UFC 173: Weidman vs. Machida

May 24, 2014

MGM Grand Garden Arena

Las Vegas, Nevada

Main Card (PPV)

Chris Weidman © vs. Lyoto Machida

Junior dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic

T.J. Dillashaw vs. Takeya Mizugaki

Tony Ferguson vs.Katsunori Kikuno

Jamie Varner vs. James Krause

Prelim Card (Fox Sports 1)

Michael Chiesa vs. Francisco Trinaldo

Chris Holdsworth vs. Kyung-Ho Kang

Al Iaquinta vs. Mitch Clarke

Anthony Njokuani vs. Vinc Pichel

Prelim Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Yves Edwards vs. Piotr Hallmann

Sam Sicilia vs. Doo Ho Choi

Danny Mitchell vs. Li Jingliang

There is a general consensus on the UG that UFC posters are often a little formulaic.

Stars… Whoa:

I am not sure what you mean there:

Two fighters, who are going to fight:

However, the same team that put together the posters above also did these two, which move outside the box.

The UFC has occasionally gone off the design reservation, with very cool results.

Still, posters are always a little cooler with some kanji. This is the UFC Japan poster that they saw in Japan. it’s cooler.

When Ronda Rousey headlined UFC 157, there were both western and Japanese fight posters. This is what the English speaking world saw:

This is what they used in Japan:

For posters that bottle the mind, no one did it better than Japan’s Pride.

Yes, those are sperm.

So what do you think UG? Do UFC posters need more sperms on them?