UFC 173 Barao vs Dillashaw May 24th

[Luke]

Middleweight	Chris Weidman (c)	vs.	Lyoto Machida
Bantamweight	Chris Holdsworth	vs.	Kyung-Ho Kang
Featherweight	Sam Sicilia	vs.	Doo Ho Choi
Lightweight	Jamie Varner	vs.	James Krause

Bantamweight bout: Takeya Mizugaki vs. T.J. Dillashaw

[Mr. IWS]

Will there be a line on if Vitor gets a TRT exemption?

[Luke]

There's suppose to be a big announcement by the UFC at 1:15am (30 minutes from now). Rumor is Vitor is bailing our of his fight with Weidman and Machida is going to step in

[Luke]

Vitor is out.

Machida vs Weidman is set

[Mr. IWS]

LMFAO, Vitor should be fuckin ashamed.

Good call yesterday on that Luke, You said that shit immediatly.

[MMA_scientist]

What a joke. I want to root for Vitor because he is from the old days, but first he has that mohawk, and then the TRT, and now he is punking out of his fight if he isn't allowed to use peds. For shame.

[trotterz]

that pisses me off. The second the TRT banned was announced, I placed a bet of $400 on weidman at-240, knowing the fact that Belfort's body wouldn,t have enought time to adapt correctly to the fact it's not getting TRT enymore ...
and also knowing the fact that the line would move drasticaly. in a couple hours the line was up to 280 and was getting higher and higher...
than 1 hour later, the fight is off.

[Luke]

Weidman opens at -150 over Machida

[MMA_scientist]

Machida is a tougher fight IMO. I don't know what to think about that fight. Not sure Weidman can take him down, and I think Weidman's striking is being oversold due to the Silva fights. But then, Machida loves to give away fights by not throwing enough strikes or refusing to engage. I definitely think Machida has a shot here though.

[Mr. IWS]

I like Machida as well here.

[Svino]

There's suppose to be a big announcement by the UFC at 1:15am (30 minutes from now). Rumor is Vitor is bailing our of his fight with Weidman and Machida is going to step in

Good call, Vitor. Weidman would have kicked your ass. I approve.

[edman5555]

I am also on machida. Footwork plus better striking and solid takedown defense.

[Luke]

Disagree . Think Weidman will win this easily. Shogun, Rampage, Hendo, and Davis all took Machida down, so there's no doubt in my mind Weidman can

[Luke]

Rumor is Vitor failed his random drug test last month with 14-to-1 levels. The UFC pulled Vitor from the fight so he would no longer need a license and the test results would stay sealed and keep him from being suspended. Vitor denies voluntarily pulling out of the fight so this could be true. Also, Dana was so pissed he wanted to fire Belfort but Lorenzo overruled him.

[Svino]

I had wondered if something like that was what happened, when I heard about a sealed drug test.