UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2 - August 31st

[canucksfreak19]

This main event is the rematch that I have been waiting almost three years for. There is no other fight this year that I am more jacked to see than Bendo/Showtime 2. The rest of this PPV card, save for Rothwell/Vera is pretty loaded too. I can hardly wait :dance: :beer:.


Main Bouts (on Pay-Per-View):
Benson Henderson (19-2; #1 Lightweight) vs. Anthony Pettis (16-2; #3 Lightweight)
Frank Mir (16-7; #7 Heavyweight) vs. Josh Barnett (32-6; #9 Heavyweight)
Chad Mendes (14-1; #2 Featherweight) vs. Clay Guida (30-13; #7 Featherweight)
Ben Rothwell (32-9) vs. Brandon Vera (12-6-1)
Erik Koch (13-2) vs. Dustin Poirier (13-3)

Preliminary Bouts (on Fox Sports 1):
Jamie Varner (21-7-1) vs. Gleison Tibau (27-9)
Louis Gaudinot (6-2) vs. Tim Elliott (9-3-1)
Pascal Krauss (11-1) vs. Hyun Gyu Lim (11-3-1)
Chico Camus (12-4) vs. Kyung Ho Kang (11-6)

Preliminary Bouts (on Facebook):
Soa Palelei (18-3) vs. Nikita Krylov (15-2)
Ryan Couture (6-2) vs. Al Iaquinta (5-2-1)
Jared Hamman (13-5) vs. Magnus Cedenblad (10-4)

 

[Nick2317]

yea the main event should be a candidate for fight of the year if they both fight to their potential

 

[canucksfreak19]

Everybody made weight:

Benson Henderson (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (154.5)
Frank Mir (248) vs. Josh Barnett (255)
Chad Mendes (145) vs. Clay Guida (146)
Brandon Vera (241) vs. Ben Rothwell (262)
Dustin Poirier (145.5) vs. Erik Koch (145)
Jamie Varner (156) vs. Gleison Tibau (155)
Louis Gaudinot (125) vs. Tim Elliott (125.5)
Pascal Krauss (170) vs. Hyun Gyu Lim (171)
Chico Camus (135) vs. Kyung Ho Kang (136)
Sao Palelei (265) vs. Nikita Krylov (236)
Ryan Couture (156) vs. Al Iaquinta (156)
Jared Hamman (185.5) vs. Magnus Cedenblad (185)

 

[canucksfreak19]

Great start to the televised prelims, awesome stuff.

 

[canucksfreak19]

Great night of fights; capped off by Showtime kicking down the door and taking the Lightweight title. So happy right now.

 

[Matches]

It was definitely entertaining tonight. Wish I was able to see more of the prelims.

 

[hockeyguy2006]

Nice to see The Warmaster back in UFC.

 

[canucksfreak19]

$50K Of The Night Bonuses: Knockout - Chad Mendes, Submission - Anthony Pettis, Fight - Hyun Gyu Lim/Pascal Krauss

 

[Nick2317]

Dana White said for now he doesn't see a Benson-Pettis 3 matchup

 

[canucksfreak19]

Pettis/Grant is the fight. I am very happy with this.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/3...ony-pettis-vs-tj-grant-not-jose-aldo-mma-news

 

[BravesFan4Life]

Ugh cant stand pettis and dana is full of it. The first fight was razor close. If anything bendo got too comfy in his guard. I hope grant kos pettis.

 

[canucksfreak19]

Ugh cant stand pettis and dana is full of it. The first fight was razor close. If anything bendo got too comfy in his guard. I hope grant kos pettis.

I agree that Dana is generally full of it. Don't know what your comment is in reference to in this regard though.

The submission was actually really high level stuff from Pettis. Benson made the technical correct adjustment but Pettis was able to counter Benson's counter.

I find it funny that Henderson came out rocking his recently attained BJJ Black Belt. And was then swiftly submitted by a BLUE BELT. That's right Anthony Pettis' coach said that following that display on Saturday he would soon be presenting him with his purple belt.

You never know what will happen in a fight, he could well lose to TJ Grant, but Pettis has to be considered one of the Top-3 strikers in MMA, and his natural charisma, mixed in with his great story make for a fighter that may make the 155lbs. division a very marketable one for the first time since BJ Penn was champ.