavyweight, but he has enough for a KO, especially since we already know Heavyweights are just big guys with the same chin as everyone else.
- He has a collegiate wrestling background, as he was an "NCAA Division I Wrestler", no idea how good he was though.
- He trains with team DeathClutch, the same team as Tony Ferguson, Cole Konrad, Eric Prindle, Pat Barry, Jon Madsen, Chris Tuchscherer, Tim Hague, Shane del Rosario, and I guess formerly Brock Lesnar even though he owns the team.
- 15-1 (1 NC), 4 wins by KO/TKO, 8 by submission, 3 by decision, 1 loss by submission.
- Funny Fact: All 4 of the guys Russow has beaten in the UFC were all fired afterward.

I think it might be possible to keep the fight standing, but judging from Werdum's last fight, his stand up seems more technical than Russow's.

Anyway, I'm not saying Russow is better, but I wouldn't count out an upset here. Although, the fight is taking place in Brazil, so Werdum has the judges on his side.

On June 19 2012 19:36 PuertoRican wrote: Rich Franklin -165 Wanderlei Silva +145 Fabricio Werdum -500 Mike Russo +400 ---------- I'm not saying Russo is a good fighter or anything, but lets look at some UFC facts of his: - He has enough cardio for 3 rounds. - 3 of his last 4 fights went to round 3, while the other 1 fight went to round 2. - He has some power in his hands, not the most powerful heavyweight, but he has enough for a KO, especially since we already know Heavyweights are just big guys with the same chin as everyone else. - He has a collegiate wrestling background, as he was an "NCAA Division I Wrestler", no idea how good he was though. - He trains with team DeathClutch, the same team as Tony Ferguson, Cole Konrad, Eric Prindle, Pat Barry, Jon Madsen, Chris Tuchscherer, Tim Hague, Shane del Rosario, and I guess formerly Brock Lesnar even though he owns the team. - 15-1 (1 NC), 4 wins by KO/TKO, 8 by submission, 3 by decision, 1 loss by submission. - Funny Fact: All 4 of the guys Russow has beaten in the UFC were all fired afterward. I think it might be possible to keep the fight standing, but judging from Werdum's last fight, his stand up seems more technical than Russow's. Anyway, I'm not saying Russow is better, but I wouldn't count out an upset here. Although, the fight is taking place in Brazil, so Werdum has the judges on his side.

Lol Werdum has better standup , better groundgame and the judges on his side.
Werdum - 500 seems about right

About the guys who got cut after losing to Russow

Prior to his loss to Russow, Jon Madsen was 4-0 in the UFC. He was cut with a record of 4-1 in the UFC.

Duffee was 6-0, and 1-0 in the UFC coming off the fastest KO in UFC history I believe as well as going into the fight highly touted. He destroyed Russow for 2.5 rounds before getting caught. Still cut after the loss.

No ones safe after losing to Russow!

not even remotely interested in this card

what is a good site for sports betting?

Duffee vs Russow was just straight up comical. Much like Duffee moaning about looking for a part time job while in the UFC.

On June 20 2012 07:28 ilbh wrote: what is a good site for sports betting?

pinnacle sports

On June 20 2012 19:33 drone666 wrote: Show nested quote + On June 20 2012 07:28 ilbh wrote: what is a good site for sports betting? pinnacle sports

that's the one I used for SC2 bets lol

I GOT ONE TRILLION DOLLARS ON RICH FRANKLIN AHAHAH

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rich franklin was in syngapore when he was called for this fight... hope he is OK... bet 5 dollars on him lol

nice haircut rich

On June 21 2012 08:56 Nazgul wrote: nice haircut rich

Starts in 2 hours 40 minutes. I'm gonna be at school, so I'll probably be home for the main card only.

god werdum is so underrated it makes me sick

On June 23 2012 14:44 Daut wrote: god werdum is so underrated it makes me sick

you gain popularity when you use the superman punch and do flying kicks

gonna watch just for rogan

francisco giving a little hug at the end or something lul

Almost home. Any good fights yet?

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Just got home: http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/45828/1/uf...vs-franklin-2-live-stream-online.html

On June 23 2012 21:05 PuertoRican wrote: Almost home. Any good fights yet? ---------- Just got home: http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/45828/1/uf...vs-franklin-2-live-stream-online.html

got home late too, only watched werdum fight and it was meh 2 seconds fight...

Rich probably isn't used to getting booed

nice last fight

--ready for wandy win via hometown robbery

good thing no boxing judges over here

Draw?

29-26? What the hell

Sweet. I'm glad Franklin didn't get robbed at all on any of the score cards.

Props to Wanderlei going 5 rounds and almost finishing Franklin. The last time Wanderlei went 5 rounds was 10 years ago against CroCop.

bring back crocop pleassssseeeeeeee i miss seeing him drop INSTANTLY to one punch

Dana + Chuck + line outside of UFC 147 of people waiting to get in.
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Dana White video blog for UFC 147.
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yep, nice it wasn't robbed

won my first mma bet

and funny how americans can't spell my city's name hahaha its always wrong... Belo Horizonte BH FTW

pretty fun event, the exuberance of the fans gave it a good atmosphere

Thought card was pretty meh overall since I didn't know or care about most of the fighters from TUF Brasil.

PREPARING FOR THE GOD THAT IS ANDERSON SILVA IN TWO WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UFC 147 draws a reported 16,643 attendance.

$65k for each bonus

Fight of the Night - Franklin and Silva
Submission of the Night - Rodrigo Damm
Knockout of the Night - Marcos "Vina" Vinicius

It really seems like they're being ripped off. Big time

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