UFC 85: London, England: Matt Hughes Vs. Thiago Alves / The Ultimate Fighter 7
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it's going to be a busy month for MMA fans! already just less than two weeks away from UFC 85 in london. 
go alves! i'm hoping the little pitbull can pull off a ko or tko in the second or third.
the former main event was "cursed" and was eventually scrapped (chuck liddell vs. mauricio rua became chuck liddell vs. rashad evans, then james irvin vs. rashad evans, then luiz arthur cane vs. rashad evans, then nothing at all, and luiz is back to the match vs. jason lambert).
still, looks like a solid card. an excellent HW match in werdum vs. vera, finally leites and marquardt will meet after what seems like years that they've been trying to set this match up, and jason day gets a huge opportunity after his big win at UFC 83. very solid undercard, too. taylor vs. liaudin should be great, and the rest look very competitive. tough calls to pick a winner!
UFC 85, June 7, 2008 - O2 Arena, London, England - PPV
Main Card:
Matt Hughes Vs. Thiago Alves
Michael Bisping Vs. Jason Day (Chris Leben out)
Marcus Davis Vs. Mike Swick
Brandon Vera Vs. Fabricio Werdum
Nate Marquardt Vs. Thales Leites
Pre-lims:
Martin Kampmann Vs. Jorge Rivera
Thiago Tavares Vs. Matt Wiman
Roan Carneiro Vs. Kevin Burns (Ryo Chonan out due to injury)
Jason Lambert Vs. Luiz Arthur Cane
Paul Taylor Vs. Jess Liaudin
Eddie Sanchez Vs. Antoni Hardonk (Neil Wain out due to injury)
go alves! i'm hoping the little pitbull can pull off a ko or tko in the second or third.
the former main event was "cursed" and was eventually scrapped (chuck liddell vs. mauricio rua became chuck liddell vs. rashad evans, then james irvin vs. rashad evans, then luiz arthur cane vs. rashad evans, then nothing at all, and luiz is back to the match vs. jason lambert).
still, looks like a solid card. an excellent HW match in werdum vs. vera, finally leites and marquardt will meet after what seems like years that they've been trying to set this match up, and jason day gets a huge opportunity after his big win at UFC 83. very solid undercard, too. taylor vs. liaudin should be great, and the rest look very competitive. tough calls to pick a winner!
UFC 85, June 7, 2008 - O2 Arena, London, England - PPV
Main Card:
Matt Hughes Vs. Thiago Alves
Michael Bisping Vs. Jason Day (Chris Leben out)
Marcus Davis Vs. Mike Swick
Brandon Vera Vs. Fabricio Werdum
Nate Marquardt Vs. Thales Leites
Pre-lims:
Martin Kampmann Vs. Jorge Rivera
Thiago Tavares Vs. Matt Wiman
Roan Carneiro Vs. Kevin Burns (Ryo Chonan out due to injury)
Jason Lambert Vs. Luiz Arthur Cane
Paul Taylor Vs. Jess Liaudin
Eddie Sanchez Vs. Antoni Hardonk (Neil Wain out due to injury)
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The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Rampage Vs. Team Forrest Finale, June 21, 2008 - The Palms, Las Vegas, Nevada - Spike TV
Main Card:
Evan Tanner Vs. Kendall Grove
Finalist #1 Vs. Finalist #2
Diego Sanchez Vs. Liugi Fioravanti
Spencer Fisher Vs. Jeremy Stephens
Dustin Hazelett Vs. Josh Burkman
Pre-lims:
Jeremy Horn Vs. Dean Lister (swing bout)
Marvin Eastman Vs. Drew McFedries
Rob Yundt Vs. Rob Kimmons (Alessio Sakara out due to injury)
Matt Arroyo Vs. Matt Brown
Tim Credeur Vs. TBA
Matt Riddle Vs. Dante Rivera
UFC 86, July 5, 2008 - Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada - PPV
Main Card:
Quinton Jackson Vs. Forrest Griffin - LHW Championship
Ricardo Almeida Vs. Patrick Côté
Chris Lytle Vs. Josh Koscheck
Gleison Tibau Vs. Joe Stevenson
Tyson Griffin Vs. Marcus Aurelio
Pre-lims:
Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Justin McCully
Denis Siver Vs. Melvin Guillard
Cole Miller Vs. Jorge Gurgel
Justin Buchholz Vs. Corey Hill
WEC 35, August 3, 2008 - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada - Versus / TSN
Carlos Condit Vs. Hiromitsu Miura - WEC WW Championship
Brian Stann Vs. Steve Cantwell - WEC LHW Championship
Jamie Varner Vs. Marcus Hicks - WEC LW Championship
Cub Swanson Vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Micah Miller Vs. TBA
Leonard Garcia Vs. TBA
Carlo Prater Vs. Brock Larson
Kenji Osawa Vs. Scott Jorgensen
Todd Moore Vs. Alex Karalexis
UFC 87, August 9, 2008 - Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota - PPV
Main Card:
Georges St-Pierre Vs. Jon Fitch - WW Championship
Brock Lesnar Vs. Heath Herring (Mark Coleman out due to injury)
Roger Huerta Vs. Kenny Florian
Demian Maia Vs. Jason MacDonald
Frankie Edgar Vs. Hermes Franca
Pre-lims:
Karo Parisyan Vs. TBA (George Sotiropoulos out due to injury)
Cheick Kongo Vs. Dan Evenson
Manuel Gamburyan Vs. Rob Emerson
Cain Velasquez Vs. TBA
Kevin Burns Vs. Anthony Johnson
Steve Bruno Vs. Chris Wilson
Ben Saunders Vs. Jared Rollins
Andre Gusmao Vs. TBA
UFC 88, September 6, 2008 - Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia - PPV
Chuck Liddell Vs. Rashad Evans
Tim Boetsch vs. James Lee
WEC 36, September 10, 2008 - Versus / TSN
Paulo Fihlo Vs. Chael Sonnen - WEC MW Championship
UFC Fight Night 14, September 17, 2008 - Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska - Spike TV
Mac Danzig Vs. Clay Guida
Nate Diaz Vs. Josh Neer
Houston Alexander Vs. Eric Schafer
Luke Cummo Vs. Tamden McCrory
Ed Herman Vs. Alan Belcher
The Ultimate Fighter 8, September 17, 2008 - Spike TV
Season will feature LHW's and LW's. Coaches : Frank Mir and Antonio Rodgrigo Nogueira
UFC 89, October, 2008
Anderson Silva Vs. Yushin Okami - MW Championship
December, 2008 - PPV
Frank Mir Vs. Antonio Rodgrigo Nogueira - HW Championship
Cast of 32 MW competitors. 16 MW matches will take place to start the season, with the 16 winners advancing to stay on the show. Coaches: Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin.
Initial Cast:
Aaron Meisner (out)
Amir Sadollah (advances)
Brandon Sene (advances)
CB Dollaway (advances)
Cale Yarbrough (advances)
Dan Simmler (out)
Daniel Cramer (advances)
Dante Rivera (advances)
Dave Roberts (out)
David Mewborn (out)
David Baggett (out)
Erik Charles (out)
Gerald Harris (advances)
Jesse Taylor (advances)
Jeremiah Riggs (out)
Jeremy May (advances)
John Clarke (out)
John Wood (out)
Josh Hall (out)
Luke Zachrich (advances)
Matt Brown (advances)
Matthew Riddle (advances)
Mike Dolce (advances)
Mike Marrello (out)
Nick Klein (advances)
Nick Rossborough (out)
Patrick Schultz (out)
Paul Bradley (advances)
Prince Mclean (out)
Reggie Orr (out)
Steve Byrnes (out)
Tim Credeur (advances)
Episode 1 : 32 competitors arrive and learn they must fight their way into the tournament for the show.
Mike Dolce Vs. Prince Mclean - Mike Dolce wins by KO, Round 1.
Cale Yarbrough Vs. John Clarke - Cale Yarbrough wins by TKO, Round 1.
Amir Sadollah Vs. Steve Byrnes - Amir Sadollah wins by submission (armbar), Round 2.
CB Dollaway Vs. David Baggett - CB Dollaway wins by TKO, Round 1.
Dante Rivera Vs. John Wood - Dante Rivera wins by submission (kimura), Round 1.
Nick Klein Vs. David Mewborn - Nick Klein wins by submission (arm triangle), Round 1.
Paul Bradley Vs. Reggie Orr - Paul Bradley wins by decision.
Jeremy May Vs. Dave Roberts - Jeremy May wins by submission (armbar), Round 1.
Episode 2: The remaining 8 initial bouts.
Matthew Riddle Vs. Dan Simmler - Matthew Riddle wins by KO, Round 2.
Luke Zachrich Vs. Patrick Schultz - Luke Zachrich wins by submission (rear naked choke), Round 1.
Erik Charles Vs. Tim Credeur - Tim Credeur wins by submission (armbar), Round 1.
Brandon Sene Vs. Aaron Meisner - Brandon Sene wins by submission (rear naked choke), Round 1.
Gerald Harris Vs. Mike Marrello - Gerald Harris wins by decision.
Jeremiah Riggs Vs. Daniel Cramer - Daniel Cramer wins by decision.
Nick Rossborough Vs. Jesse Taylor - Jesse Taylor wins by submission (rear naked choke), Round 1.
Matt Brown Vs. Josh Hall - Matt Brown wins by TKO, Round 1.
Episode 3: Teams are selected.
Team Rampage:
Brandon Sene (out)
CB Dollaway (advances)
Daniel Cramer (advances)
Gerald Harris (out)
Jeremy May (out)
Matthew Riddle (out)
Mike Dolce (out)
Patrick Schultz (replaces Paul Bradley) (out)
Paul Bradley (out due to illness)
Team Forrest:
Amir Sadollah (advances)
Cale Yarbrough (advances)
Dante Rivera (advances)
Jesse Taylor (advances)
Luke Zachrich (out)
Matt Brown (advances)
Tim Credeur (advances)
Nick Klein (out)
Jesse Taylor Vs. Mike Dolce - Jesse Taylor wins by submission (rear naked choke), Round 2.
Episode 4: Tim Credeur Vs. Matthew Riddle - Tim Credeur wins by submission (arm bar), Round 2.
Episode 5: Brandon Sene Vs. Dante Rivera - Dante Rivera wins by decision.
Episode 6: Jeremy May Vs. Matt Brown - Matt Brown wins by KO, Round 1. / Daniel Cramer Vs. Luke Zachrich - Daniel Cramer wins by TKO, Round 2.
Episode 7: Gerald Harris Vs. Amir Sadollah - Amir Sadollah wins by TKO, Round 2. / Cale Yarbrough vs. Patrick Schultz - Cale Yarbrough wins by decision.
Episode 8: Nick Klein Vs. CB Dollaway - CB Dollaway wins by submission (guillotine choke), Round 2.
Quarter-Final Matches:
Jesse Taylor (advances to semi-finals) Vs. Dante Rivera (out)
Amir Sadollah (advances to semi-finals) Vs. Matt Brown (out)
Tim Credeur (advances to semi-finals) Vs. Daniel Cramer (out)
CB Dollaway (advances to semi-finals) Vs. Cale Yarbrough (out)
Episode 9: Jesse Taylor Vs. Dante Rivera / Amir Sadollah Vs. Matt Brown - Jesse Taylor wins by decision. / Amir Sadollah wins by submission (triangle choke), Round 2.
Episode 10: Tim Credeur Vs. Daniel Cramer / CB Dollaway Vs. Cale Yarbrough - Tim Credeur wins by submission (heel hook), Round 1. / CB Dollaway wins by TKO, Round 1.
Semi Finals:
CB Dollaway Vs. Amir Sadollah
Jesse Taylor Vs. Tim Credeur
Episode 11: Jesse Taylor Vs. Tim Credeur - Jesse Taylor wins by decision.
Episode 12: CB Dollaway Vs. Amir Sadollah
EliteXC, May 31, 2008 - Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - CBS
Main Card:
Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson Vs. James Thompson
Robbie Lawler Vs. Scott Smith - EliteXC MW Championship
Gina Carano Vs. Kaitlin Young
Phil Baroni Vs. Joey Villasenor (Murilo Rua out due to injury)
Brett Rogers Vs. John Murphy
Pre-lims:
Nick Serra Vs. Matt Makowski
Wilson Reis Vs. Justin Robbins
Zach Makovsky Vs. Andre Soares
Mike Groves Vs. Joe Sampieri
Chris Liguori Vs. Jim Bova
James Jones Vs. Calvin Kattar
Carlton Haselrig Vs. Carlos Moreno
DREAM 4, June 15, 2008 - Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan - HDNet
MW Tournament Round Two:
Melvin Manhoef Vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Gegard Mousasi Vs. Dong Sik Yoon
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza Vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller
Zelg Galesic Vs. Taiei Kin
LW Tournament Round Two Bout:
Shinya Aoki Vs. Katsuhiko Nagata
Non-Tournament Bouts:
Alistair Overeem Vs. Tae Hyun Lee
Alavutdin Gadzhiyev Vs. TBA (Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira out due to visa issues)
Hideo Tokoro Vs. Darren Uyenoyama
"Up Front" w/ Gray:
http://watch.tsn.ca/off-the-record/off-the-record---may-23-2008/#clip54758
"Next Question" w/ Gray:
http://watch.tsn.ca/off-the-record/off-the-record---may-23-2008/#clip54762
9 eastern...TSN Alternate in canada...Versus network in the US...
hoping nogueira makes the broadcast, but the two championship matches should be worth the price of admission alone (free!
WEC 34, June 1, 2008 - ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California - Versus / TSN (Alternate Feed)
Main Card:
Urijah Faber Vs. Jens Pulver - WEC FW Championship
Miguel Torres Vs. Yoshiro Maeda - WEC BW Championship
Rob McCullough Vs. Kenneth Alexander
Mark Munoz Vs. Chuck Grigsby
Jeff Curran Vs. Mike Brown
Pre-lims:
Danny Castillo Vs. Donald Cerrone
Chase Beebe Vs. Will Ribeiro
Tim McKenzie Vs. Jeremy Lang
Alex Serdyukov Vs. Luis Sapo
Alexandre "Pequeno" Franca Nogueira Vs. Jose Aldo
Charlie Valencia Vs. Dominick Cruz
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/27/is-sean-sherk-ready-to-fight-again/
also, thanks for the heads up about WEC this sunday found it on 204 on rogers
09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
that card is already looking fantastic, but a sherk vs. edgar match would certainly be welcomed!
i was worried TSN wouldn't be carrying this one again, or that they would show it on tape delay a day or two later, so it was good to see the schedule.
elitexc on saturday, wec on sunday and another ufc next saturday...and the dream show (plus another elitexc show from hawaii on showtime!) the following weekend...tuf finale....and the strikeforce show to round out june...busy month!
Me thinks I will be making that 3 hour drive.
I'm glad Matt Brown got smashed, he seemd like all talk no action!!
CB is gonna win it all!!!!!!!!
...wish i could say the same of the first fight, but it was more like a kevin randleman match from the early ufc 20's....zzzzz......:D
3 hours is smittens!
soon they'll be coming to nashville, "babe".
i mean, during the Jesse/Dante fight, you constantly heard Forrest giving Jesse direction. You didn't hear Rampage's voice until half way through the 2nd round, when he shouts "Dante, stand up! You're not doing anything from your back!"... i mean, it took him 7 minutes to figure that out and say somethng?
so far, the only two wins that Rampage has gotten are from the two guys that really didn't need all that much direction.
overall, the Jesse/Dante fight was petty poor for a quarter final match!
the Matt/Amir fight was really good though. i like both guys, so i didn't know who to cheer for. i think Matt was very gracious in defeat. for all the talk about him being on the verge of snapping all the time, he seemed pretty layed back in the end....
lol... babe! i had forgotten about that...
Dana and ReleasH, sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g....
LMAO! I wish!
thanks, releash.
oohhh, good thought.
anyway, i'm still excited to see carano vs. young, and lawler vs. smith.
CBS-ELITE XC: GINA CARANO FAILS TO MAKE WEIGHT
Friday, May 30, 2008
MMAWeekly.com
The fighters for Saturday’s CBS-EliteXC Saturday Night Fights weighed in on Friday outside the Prudential Center, where the event will take place, in Newark, N.J.
Despite most fighters making weight, one the most notable did not. Gina Carano, contracted to fight Kaitlin Young at a weight of 140 pounds, weighed in at 144.5 pounds. Since the bout is not a title fight, it will be allowed to take place, but Carano will have to forfeit 12.5 percent of her purse to Young as a penalty.
Young weighed in at 140.5 pounds, which is allowable as there is a one-pound tolerance for non-title bouts.
The event’s only championship clash is between current middleweight champion Robbie Lawler and challenger Scott Smith. Both fighters weighed in at 184.5 pounds.
Main Card (on CBS Television):
Kimbo Slice (235.5) vs. James Thompson (257)
Robbie Lawler (184.5) vs. Scott Smith (184.5)
Gina Carano (144.5) vs. Kaitlin Young (140.5)
Jon Murphy (260.5) vs. Brett Rogers (263.5)
Phil Baroni (185) vs. Joey Villasenor (184.5)
Preliminary Bouts (on CBSSports.com):
Carlton Haselrig (263) vs. Carlos Moreno (261)
Jim Bova (160.5) vs. Chris Liguori (161)
Matt Makowski (171) vs. Nick Serra (167)
Wilson Reis (140.5) vs. Justin Robbins (140.5)
James “Binky” Jones (154.5) vs. Calvin Kattar (155.5)
Not Broadcast:
Zach Makovsky (135) vs. Andre Soares (134)
Mike Groves (154) vs. Joe Sampieri (155)
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=6378&zoneid=13
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/20962602/what_the_fk_is_dana_white_fighting_for
Bald and badass ... pretty accurate description of Dana. The story has been done a thousand times already, I'd really like to see some of the fighters get mainstream interviews, particularly guys like GSP, Kenny Florian, BJ Penn and of course, Gray Maynard.
ya i'm too fond of rampage as a coach, but really that's not his thing. Matt/Amir fight was great like you said, i was cheering for matt brown but amir is awsome. I hope he does really well in this thing, if memory serves me right, he has like no experience, so that's damn good.
09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
sucks that gina didn't make weight, guess i'm going to start calling her Gabe lol. You are probably right about making it 145, she is a very vital part to the organizations success, they need to fix this problem... it looks like they have weird weight classes anyways... why are some guys at 155 and others at 160?
anyways, should be a good show tonight, some of the guys from elite were on inside mma last night (frank shamrock, kimbo, and some other guy that i don't remember), pretty good episode if you didn't catch it.
09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
pretty good article, thanks for posting it releash
09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!
Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing
Wembley 2007
*whispers in death bed voice*... "put me back in, bj...put me back in, gray..."
this is part of the controversy and why some people dislike gina, although many people seem to find no reason to dislike her. they just dislike her. elite xc made a 140 womens's division "for her" and a 160 division "for" nick diaz. they said they were trying to make an attempt to start bringing in more weight classes, which would be a good thing in my opinion, but really it was because diaz and gina are two of their biggest stars and diaz can't make 155, and gina has a great deal of difficulty making 135. she nearly kills herself to make 140! they should just go with 135, 145, 155 for the female division, but there's really no one out there to fight in the 145 and 155 lb. range unless 135 fighters start fighting at 145 and stop cutting weight. hope it works itself out as the sport grows.
it's weird, because gina looked like death making 141.1 last time...no worries the time before that and this time she looked very fit, but was 3.5 over
i just downloaded the inside mma episode today. thanks for the heads up. i'll have to watch it later, though, as i just woke up in time to catch the show...damn, missed the pre-lims online! :mad:
i think the very shady
the london show? have you been when they came over before? i heard the english fans are great.
fudge! :mad: sorry, leafs. why do these events always get found out about after the fact!?!
none of us are destined to meet randy!
i'm going to pee my pants for two of these fights at least!
go gina!
edit: show starts with an introduction, "instructional", and rules explanation from frank shamrock. funny that when they got to "no knees to the head of a grounded opponent", they showed his illegal knees to renzo gracie as an example.