UFC 61 Bitter Rivals Tonight on PPV

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UFC 61 Bitter Rivals Preview
by Matt Friezo , Team IronLife.com Staff Writer

It's that time again and we have 2 big rematches...And bedside’s those to big fights we also have a pretty stacked card. Alot of people and Fans of the sport have been waiting to see how this UFC will play out.. Sylvia and Arlovski are both One and One for their fights. This is to show who the real deal is.. This is a Big fight. and Also Ortiz Vs Shamrock No matter what it going to be a war Because as we all Know.. These Two do not like one another.. So Get ready To read the Preview For UFC 62 Bitter Rivals and enjoy. From Me to all of you =)

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[heavyweightchamp]

Tito will be too much for the aging Shamrock, who by the way Shamrock NEVER won anything in that sport, no belts or titles. Even when he was a pioneer and the only athlete in the sport when Royce dominated he couldnt win the big one.

Arlovski. Unless he gets caught fighting long from the outside.

 

[MikeMartial]

I swear, someone out there doesn't want me to watch any UFC PPV....once again, I'm working a nightshift tonight. That's 4 PPV's in a row. Ah well.

This one seems to have a decent card; the headliners, of course, but I'd also like to see Mir fight, and I'm sure Monson will destroy his opponent. I'd expect him to be a contender in the near future.

Fickett is always good to watch, and the Josh vs Josh fight will be a good one, too.

 

[Ruca]

I swear, someone out there doesn't want me to watch any UFC PPV....once again, I'm working a nightshift tonight. That's 4 PPV's in a row. Ah well.

This one seems to have a decent card; the headliners, of course, but I'd also like to see Mir fight, and I'm sure Monson will destroy his opponent. I'd expect him to be a contender in the near future.

Fickett is always good to watch, and the Josh vs Josh fight will be a good one, too.

sounds like you need to get your priorities straight mike.....quit your job!

i'm looking forward to the monson fight. i do think monson will win but perosh sure could be a sleeper!

 

[rdiddy88]

ortiz vs. shamrock is gonna be great maybe this beating will be enough to finally shut up (grandpa shamrock)

arlovski vs.sylvia unless sylvia gets in another lucky punch its gonna be arlovski all the way

and mike i feel ur pain brother maybe some k will make u feel better

 

[Anthony Starks]

ortiz vs. shamrock is gonna be great maybe this beating will be enough to finally shut up (grandpa shamrock)

Done and done.

 

[young_gunz]

holy shit silva vs liddel??!!!!!!!!!! fucking awsome!!!!!!!! silva gonna fuck chuck up bad!!!!!!!! hell yea this kinda makes up for the ken, tito fight

Iron Man what do you think???

 

[young_gunz]

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the last fight could ve went either way!!
what do you guys think??? I dont get it, tim didnt win the 1st round in my opnion
nor the 2nd or 3rd

 

[booby]

wanderlai will destroy chuck! ill bet dollers to donuts on it!

 

[Yarg!]

sounds like you need to get your priorities straight mike.....quit your job!

i'm looking forward to the monson fight. i do think monson will win but perosh sure could be a sleeper!

haha mike actually has one of the best jobs on this site: firefighter. so i dont think anyone wants him to quit, lol.

 

[tgriff]

I couldnt fuckin believe they stopped the Tito, Shamrock fight..I was pissed...

 

[johon]

I couldnt fuckin believe they stopped the Tito, Shamrock fight..I was pissed...

Who won the fights?

 

[tgriff]

tito and silvia

 

[tgriff]

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the last fight could ve went either way!!
what do you guys think??? I dont get it, tim didnt win the 1st round in my opnion
nor the 2nd or 3rd

Yeah I definantly didnt think it would have been a unanimous decision...

 

[Ruca]

haha mike actually has one of the best jobs on this site: firefighter. so i dont think anyone wants him to quit, lol.

after last nights shitty ufc that would have been a terrible mistake!

 

[ass_face]

Herb Dean Blows!! McCarthy should have had both big mathces. Ken took 3 elbows and he stopped the fight! What the Fuck? Ken is a 15 year veteran, sure he was on his way to an asswhooping, but I think Ken deserves more respect... its not like he was a newcomer.

Arlovski vs Silvia was 3-2 Arlovski, but the judges saw something else. The bottom line is that Arlovski stopped chopping the leg after the first round. He was tearing Silvia's leg up and he completely abandoned it. I have no idea why. He should have chopped the leg for 3 rounds and then start shooting for takedowns in round 4-5. His gameplan sucked.

 

[young_gunz]

agreed^^^^, but damn the fight could ve went ethier way!!! and at most a spit decision!!!

 

[ass_face]

agreed^^^^, but damn the fight could ve went ethier way!!! and at most a spit decision!!!

I guess the prevailing attitude is that you have to soundly beat the champ to take the belt. It was a close fight and Silvia gets a free point just for having the belt.

 

[booby]

I guess the prevailing attitude is that you have to soundly beat the champ to take the belt. It was a close fight and Silvia gets a free point just for having the belt.

this is true...if a fight is even close to being a tie they always give it to the current champ...the challenger has to really take the fight to the champ to get a decision...and arlovski did not do that.

 

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UFC 61 - Bitter Rivals Results
7/8/2006 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA



UFC Heavyweight Championship Title
- Tim Sylvia defeated Andrei Arlovski by unanimous decision, to retain the title.

- Josh Burkman defeated Josh Neer by unanimous decision.
- Tito Ortiz defeated Ken Shamrock by TKO (strikes) at 1:18 in round 1.
- Frank Mir defeated Dan Christison by unanimous decision.
- Joe Stevenson defeated Yves Edwards by TKO (cuts) in round 2.
- Hermes Franca defeated Joe Jordan by submission (triangle choke) at 0:47 in round 3.
- Jeff Monson defeated Anthony Perosh by TKO (strikes) at 2:42 in round 1.
- Cheick Kongo defeated Gilbert Aldana by TKO (cut) at 4:13 in round 1.
- Drew Fickett defeated Kurt Pellegrino by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:20 in round 3.

 

[1392477]

Herb Dean Blows!! McCarthy should have had both big mathces. Ken took 3 elbows and he stopped the fight! What the Fuck? Ken is a 15 year veteran, sure he was on his way to an asswhooping, but I think Ken deserves more respect... its not like he was a newcomer.

Arlovski vs Silvia was 3-2 Arlovski, but the judges saw something else. The bottom line is that Arlovski stopped chopping the leg after the first round. He was tearing Silvia's leg up and he completely abandoned it. I have no idea why. He should have chopped the leg for 3 rounds and then start shooting for takedowns in round 4-5. His gameplan sucked.

Excellent assessment of the fights ass_face.

Tito executed his game plan perfectly and then got lucky by the ref stopping the fight way to early. Ken came out aggressive but after the slam just kinda laid there and didn't work for a sweep to escape.

Arlovski never should have stopped attacking the lead leg of Sylvia. He was always the aggressor in the fight and Sylvia was content to counterpunch the whole fight. I never thought this would go the distance. I don't agree with the scoring either but Sylvia didn't do enough to earn the victory IMO. He looked lean as hell and came in lighter than I have ever seen him fight. He proved to everyone that his chin is not suspect but he didn't execute and intelligent gameplan and lost a slim desicion.

Burkman looked good, Monson should give Sylvia a run for his money, and Mir looked like a shadow of his former self.