UFC, etc.

[nash]

dang some of you guys are way too serious. chuck aint fighting, he's on a break. let the guy have some f'n fun man. If he were still under contract to fight, i could see the argument at "wtf is he doing?". but it aint that way.

 

[Devil_666]

Here we go again:

Ishida Camp Accuses Melendez of ‘Greasing’

A representative for Mitsuhiro Ishida made a verbal protest Saturday against Gilbert Melendez, claiming the Strikeforce interim lightweight champion was “greased” during their rematch at “Carano vs. Cyborg” at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

California State Athletic Commission Assistant Executive Officer Bill Douglas told Sherdog.com that the representative interrupted a meeting for officials held shortly after the event to make the proclamation, and was asked to leave the closed-door gathering.

Melendez, 27, blasted past Ishida during their championship bout Saturday, scoring a third-round technical knockout after the Japanese fighter failed on numerous occasions to ground the champion. Ishida absorbed ample punishment from the striker standing, and was dropped by a body knee in the third before Melendez coaxed out the stoppage on the canvas.

Douglas said his agency would not inform Melendez of the complaint unless it became official.

“In order for it to be considered official, we have to have something in writing,” said Douglas.

Douglas said Ishida’s camp has five days to file an official protest, and has not heard from the group since Saturday.

Melendez seemed surprised by the accusations when reached by Sherdog.com Monday.

“I did not grease in the fight,” said Melendez. “The athletic commission was with me the whole time. I didn’t bring any grease with me. I didn’t think there was much grappling in the fight anyway.”

Melendez, 27, lost a unanimous decision to Ishida in their first encounter at Yarennoka in December 2007, but had little issue with the southpaw wrestler on Saturday.

“It’s kind of funny, but kind of weak,” he said. I beat him good and there’s no way I greased.”

Greasing allegations dominated the headlines last February, after B.J. Penn accused Georges St. Pierre and his cornermen of misconduct between rounds during a championship bout at UFC 94 in Las Vegas. After an investigation, the Nevada State Athletic Commission did not call a disciplinary hearing for the Canadian and his team.

”Ever since the Penn-St. Pierre fight, our inspectors have been duly trained to be very attentive to what’s happening backstage and in the corner,” said Douglas.

 

[nash]

That is some ******** right there. Ishida couldnt even get a good shot on Melendez to even feel the supposed "grease". With the BJ GSP fight it was a completely different story and should not even be compared to this farce. With BJ GSP at least there is some suspicious footage that shows Nurse holding globs of vaseline and/or rubbing it on prohibited parts of GSP's body. None of this was even seen at the Melendez fight, unless i missed something.

 

[Devil_666]

You can say ********!?

 

[nash]

You can say ********!?

holy crap, that's news to me!

 

[kobayashi93]

Strikeforce disclosed salaries crack my ^^^^ up. Mousasi at only $2000, hopefully he got a big locker room check.

MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS
– Cristiane Santos $25,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus) def. Gina Carano $125,000
MAIN CARD FIGHTERS
– Gegard Mousasi $2,000 def. Renato Sobral $75,000
– Gilbert Melendez $50,000 def. Mitsuhiro Ishida $30,000
– Fabricio Werdum $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Mike Kyle $14,000
– Jay Hieron $55,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Jesse Taylor $12,000
PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS
– Scott Lighty $4,000 def. Mike Cook $2,500
– Justin Wilcox $5,000 (includes $2,500 win bonus) def. David Douglas $5,500
– James Terry $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus) def. Zak Bucia $2,000
– Alex Trevino $3,500 (includes $1,500 win bonus) def. Isaiah Hill $2,000

 

[bumblebee]

Strikeforce disclosed salaries crack my ^^^^ up. Mousasi at only $2000, hopefully he got a big locker room check.

MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS
– Cristiane Santos $25,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus) def. Gina Carano $125,000MAIN CARD FIGHTERS
– Gegard Mousasi $2,000 def. Renato Sobral $75,000
– Gilbert Melendez $50,000 def. Mitsuhiro Ishida $30,000
– Fabricio Werdum $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Mike Kyle $14,000
– Jay Hieron $55,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Jesse Taylor $12,000
PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS
– Scott Lighty $4,000 def. Mike Cook $2,500
– Justin Wilcox $5,000 (includes $2,500 win bonus) def. David Douglas $5,500
– James Terry $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus) def. Zak Bucia $2,000
– Alex Trevino $3,500 (includes $1,500 win bonus) def. Isaiah Hill $2,000

Not a bad payday seeing as she got her ass wooped.

 

[nash]

The word is out, Keith Florini is a *********. lots of lols here

https://www.fighthype.com/pages/content5485.html

I dont get why he is hating on Rogan. I thought Rogan did them a favor by trying to dress up their failed gameplan by comparing it to GSP's strategy. If it wasnt that then I would be embarrassed to say what the gameplan actually was if i was kenflo's camp.

 

[kobayashi93]

Looks like the UFC got Lil' Nog. I'm pretty happy about that.:chew

Other orgs should just get rid of their 205 division.

 

[Devil_666]

Not only is Gina overrated she's overpaid. smh.

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As far as Keith Florian, he's not fooling anyone. It's obvious Kenny's "gameplan" was to grind and wear out Penn in the hopes of him gassing. And it didn't work because unlike GSP, Kenny didn't do anything significant.

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As expected Spike TV's replay of a UFC 100 pay-per-view event outdrew the live broadcast of "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" on Showtime this past weekend.

Spike TV, a basic cable station, is available in 98 million homes. Showtime, a premium cable station, has approximately 15 million paying subscribers.

"Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" drew an average audience of 576,000 viewers. The UFC replay drew nearly four times that with two million viewers.

Strikeforce's Aug. 15 event was one of the biggest shows in the promotion's history and featured the long-awaited Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos vs. Gina Carano title fight. As with other competitors, the UFC and Spike TV ultimately decided to counter-program the broadcast.

Strikeforce's event averaged 576,000 viewers (and peaked with 856,000 for the night's main event at midnight). UFC 100 averaged two million viewers, and it's 1.8 rating (513,000 viewers) was the highest-rated program in the male-18-34 demographic during its timeslot.

Additionally, Spike TV edged Showtime in that demo with 513,000 viewers to the premium channel's 181,000.

Strikeforce still doesn't have the CBS deal. Coker is working on it.

 

[915stag51]

KenFLo got his ass handed to him, he had nothing on Penn... I thought it would have been a closer fight...

 

[Devil_666]

Looks like the UFC got Lil' Nog. I'm pretty happy about that.:chew

Other orgs should just get rid of their 205 division.

I don't think he'll do much because that division is so stacked, but very good Top 10 addition. Now watch casual fans getting all confused: "Big Nog went to LHW!!!".

 

[kobayashi93]

I don't think he will do much either, but it's great to see him in the UFC with Big Nog.

I love the 205 division. It's almost like every fighter in it is a win away from a title shot.

 

[Devil_666]

I don't think he will do much either, but it's great to see him in the UFC with Big Nog.

I love the 205 division. It's almost like every fighter in it is a win away from a title shot.

Yeah that's by far the hardest division to be in. Anyone who's LHW champ EARNED it. There's no "gimme" fights when it comes to the Top 10. ALL those guys are difficult to beat.

 

[sscalltheway]

I know Shogun really didn't "earn" a title shot completly but is next in line. But I would have liked to see Shogun fight one more time.

 

[nash]

As expected Spike TV's replay of a UFC 100 pay-per-view event outdrew the live broadcast of "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" on Showtime this past weekend.

"Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" drew an average audience of 576,000 viewers. The UFC replay drew nearly four times that with two million total viewers, Spike TV officials today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com.

Strikeforce's Aug. 15 event was one of the biggest shows in the promotion's history and featured the long-awaited Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos vs. Gina Carano title fight. As with other competitors, the UFC and Spike TV ultimately decided to counter-program the broadcast.
(source:mmajunkie.com)

 

[NASEDO]

As expected Spike TV's replay of a UFC 100 pay-per-view event outdrew the live broadcast of "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" on Showtime this past weekend.

"Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" drew an average audience of 576,000 viewers. The UFC replay drew nearly four times that with two million total viewers, Spike TV officials today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com.

Strikeforce's Aug. 15 event was one of the biggest shows in the promotion's history and featured the long-awaited Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos vs. Gina Carano title fight. As with other competitors, the UFC and Spike TV ultimately decided to counter-program the broadcast.
(source:mmajunkie.com)

What really matters is the the % of viewers, Since Showtime is a pay channel and Spike is basic cable and available in alot home. Its nice to see that many MMA fans watching the sport. I just dont understand why its always root for one and not the other. Any MMA is awesome.

 

[nash]

What really matters is the the % of viewers, Since Showtime is a pay channel and Spike is basic cable and available in alot home. Its nice to see that many MMA fans watching the sport. I just dont understand why its always root for one and not the other. Any MMA is awesome.

no one is rooting. It just shows how small Strikeforce really is compared to the UFC and just puts a foot on the throat of all the Fedor nuthuggers who think that Strikeforce has all of a sudden become a 'competitor' with the UFC.

 

[NASEDO]

no one is rooting. It just shows how small Strikeforce really is compared to the UFC and just puts a foot on the throat of all the Fedor nuthuggers who think that Strikeforce has all of a sudden become a 'competitor' with the UFC.

The UFC has over 100 shows of course their bigger. Whats really going to matter is Showtimes PPV numbers. But the Strike Force numbers are actually good for a pay channel. And they will be doing CBS on regular TV. When Kimbo fought on CBS that was huge ratings. But the UFC vs.... Fedor vs... never bothered me. I watch all MMA and have been for a long time. Its just the Spike TUF noobs that always have to stand up for the UFC and not the sport as a whole.

 

[nash]

The UFC has over 100 shows of course their bigger. Whats really going to matter is Showtimes PPV numbers. But the Strike Force numbers are actually good for a pay channel. And they will be doing CBS on regular TV. When Kimbo fought on CBS that was huge ratings. But the UFC vs.... Fedor vs... never bothered me. I watch all MMA and have been for a long time. Its just the Spike TUF noobs that always have to stand up for the UFC and not the sport as a whole.

I disagree, strikeforce's numbers are terrible for a pay channel. considering that buying showtime for a month is about 4 times cheaper than buying ONE Ufc pay-per view event.