[MrVideo]

Hello everybody!
I am excited and anticipating my first attendance to a UFC (bought my tickets just today...) and I would like to know if any of you intend to be there at UFC 87. It would be nice to meet other MMA lovers from this forum.
Also, I haven't made reservations for my stay in Minneapolis yet, and I would really appreciate any information about what is the "official" Hotel where Fighters and Teams will stay for UFC 87.
If it's not too expensive, that will be my first choice.
Thanks a lot...
MrVideo.

[silvawand]

Originally Posted by MrVideo

Hello everybody!
I am excited and anticipating my first attendance to a UFC (bought my tickets just today...) and I would like to know if any of you intend to be there at UFC 87. It would be nice to meet other MMA lovers from this forum.
Also, I haven't made reservations for my stay in Minneapolis yet, and I would really appreciate any information about what is the "official" Hotel where Fighters and Teams will stay for UFC 87.
If it's not too expensive, that will be my first choice.
Thanks a lot...
MrVideo.

My educated GUESS would be that the fighters will be staying at the Graves 601 Hotel....it is the closest and nicest hotel to the Target Centre (literally across the road). I'm not 100% by any means, but it would make a lot of sense for them to be staying there.

Check it out.

[MMAAddiction]

Brock
GSP
Florian

TO WIN

[MrVideo]

"My educated GUESS would be that the fighters will be staying at the Graves 601 Hotel...."
- Thanks to silvawand for the help, I'll check it out.

I hope to contribute to this thread during the days of the event (weigh ins, interviews, as well as the main event itself) with my impressions and hopefully some interesting information. About the main fights, my guesses are:
- GSP wins: 2nd round - referee stopage;
- Herring wins: 2nd round - armbar (...strange, I know, but that's what came to me).
Last, I've heard fine things about Demian Maia, his fight with Jason MacDonald may be a good surprise.
MrVideo.

[Wawaweewa]

My picks:
GSP- TKO round 3
KenFlo- Submission round 3
Brock- TKO round 1 (I don't see Herring stopping the TD and his jitz off his back isn't as good as Mir's)
Kongo- KO round 2
Maia- Submission round 2

[silvawand]

Originally Posted by MrVideo

"My educated GUESS would be that the fighters will be staying at the Graves 601 Hotel...."
- Thanks to silvawand for the help, I'll check it out.

No problemo.

As for my picks...I'm going with:
GSP via TKO Rnd 3
Herring via SUB Rnd 2
Huerta via UD
Demian via SUB Rnd 2
Kongo via KO Rnd 2

I'm worried about Herring, as far as I'm concerned Brock is still kinda a mystery, but there is no doubt in my mind Herring won't be able to stop his takedown. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I'm basically praying for Herring to sub him from his back. Longshot, but I'm a big fan of Herring and Lesnar not so much.

Huerta vs Florian is so close, I really dislike Florian which played a part in picking Huerta over him. I do think a lot of people are overlooking Huerta in this fight, and I can see him out working Florian for a UD win.

Should be a great night, can not WAIT to be there.

[BJJPenn]

This is going to be awesome, love watching G-S-P, he's just such a dynamic fighter!

Would go to live event if I was not in Europe...

[hattori hanso]

My first UFC too! We're staying at the Marriott. It's about 4 blocks from the joint. Now, in Oct I'll hopefully be going to UFC 90 in Chicago! Love the midwest, baby!!

[randyspankstito]

I just can't believe they put Rob Emerson on the main card. The guy has done nothing but suck and then gas out. He did it on the show, lost, then dana let him back for semi's or something, lost again. Then he fought at least at the finally and I think he gassed and lost again, can't remember.

Then I saw him fight some skinny as cambodian dude at the end of one of the pay per views and he got gassed and pwned.

I think Dana has a hard on for him, seriously.

[Damone]

Rob Emerson was sick in the Nate Diaz fight and put up a better fight than guys like Kurt Pellegrino did. He got robbed in the Corey Hill fight and should've beaten Gray Maynard. After all this, he comes back and beats Keita Nakamura, the guy who beat Yoshiyuki Yoshida, with ease. He's a talented fighter, that's why he's on the main card, and that guy delivers exciting fights. His fight with Manny will be great, and he should win that fight, since his stand-up is better than Manny's and his takedown defense is excellent.