Post by The Sandmen on Jun 14, 2012 14:34:25 GMT -5
The theme of this card is "From the Shadows". It's primary focus, as you can see by the banner, is on the women. Since our women are are almost always overshadowed on our regular cards, popped into prelims, or buried by crazy heavyweight bouts, I figured its time to give them the spotlight again.
Our main event is a wonderful showdown between the unstoppable Gina Carano and the streaking Zoila Gurgel. Gurgel is one of the few women left in the division that Gina has not manhandled, so it will be interesting to see how this goes down.
In our co-main event, we've got the (winning) new women facing off in a one-night tournament to determine a number 1 contender, and get some fresh talent into the title mix. I know i might get some backlash given the strong pool that is Cyborg and Kaufman, but both have had a shot at the title and failed. So now we'll toss some new ladies into the mix, and Kaufman and Cyborg (both very, very close) will get their shots in the neat future.
Which leads us to those two: Both are fighting women that have not previously faced. Both are CLEARLY the favourites to win, but you never know what can happen in MMA. So if both win, then they will likely face each other in a future #1 contender fight. If one wins and the other loses, who the hell knows what we will do. We will cross those bridges when we get there.
The rest of the main card focus is, again, on the new and old women, mixing them up, getting some new fights in there. I have felt the women's division getting a bit stale, so this will help spring some new life in there. Looking forward to it.
And the men.
There are 6 men (3 fights) on this card, and they are all in keeping with the "From the shadows" theme. Randy Couture and Roy Nelson are obviously in no way "shadow" fighters, but both are coming off devastating injuries, and both have not seen action since like...ManMMA 34. So this will get them back into the game. The other male "fighters" are all shitty losers who dwell in the shadows, occasionally popping out to upset some unsuspecting victim and ruin their lives.
Enjoy ManMMA 45!