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In a night filled with some less-than-thrilling matchups, at least Anderson Silva and BJ Penn remembered that they were in Philly — and for that, they were rewarded handsomely. Silva earned a $60,000 Knockout of the Night bonus for cleaning Forrest Griffin‘s clock in the first round of their light-heavyweight feature at UFC 101, while Penn scored a Submission of the Night bonus in honor of his fourth-round rear-naked-choke of Kenny Florian. Somewhat suprisingly, additional $60,000 Fight of the Night checks went to Silva and Griffin for their match, even though it wasn’t much of a fight. UFC 101 drew a sold-out crowd of 17,411 spectators for a live gate of $3.55 million, a combat sports record for Pennsylvania. Reportedly, almost 11,000 of those fans were already in their seats by the time the first preliminary match started.
During the post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White announced that the UFC was looking to host an event at Boston’s legendary Fenway Park by next summer; the Massachusetts state senate passed a bill to regulate MMA last month. White also said that the UFC could add another event to its schedule in October, in addition to UFC 104 (October 24th, Los Angeles). Since Fedor Emelianenko is slated to make his Strikeforce debut sometime in October, the counter-programming motives are fairly obvious here. Game on…
White also addressed the next opponents for night’s conquering heroes. As expected, Diego Sanchez will likely get the next shot at BJ Penn’s lightweight belt. (Hey, wasn’t that dude supposed to get in Penn’s face after the main event? Did they even show him sitting ringside?) Anderson Silva’s next appearance will probably be a middleweight title defense against Dan Henderson, who has vowed to beat Silva up. When Silva was asked if he would ever challenge Lyoto Machida for the light-heavyweight belt, Dana White interrupted, saying "If Anderson gets to that point where he starts taking out 205-pounders, I’ll make that fight. I promise you, I’ll make that fight.” As usual, Silva stonewalled: "Lyoto’s my friend. He’s my brother, and there’s no way that fight will happen…And also not just because (Lyoto’s) my friend. (Lyoto would) be a big problem for me.”
As for Tito Ortiz, who was sitting ringside with baby-mama Jenna Jameson last night, White announced that the former UFC light-heavyweight champ will next face off against Mark Coleman. Though Ortiz respects Coleman’s wrestling and described the Hammer as someone he looks up to, he still referred to the match as "a warm-up fight."
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Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:30
Jenna describes sex with Tito as "warm-up sex" too.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:32
"Reportedly, almost 11,000 of those fans were already in their seats by the time the first preliminary match started." Fucking awesome. Guess where UFC is gonna come back guys?
Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:39
Weak card, but the co-main event fights were good. I can't wait to hear all the chumps that were dissin Silva and BJ on the comment sections next week. Such losers.....
Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:41
Awww...I love when BJ's mommy sets up play dates with the other fighters. Those kids are so cute together. @MyFightWiffaCheeto For sure. Next time, I'll just cough up the money for tickets. I wish I had been there... No disrespect to BJ, but sub of the night should have gone to George Sotiropoulos. He showed slick jiu-jitsu against Roop and worked to get the kimura. Kenny pretty much gave Penn his back.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:44
Has anyone heard from Forrest Griffin? Is he still runnin'? RUN FORREST, RUN!
Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:47
So good it had to be said twice.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:49
i rather see gsp vs anderson.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:53
Are you fucking serious? Coleman Vs Ortiz? What is this a throwback fight? Coleman has no role in MMA anymore, fuck the next time we see him in the cage he'll more likely lose to a stroke than a punch.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:56
I was surprised BJ didn't quite between rounds, I had a crisp $20 bill riding that he would. Forest took an envelope full of cash in the dressing room before the fight to take the dive to that Kimbo-killer jab. All in all, okay night of fights. I agree that the Sotiropoulos/Roop fight should have gotten fight of the night.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 08:56
i was there. crazy atmosphere. ive been to alot of mma events but this was my 1st ufc and honestly, it was worth it. the card was very weak and was maybe fight night worthy but the main events were worth it. best fight of the night was in the crowd during the nelson reily fight. that is why people were cheering. that crowd turned on everyone if they looked bad. not just booing for stupid reasons but the fans were in it.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 09:02
Griffin didnt take a dive. He got dismantled by a superior fighter. He ran to the locker room because he needed immediate medical attention. He thought his jaw was broken and he couldnt hear out of one ear.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 09:09
Jay Smith is right, I wonder what rock all the dipshits who'd been predicting upsets by Florian and Griffin will be hiding under for the next couple weeks. Picking an upset and providing good reasons is one thing, picking an upset just to go against the grain just means you are a jackass.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 09:26
I felt sorry for Griffin Dana fed his boy to Silva i was anticipating Dana to insert an apple in Forrest's mouth then ringing a bell shouting "Come and get it !" before Silva entered the Octagon.....and it sounds like Silva has caught the Filho/Jardine virus too.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 09:32
I predicted upsets by Florian and Griffin, but it was just because I hate it when people quit between rounds (BJ), and I just don't like Silva. I know they are both good fighters, but hell, I just can't stand it when Silva does that little dance...
Sun, 08/09/09 - 09:35
(later that night) penn: you hang up first silva: no you hang up first penn: ok ok how about we both hang up on the count of 3...1..2...3 silva: (giggles) penn: awwwww
Sun, 08/09/09 - 09:41
Just watched Silva dismantle Griffin again (sober this time) and saw how clearly Griffin was overmatched. Almost every thing he threw was an inch short. Anderson's head movement was like flowing water. I thought last night that Forest quit, but after watching this morning it was clear he was almost done before that last pop to the jaw. Still don't like BJ much, but his dominance was evident as well.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 09:41
AgentoftheBat, i agree with you lad Forrest went down way to easy no way that punch was a finisher.Somethin fishy involved
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:13
@ Zombiekilla: did u see the bonus fight w/ the chick in the crowd?
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:15
Griffin's no quitter, and I believe he was hurt. Silva has proven in the past he's got heavy hands, and a lot of his shots don't look as powerful as they come off. If Forrest was hurt, and I believe he was... there's no reason to criticize his performance/quick departure. There was no dive, and nothing fishy going on. Silva and Machida are very similar fighters... I just happen to believe Silva's better. Both good strikers, with a slight edge to Silva, both elusive and hard to tag with good shots, and both very technically sound and blessed with ring awareness and good composure. In a fight between the two, I'd go with Silva, and it's a matchup I'd love to see... same with a GSP and Silva fight. When he brings his "A" game to the Octogon, like him or not, it's like poetry in motion and Silva f*cks people up. It's too bad Florian lost, only because I can't stand the Hawaiian bobblehead.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:20
Griffin had his jaw dislocated by that last punch. He also reported not being able to hear from one of his ears. I tried posting the link to but it keeps getting flagged as spam. Search google news for the story.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:25
I expected Forrest to try and take Silva down. Big mistake to try and strike with a superior counter striker as silva IMO. Would much rather see forrest dry humping silva for three rounds and get the W, than see it end this way. Looking forward to Silva vs. Henderson though... after seeing Silva dismantle top competition like he has, I'm sure Hendo has enough sense as to not try and do something spectacular...
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:25
anyone got a link to watch the Griffin fight??
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:31
Tito, what happened to wanting to fight the best?
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:32
@chihiro: Exactly, man! All these conspiracy theorists yellin' "FIX" need to stfu and do sum research. This aint fuckin' boxing or wwe 'rasslin'. Forrest got caught, plain and simple. Not sure if it was the last punch or the knockdown before, but if it was the one before, you gotta give it to Forrest for at least tryin' to hang in there with a dislocated jaw. Anderson is just too great though. All you Silva bashers need to stop sippin' on that haterade and give the man credit where it's due.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:32
it looked like silva knew everything forrest was going to do before forrest knew. hands down, helping him up, dancing around punches thrown. unreal!!
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:38
@ SideBurnz LSFHINPMWITF (laughing so fucking hard I nearly punched my wife in the face)
Sun, 08/09/09 - 10:43
I like a good conspiracy as much as the next guy, but that wasn't any FIX! what it was was a beatdown by a superior striker. As soon as Silva starts doing that head bobbin shit and the punch me if you can ( aka the Nick diaz shuffle ) he has figured his opponent out and its all over but the ref stoppage. I wanted Forrest to beat him silly and stop the spider insanity but the truth is that there isn't anyone to stop it. And altho I like gsp, he would get his ass handed to him by Silva, I wouldn't be surprised if Silva could beat Lesner or any other heavyweight in the UFC.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 11:05
CP, can we please get a never let Big Dan ref another MMA bout again petition going, please!
Sun, 08/09/09 - 11:22
"Jay Smith Says: Sun, 08/09/2009 - 08:39 Weak card, but the co-main event fights were good. I can't wait to hear all the chumps that were dissin Silva and BJ on the comment sections next week. Such losers....." yeah where are all those guys...wait I was one of those guys! Well here is how it is.......winning a fight doesn't make blow job penn any less of a spazz or fucked up wacko about GSP. Nothing has changed, I still don't like blow job penn, and nothing that he does will make me think he is anything less than a cabbage patch doll from hell. As for Silva I said if he woke up it might be a rough nite for Forrest....sure enough Silva didn't act like the dumbass he was 2 fights ago, to my dismay. But I can tell you this: had Forrest actually beat him, it would have been worse on Anderson than it is going to be on Forrest. The worst part of the night was when Amir got jobbed by the ref, that put a damper on the night and it never recovered, this was by far the worse fucking PPV ever. I hate to know I have to add this shit to my collection if only to keep it intact and complete, damn!
Sun, 08/09/09 - 11:24
Ill say exactly what I did in the other post: First off, I am laughing at all the nerdy incompetent losers that think the Anderson KO was fixed. No retards, this isn't the WWF so shut the fuck up and avoid the humiliation that comes along with being mentally challenged. Second, Anderson destroyed Forest! Fucking rocked him the whole fight. That dude is superior in evey sense of the word. Fuck the haters, most finally give the man respect.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 11:32
this card made me wanna kill myself.. all around weak... and holy shit do i wanna see anderson silva get knocked out such a cocky prick
Sun, 08/09/09 - 12:07
SOOO FELLLAS!!! I was there last night with amazing seats. I think my favorite part of the night was booing tito with thousands and thousands of others philadelphia fan's shouting things like "get out of here with your diseased whore" I met Frank Trigg in the pisser and thought it would be funny to sneak behind him with a rear naked choke. ( pants were up by this time no homo) He didnt appricate that, but still let my drunk ass get a picture. The BSN ladies are fucking hott but not nearly as hot as the ringgirls. I chill with some of the guys from almeida's camp they were pretty cool. If some guy desided to tell you that your girl friend had nice tits it was probobly my boy. He did that shit all night and nobody did shit. It was like he had an invisible black belt and people were afraid to test him probobly thinking he was a crazy fighter. Finally he gets kicked out right before the bj vs kenflo fight by a 3 foot tall rent-a-cop. Amazing B.J. is still the man. Fuck Kenflo. I tell some faggots to go back to boston then I leave and it takes me 45 minutes to find my car in parking lot F because im stumbling drunk. Go PHILS
Sun, 08/09/09 - 12:38
Sideburnz deserves a t shit and a high five
Sun, 08/09/09 - 12:38
Sideburnz deserves a t shirt and a high five
Sun, 08/09/09 - 12:39
I had to correct that spelling error and the slow servers helped me out with that.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 01:22
@ UFC Fan The mistake being made is a lot of people "don't like" BJ and Anderson for "personal" reasons (Even though they don't know the people in real life). What can't be debated is that they are both the best fighters in the world in their weight class. Oh, and sometimes in other weight classes too. I'm an MMA fan. I love the technical aspect of fighting, and that's what I "judge" them on.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 03:36
@Horror Fighter "No disrespect to BJ, but sub of the night should have gone to George Sotiropoulos. He showed slick jiu-jitsu against Roop and worked to get the kimura. Kenny pretty much gave Penn his back." I totally agree; that was a crock of shit how BJ got submission of the night. Sotiropoulos got robbed of $60k!
Sun, 08/09/09 - 03:50
Hey spladle, did you drive while "stumbling drunk"?
Sun, 08/09/09 - 04:13
Bovice Says: Sun, 08/09/2009 - 18:50 Hey spladle, did you drive while "stumbling drunk"? Nah man Rampage was driving.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 04:21
I was outta line when i said Forrest took a dive i was just banking on him whoopin the spida. Not that i dont like Silva hes just a cocky cunt needs a good slap.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 04:30
Were does Sakara stand now if he beat Leites last night is he a fight away from a title shot maybe?
Sun, 08/09/09 - 04:33
No. Not even close.
Sun, 08/09/09 - 05:03
WHO THE FUCK IS SAKARA?
Sun, 08/09/09 - 06:00
Sakara is that cute japanese chick who follows Ryu around and mimics his style. :)
Mon, 08/10/09 - 06:04
Now Im wondering where are all Silva haters ...Maybe running like Forrest or travelling trough their own assholes trying to find and excuse for griffins loss. FACE THAT. THE GUY IS SUPERIOR AND DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT WHAT ASSHOLES WITH NO KNOWLEDGE THINK ABOUT HES GAME. SWALLOW THAT AND FUCK YOU.
Mon, 08/10/09 - 06:38
That was no "Kimbo Killer" jab. That was the Phantom Punch. It was the same punch that Muhammed Ali used to knock out Sonny Liston. And it was FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. He dodged a right, then a left, then BAM, straight right to the jaw.
Mon, 08/10/09 - 06:46
I see virpz has left his ass in park, and mouth running again. shut up you gloating fuckwad.
Mon, 08/10/09 - 06:48
why 2 posts. coulda swore I only clicked it twice.
Mon, 08/10/09 - 07:14
UFC fan Your father hit on me way too much anyway. fucking tanga frouxa loooooser
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