Rich Franklin and Cung Le in the main event.
Since we last discussed Saturday’s UFC on Fuel 6 event – you know, the one with the brand new ring girls that more than make up for a lack of Brittney Palmer and Arianny Celeste – there has been another change of note to the preliminary fight card. Kyung Ho Kang will no longer be fighting Alex Caceres. If Dana White could have replaced Kang with a guy named Kodos, I think the Internet would have exploded. Alas, Kang has been replaced by Motonobu Tezuka, who has won 12 of his last 13. Other than that, the rest of the card hasn’t changed and it still looks fantastic. And for those of you joining us for the 7 PM ET re-broadcast, check out Lobster Monster's awesome-as-always primer.
In the main event, former UFC middleweight champion Rich “Ace” Franklin will face off against former Strikeforce champion Cung Le, but we’re going to be doing the typical With Leather Live Discussion starting from the very first bout between David Mitchell and Lim Hyun-Gyu, which you may remember was the first fight that changed Riki “Killer Bee” Fukuda and Tom DeBlass. Hopefully there won't be any other changes.
But this UFC event is just a tad different from the past PPV events that we’ve covered. This one, obviously, is live from China, which means that it will air on Fuel TV… at 9 AM ET. Is that too early for you? No. Because I’ll be up bright and early to watch the live action and chat the whole way through. Then I’ll also be back for the 7 PM ET re-broadcast on Fuel TV to watch it all over again and chat it up as well. Don't worry, I’ll be doing my best to play spoiler police in case anyone tries to get funny.
So join us at either time, as we may have some special guests stopping by, and if you share this live discussion with your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter, or participate in the comments section, you can unlock the WHO'S THE MASTER? badge in honor Caceres’ badass nickname - Bruce Leeroy - from one of the greatest movies of the 1980s, The Last Dragon. Now on to the matchups.
UPDATE: Ain't happening. Moving right along.
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That was the worst, I hate Thiago Silva more than almost anyone.
maybe he’ll have inhuman piss again?
OH HEY, NICE CARDIO, NEDKOV, NO TREADMILLS IN BULGARIA?
too many pecan logs from the stucky’s
Also, Hey, I’m Jeff Hougland, I know this guard thing hasn’t worked for two and three-fourths rounds, but I think I’m going to pull guard again, I’ve got a good feeling about this.
Hougland is my least favorite everything.
i’m happy for mizugaki, he’s had a tough zuffa career.
I didn’t get to watch live, but WOW, I did not expect that ending.
fuck a bunch of le :(
WORST SPORT EVER INVENTED :(
aaaaargh this fighttttt guuuhhhh
STAN NED WITH TINY MAN PUNCH POWERS
Last fight round one, Paulo Thiago felt out Dong a whole bunch.
Slappin Silva
Nednov drinks egg nog!
Nedkov is nicknamed Stucky because “Pecan Log” didn’t test well.
Ugh, someone put boxing on in my bar. The 80s called…
i enjoy a boxing sometimes. or a kickboxing, or a wrestle, or a submission grappling. COMBAT SPOOORTS
DOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!
double dong-handles!
gettin trapped by an angry dong is not a fun way to spend a saturday night in china. or so i’ve heard.
burnsy, why for the comments no loads for me and give me “new comments, please click upon my buttony face for them” yellow bar? :(
I put in the work order earlier but no luck.
welp, farts, f5 for me!
Dong slaps all over that leg.
DONG! WHERE IS MY AUTOMOBILE?
Dong putting lots of pressure on the neck. It happens sometimes.
By the way, I’ve changed all of my predictions on the fights I got wrong this morning.
aaaargh :(
Have the ring girls started tickle fighting yet?
the translator with her puffball pen wants in!
This is one of the better events I’ve seen in recent memory.
pretty good, even with a lack of finishes, which OBVIOUSLY means the fight is good.
PUFFBALL PEN TRANSLATOR, WHOOP-WHOOP
Wow, the night version of this liveblog is deader than a cheerleader in Feklahr’s trunk.
i think people either 1. watched it live at like 8AM or 2. got spoiled with results online so they’ve ditched. or maybe 3. busy watching college footballs
So, this thing any good? Should i hop on?
YES join me!
GOMI MAN IS BEST TRASH MONSTER FIGHT MAN
Guam Jon
Great. I scrolled down to see what I missed in the first 30 mins and saw the ending to the main event. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
dumb scrolly man!
also – :( :( :(
Re-broadcast? WTF…
Only weird peoples (myself) watched at 7AM live.
Hey, I resemble that remark.
TEA TRAIN JONG
karl hungus?
I just put it together that Ashley Burns and Burnsy are the same person. I am slow.
Womp Womp
MY SECRET IS RUINED!
ALSO THANK YOU BURNSY FOR LINKING MY EVENT PRIMER! YAAAY
what the hell, the comments didn’t load for me so i thought i was all by myself :(
Great, just ended in time to watch College Football. Go Texas; hook’em horns.
Have a good day all.
You know its a killer shot when the guy lands face first on the mat.
Well, I’ll be around for the replay if you want to stop by again. Otherwise, see everyone for the fights next Saturday.
POW right in the kisser!
Rich, you got knocked the fuck out. Holy Shit what a shot.
wow I finally manage to watch it and I come into a short as hell fight
noooo
HOLY SHIT!
I do not enjoy Rich Franklin’s color scheme.
You can say one thing for it, there’s never a worry about it being stolen by another fighter
I would have enjoyed the Chinese equivalent of Buffer.
Cung is just punching fans.
nobody else watching this :(
Stupid college football fans.
I didn’t realize Cung Le was 40 years old. That said, I’m still taking him.
I don’t remember, is Thiago’s english that good when fighting in the states?
He sounded like he had a memorized routine.
I thought we might have discovered Thiago just doesn’t want to talk to Joe Rogan
I would very much like it if UFC would send Brittney Palmer to wake me up.
Thiago might get an easy bonus check as is the first sub of the night.
Alright gents, I’m out, enjoy the fights.