MMA Mid Year Awards: 5 Dope Fights On Paper That Turned Out To Be Duds In 2009

by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 27, 2009 10:00 AM EDT in News Comment 9 comments

As we've already covered there have been some memorable moments thus far in 2009. However, there are always a few fights that are hyped or look good on paper that always turn out to be duds. Below are fights I was looking forward to that just were really sub par in my opinion. In no particular order:

Clay Guida vs. Nate Diaz, UFC 94
BJ Penn vs. GSP, UFC 94
Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites, UFC 97(This fight was just horrible enough to make the list regardless)
Spencer Fisher vs. Caol Uno, UFC 99
Rob McCullough vs. Marcus Hicks, WEC 39

What say you?

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Silva vs. Leites was very tough to watch. I actually didn’t mind St. Pierre vs. Penn (and I’m a Penn fan). They kept pretty busy.

by SlickRick00 on Jun 27, 2009 10:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Silva/Leites was horrible. I didn’t mind the Cote fight but the Leites fight was boring as hell. Silva needs to step up his game.
I was kinda disappointed with GSP/Penn just because I though it would be more competitive.

" Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated "
- Hemingway

by Hellsing on Jun 27, 2009 10:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Serra/Hughes for me…

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Jun 27, 2009 10:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

All of Chael Sonnen’s fights. Except the ones where he gets submitted.

by cauliflower_ears on Jun 27, 2009 10:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed. Sonnen/Miller was terrible. Chael just lay in his guard the whole fight

" Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated "
- Hemingway

by Hellsing on Jun 27, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What?

I have to give Chael credit in that one…he landed some hard ass shots on Miller while in guard quite a few times…

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by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 27, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, did you think any Sonnen fight looked “dope on paper” beforehand?

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Jun 27, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nah, ’course not. Just wanted to a place to say he and his fights suck whale dork.

by cauliflower_ears on Jun 27, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought GSP/Penn was a great fight (for GSP) and went pretty much as I envisioned it would. BJ wasn’t able to do shit and got pummeled until he quit.

While I can understand why people aren’t happy about the Silva/Leites fight, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal. I was at least entertained, even if there wasn’t a knockout, which I can’t say about a lot of UFC bouts.

Fisher/Uno was an exciting fight but it was more of a wrestling/grappling match, so I can understand how people would see it as a dud.

by Ahhhoki on Jun 27, 2009 11:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs