UFC 93 Franklin vs Henderson

[Blarg]

This Saturday the 17th. Should be live at noon pacific for those who want to stream it. I think it will be replayed at normal times for PPV later on.
Main Card

* Light Heavyweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson
* Light Heavyweight bout: Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio Rua
* Middleweight bout: Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang
* Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle
* Middleweight bout: Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares

Preliminary Card

* Welterweight bout: Martin Kampmann vs. Alexandre Barros
* Light Heavyweight bout: Eric Schafer vs. Antonio Mendes
* Light Heavyweight bout: Tomasz Drwal vs. Ivan Serati
* Welterweight bout: Thomas Egan vs John Hathaway
* Lightweight bout: Nate Mohr vs. Dennis Siver

I was originally going to pick Franklin thinking it would probably be a stand up only fight but Dan has been talking about beating him up on the ground too so that should give him the advantage.

Shogun v Coleman isn't the best match up but I'm excited to see if Shogun is back to form. Assuming he looks impressive it will be nice to see who he gets matched up with next to really test his skills.

Davis v Lytle should be awesome and I hope Palhares pulls off some ridiculous submission on Horn.

[Chips]

* Light Heavyweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson
* Light Heavyweight bout: Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio Rua
* Middleweight bout: Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang
* Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle
* Middleweight bout: Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares

[tyven]

really excited to see shogun

[Xno Kappa]

Pretty good fight between Davis and Lytle. Was more like a kickboxing match then it was mma.

[Xno Kappa]

Palhares is a beast! If he can get his stamina up he's going to be destroying opponents in the future.

[Chips]

Do you have a link to a live stream?

[Xno Kappa]

Nah, watching it on AFN, Armed Forces Network.

[Blarg]

Do you have a link to a live stream?

google justin tv and then search for ufc 93

[archibaldcrane]

Good stream up right now at http://www.mma-tv.net/

[Blarg]

Shogun looked pretty shitty. He never had the best boxing but it looked especially sloppy.

[Xno Kappa]

Shogun and Coleman both looked pathetic. Franklin/Henderson ending was sad, I personally think it skewed the outcome, a lot of accidentals in that fight too. Headbutt, eye-jab, etc. Disappointing night to say the least. UFC94 card is made of so much win though so I'm not going to complain lol.

[archibaldcrane]

Wow.

Spoiler: show

One judge has Franklin 30-27, the other two have Henderson 29-28? I don't think I've ever seen that before.

[Xno Kappa]

My sentiments exactly.

[Blarg]

Overall it wasn't the best UFC event but that isn't a huge loss because in just 2 weeks we get to see GSP vs Penn.

[archibaldcrane]

Hopefully next weekend's Affliction will be much better. Desperately trying to find a friend to go with me, I wanna see Fedor in person.

[noblemountain]

the judge that had franklin 30-27 needs to be talked to. that was just a bit much imo. makes it seem like he was bought out

[ferigor]

The best part about that set of UFC fights was the guy with the REALLY SHITTY Johnny Cash tatoo. I think it was Belcher? I'm going to try to find a picture of it. The fights were kind of pathetic. The Coleman/Rua fight was just sad. Coleman was gassed in the first 30 seconds, yet he was able to make it almost 3 rounds. "Shogun" was by far the more pathetic of the two.
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