UFC 142: ALDO VS. MENDES - 1/14/12

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Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue: HSBC Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and FX

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes (for featherweight title)
Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson
Mike Massenzio vs. Rousimar Palhares
Carlo Prater vs. Erick Silva
Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)
Sam Stout vs. Thiago Tavares
Ricardo Funch vs. Mike Pyle
Caio Magalhaes vs. Fabio Maldonado
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ednaldo Oliveira
Felipe Arantes vs. Antonio "Pato" Carvalho
Yuri Alcantara vs. Michihiro Omigawa

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I don't see anyone beating Aldo anytime soon. He's just got the Force or something, able to see what his opponent is doing before they do it or able to move faster than time. Or something. He's just too amazing.

I'm really hoping Rumble does very well against Belfort. I'd love to see him have an explosive entrance into the class.

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UFC 142 Downsized to 10 Bouts with Maldonado Withdrawal

Brazilian light heavyweight Fabio Maldonado has pulled out of his Saturday meeting with countryman Caio Magalhaes at UFC 142 after suffering an injury in training.

UFC officials Sunday confirmed Maldonado’s withdrawal via the company’s Portuguese-language Twitter account, adding that the card for the Jan. 14 event at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena will stand at 10 bouts. Maldonado’s manager, Alex Davis, told Tatame.com that his fighter hurt his ribs during training on Jan. 7.

[comptonassjer]

yea i agree dont see Aldo losing fr a while. lol to Johnson not making weight again, dude is a waste, but yet hes a great fighter. im hoping Stout has a big night as well!

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes (for featherweight title)
Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson
Mike Massenzio vs. Rousimar Palhares
Carlo Prater vs. Erick Silva
Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)

Sam Stout vs. Thiago Tavares
Ricardo Funch vs. Mike Pyle
Caio Magalhaes vs. Fabio Maldonado
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ednaldo Oliveira
Felipe Arantes vs. Antonio "Pato" Carvalho
Yuri Alcantara vs. Michihiro Omigawa

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Rumble missed weight, by A LOT!

www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/1/13/2705645/ufc-142-rio-anthony-johnson-vitor-belfort-misses-weight-by-12-pounds-weigh-in

Duringthe Fuel TV telecast of the UFC 142 weigh-ins Friday, UFC President Dana White announced that Anthony Johnson would not make weight.

However, opponent Vitor Belfort agreed to continue with the bout if Johnson is not over 205 pounds before he enters the cage Saturday.

He weighed in today at 204 and a bit. The fight is on.

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I thought last night's show was supposed to be the debut of a new look and music to start off the PPV..? I actually made sure I saw the beginning of the PPV just so I could see the new stuff and the same old gladiator bullshit started us off.

[comptonassjer]

yea i thought so to. glad Johnson was cut, Maybe he will take cutting weight more serious now. that roundhouse heel kick ko was epic! Aldo is one crazy bastard running into the crowd as security tried to help but he didnt want it lol.

[kalashnikitty]

Palhares and the heel hook! He's pretty limber too for someone with a fire hydrant physique.