UFC-Fights.com was on hand in Cincinnati for UFC 77 for all the action, right from the weigh-ins to the end of the event. Here’s what you didn’t see:
- Houston Alexander was signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans on weigh-in day. Not many people seemed to know who he was.
- Joe Rogan got the biggest laugh by falling up the stairs when he was making his entrance to MC the weigh-ins.
- Wanderlei Silva, Keith Jardine, Matt Hammill and Sean Sherk all attended the weigh-ins and stuck around to sign autographs afterward.
- Shonie Carter was siging autographs and meeting fans outside US Bank arena on fight night. UFC-Fights.com got an exclusive interview with “Mr. International” which will be posted later in the week.
- Several vignettes were played before the event began. Randy Couture was strangely absent from every one.
- During the opening bout, Jason Black vs. Matt Grice. A fat redneck screamed “Stand ‘em up!” approximately 3 seconds after the fight went to the mat.
- As Kalib Starnes was exiting the cage after his fight with Alan Belcher was stopped due to a nasty gash on Starnes forehead, someone in the crowd was objecting to the stoppage. Kalib replied “The Doctor said he could see my skull.”
- Yushin Okami was introduced with his new nickname: “Thunder”. Yes, it’s lame….
- When they showed Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on the big screen, the crowd went into a confused silence. Besides the Brazilian guys sitting in front of us, no one in the building had a clue as to who he was. The UFC needs to educate the fans a little better on how good he is if they are hoping to pull in any kind of crowd for his Heavyweight Title match.
- Andrei Arlovski, Matt Hughes and Keith Jardine were also in the crowd.
- Despite Dana’s claims: “There won’t be anyone cheering for Anderson Silva in Cincinnati”, there were quite a few cheers during his introduction. After the fight was over, Silva received a standing ovation.
All in all, the Cincinnati fans showed a lot of class and the event was a complete success.
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
Right on im glad there was repect after the fight was over between ace and spyder but i cant believe nobody really knew who BIG NOG was its crazy to think your a fan of mma but not know who the big names in mma are just my opinion. Great posts AND RUSS IF U SEE THIS REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT CHAT BOX IT WOULD BE COOL TO CHAT IT UP HERE AFTER A MAJOR MMA EVENT PIECE LETS GET IT ON!!!!!!!!!!
Good work man. Looking forward to the Shonie Carter interview. I agree with what you say about educating the fans. How lame are those guys for not showing any Couture clips, lame lame lame…
Hell yeah bro! id have given 77 a C!
Yo russ, Liddell vs Silva is now confirmed!
All of the fighters had good showmanship not really sure why Franklin apologized. He will have more fights and still be respected by his hometown and all of his fans. Liddell vs. Silvia is confirmed? When is that fight. My son broke his arm and I feel I’ve missed some good news.
This is an awesome post.
Really?????? Liddell and Silva?
Yup, I6t was on ufc.com they said it was confirmed for ufc 79 nemesis, but they took it off not sure why but its a go im tellin ya!
If it doesn’t get cancelled again, I have been wait for this.
you rule C-mac, great job on that show too dude.
Interesting!!!! Who else is on that card. Someone please let me know. Haven’t had a chance to catch up. Thanks who ever!
Damn good fight there. I would rent it just to see that fight!!!
CANADA WANTS THE CHALLENGE OF ANERSON SILVA VS GEORGE ST PIERRE
CANADA WANTS TO SEE RAMPAGE JACKSON VS HOUSTON ALEXANDER
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE BATTLE OF THE SPYTERS
ANDERSON”SPYDER” SILVA VS KENDALL “SPYDER” GROVE
Yes Canada would love to see these match ups!!!!!! You said a mouthful there Savage!!!!!! This Canadian girl loves the UFC! Yah don’t always have to be American to appreciate.
Kendall is a joke, even Kotex whooped his lanky ass!
It seemed Rich anticipated the fight too much. But managed to give Spider few good hits.
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Shut up Cena you f*cking joke, learn how to throw a punch and stop ripping on the ufc because WWE is as good as DEAD!
Let’s just get over Cincinnati shall we?
Yup, I was gonna say that as well.