UFC 79 NEMESIS

Subject: UFC 79 NEMESIS Wed 24 Oct 2007, 4:39 pm

Date: Dec. 29, 2007
Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View

Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre (for interim welterweight title)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Lyoto Machida vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Manny Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr
Soa Palalei vs. Eddie Sanchez
Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radev
Roan Carneiro vs. Tony DeSouza
Mark Bocek vs. Doug Evans

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Wed 24 Oct 2007, 4:43 pm

Well it is finaly here i cant wait, Even though it is 3 years two late!

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Fri 26 Oct 2007, 11:27 pm

Hughes
Wanderlei
Guillard
Lister
DeSouza
TBA Smile

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sun 23 Dec 2007, 3:33 am

My Picks
Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre (for interim welterweight title)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Lyoto Machida vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Manny Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr
Soa Palalei vs. Eddie Sanchez
Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radev
Roan Carneiro vs. Tony DeSouza
Mark Bocek vs. Doug Evans

Ha-ha Doug Evans

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Mon 24 Dec 2007, 10:32 am

your really going for clementi over guillard?

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Mon 24 Dec 2007, 5:19 pm

I wanna talk to sampson wrote:: your really going for clementi over guillard?

There is a lot of history between these two! I have read the verbal jabbing back and forth between the two on the UG. Not to mention when they trained together No Love use to get the better of him everyday from what I have read! So to answer you question yes!

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Mon 24 Dec 2007, 5:27 pm

December 24, 2007
UFC 79 Sold Out — Viewing Options for Vegas and Beyond
Posted by Performify on December 24, 2007 at 2:40 pm ET

UFC 79 BannerToday the UFC officially announced the sell-out of Saturday’s UFC 79. However, for those in Las Vegas looking for a way to watch the fights, the organization also announced it will hold a closed-circuit screening of UFC 79 inside the Mandalay Bay Ballroom. Doors will open for the showing at 6pm PT, the screening of the event begins at 7pm PT.

Tickets for the UFC 79 closed circuit screening are $50 and go on sale at 12 Noon today, Monday, Dec. 24. Tickets are available through any Mandalay Bay box office and all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations.

For those not so lucky to be in Vegas but still looking for viewing options, the latest list of sports bars showing the event across the country is listed after the jump, courtesy ufc.com.

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Wed 26 Dec 2007, 7:06 pm

Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Lyoto Machida vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Manny Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Wed 26 Dec 2007, 7:59 pm

Hughes
Guillard
Soko
Liddell
Gamburyan

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Wed 26 Dec 2007, 11:26 pm

Fighters competing on the UFC 79: “Nemesis” card — including Matt Hughes, Georges St. Pierre, Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva and more — will all tip the scales this Friday, December 28 at 7 p.m. ET for the official weigh-in.

The special event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, is free to attend and open to the general public.

It will also be available to watch LIVE online at UFC.com, Yahoo!Sports.com, FOXSports.com, NBCSports.com and other outlets.

Here are the particulars via UFC.com:

Time:
6 - 8 p.m. ET (Fighters will begin weigh ins at about 7 p.m. ET)
Location:
Mandalay Bay Events Center

Directions

Address:
13950 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

As usual, we will post the results in real-time during the event this Friday for those who miss the broadcast. In addition, MMAmania.com will provide LIVE blow-by-blow coverage and results of UFC 79 the following day right here.

UFC 79: “Nemesis” is slated for Saturday, December 29, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast will air at 10 p.m. ET.

source: http://mmamania.com/

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Thu 27 Dec 2007, 12:09 am

HAHAHAHA!!! Like they need to post a address for Mandalay Bay,...i'm sure people aren't cruising the strip looking for numbers on the sides of buildings!!

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Thu 27 Dec 2007, 4:56 pm

Andy wrote:: HAHAHAHA!!! Like they need to post a address for Mandalay Bay,...i'm sure people aren't cruising the strip looking for numbers on the sides of buildings!!

i know right you can see the damn thing a mile away!

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Thu 27 Dec 2007, 10:39 pm

Yeah any place on the strip is kinda hard to miss,...I gotta get you and Cel down there one of these times- You guys would dig Vegas as long as it wasn't 125 degrees down there

Subject: Weigh-In Results for UFC 79 Fri 28 Dec 2007, 9:08 pm

The field of 20 fighters for UFC 79: “Nemesis” have all weighed-in this evening for the blockbuster pay-per-view (PPV) event tomorrow night from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For those who didn’t catch the Internet broadcast we have the weigh-in results below. I missed the first three fighters because of technical difficulties; therefore, I’ll update them as soon as possible.

Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva had a HEATED staredown. Toward the end Silva did a little head fake and the two fighters were separated immediately. Then Liddell flipped of Wanderlei and it caused some havoc on the stage.

Amazing. Totally sets the stage for a ridiculous brawl tomorrow night.
Anyway, here are the official results:

170 lbs.: Matt Hughes (170) vs. Georges St. Pierre (170)
205 lbs.: Chuck Liddell (204) vs. Wanderlei Silva (205)
Hvywt.: Eddie Sanchez (230) vs. Soa Palalei (262)
205 lbs.: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (205) vs. Lyoto Machida (204)
155 lbs.: Rich Clementi (155) vs. Melvin Guillard (156)
205 lbs.: James Irvin (205) vs. Luis Cane (205)
155 lbs.: Manny Gamburyan (155) vs. Nate Mohr (155)
185 lbs.: Dean Lister (186) vs. Jordan Radev (185)
170 lbs.: Roan Carneiro (170) vs. Tony DeSouza (170)
155 lbs.: Doug Evans (154) vs. Mark Bocek (154)

The televised portion of the pay-per-view (PPV) event begins Saturday, December 29, at 10 p.m. ET. We will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action at this time.

UFC 79 quick results, however, will begin to flow earlier than that here at MMAmania.com at about 8:00 p.m. ET with the prelim fights.

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Fri 28 Dec 2007, 10:31 pm

I cant wait!

UFC 79 NEMESIS SilvavsLiddell

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 3:50 pm

OK the final results from the MMA Boston UFC 79 Poll are as follows!

Chuck Liddell (57 votes) VS. Wanderlei Silva (86 votes)

(153 votes total) (62.75%) say Silva is the winner!

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Matt Hughes (84 votes) VS. Georges St. Pierre (64 votes)

(148 total votes) (56.75%) say Hughes is the winner!

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Lyoto Machida (45 votes) VS. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (104 votes)

(149 total votes) (69.79%) say Sokoudjou is the winner!

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 5:50 pm

im looking 4 a BIG bitch bet!
anyone taking
liddell
hughes
machida
?

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 7:54 pm

Im taking 2 of 3 but am withholding any betting until Silva vs. Hendersom

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 9:09 pm

again???

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 9:12 pm

He'll never learn,....

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 9:17 pm

WHERE YOU PEOPLES HIDING AT?

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 9:20 pm

fixed it!

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 9:25 pm

If he kicks Hendos ass will you be a Silva fan then??? And after Rampage whips it on Forrest will you be a Rampage fan?

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 9:32 pm

No! Hendo is a champ and no loss will take away what he has accomplished! Forest creates some match up problems for Page mark my words!

Subject: Re: UFC 79 NEMESIS Sat 29 Dec 2007, 10:50 pm

PRELIM FIGHTS

Fight #1:
-Doug Evans vs. Mark Bocek

Round 1: Round one opens with Bocek looking for a takedown immediately. No luck, but Bocek throws up a sloppy high kick that misses, which Evans responded to by landing a hard one-two combo that stunned Bocek. After defending more takedown attempts Bocek finally gets Evans down near the end of the round, but does nothing with the position. Likely 10-9 for Evans.

Round 2: Bocek comes out again looking for a quick takedown only to see it well-defended by Evans. A few attempts later, Bocek scores a double leg that puts Evans on his back. Evans works back to his feet only to be taken down again - this time by a big slam. Bocek works some solid elbows to close out the round, cutting Evans over the left eye in the process. 10-9 Bocek, with the last round likely deciding the winner.

Round 3: Bocek gets Evans down immediately to start the final round. He's not doing much with the position and the referee stands the two back up. Bocek again quickly gets Evans to the ground. Evans is now working for submissions from the bottom, but Bocek is avoiding them pretty easily. Referee again stands the combatants up as the round runs out. Should be Bocek's round and fight.

Mark Bocek def. Doug Evans via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28 after 3 Rounds.

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Fight #2:
-Tony DeSouza vs. Roan Carneiro

Round 1: Carneiro gets a takedown quickly on DeSouza to open the first. DeSouza is working for submissions from his back but doesn't lock any up enough to finish. Carneiro gets DeSouza's back and is looking for the rear naked choke. He transitions to a kimura attempt but DeSouza uses it to sweep Carneiro and take top position. The two battle for position to finish out the first round.

Round 2: The two are clinched against the cage here early in the second. Not a lot going on and the referee has enough. We get a restart. Carneiro gets an easy double-leg takedown but as DeSouza quickly gets back to his feet, Carneiro takes his back. He has him back on the ground now and is pounding away. The ref jumps in to stop the action, giving Carneiro the victory.

Roan Carneiro def. Tony DeSouza via TKO (ref stoppage - strikes) at 3:30 of Round 2.

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Fight #3:
-Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radev

Round 1: Lister is working for a takedown here in the first. He's landing leg kicks and a few kicks to the body, but is only trying to distract Radev to get him down on the ground. Lister tries pulling guard, but that isn't working either. Radev is defending well the whole round, but Lister is more aggressive in terms of offense - so as the boring round ends, it should be 10-9 for Lister so far.

Round 2: The second round isn't giving me much to type about (and I struggled in round one as it is to find stuff to write about) as it's very similar to the previous round. The crowd is letting them have it, filling the sounds of the air with "boo's." Lister finally gets a takedown - and a big one at that near the end of the round. Lister gains mount and is working for an armbar. No dice. Lister is landing elbows to Radev's face as the round ends. Another 10-9 for Lister. Boring fight so far. Final round up next!

Round 3: Lister comes out again looking desperate to get Radev to the ground. He's not having much success yet either. Lister finally gets a takedown about half way through the round and quickly passes to half-guard. Nothing much happens as he remains on top doing little in terms of offense as the horn sounds to end the round, and probably wake up 80% of the audience that fell asleep during this contest.

Dean Lister def. Jordan Radev via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) after 3 Rounds.

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Fight #4:
-Manny Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr

Round 1: Gamburyan comes out aggressively seeking a takedown, but fails in two attempts. Gamburyan gets Mohr down on attempt numero tres, and quickly drops back for a leg submission that forces a tap out quickly in round one.

Manny Gamburyan def. Nate Mohr via Submission (ankle lock) at 1:31 of Round 1.

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Fight #5:
-James Irvin vs. Luis Cane

Round 1: Cane lands two big shots early in the round that hurt Irvin. Irvin decides to brawl back wildly himself. Cane is back-peddaling now and Irvin is bull-rushing in looking for a guillotine choke. While still on the ground, Cane crushes a knee into Irvin that knocks him out and ends the fight - but giving the the unconscious combatant the victory due to the finish being an illegal strike.

James Irvin def. Luis Cane via Disqualification (knee on ground) at 1:51 of Round 1.