**** now this card isnt as good the main event is now rampage and hamil, ufc should make this a free card on spike in my opinion but still a good card look.-Quinton Rampage Jackson (31-8; #3 Light Heavyweight)* vs. Matt Hamill (10-2) -Frank Mir (14-5; #8 Heavyweight)* vs. Roy Nelson (15-5) -Stefan Struve (21-4) vs. Travis Browne (10-0-1) -Brian Stann (10-3) vs. Jorge Santiago (23-8; #6 Middleweight) Preliminary Bouts: -Thiago Alves (18-7; #4 Welterweight)* vs. Rick Story (12-3) -Miguel Torres (39-3; #5 Bantamweight)* vs. Demetrious Johnson (20-5; #8 Bantamweight)* -Tim Boetsch (12-4) vs. Kendall Grove (12-8) -Bart Palaszewski (35-14) vs. Gleison Tibau (22-7)-Renan Barao (25-1) vs. Cole Escovedo (17-6)-Michael McDonald (12-1) vs. Chris Cariaso (11-2) but heres the story for the title fight canceled On the same day that the UFC announced its new insurance coverage for fighters who are injured during training, two of their top stars went down. The main event for UFC 130 taking place in just under three weeks is off as both Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard have been forced out of the show with injuries. The UFC announced the news on a Monday media conference call, verifying an initial report from MMAFighting.com. According to sources close to the situation, both Edgar and Maynard suffered training injuries with the champion having injured ribs and back and the challenger dealing with a knee injury. Edgar and Maynard were set to do battle to close out the chapter on their last fight, which ended in a draw after a five round battle. As of now, the light heavyweight bout between Quinton Rampage Jackson and Matt Hamill has been bumped up to the main event, while Roy Nelson vs. Frank Mir has been moved to the co-main event on the card. Neither Edgar or Maynard has made a statement thus far, nor has the promotion regarding when the fight could possibly happen, but it wont be until at least some point in the summer 2011 at the earliest. This may also cause a ripple effect for the upcoming lightweight bout between Anthony Pettis and Clay Guida, because with a win Pettis was set to take on the winner of Edgar vs. Maynard, but theres no telling if this delay will push back his potential title shot as well.
Maybe it's just the Rampage vs. Hamill fight being the main event that's pissing me off. It's not like they can summon in a big fight to replace Maynard vs. Edgar and they have enough decent fights to pull a card together, but goddamn if that isn't one of the most bland main events ever. Something about Hamill I just can't stand.
Still a good card but Edgar vs Maynard III had the wow factor. Not worth 50 or 60 dollars. Alves needs to be bumped to the main card. The main seems to have a number of fighters who generally come to fight and can put on special fights/finishes.
Went from being a very decent card to being pretty ****ing bland in the blink of an eye. Rampage, Hammill and Mir are all coming off a string of very poor performances (win or lose),Nelson is coming off his loss to Dos Santos and Miguel Torres just had a very underwhelming jab-fest against Banuelos at 126... just about the only fight I'm excited about is Alves v Story.
