UFC 134 Rio de Janeiro Aug 27th

[Ludo]

Anyone else here notice that the UFC obviously stacked the deck heavily in favor of the Brazilians on this card?

Well this is the first trip into Brazil in almost thirteen years, and only the second time they have ever gone into Brazil for an event.

[Ludo]

I feel embarrassed to even post on a board where more then one person thinks 21u to win 1u is a good idea.

Well to be fair nobody asked you to come back.

[sideloaded]

Well to be fair nobody asked you to come back.

how about I slap your shit?

[Ludo]

how about I slap your shit?

Not without buying Me dinner first. I'm not one of your Craigs List hookers, breh.

[poopoo333]

I can't wait for tonight.....Forrest vs Shogun is gonna be awesome.

[Ludo]

I can't wait for tonight.....Forrest vs Shogun is gonna be awesome.

[sideloaded]

Not without buying Me dinner first. I'm not one of your Craigs List hookers, breh.

[SPX]

Yeah, I'm tempted to hedge out of my Shogun bet.

[Ludo]

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing that Shogun was already on weight the morning of the day before weigh ins. But I like Forrests chances if he can avoid getting nuked in the first three minutes anyway.

[SPX]

The thing about Forrest is that it only takes one good punch to begin a downward spiral toward a TKO.

We saw this in his fights with Jardine, Rashad and Silva, and I would not at all be surprised to see it happen again here. Shogun, after all, is the only man to ever knock out Machida, who's a lot faster and craftier than Forrest.

[Ludo]

Of course the KO is always possible, but I don't think it's going to come if not very early on. Once they start to loosen up I don't think Rua will have as much zing behind his punches, especially once he starts getting tired. You know as well as I do Forrest is going to make him work if he doesn't get crushed by the opening blitz.

[SPX]

I'm hoping that Shogun can just stay away from him and nullify any attempts at a grappling match.

It's also worth bearing in mind that the last thing Shogun will want to do is lose in front of a Brazilian crowd, so I expect he'll have a little more mental tenacity this time than usual.

[MMA_scientist]

Forrest is the only underdog that I actually think is going to win the fight. I like some of the odds on some of the other dogs, but I think Forrest is more than 50%. Shogun is just too small for Forrest. Forrest said he is coming to play jj with him. I think he is going to look to grapple the from the get go.

[Ludo]

I honestly don't think he thinks that way. You would think the last thing he wanted to do was lose the title but he came in unprepared and looked like shit after the first minute and a half of the fight. There is no underestimating Shoguns hubris at this point.

[MMA_scientist]

On a side note, this is as excited as I have been for an event in a while. I am even going to pay for it.