UFC 66 - Liddell vs. Ortiz II

BtownJay · December 22nd, 2006, 11:50 AM

Scheduled televised fights...
Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz
Andrei Arlovski vs. Marcio Cruz
Forrest Griffin vs. Keith Jardine
Michael Bisping vs. Eric Schafer
Chris Leben vs. Jason MacDonald

*I'm really pumped about this card actually. And talk about an amazing impact some of the TUF fighters have made on the sport. This will make a great start to a good new years weekend!

ssigman · December 22nd, 2006, 12:33 PM

great card....i'm interested in the forrest/jardine fight...jardine beat bonnar imo and i wanna see how he does against the other half of that duo

leben will win
bisping's debut right??? wanna see how much beter he got

BtownJay · December 22nd, 2006, 12:44 PM

I don't think its just an opinion.. i think its pretty much fact that Jardine beat Bonner. I'd love for someone to watch that fight again and show me how he didn't. I think i'm looking forward to his fight with Forrest more than the main event. Could be a great one. I have Forrest by a 2-1 decision (legit, not a gift).

I'm also excited to see how Bisping looks... he was a beast on the show. Schaffer isn't a joke with his 7-1 record, so it should be a good test for him. I think he'll win.

MacDonald lost to Cote, Starnes, and Shonie, but has 5 straight wins with his last one being over Ed Herman. Could be a good one with him and Leben.

And what do we think? Liddell going to blast Ortiz out of there again? Am i crazy to think Tito has a shot in the rematch if he goes in with a better game plan?

ssigman · December 22nd, 2006, 01:00 PM

well ya never know with bm cause we seem to differ on how fights played out...the hughes/penn one being the biggest..but i think it was obvious jardine won...

bisping was clearly the best during tuf..but i don't think the competition was top level like he'll actually face in the octogan...this should be a good test like you say

mcdonald looked good against herman but i think leben is on a different level..i mean he's beaten a ton of guys and yea he lost to silva but its not like silva is a bum...i think leben wins this fight...great test for mcdonald though

ortiz has a shot...i mean all the other champs lost recently....why not liddell...i think ortiz can't tire himself out like he did against griffin...if he does, he's in deep trouble...

Big Mike · December 22nd, 2006, 01:58 PM

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well ya never know with bm cause we seem to differ on how fights played out...the hughes/penn one being the biggest..but i think it was obvious jardine won...

bisping was clearly the best during tuf..but i don't think the competition was top level like he'll actually face in the octogan...this should be a good test like you say

mcdonald looked good against herman but i think leben is on a different level..i mean he's beaten a ton of guys and yea he lost to silva but its not like silva is a bum...i think leben wins this fight...great test for mcdonald though

ortiz has a shot...i mean all the other champs lost recently....why not liddell...i think ortiz can't tire himself out like he did against griffin...if he does, he's in deep trouble...

I think the best fight on the card will be jardine/griffin. I think Mcdonald has a great shot of beating leben, not to mention Leben bugs me. Ortiz has the same chance as any other fighter against Liddell, a lucky punch. No matter what Ortiz tries to say, Liddell will destroy him if he tries to stand in front of him. His only shot of winning is doing what couture did in his first fight with liddell, take him down, and hold him down. That was th first and IMO the last time that ever happened. I look for liddell to destroy Ortiz! IMO the Jardine/griffin fight will be better because it will last longer. i look for an early KO from Liddell, and a bloody battle from forest and Jardine. I hope forest wins, but I think Jardine has an excellent shot in that match. Either way, I hope it turns out like the first griffin/bonnar

BtownJay · January 2nd, 2007, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BtownJay

Scheduled televised fights...
Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz
Andrei Arlovski vs. Marcio Cruz
Forrest Griffin vs. Keith Jardine
Michael Bisping vs. Eric Schafer
Chris Leben vs. Jason MacDonald

Tito once again gets smoked by Liddell. I was wrong on this one, thought Tito would find a way to win.

Arlovski should not have been fighting Cruz... total mismatch.

Jardine is for REAL! I am shocked he beat Forrest that way... its never been done in the UFC before. If not for the total jobbing he got in the scores of the bonnar fight, he could be next in line for a title shot.

Bisping didn't look all that great, but got the job done. He's still got some work do do.

Freakin Leben! The journey man MacDonald now has back to back wins over leben and Herman.

ssigman · January 2nd, 2007, 10:58 AM

shocked by the mcdonald win but thats 2 nice wins in a row...i see the ufc throwing him into a real big fight next..not a title fight but against a top opponent...and he deserves it

didn't see this fight but jardine is pretty nasty...again, he could be 1 fight away from a title shot but that next fight will be against a top guy

saw the ortiz/liddell fight....boring as hell...ortiz never threatened..even when he got him down, liddell made it look easy to get back up....

ufc 67....st. pierre/serra....silva/lutter...plus the debuts of the new guys they acquired....not the greatest of cards

winner of the silva/lutter fight should take on mike swick in an upcoming ppv...and the winner of st. pierre/serra will probably face hughes since dana white is all up hughe's ass

Dmon3k · January 2nd, 2007, 02:26 PM

I never thought that I would see Forrest lose that way. It always seemed the more you punched him, the more it woke him up, but Jardine just rocked him. It was ridiculous the amount of shots he got in befoer the ref stopped it. And its also clear from the Otriz Lidell fight, the Lidell is clearly in a class of his own. He had Tito scared to shoot in the entire match, and the few times Tito got him down, he was back on his feet quickly. I'm wondering who they can line up next, maybe Quinton Jackson after he gets a couple of UFC fights, otherwise he's just gonna run the division for a while. And speaking of title shots when do you thing Diego Sanchez gonna get one?

ssigman · January 2nd, 2007, 02:32 PM

if jackson wins, it won't be long before he gets one...especially since he beat liddell in pride...i'm sure they'll play that angle up big time

jay will talk to you about sanchez...i can't stand him

BtownJay · January 2nd, 2007, 02:51 PM

Yeah I think we'll see Rampage getting a title shot every soon. They are going to want to play that up and get the fight in before Rampage has a chance to lose. Whats bigger than Liddell fighting a guy who beat him before?

The 205 division is LOADED right now. There are so many options, and i think you may see a Rashad Evans vs. Keith Jardine fight soon with the winner of that getting a shot at the champ (most likely Liddell). Because Sobral and Tito won't get a shot before either of them since Liddell crushed them.

I can't wait for Diego to get a title shot, however i don'

January 2nd, 2007, 02:26 PM	#8
Dmon3k Class 1 Wanderer Join Date: 08-28-2004 Location: The ROC Posts: 103 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0	I never thought that I would see Forrest lose that way. It always seemed the more you punched him, the more it woke him up, but Jardine just rocked him. It was ridiculous the amount of shots he got in befoer the ref stopped it. And its also clear from the Otriz Lidell fight, the Lidell is clearly in a class of his own. He had Tito scared to shoot in the entire match, and the few times Tito got him down, he was back on his feet quickly. I'm wondering who they can line up next, maybe Quinton Jackson after he gets a couple of UFC fights, otherwise he's just gonna run the division for a while. And speaking of title shots when do you thing Diego Sanchez gonna get one?