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weekend warrior
8 Mar 2007, 15:15
Have you guys seen the card for this fight, there are a whole array of awesome fighters on it. Many of the fights are one sided but the knock-out power these guys have will make it extremely exciting to watch.
Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Michael Bisping Vs. Elvis Sinosic
Andrei Arlovski Vs. Fabricio Werdum
Forrest Griffin Vs. Lyoto Machida
and a tito fight is yet to be announced!
I hope the aussie elvis can get up for a win too!
Have you guys seen the card for this fight, there are a whole array of awesome fighters on it. Many of the fights are one sided but the knock-out power these guys have will make it extremely exciting to watch.
Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Michael Bisping Vs. Elvis Sinosic
Andrei Arlovski Vs. Fabricio Werdum
Forrest Griffin Vs. Lyoto Machida
and a tito fight is yet to be announced!
I hope the aussie elvis can get up for a win too!
Tito is fighting Rashad Evans to my knowledge.
Have you guys seen the card for this fight, there are a whole array of awesome fighters on it. Many of the fights are one sided but the knock-out power these guys have will make it extremely exciting to watch.
Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Michael Bisping Vs. Elvis Sinosic
Andrei Arlovski Vs. Fabricio Werdum
Forrest Griffin Vs. Lyoto Machida
and a tito fight is yet to be announced!
I hope the aussie elvis can get up for a win too!
It looks like a decent card. Gabriel Gonzaga impressed me with his Jiu jitsu last fight I saw him, but he wont be able to get Mirko down so he'll be no match for Cro Cop.
Elvis - Nice guy, but I reckon he might be past it, and I think Bisping should have a reasonably easy win here. You never know though, if Elvis can get him down and work some submissions, that would be his best shot in stopping the 'count'.
The other fights look interesting too. This one is in the UK.
The AA fight may be alright.
Gee, Elvis must feel like a prostitute - seemingly always used to pad someones record. FWIW he actually has a slight chance in this one, slight tho.
FWIW these are whats being confirmed or rumouredin the coming 6 months:
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 9: APRIL 5, 2007 ON SPIKE TV
The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada
Main Card Bouts:
-Joe Stevenson vs. Melvin Guillard
-Kenny Florian vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima
-Antoni Hardonk vs. Justin McCully
Preliminary Bouts:
-Drew Fickett vs. Keita Nakamura
-Wander Braga vs. Kurt Pellegrino
-Naoyuki Kotani vs. Thiago Tavares
-Wilson Gouveia vs. Seth Petruzelli
-Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. TBA
-Roan Carneiro vs. TBA
UFC 69: APRIL 7, 2007 IN HOUSTON, TEXAS (Toyota Center)
Main Card Bouts:
-Georges St. Pierre (#1 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Matt Serra
-Diego Sanchez (#4 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Josh Koscheck (#9 Welterweight in the World)*
-Mike Swick vs. Yushin Okami
-Kendall Grove vs. Alan Belcher
-Roger Huerta vs. Leonard Garcia
Preliminary Bouts:
-Heath Herring vs. Brad Imes
-Thales Leites vs. Pete Sell
-Luke Cummo vs. Josh Haynes
-Pete Spratt vs. Marcus Davis
PRIDE: APRIL 8, 2007 IN JAPAN
-Ricardo Arona (#3 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
-Kazuyuki Fujita vs. TBA
Note: Pride is planning to air this event live on United States pay-per-view outlets, although the start time has not yet determined. The event will also be replayed in the usual Sunday night timeslot.
BODOGFIGHT: APRIL 14, 2007 IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
-Fedor Emelianenko (#1 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Matt Lindland (#1 Middleweight in the World)*
-Aleksander Emelianenko (#9 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Eric Pele
-Eddie Alvarez vs. Nick Thompson
-Julie Kedzie vs. Julia Berezekova
-Mike Brown vs. Rodrigo Damm [according to BodogFight's February 13th television show]
-Roman Zentsov vs. Bobby Southworth
-Daniel Puder vs. TBA
Event airs on U.S. pay-per-view outlets on Saturday, April 14 at 9:00 PM (ET)
UFC 70: APRIL 21, 2007 IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND AT M.E.N. ARENA
-Mirko Cro Cop (#2 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
-Andrei Arlovski (#7 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Fabricio Werdum (#8 Heavyweight in the World)*
-Ryoto Machida vs. Forrest Griffin
-Michael Bisping vs. Elvis Sinosic
-Assuerio Silva vs. Cheick Kongo
-Dennis Siver vs. Jess Liaudin
-Alessio Sakara vs. Victor Valimaki
-Terry Etim vs. Matt Grice
-David Lee vs. TBA
Airs in the United States on April 21st, most likely on Spike TV This will not be PPV in the US, but basic cable. I assume we will still get it is PPV here on Main Event.
UFC 71: MAY 26, 2007 IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
-Chuck Liddell (#1 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. TBA
-Quinton Jackson (#7 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. TBA
-Tito Ortiz (#8 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. TBA
-Rashad Evans vs. TBA
-Keith Jardine vs. TBA
-Karo Parisyan (#5 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Josh Burkman (#10 Welterweight in the World)*
-Chris Leben vs. Kalib Starnes
-Eric Schafer vs. Sean Salmon
ELITE XTREME COMBAT: JUNE 2007 ON SHOWTIME
-Murilo "Ninja" Rua vs. Joey Villasenor
-Jake Shields (#7 Welterweight in the World)* vs. TBA
Main card airs live on Showtime
ULTIMATE FIGHTER 5 LIVE FINALE- JUNE 23, 2007 ON SPIKE TV
-BJ Penn (#3 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Jens Pulver
-TUF 5 Tournament Finals (Lightweight)
Note: The winner of Penn vs. Pulver will likely get a shot at the UFC Lightweight Title on a UFC PPV event in late 2007.
UFC 72: JULY 7, 2007 (location TBA)
-Anderson Silva (#2 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Nathan Marquardt (#8 Middleweight in the World)*
-Sean Sherk vs. Hermes Franca
Note: While this event is tentatively scheduled for July 7th, the exact date of the event is subject to change.
United States PPV suggested retail price: $39.95
I hope Southworth gets his faced smashed in.
Smokin,
Where do those rankings come from? I'd like to see them all.
Presti_is_god
13 Mar 2007, 16:53
MMAWeekly.com probably the best ones out there. But none are perfect.
Todd_Gack
14 Mar 2007, 12:07
MMAWeekly.com probably the best ones out there. But none are perfect.
Definately, top10's for the most part make sense, but some placings are just mind boggling.
Sorry, yes, that was a cut n paste from MMAweekley. Their rankings.
Presti_is_god
15 Mar 2007, 14:11
Griffin is off the card.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
by Sherdog.com Staff
Forrest Griffin (Pictures), The Ultimate Fighter season one light heavyweight winner, has been forced to withdraw from his bout with Ryoto Machida (Pictures) at UFC 70 with a severe staph infection in his knee, the Las Vegas-based promoter announced Wednesday on its official Web site.
Zuffa is expected to announce a replacement for Griffin, who was scheduled to face Ryoto Machida (Pictures) in Manchester, England on April 21.
Griffin is off the card.
Bugger. That really undermines the quality of the card unless they can get a like quality fighter.
Bugger. That really undermines the quality of the card unless they can get a like quality fighter.
yeah, I was looking forward to that match... After Forrests loss to Jardine he'd be hungry for a win, would have been a great fight.
I watched TUF 1 finale again over the weekend, Bonner vs Griffen, such a classic war :)
Presti_is_god
15 Mar 2007, 15:56
I really thought he was going to lose anyway. Doesnt really worry me i'm more interested in seeing CroCop, Elvis and the Arlovski/Werdum fight.
ah crap that's bad news, i really like watching forest fight like he says he aint the best but he always puts on a great fight.
From Sherdog:
Chuck Liddell (Pictures) will finally get a chance to erase the only un-avenged loss of his stellar mixed martial arts career when he takes a second crack at Quinton Jackson (Pictures) on May 26, Jackson's manager and trainer Juanito Ibarra told Sherdog.com Sunday.
There was speculation that Jackson (26-6-0) had asked for another tune-up fight before wanting to face the UFC light heavyweight champion, however Ibarra indicated the Liddell bout should be officially announced by Tuesday of this week.
In their previous encounter, a PRIDE Grand Prix semifinal bout in November 2003, Jackson stopped Liddell in just over 13 minutes. Liddell (20-3-0) has not tasted defeat since, winning seven in a row, including two wins apiece against Tito Ortiz (Pictures) and Randy Couture (Pictures).
Jackson has had mixed results since defeating Liddell, compiling a 7-3 record (all three losses by KO) including a pair of devastating knockout losses to former PRIDE 205-pound champion Wanderlei Silva (Pictures). "Rampage" made his February UFC debut a success, knocking out Marvin Eastman (Pictures) in the second round.
IMO Jackson isnt ready for this fight, the UFC has rushed it to try protect Chuck who is a major cash cow for them.
In a perfect world, this fight should have been hyped up with at least another fight or two for Jackson. Then a Super Fight could have been made.
Going on Jacksons last performance, I see a big KO for chuck, but Jackson should come in a lot better with a few months more preparation.
Presti_is_god
20 Mar 2007, 09:21
Smokin why did you post that in here? That fight is at 71.
yea i know, but this thread sorta turned into a future cards thread.
f@rk me!
Talking about a super fight worth $$$$$ going down the drain! Dana must be pulling his hair out!
Dana must be pulling his hair out!
maybe he would if he had some.
An amazing ko. I think this (on top of trigg, diaz, henderson, werdum) adds merit to the thinking that pride was overhyped and did not have the clearly superior fighters as so many used to think they did.
I don't think it'd be wise to assume fedor unbeatable either quite frankly. He's fought a lot of cans in his time. He really needs to come to the ufc now if he wants to validate his reputation as the best fighter on the planet.
Yea, it is looking a bit like that, Pride was always a little weird with their rankings/matchups etc. It was harg to guage sometimes.
What never occured to me was size, Gonzaga was a lot bigger and stronger than Cro Cop, but what got me was the size of Randy interviewing him! He was bigger (harder to tell because he was in a suit, but at least the same size).
In hindsight I guess, but not really because of that fight, I think Randy would have had a much better chance against Mirko than I originally thought. Randy would have struggled with freestyle wrestling type takedowns no doubt, but if he could have closed the distance, I think he would have overpowered him in the clinch and got the greco-roman type takedown at will, which is Randy's real strength. And the hype going into that one would have been off the charts!!!
Randy is correct, Gonzaga will be a hard matchup, because not only does he have a strong wrestling/JJ base, his striking looks pretty solid, much better than most gave him credit for. Should be a good fight.
Fedor has to come accross, he really does. Although Zuffa may decide not to, to keep his hype going in Japan. I dunno. Reports also suggest Zuffa and Fedor are at loggerheads over his contract, in which Fedor signed with pride on a non-exclusive contract. Zuffa demand exclusivity. Who knows what will happen there.
Cro Cop will come back better than ever after that. His defence needs a good touch up then he should be right to go.
I think Randy picked every fight on the card too. Except he had Gonzago winning by submission.
Size is something i definitely considered, but moreso with Sylvia against Fedor. Sylvia is 6 or 7 inches taller than Fedor and obviously the reach is far greater, but hey Randy proved that meant squat. I think i had a point, but just on the wrong person!
WTF is going on?
Over the last few months we've had the following go down to guys who are massive underdogs.
Little Nog
Arona
Sylvia
Gomi
GSP
and now Crocop
Wandi and Huges have been done over (by respectible opposition). It's turning out to be a piss poor time to be a belt holder. Fedor, Chuck and I suppose Henderson left to stand tall in the two big comps. Who will come to the top and challenge for the title of worlds best p4p fighter?
Chuck looked fked in that interview where he fell asleep, but i'd be pretty surprised if he wasn't 100% for the rampage fight. Fedor is a funny one, he hasn't fought anyone decent over the last 18 months since CC. Coleman, Hunt, Lindland? Jeez. It's almost laughable that he's still ranked 1. I know i'm repeating myself but he really needs to step to the plate against the UFC guys if he wants to leave no doubt as to his greatness in the HW division.
You know what, he's not that big either, maybe he should drop down to LHW and take on Liddell if he beats rampage?
Agreed with most of the comments made by you guys..
I always thought Gonzaga had a decent chance vs Cro Cop, he's impressed me with his abilities since I've seen him.
As for Pride fighters being overrated/better than UFC, at the time the UFC vs Pride hype was at it's strongest, probably nearly 6 months ago, I think at that stage there was NO DOUBT Pride had it all over the UFC in terms of fighters (bar say the 155/170lb div). And Fedor certainly is not overrated, however I do agree with Deej that he should step up and fight the best (saying that, Mark Hunt is no can). Though, if I want to see Fedor fight, I want to see him in the Pride ring, under Pride MMA rules. Thats a truer test of a fighters skill IMO.
I believe because of the recent Pride toubles and signings of Prides top guys to the UFC, obviously much of the balance has shifted, but also what is muddying the waters is that the Pride guys who have switched to the UFC have had to fight in the UFC domain.
I think that the 'proving ground' favours the UFC guys in these recent matches because of the cage and the rules. Obviously hypothetical now, but if the UFC top guys were put in the Pride ring with stomps and down kicks, I think it would not bode favourably for the UFC guys. Thats just my thoughts anyway.
Anyway, I guess its becoming a moot point now, and any future "Pride vs UFC" fights will be in the UFC in the cage, and therefore under UFC rules, so obviously the dynamics will change. I'd say soon anyway, all the best fighters will be fighting under the UFC banner, including Fedor. Although, I still love UFC, I like the pride rules more :)
It was a shame to see elvis cop a beating too :( He's gotta learn to control someone's posture! He's awesome at JJ, but his body and jiu jitsu style aren't working too well at the top level.
Chuck looked fked in that interview where he fell asleep, but i'd be pretty surprised if he wasn't 100% for the rampage fight. Fedor is a funny one, he hasn't fought anyone decent over the last 18 months since CC. Coleman, Hunt, Lindland? Jeez. It's almost laughable that he's still ranked 1. I know i'm repeating myself but he really needs to step to the plate against the UFC guys if he wants to leave no doubt as to his greatness in the HW division.
You know what, he's not that big either, maybe he should drop down to LHW and take on Liddell if he beats rampage?
He's not big? He's not tall, but he's pretty bloody big.