UFC 169: Aldo v. Lamas/Barao v. Faber 2 - Feb. 1

[The JareBear]

I'm not a big fan of Cruz, seems a little into himself. Maybe it's just the clips I see here and there, kinda strikes me as a total "Bro." Anyone who grew up in So Cal knows what I am talking about. Crap, just typing So Cal made me kinda sound like a Bro too, uh oh.

That being said, I don't wish pain and injury on anybody, and quite frankly, I don't see this fight going well for Cruz. I see him getting mopped, embarrassingly so. Probably a brutal KO in rounds 2 or 3. I wish he could have taken a tune-up fight. More so, I wish this fight could have happened without such a long layoff and an injury free Cruz in his prime taking the cage. THAT fight, IMO, would have been great.

Barao is a scary, scary dude.

[ex carrabba fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by The JareBear

I'm not a big fan of Cruz, seems a little into himself. Maybe it's just the clips I see here and there, kinda strikes me as a total "Bro." Anyone who grew up in So Cal knows what I am talking about. Crap, just typing So Cal made me kinda sound like a Bro too, uh oh. That being said, I don't wish pain and injury on anybody, and quite frankly, I don't see this fight going well for Cruz. I see him getting mopped, embarrassingly so. Probably a brutal KO in rounds 2 or 3. I wish he could have taken a tune-up fight. More so, I wish this fight could have happened without such a long layoff and an injury free Cruz in his prime taking the cage. THAT fight, IMO, would have been great. Barao is a scary, scary dude.

Cruz is the furthest thing from a bro. He seems like a genuinely humble guy, a very nice guy. Grew up in Tuscon doing all sorts of odd jobs before getting to the big time.

Jaime Varner has replaced Bobby Green to face Abel Trujillo. Disappointed not to see Green in there again, apparently for undisclosed reasons, but happy that they replaced him with the entertaining Varner.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by ex carrabba fan

Cruz is the furthest thing from a bro. He seems like a genuinely humble guy, a very nice guy. Grew up in Tuscon doing all sorts of odd jobs before getting to the big time. Jaime Varner has replaced Bobby Green to face Abel Trujillo. Disappointed not to see Green in there again, apparently for undisclosed reasons, but happy that they replaced him with the entertaining Varner.

I was shocked that Green was even on the card. That wouldve been his 3rd fight in 3 mos.

[aholbert32]

Cruz tore his groin and is now out of the fight. He's vacating the belt so Barao is now the BW champion.

Faber is now going to fight Barao for the belt on 3 weeks notice.

[TheShizNo1]

Jeez......

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[m1ke_nyc]

The announcement was supposed to be at 4:30 instead they gave us 20 minutes of Tebow before making it lol.

[Pappy Knuckles]

I feel so bad for Cruz. I was excited to see how he looked after all this time off. The title has been held up long enough though, so this is understandable. Sucks.

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[Hiro1]

Definitely sucks for Cruz after everything he's been through already. I'm excited for Faber though. He's the fighter I watched the most when I 1st began watching mma.