9 yrs ago, the first outdoor UFC event happened

[Sonny Qc]

Abu Dhabi build a arena just for that event.
It was torn down a week after.

UFC 112


The main event was a letdown,
But to be fair,
Maia was a late replacement for an injured Vitor Belfort

Co-Main was a shocker at the time
BJ was considered as one of the GOAT back then.

to this day, BJ think he won that fight
the judges scorecard were 50-45 49-46 48-47 tho.

a fight of legend was also on the card
even tho both were past their prime,
it was still a good fight.

 

[Drugstore Cowboy]

Post-fight Dana:

 

[Dave Poodle]

And anderson still sucked all the oxygen out of the arena

 

[Deleted member 158611]

Dana never made up for it.

 

[Sonny Qc]

And anderson still sucked all the oxygen out of the arena

don't know which fight was worse...

Vs Maia or Vs Leites....


*Edit : or Vs Nick...

 

[Sonny Qc]

oops my bad

(make fun of me again and you might dieded)

 

[EXOICHO]

a fight so bad the biggest superfight in the sport got cancelled.

 

[Medulla Omoplata]

I can't believe Matt Hughes got a TKO from leg kicks

 

[Reign009]

Imagine if Silva pulled this off that night.

 

[Alpha_T83]

don't know which fight was worse...

Vs Maia or Vs Leites....


*Edit : or Vs Nick...

Yea. I used to be a huge Anderson SIlva fan, but those fights started to turn me off of him. I was actually glad he got caught clowning against Weidman. And he clearly didn't learn his lesson, clowning again vs Diaz.

But the Anderson Silva that fought Rich Franklin was an absolute killer. One of the best MMA fighters of all time.

 

[Reign009]

I think BJ won that fight too by the way.

 

[Pious Augustus]

Post-fight Dana:

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

It was a lot more people than just BJ Penn that thought he won. The contraversal decision was the reason for the immediate rematch cause almost no one other than the judges thought Edgar won.

 

[Reign009]

Yea. I used to be a huge Anderson SIlva fan, but those fights started to turn me off of him. I was actually glad he got caught clowning against Weidman. And he clearly didn't learn his lesson, clowning again vs Diaz.

But the Anderson Silva that fought Rich Franklin was an absolute killer. One of the best MMA fighters of all time.

It happens man. Sometimes you have bad performances. Silva had so many brilliant ones.

 

[BC]

I will never forget, I was 16 at the time and I was convinced BJ was going to run through Frankie and Anderson was going to get a highlight reel KO against Maia.

I stayed up late the night before on Xbox Live playing MW2 all hype thinking the fights were going to be the following night. And then I woke up late in the afternoon and read that BJ Penn had lost to Frankie Edgar and that Anderson had a weird fight with Maia. I was like fuck dude I slept two days?!

 

[dmwalking]

Terrible night. I was at a bar and this unattractive girl kept hitting on me buying me drinks and trying to get me to do blow with her. And the event sucked too. Crappy night.

 

[Sonny Qc]

I will never forget, I was 16 at the time and I was convinced BJ was going to run through Frankie and Anderson was going to get a highlight reel KO against Maia.

I stayed up late the night before on Xbox Live playing MW2 all hype thinking the fights were going to be the following night. And then I woke up late in the afternoon and read that BJ Penn had lost to Frankie Edgar and that Anderson had a weird fight with Maia. I was like fuck dude I slept two days?!

I think that fight was in the afternoon here...
not sure tho.

 

[BC]

I think that fight was in the afternoon here...
not sure tho.

It started at like 10 am on the west coast due to the time differences in Abu Dhabi

 

[reddhelium]

to this day, BJ think he won that fight
the judges scorecard were 50-45 49-46 48-47 tho.

to this day, i think bj won that fight, too.

most media scorecards had it for bj as well:

MEDIA SCORES
MMAJunkie.com 48-47 Edgar
Greg Savage - Sherdog.com 47-48 Penn
Josh Gross - SI.com 47-48 Penn
MMAMania.com 47-48 Penn
Brent Brookhouse - BloodyElbow.com 47-48 Penn
Jordan Breen - Sherdog.com 47-49 Penn
FightMetric.com 47-49 Penn
Mike Fridley - Sherdog.com 46-49 Penn
Jack Bratcher - ProMMANow.com 46-49 Penn

http://www.mmadecisions.com/decision/1468/Frankie-Edgar-vs-B.J.-Penn

 

[Sonny Qc]

to this day, i think bj won that fight, too.

most media scorecards had it for bj as well:

MEDIA SCORES
MMAJunkie.com 48-47 Edgar
Greg Savage - Sherdog.com 47-48 Penn
Josh Gross - SI.com 47-48 Penn
MMAMania.com 47-48 Penn
Brent Brookhouse - BloodyElbow.com 47-48 Penn
Jordan Breen - Sherdog.com 47-49 Penn
FightMetric.com 47-49 Penn
Mike Fridley - Sherdog.com 46-49 Penn
Jack Bratcher - ProMMANow.com 46-49 Penn

http://www.mmadecisions.com/decision/1468/Frankie-Edgar-vs-B.J.-Penn

I had Edgar winning tbh.