UFC 75 - London: Rampage Jackson Vs. Dan Henderson / Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Cheick Kongo

mookie blaylock 10

only two weeks away from UFC 75 in London, England!

rampage vs. hendo in the first title unification match...and it's free on spike!

hoping for a fantastic title match, a kickboxing vs. muay thai battle between cro cop and kongo, and for sakara to ko alexander.



UFC 75, September 8, 2007 - 02 Arena, London, England - PPV (also on Spike TV tape delay)

Main Card:

Quinton Jackson Vs. Dan Henderson - UFC & Pride LHW Championship Unification Match
Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Cheick Kongo
Michael Bisping Vs. Matt Hamill
Alessio Sakara Vs. Houston Alexander
Marcus Davis Vs. Paul Taylor

Pre-lims:
Thiago Silva Vs. Tomasz Drwal
Gleison Tibau Vs. Terry Etim
Jess Liaudin Vs. Anthony Torres
Dennis Siver Vs. Naoyuki Kotani

mookie blaylock 10

Rumours for upcoming UFC (and WEC) cards...


WEC 30, September 5, 2007 - Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada - Versus / TSN

Main Card:

Rob McCullough Vs. Rich Crunkilton - WEC LW Championship
Chase Beebe Vs. Rani Yayha - WEC BW Championship
John Alessio Vs. Marcelo Brito
Jeff Bedard Vs. Miguel Torres
Brian Stann Vs. Jeremiah Billington

Pre-lims:

Marcus Hicks Vs. Scott McAfee
Bryan Baker Vs. Jesse Forbes
Donald Cerrone Vs. Kenneth Alexander
Blas Avena Vs. Joe Benoit
Ian McCall Vs. Coty Wheeler




UFC Fight Night 11, September 19, 2007 - The Palms, Las Vegas, Nevada - Spike TV (The Ultimate Fighter 6 debut to follow UFC Fight Night 11)

Main Card:

Din Thomas Vs. Kenny Florian
Nate Diaz Vs. Junior Assuncao
Chris Leben Vs. Terry Martin
Nate Quarry Vs. Pete Sell

Pre-lims:

Dustin Hazelett Vs. Jonathan Goulet (Mike Swick out due to injury)
Thiago Alves Vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Luke Cummo Vs. Edilberto Crocota
Cole Miller Vs. Leonard Garcia
Gray Maynard Vs. Joe Veres




UFC 76, September 22, 2007 - Honda Center, Anaheim, California - PPV

Main Card:

Chuck Liddell Vs. Keith Jardine
Mauricio Rua Vs. Forrest Griffin
Diego Sanchez Vs. Jon Fitch
Lyoto Machida Vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Thiago Tavares Vs. Tyson Griffin

Pre-lims:

Matt Wiman Vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Jeremy Stephens Vs. Diego Saraiva
Justin McCully Vs. Christian Wellisch




UFC 77, October 20, 2007 - U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio - PPV

Main Card:

Rich Franklin Vs. Anderson Silva - MW Championship
Brandon Vera Vs. Tim Sylvia
Jason MacDonald Vs. Yushin Okami
Kalib Starnes Vs. Alan Belcher
Josh Burkman Vs. Forrest Petz

Pre-Lims:

Jorge Gurgel Vs. Alvin Robinson
Marvin Eastman vs. Demian Maia
Stephan Bonnar Vs. Eric Schafer
Matt Grice Vs. Jason Black




UFC 78, November 17, 2007 - Prudential Arena, Newark, New Jersey - PPV

BJ Penn Vs. TBA - LW Championship (Sean Sherk, pending outcome of appeal, or possibly Joe Stevenson)
Tito Ortiz Vs. Rashad Evans
Karo Parisyan Vs. Hayato Sakurai
Spencer Fisher Vs. Frank Edgar
Joe Lauzon Vs. Jason Reinhardt




The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale, December 8, 2007 - The Palms, Las Vegas, Nevada - Spike TV

Welterweight Tournament Finals

TUF 6 Cast:

Ben Saunders
Billy Miles
Blake Bowman
Daniel Barrera
Dorian Price
George Sotiropoulos
Jared Rollins
Joe Scarola
John Kolosci
Jon Koppenhaver
Mac Danzig
Matt Arroyo
Paul Georgieff
Richie Hightower
Roman Mitichyan
Tom Speer
Troy Mandaloniz




UFC 79, December 29, 2007 - Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada - PPV

Chuck Liddell Vs. Wanderlei Silva (pending outcome of Liddell Vs. Jardine)
Matt Serra Vs. Matt Hughes - WW Championship
Dean Lister Vs. Evan Tanner




February, 2008 - Las Vegas, Nevada - PPV

Randy Couture Vs. TBA - HW Championship




March / April, 2008 - Bell Centre, Montréal, Québec - PPV

Georges St-Pierre Vs. Matt Serra or Matt Hughes - WW Championship

dunkman

i could take all them

Byrnzie

dunkman wrote:

i could take all them

So could I, with a flame thrower and a couple of hand grenades.

mookie blaylock 10

dunkman wrote:

i could take all them

i could email a couple of the guys to let them know you're interested in a challenge, dunky.

dunkman

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

i could email a couple of the guys to let them know you're interested in a challenge, dunky.

i'm already in training

mookie blaylock 10

dunkman wrote:

i'm already in training

excellent! i thought for a moment that you forgot to type out the rest of the post..."i could take them all...on a tour of scotland after they are done with the show in london..."

dunkman

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

excellent! i thought for a moment that you forgot to type out the rest of the post..."i could take them all...on a tour of scotland after they are done with the show in london..."

nice... cant talk....lifting stuff

mookie blaylock 10

dunkman wrote:

nice... cant talk....lifting stuff

hahaha

dunky, you give me a laugh!

civ_eng_girl

woohoo! the TUF 6 Finale is on my birthday!

hmm.... birthday in Vegas?? :cool:


i'm already rooting for the guy named Danzig...

PissBottleMan

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

Michael Bisping Vs. Matt Hamill

This is the one I'd really like to see. Should be a great fight.

PBM

ReleasH

PissBottleMan wrote:

This is the one I'd really like to see. Should be a great fight.

PBM

definitely looking forward to this one too. I think Bisping will come out on top.

Proteus

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

it's free on spike!

Best news I've heard all day.

mookie blaylock 10

civ_eng_girl wrote:

woohoo! the TUF 6 Finale is on my birthday!

hmm.... birthday in Vegas?? :cool:


i'm already rooting for the guy named Danzig...

that would be a good way to spend a b-day! vegas!

i'm picking mac danzig too. don't know much about the other fighters, but i've seen danzig before and he has more experience than any of the other guys. plus he has a cool name...

ReleasH

civ_eng_girl wrote:

woohoo! the TUF 6 Finale is on my birthday!

hmm.... birthday in Vegas?? :cool:


i'm already rooting for the guy named Danzig...

hmm . . .UFC and a birthday party in vegas almost sounds better than the cincy orgy!!!

(in GSP's accent: i 'em still crushed that et won't 'appen)

civ_eng_girl

ReleasH wrote:

hmm . . .UFC and a birthday party in vegas almost sounds better than the cincy orgy!!!

(in GSP's accent: i 'em still crushed that et won't 'appen)

now, now! let's not make any rash descisions! :eek:

let's wait until we can 'assess' the TUF cast before we go cancelling any plans for cincy!

hehehehe....

mookie blaylock 10

only two weeks out, so time for some predictions

Main Card:

Quinton Jackson Vs. Dan Henderson - henderson by tko
Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Cheick Kongo - kongo by ko (sorry "cro crop", ceg, and myself...:( )
Michael Bisping Vs. Matt Hamill - hamill by decision
Alessio Sakara Vs. Houston Alexander - sakara by ko
Marcus Davis Vs. Paul Taylor - taylor by tko

Pre-lims:
Thiago Silva Vs. Tomasz Drwal - silva by ko
Gleison Tibau Vs. Terry Etim - etim by tko
Jess Liaudin Vs. Anthony Torres - liaudin by submission
Dennis Siver Vs. Naoyuki Kotani - kotani by submission

LOVEBOATCAPT0226

Quinton Jackson Vs. Dan Henderson - Rampage by dec
Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Cheick Kongo - Cheick with the upset KO!!
Michael Bisping Vs. Matt Hamill - Hammill by dec
Alessio Sakara Vs. Houston Alexander -Alexander by KO (This guy might be the real deal!!)

That UFC card for New Jersey looks like shit so far, But I guess its still awhile away.

mookie blaylock 10

LOVEBOATCAPT0226 wrote:

Quinton Jackson Vs. Dan Henderson - Rampage by dec
Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Cheick Kongo - Cheick with the upset KO!!
Michael Bisping Vs. Matt Hamill - Hammill by dec
Alessio Sakara Vs. Houston Alexander -Alexander by KO (This guy might be the real deal!!)

That UFC card for New Jersey looks like shit so far, But I guess its still awhile away.

happy to see i'm not the only one picking kongo, lbc! i don't like picking against mirko, but i like kongo's style as well, and if he can be effective with his knees and elbows against the cage, then he has more ways to end this fight than mirko does. we'll see if cheick can handle mirko's leg kicks, though. one thing is for certain...this fight isn't going to the ground until one guy knocks out the other!

mookie blaylock 10

ceg, i posted a couple of older videos of georges' fights in the other thread, and i just found a couple more, in case you're interested. releash, i assume you may have seen the hieron fight, but the bruckman fight is from UCC, so i'm not sure if you've seen that one...


TKO / UCC 10: Georges St - Pierre vs. Justin Bruckmann...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RS60ZD8O7w

UFC 48 : Georges St - Pierre Vs. Jay Hieron...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU3aXt5n9qw



...finding these videos as i'm still looking for the guida vs aurelio match from UFC 74...argh!

mookie blaylock 10

BABALU FACES POSSIBLE DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
by Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com


Renato “Babalu” Sobral could face fines, suspensions, or possible release after his antics at UFC 74 that also forced the Nevada State Athletic Commission to withhold his $25,000 fight purse after his victory over David Heath.

After a weigh-in that saw both Babalu and Heath exchanging words, it was the Brazilian who came out on top in the fight, but his refusal to release the choke that ended the fight when referee Steve Mazzagatti stepped in may cost Sobral more than just a paycheck.

As Babalu wrenched in a tight anaconda choke on his opponent, David Heath tapped out and immediately Mazzagatti swooped in to stop the bout.

Sobral did not release the hold and even when Mazzagatti tried to force him off his opponent the former #1 light heavyweight contender did not let go.

In his post fight interview with color commentator Joe Rogan, Babalu admitted he held onto the choke to “teach him a lesson” after they exchanged words at the weigh-in.

Immediately after the bout, the Nevada State Athletic Commission held up Babalu’s fight purse of $25,000 pending further action that may come down.

MMAWeekly spoke to Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer about the incident and he advised that they did hold the $25,000 win bonus from Sobral after the fight pending further investigation.

When MMAWeekly spoke to Kizer he had just received a tape from Zuffa with the footage of the Sobral/Heath fight. Kizer said after he reviews the film, he would then make a decision whether or not to file an incident report against Babalu for his actions.

If the incident is filed, Babalu will face a possible fine or suspension from the commission, although according to Kizer, he isn’t likely to seek a suspension at this time.

Kizer did state that he spoke to Babalu and his manager after the fight and they advised him that from dealing with past experiences, a fighter should not release a hold based solely on his opponent tapping out. Although in this instance, it was clear that he held on past the time when referee Steve Mazzagatti tried to get him to release the choke and Babalu also referenced such in his post fight interview.

“I’ve got an issue with that,” said Kizer regarding Babalu’s post fight behavior.

In the post fight press conference, UFC President Dana White also had harsh words when asked about Babalu’s actions during and after the fight.

“What Babalu did was real bad,” said White. “It will be interesting to see what the commission does. I am not happy about it. If you have an arm or leg of somebody in a submission where somebody seriously injures somebody, you'll never be back in UFC again.”

Heath’s manager, Scott Newell, spoke to MMAWeekly on Monday and confirmed that Heath is more upset with his own performance and the Nevada State Athletic Commission will deal with the situation in whatever way they see fit.

Babalu has been in a rough patch lately after his knockout loss to Jason Lambert at UFC 68. He was then arrested in Florida for misdemeanor charges of trespassing and battery.

This latest episode may cost Babalu not only his fight purse withheld by the athletic commission, but also fines or suspensions from the UFC and as mentioned by UFC president Dana White, a possible expulsion from the organization altogether isn’t out of the question.

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=4591&zoneid=13