Enter the Dragon: Official UFC 175 - Weidman vs Machida Thread

[Mantle Drunk]

Man I'm fired up for this fight. Besides jones vs. Gus this the biggest fight of the year as far as I'm concerned. I'm kind of conflicted on who I want to win though weidmans the Long Island guy I was rooting for him heavy up until the silva fights and I'm still a little salty about it so I don't know if I'll be able to root for him tonight. Machida around the Evans/shogun fights I hated but I've now come to appreciate. But either way I'm excited to see this test for weidman and how he deals with the dragon.

 

[Roid Jones]

I'm pulling for Lyoto but i'm not sure brehs

 

[FromBillionsCameOne]

this shyt starts at 7 pm right? edit; nah i'm buggin it's in vegas 10pm

 

[The ADD]

 

[Don Mack]

Rooting for Machida but my gut says Weidman. Gotta give credit to Weidman for going for finishes unlike most boring grapplers.

 

[The G.O.D II]

My picks

Prelims

Casey-Dec
Vasconeles-Dec
Roop TKO RD2
Camozzi-Dec
Ilcantara-Dec
Faber- Sub RD1 ( at this placement)

Main Card

Brimmage vs Doane

Worthless fight. Don't know shyt about Doane. I know Brimmage got schooled by McGergor last year. I will go with Doane by Dec

Hall vs Santos

Hall is Phillipe Nover re-incarnated. A beast on TUF but a flop otherwise. This is the second can hes fighting after Leben. He may very well lose this depending on what mindset he comes in with. But I will pick him by UD.

Struve vs Mitrione

Nice to see struve back from those heart issues. He has a favorable matchup with matt. Struve has always had a suspect chin which might only be weaker since Hunt cracked it in half. He also uses his size poorly. But if he should be able to get Mitrione on the ground for the easy sub in RD 2

Ronda vs Davis

I saw the weigh ins and Ronda was so much bigger then this girl it was crazy. Davis is average at best. She's very slow and nonathletic. She lost her last fight imo to Eye. Probably Ronda's easiest opponent yet. Sub RD 1

Weidman vs Machida

Interesting fight. Could be solid or absolutely terrible and it all depends on Machida. If he comes out slow and non engaging like the Rampage/Davis fight it will suck. And I have a feeling he will do that. I expect Weidman to be more aggressive with his striking/TD attempts in route to an uneventful decision

 

[Roman Brady]

Man I'm fired up for this fight. Besides jones vs. Gus this the biggest fight of the year as far as I'm concerned. I'm kind of conflicted on who I want to win though weidmans the Long Island guy I was rooting for him heavy up until the silva fights and I'm still a little salty about it so I don't know if I'll be able to root for him tonight. Machida around the Evans/shogun fights I hated but I've now come to appreciate. But either way I'm excited to see this test for weidman and how he deals with the dragon.

Never liked machida the only time I ever really rooted for him was against tito/randy..As a MMAt tho I marveled at his technique how couldnt you? the way he systematically dismantled silva/evans considering the streaks they were on was just he was that dude until the 2nd shogun fight. Since then hes been this gunshy timid fighter.The move to mw was needed careerwise but I am not sold i hope he exposes weidman for the fluke artist he is but i am not sold. I think while he appears more mobile hes lost that core strength, his punches dont have the same ferocity and I think its only natural his TDD will be worse too

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

Weidman got booed pretty bad at the weigh ins. To me it shows Silva had a lot of closet fans. Cats didn't wanna appreciate until he finally lost in the UFC it seems.

the american fighter getting booed on 4th of july weekend surprised me. i didn't expect that at all.

i have weidman winning. i wouldnt be surprised if he submits him.

 

[FaTaL]

lol at dana putting a extremely smaller fighter against rhonda, he dont want no cyborg

 

[joeychizzle]

Gotta get up at 7am to watch the prelims... fukk.. good sleep or best main event in ages
wait wtf Faber is on prelims????

 

[The Infamous]

Gotta get up at 7am to watch the prelims... fukk.. good sleep or best main event in ages
wait wtf Faber is on prelims????

What time does the main card start for you?

 

[Strapped]

Chris Weidman seems like a natural light heavy weight

 

[semtex]

weidman is a large 185, he'll be close to 205-210 at fight time

which is the "small LHW" territory that Machida resides in.

 

[semtex]

Weidman got booed pretty bad at the weigh ins. To me it shows Silva had a lot of closet fans. Cats didn't wanna appreciate until he finally lost in the UFC it seems.

you described my friend perfectly. He's one of those tapout wearin white boys.

 

[semtex]

Y'all can call me whatever you want but I think someone who's not even a contender would beat Weidman, and that someone is Yoel Romero