UFC 83: Montréal, Québec, Canada - Georges St-Pierre Vs. Matt Serra II

mookie blaylock 10

the UFC finally comes to beautiful Montréal, Québec, Canada for what will be the biggest mixed martial arts event in north american history! close to 22,000 will be on hand to see the rematch between georges st-pierre and matt serra.

VAS-Y GSP!!! we'll be chanting live.

...it's going to be deafening in that place! i'm looking forward to losing my hearing and meeting some of my favourite fighters.



UFC 83, April 19, 2008 - Bell Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada - PPV

Main Card:

Georges St-Pierre Vs. Matt Serra - WW Championship
Rich Franklin Vs. Travis Lutter
Kalib Starnes Vs. Nate Quarry
Michael Bisping Vs. Charles McCarthy
Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig

Pre-lims:

Jason MacDonald Vs. Joe Doerksen
Jason Day Vs. Alan Belcher
Sam Stout Vs. Rich Clementi
Jonathan Goulet Vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Cain Velasquez Vs. Brad Morris
Ed Herman Vs. Demian Maia

mookie blaylock 10

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



UFC 84, May 24, 2008 - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada - PPV

Main Card:

Sean Sherk Vs. BJ Penn - LW Championship
Tito Ortiz Vs. Lyoto Machida
Wanderlei Silva Vs. Keith Jardine
Goran Reljic Vs. Wilson Gouveia
Antonio Mendes Vs. Thiago Silva (Silva's original opponent, Rashad Evans, moved to UFC 85)

Pre-lims:

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Terry Etim Vs. Rich Clementi
Ivan Salavarry Vs. Rousimar Palhares
Dong-hyun Kim Vs. Jason Tan
Jon Koppenhaver Vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Shane Carwin Vs. Christian Wellisch




WEC 34, June 1, 2008 - ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California - Versus / TSN

Urijah Faber Vs. Jens Pulver - WEC FW Championship
Jeff Curran Vs. Mike Brown
Miguel Torres Vs. Yoshiro Maeda - WEC BW Championship
Rich Crunkilton Vs. Donald Cerrone
Alexandre "Pequeno" Franca Nogueira Vs. Jose Aldo
Damacio Page Vs. TBA
Mark Munoz Vs. TBA
Will Ribeiro Vs. TBA




UFC 85, June 12, 2008 - O2 Arena, London, England - PPV or Spike TV

Main Card:

Michael Bisping Vs. Chris Leben
Brandon Vera Vs. Fabricio Werdum
Nate Marquardt Vs. Thales Leites
James Irvin (Chuck Liddell out due to injury) Vs. Rashad Evans (Mauricio Rua out due to injury)
Marcus Davis Vs. Mike Swick
Martin Kampmann Vs. Jorge Rivera

Pre-lims:

Roan Carneiro Vs. Ryo Chonan
Thiago Tavares Vs. Matt Wiman
Paul Taylor Vs. Jess Liaudin
Luis Arthur Cane Vs. Jason Lambert
Neil Wain Vs. Antoni Hardonk
Paul Kelly Vs. TBA




The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Rampage Vs. Team Forrest Finale, June 21, 2008 - The Palms, Las Vegas, Nevada - Spike TV

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
Marvin Eastman Vs. Drew McFedries




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
Frank Mir Vs. Justin McCully
Tyson Griffin Vs. Marcus Aurelio

Pre-lims:

Denis Siver Vs. Melvin Guillard
Cole Miller Vs. Jorge Gurgel
Ben Saunders Vs. Jared Rollins
Justin Buchholz Vs. Corey Hill
Steve Bruno Vs. TBA




UFC 87, August 9, 2008 - Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota - PPV

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs. TBA - HW Championship
Brock Lesnar Vs. Mark Coleman
Roger Huerta Vs. Kenny Florian
Alessio Sakara Vs. TBA

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The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Forrest Vs. Team Rampage - Premieres April 2, 2008 on Spike TV.

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.

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
CB Dollaway
Daniel Cramer
Gerald Harris
Jeremy May
Mike Dolce (out)
Patrick Schultz (replaces Paul Bradley)
Paul Bradley (out due to illness)

Team Forrest:

Amir Sadollah
Cale Yarbrough
Dante Rivera
Jesse Taylor (advances)
Luke Zachrich
Matt Brown
Matthew Riddle
Tim Credeur
Nick Klein

Jesse Taylor Vs. Mike Dolce - Jesse Taylor wins by submission (rear naked choke), Round 2.

civ_eng_girl

look out Montreal!!!

omg, i'm so excited!

i want my fight club shirt!! it better arrive before April! :mad:

mook, did your Tanner shirt show up yet?

ReleasH found the coooolest Bully shirt... i checked for Huerta shirts... there aren't any, except his sponsor shirt... not too exciting... :(

hahaha... if worst comes to worse, i'll wear my Mike McCready shirt... great for all occasions!

VAS-Y GSP!!!!!

ps. GSP.

civ_eng_girl

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

...it's going to be deafening in that place! i'm looking forward to losing my hearing and meeting some of my favourite fighters.

don't you mean favorite board members??

Phantom Pain

I'm pissed I will be in Vegas until May 23rd ! :mad:

I would love to have gotten tickets and see the fights live !

mookie blaylock 10

civ_eng_girl wrote:

don't you mean favorite board members??

mais, bien sur! it goes without saying!

...no tanner shirt yet. i'm beginning to agree with releash more and more that someone in the post was a tanner fan...:D you didn't get your fightclub shirt yet!?! if we're both still waiting by the 19th, there's something up!

maybe we could all get matching "hughes sucks" tees? ...wouldn't really be relevant to the event, i guess....

"poor ol' montreal!"

mookie blaylock 10

Phantom Pain wrote:

I'm pissed I will be in Vegas until May 23rd ! :mad:

I would love to have gotten tickets and see the fights live !

sorry to hear. normally, vegas would be the place to be! it's going to be a good time in montreal...hottest ticket in town!...or in the country, maybe!

civ_eng_girl

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

mais, bien sur! it goes without saying!

...no tanner shirt yet. i'm beginning to agree with releash more and more that someone in the post was a tanner fan...you didn't get your fightclub shirt yet!?! if we're both still waiting by the 19th, there's something up!

maybe we could all get matching "hughes sucks" tees? ...wouldn't really be relevant to the event, i guess....

"poor ol' montreal!"

heheh... i knew you really meant "us"... fighters? pfft...

hughes sucks tees?? i love it! by the way canada post is running, it seems we might both be going topless! :eek:

actually i just checked, and it looks like the fight club tees are on back order...

i was also reading the forums, and trying to get some info on pre & post fight parties... it looks like there's something planned, but i can't quite pick out the relevant info from all the threads! at a glance, it looks like the pre party is sold-out... and the post party is at a club somewhere.... it's exhausting just reading about it. makes me want to get a case of beer and go back to the hotel room!

i'll keep trying to filter through the posts...

mookie blaylock 10

topless, eh? is that legal in quebec? oh yeah...everything is legal in quebec.

...ok, off for a waxing then...hey, is that my mailman wearing my t-shirt next door? :mad:....i'll be back!

civ_eng_girl

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

topless, eh? is that legal in quebec? oh yeah...everything is legal in quebec.

...ok, off for a waxing then...hey, is that my mailman wearing my t-shirt next door? :mad:....i'll be back!

lol! that reminds me! here's another french lesson for ReleasH: "OU EST LE CLUB SUPERSEX?"

damn mailman! kick is ass mook! no! flying triangle!!

leafs4ever

wooooohooooo montreal here we come!!!!!!

i'm so excited for this. I've been off work for the 2nd day in a row now (damn cold/flu) and have trying to find out where gsp's after party is going to be, but no luck as of yet. I didn't even know that there was a pre-party so i'm not that upset that it's sold out. We should setup a pre-party at a club on cresent (close to where you guys are staying), or on st. denis (i've heard of some really good clubs around there), ofcourse, after the weigh-ins. Then saturday i'm goin to take a trip down st. catherine to do a bit of shopping and then get hammered before we go in for the fights. Going to be so much fun, there are 6 of us going down, but i think only 3 of us really like to party.

edit - hey mookie, you might want to change the ufc 85 fights. I just read on ufc.com that shogun has to withdraw, he ruptured his ACL in his left knee and will require surgery.

mookie blaylock 10

i'm certainly down for a couple of pops after the weigh-ins!

sorry to hear you aren't feeling well, so i hope you are feeling better soon, leafs. you'll be good to go for the 19th, though!

ceg, my mailman is still passed out from the triangle you suggested...:D i thought someone would have called a doctor by now!

mookie blaylock 10

leafs4ever wrote:

edit - hey mookie, you might want to change the ufc 85 fights. I just read on ufc.com that shogun has to withdraw, he ruptured his ACL in his left knee and will require surgery.

change made.

that's too bad about shogun. i was really looking forward to the match with chuck. that certainly blows what would have been a huge main event in london.

i hope his surgery goes well, and that he can come back strong.

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

change made.

that's too bad about shogun. i was really looking forward to the match with chuck. that certainly blows what would have been a huge main event in london.

i hope his surgery goes well, and that he can come back strong.

ya it was going to be a great fight. Unfortunatly the only matchup i can think of for Chuck now is against Bonner, which i don't think will be nearly as good of a fight (anything can happen in the ufc though).

mookie blaylock 10

yeah, i was kind of mulling over who is available at 205, too. bonnar is out with an injury for a while...he was supposed to face hammill at the next fight night. then there are a number of guys competing over the next couple of months, especially at ufc 84...

wilson gouveia is really the only one i can think of who is available, so who knows? like you said, anything can happen...they may just take chuck off the card and try to put together another headliner.

edit: was just reading that they plan to announce a replacement "shortly", so chuck will remain the headliner i guess.

mookie blaylock 10

i was waiting on a journal entry from evan on his site. he finally put one up, and i'm in tears over here. i'm so happy for evan...

http://www.evantanner.net/journal?news_id=54&uniqid=1010

civ_eng_girl

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

i was waiting on a journal entry from evan on his site. he finally put one up, and i'm in tears over here. i'm so happy for evan...

http://www.evantanner.net/journal?news_id=54&uniqid=1010

that's an incredibly inspiring story... a truly strong person, both in body and mind.

i'm grateful that he came to the realization that strength and happiness comes from having people that love, respect, and support you, and from having goals to achieve (as big, or small as they may be).

a good reminder to everyone, whether you're dealing with addiction, or not!


i wanna be on Team Tanner!!

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

i was waiting on a journal entry from evan on his site. he finally put one up, and i'm in tears over here. i'm so happy for evan...

http://www.evantanner.net/journal?news_id=54&uniqid=1010

wow! thanks for the link mookie, that was an amazing read. I'm very happy for Evan and wish him all the luck in the world. I'm actually pretty impressed that he would take a fight with Okami in that condition, i mean Okami is no joke, especially for a comeback fight.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

oh cool, GSP is going to pounce on sore back boy in MTL...

This should be interesting,

LOVEBOATCAPT0226

Liddell vs Alexander would be a standup war. But they will probably give Chuck a can now that Shogun is gone.