UFC 149 - July 21st @ 10PM ET

[bentenn]

I drove an hour to auburn to watch this garbage!

[Spartacavolus]

I bought it. Pathetic. Just a kickboxing and boxing event tonight.

[TOP]

And this is why I was surprised that the opening prelim bantamweight fight was good...

So these two guys are runner up to the champion and the champion has won his last 4 fights by decision.

I thought UFC should get rid of bantamweight but instead, they add flyweight....





Wonder if the PPV buys were so bad that Dana White said "Don't bother doing anything that will get yourself injured. Nobody paid to watch anyways".

[TOP]

Originally Posted by bentenn

I drove an hour to auburn to watch this garbage!

Originally Posted by Spartacavolus

I bought it. Pathetic. Just a kickboxing and boxing event tonight.

Terrible. The only people who got boned worse were the people who bought tickets and attended. I feel like I got screwed and I watched for free. I don't know how I would feel in your guys position. I'm just utterly disappointed.

I had the lowest of expectations and this still managed to be even worse. I'm so glad I watched the prelims, those were awesome.

[TOP]

Dana White ‘Embarrassed' by UFC 149 Main Card, Praises Undercard Fighters

White remembers an eerily similar night from more than a decade ago when the UFC was hoping to re-launch to the masses with one of the biggest cards ever that quickly turned into one of the biggest disasters ever.

UFC 33 was touted to be one of the biggest cards ever for the promotion, but after injuries scrapped their main event, and every fight on the main card went to decision, forcing the show to go over the pay-per-view time limit, it was anything but a success.

Fast forward to UFC 149 on Saturday night and White was feeling the same exact way he did that night in September 2001.

“I felt like I was at UFC 33 again,” White said at the post-fight press conference.

The night in Calgary definitely did not go as planned, but White couldn't be mad at the undercard fighters who performed on both FX and Facebook. Fighters like Ryan Jimmo burst on the scene with his ultra impressive seven-second knockout, as well as Bryan Caraway putting on a “Fight of the Night” performance against Mitch Gagnon.

“Before I get too negative, I think that the undercard was awesome, these guys blew it out of the water,” said White.

The rest of the card, however, failed to impress and White wasn't ashamed to admit it. Records were broken in Calgary Saturday night, but White is not a proud man for how his fighters delivered or didn't deliver as the case may be.

“I like breaking records, we broke the gate record here tonight and I’m embarrassed by it. I was excited when I heard, and now I'm embarrassed. The undercard delivered; they were awesome. The main card did not,” White stated.

[vol_in_ar]

Farber stunk it up..
Was the worst fight I've ever seen of his

[OtterFH]

Glad I didn't get it.

[TOP]

Normally I post a link of a replay for the PPV but since it was awful and the prelims on FX were awesome... I'll post a link for that. And trust me, it's worth watching because the outcomes are better than many PPV's. No big names but the fights were great. I think it was 4 of 5 fights that were decided by the fighters.

UFC 149 Prelims on FX

[shelbyvillevol]

Pretty bad night of fights. The prelims were really good, however. Matt Riddle's standing arm triangle was outstanding, but everything after that was God awful. I hate Urijah broke his rib in the 1st. I do think that stopped him from being more aggressive. There were a couple times he would charge and land something, but didn't continue to push forward.