UFC in Milwaukee Aug 14

[miggs721]

This is going to be a great event: UFC on Versus 5 at the Bradley Center, for anyone interested, here is the card

 

Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle

Ben Henderson vs. Jim Miller

Stephan Bonnar vs. Karlos Vemola

Cole Miller vs. T.J. O'Brien

Amir Sadollah vs. Duane "Bang" Ludwig

Danny Castillo vs. Jacob Volkmann

[DuWayne Steurer]

Never been a UFC in this area, so I've never had interest in going. Going to have to check into tix for this for sure, even WITH a lackluster card!

[southpaw121505]

It's not a pay per view. That isn't a lackluster card for a versus event, not at all.

[rwa12]

That is a pretty strong headliner for a VS card. Lytle doesn't usually have dull fights, and I'm sure Hardy will stand and trade with him. Actually, while not a ton of huge names, all of those fights should be entertaining. I'm surprised Pettis isn't fighting, thought they would get him a tune-up with the delays with Edgar. Is he hurt? He is probably the biggest Milwaukee fighter, they usually try to bring in the hometown boy.

[And That]

The Henderson/Miller fight should be a blast. I love Miller, but Henderson should give him more than a run.

[Raw Biz]

I'm surprised Pettis isn't fighting, thought they would get him a tune-up with the delays with Edgar. Is he hurt? He is probably the biggest Milwaukee fighter, they usually try to bring in the hometown boy.

Pettis is way too big right now to waste on a free card.

[rwa12]

I wouldn't say that necessarily. At this point he is a WEC crossover. I believe Condit made his debut on a Spike card, and he was arguably a bigger name when he crossed over. When it comes down to it, it seems the passing MMA fans are not that interested in the lighter weights, they want to see the big boys bang.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I only meant lackluster in the sense that the headliner fight has a guy on a 3 fight losing streak in it. Excited to see Hardy and Lytle stand in the center and just bang though.

 

Any idea where to go for tix? I went to the UFC website, and they don't have this event listed yet.

[miggs721]

Pettis is fighting The Carpenter Clay Guida at the Ultimate Fighter Finale

[Dnye23]

I'm surprised Pettis isn't fighting, thought they would get him a tune-up with the delays with Edgar. Is he hurt? He is probably the biggest Milwaukee fighter, they usually try to bring in the hometown boy.

Pettis is way too big right now to waste on a free card.

Pettis vs. Guida at the Ultimate Fighter Finale is on Spike (June 4th).

 

This upcoming fight and, with a win against Guida, being the #1 contender for the lightweight title. There isn't much chance he fights the Milwaukee show. I'd go but I have a feeling tickets will be pricy.

[dabrew141]

Bumping this up because tickets go on sale this weekend.

 

UFC ® LIVE! at Bradley Center August 14th at 8 PM Tickets go on sale at 10 AM on Saturday, June 11th Tickets will be available at the Bradley Center Ticket Office, online at Ticketmaster.com, and at all T icketmaster Outlet locations beginning June 11th.

[Bernman23]

Since the previous discussion about the card, they've added Benavides-Wineland, Dolloway-Hamman, and Bruce Leroy-Leonard Garcia. Also, Danny Castillo-Volkmann has been downgraded to unofficial, while Makdessi-Paul Taylor has upgraded to that status.

 

The theme of the card so far is lowish on caliber, quite high in excitement. You're going to see a lot of stand-up wars with these matches (not that I don't enjoy a nuanced BJJ contest).

 

Now that Pettis "lost" Dana better include him in the card if he wants to get off a losing streak quickly and fight in front of a supportive crowd. Pettis hardly complained about losing the title shot and was willing to take as many fights as required to get what he was originally promised. Put him on there against Evan Dunham. Also, Ben Rothwell against Schaub for more local flavor. One of those could be the main event. Something has to trump Lytle-Hardy, which will be anti-climactic from a relevance standpoint.

[TracyThom]

Anyone attend the show live? I had to work, so I DVR'ed the show. Really liked the Henderson/Miller fight. The main was pretty good too. I fast-forwarded all of the promos and commercials. Did they show any Brewers on tv?

[patrickgpe]

overall it was a good card, no brewers on tv from what i saw though. The Henderson - Miller fight lived up to the hype, and Hardy Lytle fight was good too. The first 2 fights were just OK.