Thiago Alves and Miguel Torres , on the pre lims @UFC 130 ??!!

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  1. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    Here is the full card

    Astonishing really !! ?? :fire:nono

    MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
    • Champ Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard (for lightweight title)
    • Matt Hamill vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
    • Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson
    • Travis Browne vs. Stefan Struve
    • Jorge Santiago vs. Brian Stann
    PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
    • Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story
    • Brad Pickett vs. Miguel Torres
     
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  2. gyll

    gyll Undetectable Full Member

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    It's good for the fans since they won't have to pay to watch those two guys fight. I don't see how it could hurt Alves and Torres since they are getting paid and will be on national tv. Perhaps the preliminary shows haven't been getting good tv ratings as of late. It makes sense to throw a few borderline stars into the lineup to boost the audience's interest level.
     
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  3. Primate

    Primate Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Torres was very uninspiring in his last bout. He had Banuelos very obviously outmatched, but was content to sit back and use the jab to win, extremely frustrating fight from someone who should be one of the most exciting fighters in the division.

    Kinda surprised Alves isn't on the main card. Granted, he looked **** against Fitch, but he looked ****ing amazing against Howard.
     
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  4. Ai-edy2007

    Ai-edy2007 STOCKTON 209 MOTHER****ER Full Member

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    Yea man totally torres is boring and needs to be cut! yea alves is in my opinion is good but is not really doing anything amazing atm compared to gsp, and diaz who are in my opinion the most entertaining and skilled fighters in the welterweight division and hopefully jake shields wins in ufc 129!!!!
     
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  5. Matt Ldn

    Matt Ldn Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :deal:deal
    also Alves looks the part and has a good highlight reel there probably hoping thatll boost the figures
     
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  6. zarman

    zarman Guest

    * Travis Browne vs. Stefan Struve
    * Jorge Santiago vs. Brian Stann

    Instead of............

    * Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story
    * Brad Pickett vs. Miguel Torres

    Why?
     
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  7. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    The card is looking intriguing frmo top to bottom.
     
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  8. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    My thoughts exactly !! ............
     
    thewinfella, Apr 13, 2011
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  9. greathamza

    greathamza Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    torres i can understand but not alves who is top in the WW division
     
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  10. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    Thiago alves did not look like **** against Fitch !!! :nono:fire

    He was outgrappled in that fight , and judging by the fighters body language's at the end of the fight , had it been a 5 round fight i think Fitch would of been caught with something along the way in the stand up exchanges , Alves looked energetic , Fitch seemed happy to hear the final bell .

    Alves is a top 3 WW in the world and a P4P entry , this is embarassing for him not be on the PPV card , even though his opponent is B level

    As for Torres , this is a man who 15 months ago people thought was the #1 P4P fighter in the world , or ............... one of the top P4P fighters in the world , he is now fighting a more strategic fighting utilising his skills to make sure he gets the W , this is after years of entertaining fights in the lower divisions where Torres has flew caution to the wind for a long long time . And he's fighting Pickett a man who likes a good scrap too !!

    His last fight was a technical masterclass , and how Stefan Struve , Santiago or Stann can be shown before him is way beyond me :deal
     
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  11. Ubersteve

    Ubersteve The Main Event Mafia Full Member

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    It's good exposure to get better fights on free TV.
     
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  12. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    Brown/Struve/Santiago and Stann...Go to the prelims. Bring Alves and Torres to the Main Card. WTF!
     
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  13. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    X 2

    :good
     
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  14. Primate

    Primate Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm a massive Alves fan, but he looked ****ing terrible in the Fitch fight. He cut waaayy too much weight and he looked drained and ****. He looked slow and sloppy and crap. He started coming back in the third round, I dare say only because he knew he was losing and he dug as deep as he could. He had nothing in that fight, he looked worn out just from his entrance (during which, there wasn't a drop of sweat on his body, I might add)
     
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  15. DyserthSpartan

    DyserthSpartan Member Full Member

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    torres aint boring! and Brad Pickett is probably going to be one of the most entertaining ufc fighters. this has fight of the night and submission of the night written all over it
     
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