UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva II

[ebfitness]

December 28, 2013 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada

MAIN CARD

Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET

Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva
for UFC middleweight title

Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate
for women's bantamweight title

Josh Barnett vs. Travis Browne
Fabricio Camoes vs. Jim Miller
Diego Brandao vs. Dustin Poirier

PRELIMINARY CARD

FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET

Uriah Hall vs. Chris Leben
Michael Johnson vs. Gleison Tibau
Manny Gamburyan vs. Dennis Siver
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. John Howard

PRELIMINARY CARD

MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET

William Macario vs. Bobby Voelker
Estevan Payan vs. Robert Peralta

[swingslammer]

I have never actually watched a Rousey fight.......I don't like to see arms getting snapped.


Didn't these guys fight last week?

[Pitbull9]

I AM VERY READY FOR THIS! I went to school for a couple years with Chris and he is as nice as they come and a fucking beast.

I hope Tate beats the shit out of Ronda but Rondas arm bar is insane.

[ebfitness]

Some mean-hearted, primal part of me wants to see Ronda viciously break Miesha's arm off in the first round. Either way, though, great card!

[Curt James]

2:10 Joe Rogan checking out Rousey's rear? Can you blame him? :-)



Joe Rogan gets uncomfortable at UFC 168 weigh in (GIF)

By Josh Sanchez
December 28, 2013

UFC commentator Joe Rogan is never one who is able to control his emotions, which leads to some incredible reactions cage side that fans will always catch on to. Of course, Rogan also helps introduce the fighters during the pre-fight weigh-ins on the day before.

On Friday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Rogan’s reactions once again stole the show when UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey took the scale.

As Rousey was stripping down to head on to the scale, Rogan was caught not knowing where to look.



If Rogan would have been caught staring at Rousey, the GIFs and comments would have been flying all over social media, but his attempt to not get caught was equally as entertaining and GIF worthy.

To see just how uncomfortable Rogan was, check out his reaction below:



To be fair, we should also point out the guest octagon girl taking a peek. She probably thought she could get away with it since everyone would be checking out Rogan’s reaction.

From http://fansided.com/2013/12/28/joe-r...168-weigh-gif/

[Curt James]

Rogan had a reaction, but I wouldn't call it uncomfortable.

He's enjoying himself. He looks away... but then looks back. And mugs at someone off camera. lol Uncomfortable? No.

[stealth1245]

Didn't look uncomfortable.. just made it light hearted.. 7/10 people would do the same..

[Curt James]

I pity the three. lol

[Curt James]

Otoh, Rogan is 46 and Rousey is 26 making ol' Joe old enough to be Papa Joe. Hmm. He should be uncomfortable after all! :-D

What's dumb is that they come out in boots and jeans or the dress. At least the dress slid off, but those jeans? What, Rousey has no sense of balance at all? She could tear my arm off, sure, but I can take my pants off without leaning against a handler or the wall. Wtf?

[Hit-Girl]

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["Rodz"]

Wishing The Spider a speedy recovery.

[Curt James]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fwmi1mLjZW...Jg/s1600/6.gif

Yuck. Wish I hadn't clicked on that. lol

Should have known.

[Hit-Girl]

Ya, that was crazy.

[Curt James]

Wishing The Spider a speedy recovery.

UFC 168 results: Anderson Silva's broken leg will likely force 'The Spider' to retire

By Jesse Holland
December 29, 2013, 12:50 a.m.


Jul 6, 2013; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Anderson Silva during his Middleweight Chamionship Bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Chris Weidman defeated Anderson in a TKO in the second round. Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports

We may have seen the last of former 185-pound champion Anderson Silva, thanks to a gruesome leg injury suffered in the main event of his UFC 168 title fight against Chris Weidman last night in Las Vegas.

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Anderson Silva won't be boxing Roy Jones Jr., re-matching Vitor Belfort or participating in a trilogy against Chris Weidman.

In fact, he won't even be walking for the foreseeable future.



That's because "The Spider" snapped his leg in half when the "All American" checked an incoming leg kick (see the pic above), which took place in the second round of their 185-pound title fight at last night's UFC 168 pay-per-view (PPV) inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.



Silva went full Corey Hill (pic immediately above).

The difference here, is that Silva will soon be 39 years old and has been competing in mixed martial arts (MMA) for over 15 years. The wear and tear on his body up until this point -- coupled with a knockout loss to Weidman last July -- will likely spell the end of his combat sports career.

Probably for the best.

Prior to breaking his leg in the second stanza, Silva (33-6) was getting dominated in the opening frame (see our results and live play-by-play here). Weidman was able to hurt him in the clinch and very nearly finished him off with ground-and-pound when the fight hit the floor. Herb Dean, as expected, was in no hurry to wave him off.

After everything he's accomplished in the sport, you don't wave off Anderson Silva unless he's out cold.

In victory, Weidman moves on to fight the aforementioned Belfort in 2014. "The Phenom" has been able to re-establish himself as division number one contender, but is one of "The Spider's" many victims across an incredible 16-fight winning streak that started with Chris Leben's destruction back in 2006.

At the risk of sounding cliche, he was our Michael Jordan.

That said, Jordan did lace 'em up and come back to play in his forties, which is something that Silva may choose to do if he's able to overcome one of the grisliest injuries in all of contact sports. It has been done before and will no doubt be done again, but the athlete must have the desire to climb the highest of mountains.

I'm not sure Silva still has that drive.

Nevertheless, this is likely the last we've seen of the former champ. If not forever, at least for the next year or so. And despite the way things ended in "Sin City," there's no arguing that Silva is the greatest MMA fighter of all time. Unfortunately, he was unable to go out on his terms.

Those are the breaks.

From http://www.mmamania.com/2013/12/29/5...der-retire-mma

[Curt James]

Jesse Holland deserves a punch in the head for ending his article with "Those are the breaks."

lol Messed up!