UFC 75 - London: Rampage Jackson Vs. Dan Henderson / Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Cheick Kongo
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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
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
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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
So could I, with a flame thrower and a couple of hand grenades.
i could email a couple of the guys to let them know you're interested in a challenge, dunky.
i'm already in training
excellent!
nice... cant talk....lifting stuff
hahaha
dunky, you give me a laugh!
hmm.... birthday in Vegas?? :cool:
i'm already rooting for the guy named Danzig...
This is the one I'd really like to see. Should be a great fight.
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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...
(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....
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
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!
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!
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
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
by Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com
Randy Couture proved why he is considered one of the most legendary fighters of all time last Saturday night when he defeated Gabriel Gonzaga via third round TKO to retain his heavyweight title. He also finished the fight with a broken arm as Couture discussed in an interview with MMAWeekly Radio on Monday.
The injury occurred in the third round when Couture blocked a high kick from Gonzaga and still the 44-year-old champion continued and finished his opponent shortly after.
“Obviously he’s got a very, very good high kick and obviously after Mirko he’s got some confidence throwing it,” said Couture. “He tried to kick me in the head a few times actually and he slapped me in the face with his foot on one occasion.
“In the third round, he tried a high kick and I deflected it off my left forearm. Bone on bone contact, shins or forearms, things like that, it hurts and at the time I was like ‘wow, that was a hard kick, I’m glad it didn’t hit me in the head’ and my arm hurt.
“We ended up in the clinch again and it was shortly thereafter that I took him down and ended up finishing the fight. It didn’t really feel anything at the time, other than my arm felt kind of funny.”
Many fans viewing the fight thought Couture took the shot flush to his head, but the champ explained that it was his arms that mostly deflected the kick.
“A few people thought I took the shot to the head,” Couture stated about the kick. “I don’t think it hit me in the head at all. It definitely hit me in the arm, but I didn’t feel it in the head. I don’t know, maybe the head’s the best place to hit me.”
Moments later Couture took his opponent, who outweighed him by almost 25lbs, to the ground where he finished the fight with strikes.
Afterwards, the attending ringside physician checked Couture, but it was apparently later that night when he realized something was wrong.
“After the fight, the doc check my hand and checked everything and I just thought it was a real good bruise, a good deep bone bruise,” said Couture.
“By the end of that evening, that night, and the next morning it was very swollen and I couldn’t pronate or supinate my hand, you know turn my wrist back or forth. I realized at that point that I might have a broken bone in there. I went to the chiropractor that afternoon and he has an x-ray machine and he put it up there on the screen and sure enough it was broke clean through.”
The injury, explained Couture, was to the smaller bone in his forearm and shouldn’t be seen as very serious at all.
“The ulna bone is the smaller bone of the two bones in the forearm, the radius is the bigger bone and the smaller bone was snapped clean in half. It’s called a ‘night stick fracture.’ You think about somebody trying to hit you in the head with a nightstick and you threw your hands up, that’s exactly where it would hit you.
“It was not displaced, so it does not have to be set, there’s no surgeries or anything like that involved. In fact, they don’t even have to cast it,” Couture stated about the injury. “The smaller bone has a very, very good prognosis for healing. I’ll wear a splint for the next 6 weeks and it will start healing. It’s healing now I’m sure. It’s still pretty swollen and tender now, but in about two weeks time the bone will start to stick back together and things should be looking good. I’ll get an x-ray to make sure it’s still not displaced and it should be good to go.”
The UFC heavyweight champion doesn’t expect to fight again in 2007, but does have other commitments including two acting engagements. One will start in 2 weeks when he will appear in the CBS show, “The Unit” and the other will be a feature role in the prequel to the “Scorpion King,” part of the Mummy franchise of movies.
Couture advised that regardless of the injury; he’ll stay active, no matter what.
“I’m sure I’ll find things to do,” stated Couture. “I’ve still got two perfectly good legs and I can run on a treadmill, I can ride on a bike. I’m still going to be working; I’m just not going to be punching, especially with my left hand.”
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=4592&zoneid=2
no. freakin'. way. :eek:
i take it all back, mook....
you're betting agaist Mirko and Bisping?
that's it. the hip trip is off! :mad:
does everyone lose their minds after they turn 30?!
ps. GSP!
yah, that's right... fight's over... i'm still cheering for him!
pps. where the f*** are you guys today?? i'm talkin' to myself over here!
ppps. i use too many smilies and exclamation points.
Apparently, he was in the crowd at the PPV last weekend.
Interesting.
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nnnnnoooooooooo!
yes, i admit i am a "cro traitor" in this case, but i would be VERY happy to see him win. i think he faces a tougher task in kongo than most people think, though...and i don't think mirko has been training with the right guys from what i have heard. he's training with world class kickboxers like himself, and not muay thai champions, like kongo. i just have a feeling he might be in store for another loss.
a win would put him right back in the title picture, though. with only a few fights left on his contract and mirko retiring after that, i know many fans would like to see him face couture, or arlovski, or vera...we shall see.
perhaps by me picking kongo, it will jinx him and mirko will get the ko!
as far as bisping goes, i would rather see bisping win, but hamill's wrestling is just too good and bisping has yet to demonstrate good takedown defense against fighters with far less skill and experience in wrestling than matt. i fear this will be a boring match for a lot of people (those who aren't hamill fans) as matt will take him down and try to keep him on the ground and use elbows and hammerfists to win a decision.
please to be reconsidering the hip trip once your initial anger subsides....
yes, it is true that those of us over 30 are all over the road, ceg!
i haven't been around the thread today because i have to admit the tape i have of UFC 74 is wearing out...still cheering here too...GSP!
a birthday in banff with friends sounds none too bad to me, you'll have a blast!
as usual, you're probably right about your predictions...
as far as the trip goes - i've had the whole day here to cool off....... but a little sweet talkin' wouldn't hurt...