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LEONARD

10-15-2007, 10:50 AM

Lots of updates...

K-1 Olympia Hero's - OCTOBER 28, 2007
-Denis Kang vs Shungo Oyama

Strikeforce NOVEMBER 16, 2007 @ the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif
-Paul Buentello vs TBA
-Cung Le vs TBA

Also, a single day 4-man MW tourney On 11/16 including:
Joe Riggs
Falaniko Vitale
??
??

UFC 78: NOVEMBER 17, 2007 IN NEWARK, NJ (UPDATED with correct fight order...Lauzon & Alves on undercard)

-Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans
-Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva
-Karo Parisyan vs. Ryo Chonan
-Frank Edgar vs. Spencer Fisher
-Ed Herman vs. Dave Terrell
-Chris Lytle vs. Thiago Alves
-Joe Lauzon vs. Jason Reinhardt
-Tamdan McCrory vs. Akihiro Gono
-Marcus Aurelio vs. Luke Caudillo

Cage Rage 24 DECEMBER 1, 2007
-Murilo "Ninja" Rua vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam
-Drew Fickett vs. Mark Weir
-Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos vs. Paul Cahoon
-Mark Epstein vs. Tom Watson
-Dave Legeno vs. George Castro
-Lee Hasdell vs. Ivan Serati
-Ross Pointon vs. Marios Zaromskis
-Brad Pickett vs. Ronnie Mann
-Abdul Mohammed vs. Robbie Oliver
-Robert Berry vs. Neil Grove
-James McSweeney vs. Robert Paczkow

WEC DECEMBER 12, 2007 (Live on Vs)
-Paulo Filho vs Frank Trigg (MW Title)

LEONARD

10-16-2007, 02:19 PM

I'm diggin' the next WEC card...especially if Filho vs Trigg happens...

WEC DECEMBER 12, 2007 (Live on Vs)
-Urijah Faber vs Jeff Curran (FW Title)
-Paulo Filho vs Frank Trigg (rumor) (MW Title)
-Jens Pulver vs. Cub Swanson
-Doug Marshall vs. Ariel Gandulla (LHW Title)
-Micah Miller vs. Chance Farrar
-Brian Bowles vs. Marcos Galvao
-Luis Sapo vs. TBA

Evan

10-16-2007, 02:40 PM

If that was on PPV I might even consider that.

cornbread

10-16-2007, 03:38 PM

Very nice WEC card.

Evan

10-16-2007, 04:12 PM

Its better than most UFC FN cards.

dallaskd

10-16-2007, 05:38 PM

Trigg-Filho could easily be a main event on any card.

LEONARD

10-19-2007, 08:14 AM

Cung Le vs Misaki on Nov 16th...finally a decent test for Cung Le...

LEONARD

10-22-2007, 05:56 PM

added...

Strikeforce single day 4-man MW tourney On 11/16. Each tournament bout will consist of two, two-minute rounds. If the judges score a draw, an additional period will be added to determine a winner. Will include...

Falaniko Vitale
Trevor Prangley
Yuki Sasaki
Jorge Santiago

Two 2 min rds? I guess that was the only way the CSAC would sanction it...

dallaskd

10-22-2007, 06:55 PM

why not cung le vs joe riggs

Evan

10-22-2007, 07:30 PM

why not cung le vs joe riggs

Joe Riggs would tear him to pieces.

Cung Le has an awesome stand up but Joe can take a beating and once he closed the distance and got Cung Le in any sort of clinch, game over.

At least from what we know of Le's game so far.

And I love Cung Le but there is so much more I need to see from him.

One more thing, Joe seems to have many issue she needs to work on. IMO his best bet is to sit out a year.

Evan

10-22-2007, 07:36 PM

Trigg-Filho could easily be a main event on any card.

The only question I have for Trigg.............

do you want to be a F-ING fighter or a media guy and salesman.

LEONARD

10-23-2007, 08:44 AM

Riggs was supposed to be in the tourny, but dropped it due to not wanting to overdo it...maybe that was before he knew it was 2 2-min rds?? :lol

Evan

10-23-2007, 09:05 AM

Trigg says this is a no go.........

Paulo Filho vs Frank Trigg (rumor) (MW Title)

LEONARD

10-23-2007, 09:46 AM

That sucks!

Evan

10-23-2007, 09:48 AM

from 5 oz

"Finally, I caught up with Frank Trigg, who said that the news of him signing with the WEC is “all Internet hype.” According to Trigg, the WEC never even made him an offer

LEONARD

10-25-2007, 08:03 AM

added

Soa Palalei signed 3 fight deal, fight debut against Eddie Sanchez at UFC 79

LW Per Eklund signed 4 fight deal...will debut at UFC 80 in New Castle
http://asgardmma.com/2007/10/24/per-eklund-in-ufc/

ShoXC card for tomorrow
http://bloodyelbow.com/story/2007/10/23/191811/17

LEONARD

10-29-2007, 12:40 PM

updated...

Sat Night - LIVE on MyNetworkTV at 7:00 CT (First live IFL event)

http://www.ifl.tv/Event-Grand-Prix.html

IFL Grand Prix: NOVEMBER 3, 2007 (Chicago)
LW - Chris Horodecki vs Bart Palaszewski
LW - Wagnney Fabiano vs John Gunderson.
WW - Donnie Liles vs Jay Hieron
WW - Delson Heleno vs Gideon Ray
MW - Benji Radach vs Brent Beauparlant
MW - Matt Horwich vs Brian Foster
LHW - Vladimir Matyushenko vs Alex Schoenauer
HW - Bryan Vetell vs Roy "Buffalo Head" Nelson
HW - Antoine Jaoude vs Shane Ott

Horodecki vs Palaszewski alone makes it a can’t miss…

mardigan

10-29-2007, 12:50 PM

Hey Leonard, whats the deal with Josh Barnett? Who is he fighting for and when will he fight again?

LEONARD

10-29-2007, 12:58 PM

No clue...I think Monte Cox said they've talked to him (M-1) but he said he's close to signing with somebody else. Who knows!!

Evan

10-29-2007, 05:12 PM

Hey Leonard, whats the deal with Josh Barnett? Who is he fighting for and when will he fight again?

Probably sitting somewhere over estimating his value. :drunk

Evan

11-01-2007, 11:05 AM

UFC 78: Validation scheduled for the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Nov. 17.

Rashad Evans vs. Michael Bisping
Karo Parisyan vs. Ryo Chonan
Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva
David Terrell vs. Ed Herman
Spencer Fisher vs. Frankie Edgar
Joe Lauzon vs. Jason Reinhardt
Chris Lytle vs. Thiago Alves
Luke Caudillo vs. Marcus Aurelio
Akihiro Gono vs. Tamden McCrory

Not the best card but not as bad as people are making it out to be.

LEONARD

11-01-2007, 11:53 AM

Don't forget...2 live IFL fights on Saturday night on regular TV...
Chris Horodecki vs Bart Palaszewski :fro
Vladimir Matyushenko vs Alex Schoenauer

IFL Grand Prix: NOVEMBER 3, 2007 (Chicago) - LIVE on MyNetworkTV at 7:00 CT
LW - Chris Horodecki vs Bart Palaszewski
LW - Wagnney Fabiano vs John Gunderson.
WW - Donnie Liles vs Jay Hieron
WW - Delson Heleno vs Gideon Ray
MW - Benji Radach vs Brent Beauparlant
MW - Matt Horwich vs Brian Foster
LHW - Vladimir Matyushenko vs Alex Schoenauer
HW - Bryan Vetell vs Roy "Buffalo Head" Nelson
HW - Antoine Jaoude vs Shane Ott

also made some updates...

EliteXC: NOVEMBER 10, 2007 (Corpus Christi, TX)
- Nick Diaz vs KJ Noons (LW Title)
- Jake Shields vs Mike Pyle
- Kimbo vs Bo Cantrell
- James Thompson vs Jon Murphy
- Antonio Silva vs Jonathan Wiezorek
- Yves Edwards vs Moses Baca
- Seth Kleinbeck vs Kyle Noke

UFC 80: JANUARY XX, 2008 in New Castle England (Spike TV)
-BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson (LW Title)
-Werdum vs Gonzaga
-Sam Stout vs. Terry Etim
-Bonnar vs Machida
-Per Eklund vs TBA
-Kendall Grove vs TBA

UFC 81 - Feb 2, 2007 - Las Vegas
-Big Nog vs TBA (Couture?)
-Brock Lesnar vs TBA

Feb 15th - M-1 Global in Chicago
-Fedor Emelianenko vs TBA

Evan

11-01-2007, 11:57 AM

-BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson (LW Title)

This could be true in 2 weeks.

-Feb 15th - M-1 Global in Chicago
-Fedor Emelianenko vs TBA

They better do this right and have a solid card.

mardigan

11-01-2007, 12:29 PM

Probably sitting somewhere over estimating his value. :drunk
You think he's overated? I think he could win the UFC hw belt pretty easily

Evan

11-01-2007, 12:37 PM

You think he's overated?

Depends on how you look at it.

I think he overates himself moneywise. :greedy :greedy :greedy

I am basing this off his blog posts on myspace whenever he comments on who and where he wants to fight.

Evan

11-01-2007, 04:11 PM

The Carioca Gabriel “Napao”Gonzaga (8-2-0) finally shall have a chance to avenge his knockout loss to Fabricio Werdum (9-3-1) in Jungle Fight 1, in September, 2003. Marco Alvan, leader of Team Link confirmed today exclusively to Graciemag.com that the battle between the black belts will take place in January, at UFC 80, in Newcastle, England.

dallaskd

11-01-2007, 07:19 PM

dallaskd

11-01-2007, 07:21 PM

haha when my eyes first scanned over that post by evan i saw the word "jungle". and the first thought was Sokus back!!!! :lol :depressed

Evan

11-02-2007, 08:14 AM

I think its great he is on the shelf right now. He is so young and he needs to round his game. I want to see him fight but sometimes these guys need to stall and train.

LEONARD

11-07-2007, 01:27 PM

Lots of updates...

Strikeforce NOVEMBER 16, 2007 @ the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif
-Cung Le vs Sam Morgan

UFC 79: DECEMBER 29, 2007 ON PAY-PER-VIEW (LAS VEGAS, NV)
-Manny Gamburyan vs Nate Mohr

UFC 80: JANUARY XX, 2008 in New Castle England (Spike TV)
-Sam Stout vs. Per Eklund
-Marcus Davis vs. Jess Liaudin
-Paul Taylor vs. Paul Kelly
-Kendall Grove vs Jorge Rivera
-Antoni Hardonk vs. Colin Robinson

UFC 81 - Feb 2, 2007 - Las Vegas
-Big Nog vs Tim Sylvia (HW Title) - pending Couture news
-Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir
-Tyson Griffin vs Gleison Tibau

Feb 15th - M-1 Global in Chicago
-Fedor Emelianenko vs Jeff Monson

Evan

11-07-2007, 02:27 PM

Feb 15th - M-1 Global in Chicago
-Fedor Emelianenko vs Jeff Monson

Shaky.

dallaskd

11-07-2007, 05:57 PM

That's gonna be ugly

oligarchy

11-08-2007, 12:55 PM

Shaky.

People were bitching about Monson fighting Sylvia and how he shouldn't even be in the ring with Sylvia. Of course, they wanted Monson to win, but that's the nature of Sylvia's fan afair. It's going to be worse with him fighting Fedor. Interesting fight to anybody? Fedor was taken down quite frequently by Arona in their RINGS fight, so I believe that Jeff can get him to the ground. Can he do anything with it though? He couldn't submit Sylvia.

Evan

11-08-2007, 01:52 PM

Just to clarify, what I mean by shaky is shaky as in its going to happen. Its seems every time a non UFC organization needs a "Big Name" to fight at HW in the main event, its him as a possibility. I can't even keep track of how many times I have seen his name on a card and the fight happens and he is nowhere to be found.

But, I find this somewhat of an interesting match up and likely he will face Fedor, next Rizzo if they can't get Jeff. It still won't get many people to buy the PPV if they can't do better than that. Even Josh Barnett won't help much. They need a solid top to bottom card. MMA PPV's are about the entire card and the main event as gravy. Fedor means ZERO to the vast majority of MMA fans, who are only UFC fans.

M-1 will fail and it will fail badly. I wish Fedor had gone to EliteXC if not the UFC.

oligarchy

11-09-2007, 11:33 AM

HDNET Fights "Reckless Abandon"
American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas
Dec 15th 2007

Current Fight Card:
Sean Salmon vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller
Chris Bowles vs. Cory Mahon
Pete Spratt vs. Tristan Yunker
Patrick Castillo vs. Jay White
Freddie Espiricueta vs. CB Dollaway

LEONARD

11-09-2007, 12:04 PM

add Trigg vs Dewees, among others to that...
http://www.mmahaven.com/2007/11/08/exclusive-frank-trigg-to-sign-with-hdnet-fights/

LEONARD

11-13-2007, 01:19 PM

added...

UFC 79
-Doug Evans vs Mark Bocek
-James Irvin vs TBA (Sokodjou??)

UFC 80
-Alessio Sakara vs James Lee

I've been wondering where Lee was...he flat dominated Travis Wiuff at Pride 33...

oligarchy

11-13-2007, 04:24 PM

UFC 79
-Doug Evans vs Mark Bocek
-James Irvin vs TBA (Sokodjou??)

I thought I read somewhere (I can't find the stupid link) that the match was Lyoto Machida and Sokodjou. Now that would be a test for Sokodjou. Are you making a guess at the Irvin fight? It would seem logical though rather than feeding him to Machida.

LEONARD

11-13-2007, 04:54 PM

Machida is the stronger rumor now...

Irvin has been rumor'd on the card for a while but no matchup, so there was speculation that it'd be him...

oligarchy

11-19-2007, 02:30 PM

Dan Henderson versus Anderson Silva, UFC 82 (in Ohio)

Evan

11-19-2007, 02:59 PM

Dan Henderson versus Anderson Silva, UFC 82 (in Ohio)

I am curious if he will be wearing the PRIDE belt again....

I hope he is.

LEONARD

11-19-2007, 04:05 PM

I'm glad they finally convinced him to drop down to his natural weight...should be one hell of a fight. Could Hendo get KO'd for the 1st time in his career?

Evan

11-19-2007, 05:09 PM

Fedor Vs Hong Man Choi set for NYE according to sherdog.

Fedor is a joke right now. Seriously. Read the forums and blogs and the dude is a punchline. At least Zulu was 2-0 when he faced Fedor. This guy is 1-0.

Reality is greater than Legacy. Fedor is being managed like a boxer.

Ugh... :pctoss

Evan

11-20-2007, 10:06 AM

Fedor issue is such a complete mess

http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/11/20/fedor-update-prepared-to-be-confused/

This is what happens when too many people gt involved....

LEONARD

11-20-2007, 01:51 PM

Some updates...

TONIGHT - Forrest Griffin on "Law and Order"

Nov 30 - BodogFight - "Russia vs. USA 2" in Moscow
-Alexander Kokoev vs. Sultan Tikhayev
-Ivan Anikanov vs. Besiki Gerenava
-Stanislav Shushko vs. Thalmann Sheriffs
-Vladimir Zenin vs. James "Binky" Jones
-Constantine Glukhov vs. Dan Evensen
-Julia Berezikova vs. Jessica Aguilar
-Akhmet Sultans vs. "Big" Eric Pele
-Vladimir Kuchenko vs. Wagner da Conceicao Martins
-Alexander Shlemenko vs. Diego Vitosky
-Andrei Semenov vs. Emyr Bussade
-Oleg Taktarov vs. John Marsh

Dec 8th - Bodog Fight in Denver
TBA

HDNet Fights "Reckless Abandon"- DECEMBER 15, 2007 @ AAC in Dallas, TX
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller vs TBA
Frank Trigg vs Edwin Dewees

K1 Dynamite 2007
-Under 18 4-man tournament
60 kg: HIROYA (15) vs. Tsukasa Fuji (15)
60 kg: Kenji Kubo (18) vs. Yudai (16)
60 kg: HIROYA/Fuji vs. Kubo/Yudai

New Year's Eve
Fedor vs Hong Man Choi??

UFC Fight Night 12 on January 23, 2008
-Cole Miller vs Jeremy Stephens
-Corey Hill vs TBA

UFC 81 - Feb 2, 2007 - Las Vegas @ MGM Grand
-Nate Marquardt vs Thales Leites

UFC 82 in Ohio on March 1, 2007
-Anderson Silva vs Dan Henderson for MW Title

Strikeforce in San Jose on March 29, 2007
-Gilbert Melendez vs Josh Thomson (LW Title)

oligarchy

11-20-2007, 02:10 PM

New Year's Eve
Fedor vs Hong Man Choi??

It's already confirmed that is who he is fighting on NYE in Japan. I don't think they announced the organization that is going to host it, but it's not M-1 -- Fedor is being leased out.

It looks like a very interesting fight, should be tough and not a can. :rolleyes

oligarchy

11-20-2007, 02:36 PM

http://mmamania.com/2007/11/20/what-legacy-emelianenko-vs-choi-planned-for-new-years-eve/

Funny read from Jess Holland regard the Fedor fight

LEONARD

11-20-2007, 02:52 PM

Others possibly on that card...

Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs TBA
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs TBA
Hidehiko Yoshida vs TBA
Shinya Aoki vs TBA

Choi is a joke...he's been good in K-1, but he's gonna get swarmed like Zulu did.

Evan

11-20-2007, 07:47 PM

It's already confirmed that is who he is fighting on NYE in Japan. I don't think they announced the organization that is going to host it, but it's not M-1 -- Fedor is being leased out.

It looks like a very interesting fight, should be tough and not a can. :rolleyes

The funny thing is...M-1 is so jacked up there is still so much uncertainty.

LEONARD

11-21-2007, 11:11 AM

oligarchy

11-21-2007, 12:07 PM

Well, it's supposed to be put on by the group that got fired by Zuffa in Japan (that's the latest rumor) -- or the people with ties the (? can't remember the name, but the Japanese Mafia) was is Yakuza?

cornbread

11-21-2007, 04:43 PM

Oh my god...Oleg "The Russian Bear" Taktarov is coming back?! He was one of my favorite fighters in the old days but I don't think he'll be able to hang the new generation of fighters.

oligarchy

11-27-2007, 09:21 AM

UFC 82 in Ohio on March 1, 2007
-Anderson Silva vs Dan Henderson for MW Title

Koscheck v. Hazelett
Fitch v. (Gono is what they offered, but he is trying to fight Karo)

oligarchy

11-27-2007, 09:31 AM

Looks like Fedor vs Arona might be the fight now…Choi fights 3 wks prior in the K-1 tourny (could fight as many as 3 times that night)…

List of fighters that could be on the card…hell yea…

Fedor Emelianenko
Joachim Hansen
Ricardo Arona
Gilbert Melendez
Luiz Azeredo
Aoki Shinya
Kazuo Misaki
TatsuyaKawajiri
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai
Mitsuhiro Ishida

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/headlines/images/20071121/20071121-00000021-spnavi-fight-view-000.jpg
Now, the rumor is Yoshida. Fedor just needs to get some good leg kicks in....

Edit: http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=10125, looks like Yoshida is fighting in March. It's still a possibility, but it's less likely

MajorMike

11-27-2007, 10:49 AM

http://fightercards.com/pics-1/anthonyruizfightcard.jpg

LEONARD

11-27-2007, 12:56 PM

Lots of updates...

HDNet Fights "Reckless Abandon"- DECEMBER 15, 2007 @ AAC in Dallas, TX
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller vs Tim Kennedy
Patrick Castillo Vs TBA

Cage Rage December 16, 2007
-James Thompson vs Tengiz Tedoradze

UFC 79: DECEMBER 29, 2007 ON PAY-PER-VIEW (LAS VEGAS, NV)
-GSP vs. Matt Hughes (#3 WW)

UFC 80: JANUARY 19, 2008 in New Castle England (Spike TV)
-Alessio Sakara vs James Lee

UFC Fight Night 12 on January 23, 2008
-Mike Swick vs Josh Burkman
-Drew McFedries vs Patrick Cote
-Nate Diaz vs Alvin Robinson
-Gray Maynard vs Matt Grice
-Cole Miller vs Jeremy Stephens
-Thiago Tavares vs Michihiro Omigawa
-Kurt Pellegrino vs Alberto Crane
-Matt Wiman vs Buchholz
-Corey Hill vs Joe Veres

WEC Feb
-Rob McCullough vs Jamie Varner (LW Title)

UFC 81 - Feb 2, 2007 - Las Vegas @ MGM Grand
-Alan Belcher vs Ricardo Almeida

Feb 15th - M-1 Global in Chicago
-Fedor Emelianenko vs Jeff Monson??
-Gilbert Yvel vs Alexander Emelianko

Strikeforce February 23, 2008 in Tacoma, WA
-TBA

UFC 82 in Ohio on March 1, 2007
-Josh Koscheck vs Dustin Hazelett
-Jon Fitch vs Gono??

Koscheck v. Hazelett
Fitch v. (Gono is what they offered, but he is trying to fight Karo)

I'm on the Hazelett bandwagon...especially if he's fighting "Kos"...

and it wouldn't surprise me at all if they give Gono to Fitch...the UFC clearly wants Gono to lose...they didn't expect him to beat McCrory. Fitch will dominate him...

Fedor vs Yoshida is an easier fight for Fedor than Choi IMO, but the uproar wouldn't be as bad because the "freak" factor isn't involved.

Evan

11-27-2007, 01:00 PM

Fedor vs Yoshida is an easier fight for Fedor than Choi IMO, but the uproar wouldn't be as bad because the "freak" factor isn't involved.

thats a good point...

oligarchy

11-27-2007, 03:44 PM

UFN 12 -- if that is the final card Goooooood, looks like the best UFN so far.

Yoshida is still fodder in my opinion.

I believe that Kos can beat Hazelett.

dallaskd

11-27-2007, 07:17 PM

Swick-Burkman would be awesome!!!

LEONARD

11-28-2007, 10:38 AM

2 matchups for New Year's Eve...

Hayato Sakurai vs Hidehiko Hasegawa
Shinya Aoki vs Gesias “JZ Calvan” Calvancanti

Aoki vs JZ is the F'n $hit... :fro

LEONARD

11-28-2007, 10:46 AM

UFC 81
-David Heath vs Andre Gusmao

Hate to see Heath again, but glad to see the UFC signed Gusmao from the IFL...

Evan

11-28-2007, 11:01 AM

Could be ugggggggggggggggggly

dallaskd

11-28-2007, 06:23 PM

2 matchups for New Year's Eve...

Hayato Sakurai vs Hidehiko Hasegawa
Shinya Aoki vs Gesias “JZ Calvan” Calvancanti

Aoki vs JZ is the F'n $hit... :fro

nice. i loved JZ's KO vs Ribeiro, but other than that i'd like to see more from him. then you could probably consider him a top 3 LW IMO. This would be a huge win. Aoki is the real deal but looks like he's still in high school. lol

LEONARD

11-29-2007, 11:02 AM

oops...looks like the UFC was getting punked on the Gusmao stuff...he's staying with the IFL...
http://samcaplan.proelite.com/75897

also added:

K-1 Dynamite on NYE
-Rani Yahya vs Kid Yamamoto

TUF 6 Finale
-Ben Saunders vs Dan Barrera

LEONARD

11-29-2007, 02:38 PM

UFC 79
-James Irvin vs Luiz Alberto Cane Jr

Brazilian Muay Thai fighter, Luiz Alberto Cane Jr. fighter of Gibi Thai academy, record of 7-0, will debut in UFC 79 against James Irvin. "Banha" is famous for his rivalry with Thiago Silva (UFC fighter) but they never managed to fight. He will debut at UFC 79 against the strong James Irvin, who lost his last fight to Thiago Silva, due to ACL injury.

Cane's last fight at AoW 3...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uMU8uogWL2I

oligarchy

11-29-2007, 03:05 PM

LEONARD

11-30-2007, 11:10 AM

WEC card for Dec 12 finalized...hell of a card for free!!
-Urijah Faber vs Jeff Curran (FW Title)
-Paulo Filho vs Chael Sonnen (MW Title)
-Doug Marshall vs. Ariel Gandulla (LHW Title)
-Jens Pulver vs. Cub Swanson
-TBA vs. Chance Farrar
-Brian Bowles vs. Marcos Galvao
-John Alessio vs. Todd Moore
-Alex Karalexis vs. Ed Ratcliff
-Dominick Cruz vs. Charlie Valencia
-Bryan Baker vs. Eric Schambari

also Gray Maynard vs Dennis Siver

desflood

11-30-2007, 11:42 AM

Nice card. After Sonnen's idiotic remarks on Fedor and sambo in general, I can't wait to see Filho hand him his a** on a plate.

LEONARD

11-30-2007, 11:48 AM

Nice card. After Sonnen's idiotic remarks on Fedor and sambo in general, I can't wait to see Filho hand him his a** on a plate.

LOL...forgot about that...surely he was joking!!

LEONARD

11-30-2007, 11:56 AM

Micah Miller vs Chance Farrar is off the WEC card because of an injury to one of them...

LEONARD

12-03-2007, 10:33 AM

added for NYE...another great matchup...
Gilbert Melendez vs Mitsuhiro Ishida

LEONARD

12-04-2007, 09:26 PM

Updates

UFC 81
-David Heath vs Tomasz Drwal

UFC 83 in Canada (April)
-Shogun vs TBA
-Jason MacDonald vs TBA

UFC 84 May 3, 2008
-Tito Ortiz vs TBA

also a rumor that Rampage will be back at UFC 82

cornbread

12-04-2007, 11:42 PM

Who do you think might be matched up with Shogun?

Evan

12-05-2007, 08:56 AM

UFC 84 May 3, 2008
-Tito Ortiz vs TBA

You get this from MMAweekly?

Normally their rumors are spot on...wonder who they heard this from.

So does he have a new contract.......

If he doesn't the UFC is going to have him smashed before he leaves.

Who do you think might be matched up with Shogun?

Who knows...its so far out. My best match-up would be Vera since I just don't see him at HW for too much longer but thats another long break between fights and he needs to stay busy right now.

Maybe the winner of Chuck Vs Wanderlei.

But maybe even Houston Alexander or have Sobral back by then but I don't think he will be back until 09. I know Sobral has two contracts right now but both are breakable by him after one fight from what I understand.

Possibly Sokoudjou....

Something else to consider would be Rampage but I really think he will be a TUF coach so that wipes that out.

But the one that makes the most sense to me would be Wanderlei since they have both stated they would fight.

LEONARD

12-05-2007, 10:21 AM

Tito
http://mmamania.com/2007/12/04/ufc-quick-quote-former-champion-tito-ortiz-to-return-to-action-in-may-2008/

added:

K1 Dynamite 2007
-Sergei Kharitonov vs Mighty Mo

UFC 81
-Terry Martin vs Marvin Eastman

Evan

12-05-2007, 10:25 AM

K1 Dynamite 2007
-Sergei Kharitonov vs Mighty Mo

interesting :clap

LEONARD

12-06-2007, 09:24 AM

TUF Finale card finalized...

-Roger Huerta vs Clay Guida
-Mac Danzig vs Tommy Speer
-Jared Rollins vs John Koppenhaver
-Billy Miles vs George Sotiropoulous
-Dan Barrera vs Ben Saunders (possible swing bout)
-Matt Arroyo vs John Kolosci
-Richie Hightower vs Troy Mandaloniz
-Roman Mitichyan vs Dorian Price
-Paul Georgieff vs Jonathan Goulet

LEONARD

12-06-2007, 09:41 AM

added a mystery UFC event, 1 week after UFC 82...maybe a Fight Night?? Bisping dropping to MW...

UFC ??? - March 8, 2008 in London
-Michael Bisping vs Charles McCarthy (MW)

LEONARD

12-06-2007, 01:08 PM

added

WEC - February 13, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM
-Carlos Condit vs Carlo Prater (WW Title)
-Rob McCullough vs Jamie Varner (LW Title)

Evan

12-06-2007, 01:16 PM

well there goes the rumors this was a WEC finale.

LEONARD

12-06-2007, 01:21 PM

Looks like they're off to a great start on another card to me...

Evan

12-06-2007, 02:24 PM

yup

oligarchy

12-10-2007, 09:25 AM

Yarennoka event to be on HDNet

LEONARD

12-11-2007, 03:34 PM

Evan

12-11-2007, 03:35 PM

Enough of planning on Bob Sapp fighting on a card.....

oligarchy

12-11-2007, 04:50 PM

-Fedor vs Rizzo?

which I find hard to believe...

Why is that? Fedor isn't looking for competition at this point, or at least his "management"

Plan on cans for 1 to 2 years at a minimum. Barnett might be the only legitimate contender that he will face, but the guy that lost twice to CC isn't going to fly well.

Evan

12-11-2007, 05:14 PM

we know people

LEONARD

12-11-2007, 05:40 PM

updated...

K1 Dynamite - Dec 31, 2007

K-1 HERO'S Rules
-Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masakatsu Funaki
-Rani Yahya vs Kid Yamamoto
-Sergei Kharitonov vs Mighty Mo
-Minowaman vs Zulu
-Melvin Manhoef vs Yosuke Nishijima
-Joachim Hansen vs Kazuyuki Miyata

K-1 Rules
Masato vs. Yong Soo Choi

Under 18 4-man tournament
60 kg: HIROYA (15) vs. Tsukasa Fuji (15)
60 kg: Kenji Kubo (18) vs. Yudai (16)
60 kg: HIROYA/Fuji vs. Kubo/Yudai

LEONARD

12-11-2007, 05:43 PM

Why is that? Fedor isn't looking for competition at this point, or at least his "management"

Plan on cans for 1 to 2 years at a minimum. Barnett might be the only legitimate contender that he will face, but the guy that lost twice to CC isn't going to fly well.

It’s not that I find it hard to believe that he’d fight Rizzo. I just find it odd that Meltzer’s rumor ties it to Art of War, which is toast at this point. Makes no sense. Meltzer is good, but I just question that aspect of the rumor…

And as far as Fedor vs Rizzo goes, it’s not the greatest but it’s not the worst. People don’t seem to have much of a problem if he were to fight Monson, and Monson just got beat handily by Rizzo. Rizzo is also the “champ” of another org, although AoW is all but dead at this point…

cornbread

12-11-2007, 08:29 PM

added...the return of Bob Sapp!! :lol

Strikeforce February 23, 2008 in Tacoma, WA
-Bob Sapp vs TBA
-Maurice Smith vs Rick Roufus

and

Art of War - April in Las Vegas
-Fedor vs Rizzo?

which I find hard to believe...
Maurice Smith is coming back????? How old is he? I was recently watching an old Don "The Dragon" Wilson movie and Smith played the evil, steriod-using karate master. It was hilarious.

oligarchy

12-12-2007, 08:39 AM

It’s not that I find it hard to believe that he’d fight Rizzo. I just find it odd that Meltzer’s rumor ties it to Art of War, which is toast at this point. Makes no sense. Meltzer is good, but I just question that aspect of the rumor…

And as far as Fedor vs Rizzo goes, it’s not the greatest but it’s not the worst. People don’t seem to have much of a problem if he were to fight Monson, and Monson just got beat handily by Rizzo. Rizzo is also the “champ” of another org, although AoW is all but dead at this point…

I think it's because of Monson's game, versus Rizzo's. Fedor is susceptible to takedowns. Watch the Arona fight to see what I mean. I'm not sure Monson could do anything with that take down though.

Either way, Fedor should just retire and leave his legacy in tact. I don't see him fighting Tim or Randy. Other than that, I really can't think of any other fights I'd like to see him in.

LEONARD

12-13-2007, 12:12 PM

Fedor vs Choi confirmed... :dizzy
http://www.yarennoka.com/

He's going to take so much hell in the US for this fight, which is more of a tribute to the Japanese mma fan than anything. Hopefully we'll see some great matchups for him in 2008 and this will be a distant memory...

LEONARD

12-13-2007, 01:44 PM

another freak fight added...Sapp to beatup the guy that Choi beat in his only MMA fight... :lol

K1 Dynamite on NYE
-Bob Sapp vs Bobby Ologun

and Zulu vs Minowa

Fedor vs Choi

3 of them on 1 day...

LEONARD

12-18-2007, 11:16 AM

added:

Nevermind (4 man tourny)

UFC 82 in Ohio on March 1, 2008
-Rich Franklin vs Travis Lutter
-Jon Fitch vs Gono
-Evan Tanner vs TBA

oligarchy

12-18-2007, 11:21 AM

added:

Strikeforce February 23, 2008 in Tacoma, WA
4 Man Tourny featuring:
Butterbean, Kimbo Slice, Tank Abbott and Bob Sapp

Talk about a freak show...lol. I'm onboard...

I thought they were trying to legitimize Kimbo? Not the smartest way to do it, but it sure does look interesting :elephant

Evan

12-18-2007, 11:51 AM

Sapp (assuming he actually shows up which is a huge question mark) is as big of a fight as can be made with him.

so what they will do I am sure is pair up Butter Bean and Kimbo and Tank and Sapp hoping the two meet after the first rounds. It will be a huge draw.

Please let this show on Showtime!

LEONARD

12-18-2007, 12:51 PM

Looks like a bunk rumor!!

Evan

12-18-2007, 01:26 PM

what?

LEONARD

12-18-2007, 02:20 PM

Caplan says it's not true...

I do think Sapp is on that card though.

I've like to see him get beatup by Junior Silva...

dallaskd

12-18-2007, 06:22 PM

Im friends with Rich Franklin on myspace; heres a bulletin he posted earlier today...

Date: Dec 18, 2007 4:51 PM
Subject: Fight Rumor - RF

Body: Hi guys. First off, I would like to thank everyone for the support. Thank you for the support leading up to, and since the fight with Anderson. He is a great fighter and deserves everyone's respect as a fighter, person, and ambassador to our sport. Also thank you for supporting American Fighter.

Todd tries to maintain our Myspace account because of my hectic schedule. Hopefully he is doing a good job for you all. He spends a good amount of time on here and does it for free. Sometimes he gets a t-shirt.

I am told there are rumors of me fighting multiple people in March. I have not signed for a fight in March. I don't believe that I am allowed to fight more than once in a night. I hope this clears up any confusion. I have not signed to fight anyone in March, or any other month.

Happy Holidays

RF

LEONARD

12-21-2007, 09:51 AM

made some updates...the 2 NYE cards in Japan are mostly finalized...

K1 Dynamite - Dec 31, 2007
K-1 HERO'S Rules
-Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masakatsu Funaki
-Rani Yahya vs Kid Yamamoto
-Joachim Hansen vs Kazuyuki Miyata
-Melvin Manhoef vs Yosuke Nishijima
-Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Hideo Tokoro
-Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Zulu Jr.
-Musashi vs. Bernard Ackah (K-1 Rules)
-Masato vs. Choi Yong-Soo (K-1 Rules)

Under 18 4-man tournament (K-1 Rules)
60 kg: HIROYA (15) vs. Tsukasa Fuji (15)
60 kg: Kenji Kubo (18) vs. Yudai (16)
60 kg: HIROYA/Fuji vs. Kubo/Yudai

New Year's Eve - Yarennoka (on HDNet)
LIVE at 5 am CST, replaying on HDNET the next day at 2pm CST.
-Fedor (#1 HW) vs Hong Man Choi
-Roman Zentsov vs Mike Russow
-Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (#2 LW) vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa
-Gilbert Melendez (#3 LW) vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (#9 LW)
-Tatsuya Kawajiri (#4 LW) vs. Luiz Azeredo
-Shinya Aoki (#5 LW) vs. Gesias "JZ" Calvancante (#6 LW)
-Kazuo Misaki (#8 MW) vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (#10 MW)
-Murilo Bustamante vs Takimoto

UFC 80: JANUARY 19, 2008 in New Castle England (Spike TV)
-Jason Lambert vs. Wilson Gouveia

UFC 81 - Feb 2, 2008 - Las Vegas @ MGM Grand
-Cheick Kongo vs Justin McCully

HDNet Fights - Feb 15th at the AAC (date could change)
-Mayhem Miller vs Frank Trigg
-Jake Rosholt vs Chad Jay
-Johny Hendricks vs Blake McDaniel

and Franklin hurt his knee, so he's out at UFC 82 with Lutter :cry

Evan

12-21-2007, 10:54 AM

Leonard and I are having a huge get together at Leonards house for the next UFC fight and the Fedor card in Japan for NYE, everyone is invited. Were hoping to have about 100 people there. No cover charge. You can bring 1 or 2 people but please no more than 3.

Just PM Leonard for directions.

BYOB you cheap b-stards! :toast :elephant :drunk

Hope to see you all there!

Evan

12-21-2007, 10:55 AM

This UFC thang aint working to well for Lutter.

LEONARD

12-21-2007, 11:32 AM

It's gonna be sweet... :fro

dallaskd

12-21-2007, 03:13 PM

Another Rich Franklin Myspace Posting...

Date: Dec 21, 2007 11:47 AM
Subject: Update...sad news

Body: So I am sure you have heard, Rich won't be able to fight at UFC 82. He tore his meniscus. This is news to me as well, I was around him at the gym on Tues and got a rd in with him and all seemed well. So I might do a little double checking up on this, but as it stands now he is out with an injury.

Rich will still be at UFC 82 cornering Jorge Gurgel and working the American Fighter booth at the Arnold Classic signing autographs and taking pictures. Please come out and see us that weekend.

Todd
Team AF

ps- I'll update again when I find out more details.

dallaskd

12-21-2007, 03:15 PM

Evan

12-21-2007, 03:25 PM

I'd go but i doubt you want any 19 and 20 year old kids there.

I was just f-ing with LEONARD hoping he would get a few random pm's but the dude played along like a pro screwing up my bit.

No get together is happening.

But if we did have one, you would be welcome. :toast

LEONARD

12-21-2007, 03:41 PM

:spin

Mr Dio

12-22-2007, 02:37 AM

Please tell me sometime soon that Cuban isn't going to waste Mayweather on some lower level talent.
Mayweather is a top notch boxer & considered pound for pound the best so, get to training & AT LEAST fight some serious mid level comp.

Mr Dio

12-22-2007, 02:38 AM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/12/22/mayweather.mma.ap/index.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3165552

How many eyelets do the standard MMA gloves have again?

Evan

12-22-2007, 09:27 AM

If they are lower level talent then he should have no problem wiping the floor with them

dallaskd

12-23-2007, 01:27 PM

Cuban better not throw him some pud so after he wins 2 or 3 in a row and retires, the boxing fans will have their satisfaction of "boxing beats MMA" and that crap. Lets see MWJ fight Yves Edwards and see what happens. But honestly, I dont see this happening. And if it does...its just further proof MMA is taking over boxing.

I would love to see a Mayweather well trained in BJJ and other angles of striking fight top level, but I dont think Floyd will train that long and has that motivation.

dallaskd

12-23-2007, 01:27 PM

He would seriously have to take 2-3 years off to get to that stage. And the money isnt there that is in boxing.

Evan

12-23-2007, 02:00 PM

I think Yves Edwards is about the bottom of the floor level of talent that could beat him.

dallaskd

12-23-2007, 02:41 PM

I think Yves Edwards is about the bottom of the floor level of talent that could beat him.

I know but Im talking in terms of HdNet 155'rs

oligarchy

12-24-2007, 04:02 PM

He would seriously have to take 2-3 years off to get to that stage. And the money isnt there that is in boxing.

I think in the case of Mayweather, he's a huge draw. He would draw MMA and boxing fans for at least one fight. Now, it's not going to draw all boxing fans, but plenty would watch. It would draw almost all MMA fans, depending on who he fought.

BUT, this WILL NOT happen. It's a PR stunt by Cuban.

oligarchy

12-27-2007, 11:41 AM

UFC Fight Night 13, April 2nd

Florian vs. Lauzon
Bonnar vs. Hammil -- only rumored at this point

I am interested to see Lauzon after all his time training with Penn, since we didn't get to see much against his last opponent. Should be a great test to see where Lauzon is at.

dallaskd

12-31-2007, 02:10 PM

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski, a 28-year-old fighter who hasn’t competed professionally in nearly nine months, will likely be added to a UFC fight card sometime in the next couple months.

UFC President Dana White mentioned the timetable during Saturday’s post-UFC 79 press conference.

“We’re talking to (Arlovski) right now,” White said. “He’ll probably fight in a couple months.“

http://mmajunkie.com/2007/12/30/dana-white-andrei-arlovski-to-fight-in-next-couple-months/

LEONARD

01-03-2008, 12:59 PM

added

WCO January 12, 2008

* LH: Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Vernon White
* HW: Ricco Rodriguez vs. Mike Kyle
* HW: Mark Kerr vs. Rick Roufus
* HW: Jimmy Ambriz vs. Wesley “Cabbage” Correira
* MW: Joe Riggs vs. Gustavo Machado
* HW: Virgil Zwicker vs. David Mejia
* MW: Davis Loiseau vs. Leopoldo Serao
* WW: Tiki Ghosn vs. J.J. Ambrose
* LH: Fabio Costa vs. Carlos Fuentes
* FW: Georgi Karakahyan vs. Armando Sanchez
* HW: Tony Sylvestor vs. Cain Velasquez

http://mmajunkie.com/2008/01/03/upstart-wco-organization-announces-star-studded-jan-12-event/

Not a bad card at all for a smaller org...

Evan

01-03-2008, 01:18 PM

Davis Loiseau ........Dude has never recovered from that Tanner beating...

This really is a solid small show card. Especially if it had been 3 years ago. It should be labeled "Career revival"

Sobral might be the most active fighter of 08 that isn't being pushed to death by the IFL.

oligarchy

01-04-2008, 10:39 AM

EliteXC (airs on Showtime) -- Saturday, February 16
Miami, Florida

Kimbo Slice vs Tank Abbott
Kyle Noke vs Scott Smith
Yves Edwards vs TBA

Evan

01-04-2008, 10:56 AM

good find!

LEONARD

01-04-2008, 11:58 AM

added it

Kimbo in his hometown...

oligarchy

01-04-2008, 02:00 PM

I don't know how many times TBA has fought this year, but it has to be a record :hat

Evan

01-04-2008, 02:35 PM

dang dude....lol.....

that was awful but I giggled.

dallaskd

01-04-2008, 07:17 PM

http://hacnews.com/mmabannerevents.jpg

LEONARD

01-07-2008, 03:56 PM

Daley and Alvarez on the next ShoXC card...poor Sam Morgan... :lol

ShoXC - Jan 25, 2008 in Atlantic City
-Eddie Alvarez vs Ross Ebanez
-Paul Daley vs Sam Morgan
-Bobby McMaster vs. Bao Quach
-Bellaton Frederick vs. Kala Kolohe Hose
-Julie Kedzie vs. Tonya Evinger

Undercard (non-televised) bouts include:
-Zach Makovsky vs. Wilson Reis
-Binky Jones vs. TBA
-Doug Gordon vs. Sergio Vinagre
-Matt Makowski vs. Joe Shilling

Elite XC - Feb 16th in Miami
-Kimbo Slice vs Tank Abbott
-Kyle Noke vs Scott Smith
-Antonio Silva vs TBA
-James Thompson vs TBA
-Gina Carano vs TBA

UFC 82 in Ohio on March 1, 2008
-Luke Cummo vs Luigi Fioravanti

LEONARD

01-08-2008, 04:55 PM

updates

UFC 81 - Feb 2, 2008 - Las Vegas @ MGM Grand
-Nate Marquardt vs TBA (Thales Leites out with broken hand)
-Rob Emerson vs Keita Nakamura (I wish failure on Emerson FOREVER!!)

WEC - February 13, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM
-Chase Beebe vs Miguel Torres (BW Title)

IFL February 29, 2008
-Ryan Schultz vs John Gunderson (LW Title)
-Matt Horwich vs Tim Kennedy (MW Title)
-Roy Nelson vs Fabiano Scherner (HW Title)
-Pat Healy vs TBD
-Benji Radach vs TBD
-Marcello Salazar vs TBD
-Ian Loveland vs Dennis Davis

UFC 82 in Ohio on March 1, 2008
-Cheick Kongo and Heath Herring

UFC Fight Night 13 - April 2 (Lead in to debut of TUF 7)
-Stephan Bonnar vs Matt Hamill
-Marcus Aurelio vs Spencer Fisher

oligarchy

01-08-2008, 05:00 PM

updates
...
-Rob Emerson vs Keita Nakamura (I wish failure on Emerson FOREVER!!)
...

Don't let him read that, he will jump you! :lol

Evan

01-08-2008, 05:06 PM

If you can fit into a glove you're fighting in the next 3 months...

hah...I F-ING love it.

LEONARD

01-09-2008, 03:59 PM

UFC 81
Nate Marquardt vs Jeremy Horn

http://mmajunkie.com/2008/01/09/jeremy-horn-vs-nate-marquardt-at-ufc-81/

Evan

01-09-2008, 07:53 PM

Man I am so excited

Rip-Hamilton32

01-09-2008, 08:47 PM

so kongo beats crocop and fights a bum? he should fight AA

Evan

01-10-2008, 08:49 AM

AA is having a contract issue.

LEONARD

01-10-2008, 09:33 AM

so kongo beats crocop and fights a bum? he should fight AA

Thank Dana and his "1 fight left on your contract" freeze play...

HH isn't a "bum"...he's still a tough guy and a hard guy to finish. Kongo better not screw around going into that fight...hitting HH with 4 or 5 nutshots will help his cause too... :lol

Evan

01-10-2008, 10:59 AM

Heath is an elite fighter who doesn't know how to train or create a game plan.

LEONARD

01-10-2008, 11:25 AM

Franklin added to 84 and Lutter moved from 82 to 84...

UFC 83 - March 8, 2008 in London
-Michael Bisping vs Charles McCarthy (MW)

UFC 84 April 19, 2008 in Montreal (April)
-GSP vs Matt Serra
-Rich Franklin vs Travis Lutter
-Shogun vs TBA
-Jason MacDonald vs TBA
-Patrick Cote vs TBA
-Jeff Joslin vs TBA
-Sam Stout vs TBA

Evan

01-10-2008, 12:11 PM

cAnadA..representA!

oligarchy

01-10-2008, 12:35 PM

Maybe I am confused about cards, but I thought 83 was in Canada and Serra vs GSP was on that card?

and the rumors are
Shogun vs TBA
Franklin vs Lutter

LEONARD

01-10-2008, 12:49 PM

I figured out what happened...there was a mystery event in London in March, which is now shown as UFC 83...

Corrected 2 posts up...

oligarchy

01-10-2008, 12:58 PM

Hrmm.. not sure where you are getting your rumors:

UFC 82 is March 1st, as posted on UFC. You have 83 7 days later in London.. :)

The London event was rumored last year. Dana said 83 was in Montreal. Serra confirmed 83 will be in Montreal.

LEONARD

01-10-2008, 01:04 PM

MMAWeekly doesn't have 83 and 84 labeled as such, but has them on the dates above...
http://mmaweekly.com/rumors.asp

MMAJunkie has them like I have shown above...
http://mmajunkie.com/ufc-rumors/

Karo Parisyan vs Thiago Alves also rumored for UFC in Montreal (whatever # it ends up being)

oligarchy

01-10-2008, 01:12 PM

That's weird for mmajunkie to keep it like that

http://www.nbcsports.com/portal/site/nbcsports/menuitem.6f806e473b4cb158fb00ec22493c2d04/?vgnextoid=79672dca17647110VgnVCM10000075c1d240RCR D&vgnextchannel=9f23d5e59df02110VgnVCM100000dc032c03 RCRD&vgnextfmt=default

It says April 19th and although it doesn't state 83, it's pretty logical to assume that they aren't going to have a card 7 days later with the headline of McCarthy vs Bisping.

Anyway, that is going to be a stacked card if all the rumors are true. I don't believe they are.

LEONARD

01-10-2008, 01:21 PM

I'm not sure who's right...this was the report on Bisping from Dec (I don't think this would be a headliner though)
http://mmajunkie.com/2007/12/20/report-michael-bispings-middleweight-debut-coming-vs-charles-mccarthy/

Evan

01-10-2008, 01:27 PM

This is what happens when UFC never updates its site until a week before something happens.

For a company that hates MMA sites...they do not give us a reason to follow them exclusively. :pctoss

LEONARD

01-10-2008, 01:32 PM

ufc.com is a joke...RARELY do they "break" anything...

Elite XC - Feb 16th in Miami
-Yves Edwards vs Edson Berto
-Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett vs TBA
-James Thompson vs Brett Rogers

maybe the confusion will be sorted out here...or not... :lol
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=710775

oligarchy

01-11-2008, 09:02 AM

I saw Dana still talking about the London event, maybe it is true. The event better be free, if it's on the 8th of the March. There is no way I am paying for an event headlined by Bisping vs McCarthy. Even if it were a bigger headline, I'm not paying for two events in a month.

LEONARD

01-11-2008, 09:09 AM

LEONARD

01-11-2008, 09:11 AM

Januray 10th - Ricco Rodriguez on VH1 Celebrity Rehab

Ricco wasn't on the show last night...apparently he joins the show at some point after somebody is kicked off...

oligarchy

01-11-2008, 09:12 AM

WEC - Feb 13
Albuquerque, NM

Welterweight Championship: Carlos Condit vs. Carlo Prater
Bantamweight championship: Chase Beebe vs. Miguel Torres
Lightweight Championship: Rob Mccullough vs. Jamie Varner

Leonard Garcia vs. Hiroyuki takaya
Jeff Bedard vs. Yoshiro Maeda
Jesse Moreng vs. Scott Jorgensen
Mark Hominick vs. Josh Grispi
Coty Wheeler vs. Del Hawkins
Micah Miller vs. Chance Farrar
Manny Tapia vs. Antonio Banuelos

These aren't all confirmed.

oligarchy

01-11-2008, 09:13 AM

http://mmamania.com/2008/01/10/clearing-up-some-ufc-number-confusion/

Just got this from a reliable source:

* UFC 83 is slated for March 8 in London, England
* UFC Fight Night is slated for April 2 in Denver, Colorado
* UFC 84 is slated for April 19 in Montreal, Canada

It’s a bit odd to have two major events scheduled for back-to-back weekends (UFC 82 and UFC 83). We’ll have to wait and see if UFC 83 is free on SpikeTV (like UFC 75) or is a pay-per-view (PPV) event.

Yeah, I just saw the same thing. I just thought it was an error when I first read it. Dana hasn't completely confirmed the 83 event though and said "We're still trying to make it happen" or something to that effect. As I said, it'd better be free.

LEONARD

01-11-2008, 09:24 AM

http://mmajunkie.com/2008/01/10/ufc-83-set-for-london-houston-alexander-accepts-fight-with-james-irvin/

UFC 83
-Houston Alexander vs James Irvin

and Karo vs Thiago Alves at 84...84 is looking ridiculous. There's talk that Sherk vs Penn/Stevenson would be on that one too. I just can't see all these guys on 1 card though...

UFC 84 April 19, 2008 in Montreal (April)
-GSP vs Matt Serra
-Sean Sherk vs Penn/Stevenson
-Rich Franklin vs Travis Lutter
-Shogun vs TBA
-Karo Parisyan vs Thiago Alves

With 2 title fights, there is a chance the swing bout wouldn't be air'd...none of those should even be a swing bout though...

oligarchy

01-11-2008, 09:29 AM

If that card happens...

Evan

01-11-2008, 10:29 AM

They will have to change how they do PPV's to air that card.

LEONARD

01-12-2008, 09:32 AM

SENGOKU (World Victory Road) March 5, 2008 from Tokyo (SkyPerfect PPV)
-Sanae Kikuta vs. Phil Baroni
-Hidehiko Yoshida vs. TBA
-Makoto Takimoto vs. TBA
-Kazuo Misaki vs. TBA
-Ryo Kawamura vs. TBA
-Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos vs. TBA
-Siyar Bahadurazada vs. TBA

Strikeforce in San Jose on March 29, 2008
-Frank Shamrock vs Cung Le

Looks like Sherk's return won't be at 84, but 85 in May...

UFC 85 May 24, 2008
-Sean Sherk vs Penn/Stevenson
-Thiago Silva vs Rashad Evans

Evan

01-12-2008, 10:27 AM

Strikeforce in San Jose on March 29, 2008
-Frank Shamrock vs Cung Le

So glad this is not Frank vs Ken as first rumored.

And Cung Le will get those rickety knees twisted behind his head here.

I think Frank could be a top 10 if he keeps up this pace and now starts to fight legit guys. His pacing of fights has been solid to shake the rust off and its good to see him take a step up in competition. It was excellent to see him be so aggressive against Baroni.

Evan

01-12-2008, 10:28 AM

SENGOKU (World Victory Road) March 5, 2008 from Tokyo (SkyPerfect PPV)
-Sanae Kikuta vs. Phil Baroni

Tap the breaks

******************************************

Fledgling Japanese mixed martial arts promotion World Victory Road on Friday announced that Phil Baroni would face Sanae Kikuta at its March 5 event at the Yoyogi National Stadium Gym in Tokyo.

That announcement however seems to have been a bit premature. MMAWeekly.com spoke with Baroni’s manager, Ken Pavia of Pavia, Ciscone & Associates, who said the fight has not yet been signed.

“World Victory Road is a viable possibility, but we have several other offers on the table and we have to weigh all of our options to make sure that we make the correct move for Phil.”

The proposed fight against Kikuta would be Baroni’s first since returning from a suspension following his June 22 bout against Frank Shamrock while fighting for Strikeforce.

“World Victory Road has made an attractive offer,” continued Pavia, “but at this point, we just haven’t had enough time to weigh all of our options and make a decision.”

Baroni and Pavia will be considering the options and an announcement regarding Baroni’s next fight should be forthcoming soon.

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5447&zoneid=2

Evan

01-12-2008, 10:37 AM

I am going to issue a "false announced fight statement then retraction to the false announced fight statement" watch on Ken Pavia...

something is going on with that guy... He came out of nowhere and its interesting how he gets his name out there. Seems to be a shell game of cheaply working the media. Not that I blame him...with a new sport with new agents all over the place...whatever it takes I suppose...

:nerd

LEONARD

01-12-2008, 12:42 PM

hahaha...no question he did the thing with Luke for exposure...

Seems like he got some results though...

dallaskd

01-13-2008, 08:57 PM

So why exactly did they cancel the WCO event the day of the fight?

dallaskd

01-13-2008, 09:02 PM

Chuck Liddell vs Keith Jardine @ UFC 76

I will wager $50, real cash, that fight does not happen.

dallaskd

01-13-2008, 09:09 PM

I asked timvp for vbookie on ufc 80. kori didnt respond on 79.

Evan

01-14-2008, 09:05 AM

So why exactly did they cancel the WCO event the day of the fight?

Lack of ticket sales. In California you have to have a sort of deposit with the CSAC guarenteeing %20 of the fighter purse.

From what I am reading they did an awful job promoting this event. No fighter interviews and poor advertising.

Evan

01-14-2008, 09:07 AM

And thanks for finding that quote of me shooting off my mouth about Jardine and Chuck dallaskd…hah…good thing nobody took me up on it.

LEONARD

01-14-2008, 12:15 PM

And thanks for finding that quote of me shooting off my mouth about Jardine and Chuck dallaskd…hah…good thing nobody took me up on it.

:lol

Damnit!!

LEONARD

01-14-2008, 04:25 PM

UFC 84 April 19, 2008 in Montreal (April)
-Mac Danzig vs Marc Bocek
-Jason MacDonald vs Joe Doerksen

Evan

01-14-2008, 04:50 PM

UFC 84 April 19, 2008 in Montreal (April)
-Mac Danzig vs Marc Bocek
-Jason MacDonald vs Joe Doerksen

Matt Serra vs. Georges St. Pierre
Mauricio Rua vs. ?

LEONARD

01-14-2008, 05:55 PM

Those are just additions peckerwood...check the original post for the full rumored card :smokin

Evan

01-14-2008, 06:38 PM

I was just rounding them all up for one post you crusty dill

dallaskd

01-14-2008, 11:54 PM

peckerwood

crusty dill

real talk. real talk.

LEONARD

01-15-2008, 09:11 AM

I was just rounding them all up for one post you crusty dill

well that was a half-assed attempt! :drunk

UFC 84 April 19, 2008 in Montreal (April)
-GSP vs Matt Serra
-Rich Franklin vs Travis Lutter
-Shogun vs TBA
-Karo Parisyan vs Thiago Alves
-Mac Danzig vs Marc Bocek
-Jason MacDonald vs Joe Doerksen
-Patrick Cote vs TBA
-Sam Stout vs TBA

LEONARD

01-15-2008, 03:20 PM

Ken Shamrock and his son Ryan have both signed with EliteXC and will debut on the CR 25 card in March...

CAGE RAGE 25: MARCH 8, 2008 IN LONDON, ENGLAND
-Ken Shamrock vs. TBA
-Ryan Shamrock vs TBA

Ryan is 1-0 and I think he's about 18 or 19 yrs old
http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=23816

http://mmajunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/ryan-shamrock-and-ken-shamrock.jpg

LEONARD

01-15-2008, 03:42 PM

added

Feb 1st - Hardcore Championship Fighting
-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Todd Gouwenberg
-Gegard Mousasi vs. Evangelista Santos
-Thomas Schulte vs. Garett Davis
-Brendan Seguin vs. Derrick Noble
-Damir Mirenic vs. Mike Pyle
-Andrew Buckland vs. Dan Chambers
-Solomon Hutcherson vs. Amir Rahnavardi
-Myles Merola vs. Ariel Sexton
-Tim Hague vs. Miodrag Petkovic
-Nabil Khatib vs. Lucas Rota
-Babian Cortez vs. Juan Barrantes

Lil Nog (why why why??!!), Cyborg, Mousasi, Noble, Pyle, and Solomon are the most notable. They're trying to land Babalu, Tiger White, and David Loiseau also since they were screwed over by the cancelled WCO card last week.

Evan

01-15-2008, 03:43 PM

well that was a half-assed attempt! :drunk

alright you got me there...

Evan

01-15-2008, 03:46 PM

what exactly is your problem with nog?

They're trying to land Babalu..............................

I think he is literally signed up for 7 fights this year. He has two contracts working right now but who knows what that WCO mess has left his contract looking like.

LEONARD

01-15-2008, 04:17 PM

what exactly is your problem with nog?

My problem is that he's not in the UFC...

HCF...wtf? :bang

LEONARD

01-15-2008, 05:53 PM

6', 130 lb Ryan
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2194209804_b422af807b.jpg

Scary
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2369/2194209608_d2bcb8952f.jpg

Evan

01-16-2008, 09:44 AM

My problem is that he's not in the UFC...

HCF...wtf? :bang

Ah I see. Yeah I agree with ya.

Evan

01-16-2008, 10:47 AM

Full card. Awesome...just awesome.

***********************

The full card for WEC 32 includes:

Champ Carlos Condit vs. Carlo Prater (for welterweight title)
Champ Rob McCullough vs. Jamie Varner (for lightweight title)
Champ Chase Beebe vs. Miguel Torres (for bantamweight title)
Mark Hominick vs. Josh Grispi
Antonio Banuelos vs. Manny Tapia
Scott Jorgensen vs. Jesse Moreng
Yoshiro Maeda vs. Charlie Valencia
Leonard Garcia vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Chance Farrar vs. Micah Miller
Del Hawkins vs. Ox Wheeler

oligarchy

01-16-2008, 11:49 AM

I think the only change from the card I posted is who Maeda is going to fight...

*EDIT* Oh, and the card looks good. Seems the WEC has put on a few good cards as of late.

Evan

01-16-2008, 11:59 AM

I think the only change from the card I posted is who Maeda is going to fight...

*EDIT* Oh, and the card looks good. Seems the WEC has put on a few good cards as of late.

Yeah 3 title fights. Amazing.

WEC seems right on par with EliteXC. What Zuffa has done with them is simply amazing.

My only gripe is I really wish they would fill the cards with more TUF cast offs.

LEONARD

01-16-2008, 12:09 PM

They have a bunch from the last season to pick from after a bunch got dumped this week :lol

Evan

01-16-2008, 12:42 PM

Dumped a ton of tuf 6 guys and picked up a lot of international talent. I love it. I am sure the IFL and HDNet will sweep them up.

I would like to see a card of nothing but foreign fighters. No Americans and nobody from Brazil.

Evan

01-16-2008, 12:47 PM

UFC 83 won't be in the UK.

http://mmajunkie.com/2008/01/16/report-officials-scrap-marchs-ufc-83-event-in-england/#comments

oligarchy

01-16-2008, 02:41 PM

I don't understand what the hell is going on with that card. Hopefully, something gets worked out soon. They should just scrap the damn thing.

Evan

01-16-2008, 03:00 PM

I don't understand what the hell is going on with that card. Hopefully, something gets worked out soon. They should just scrap the damn thing.

This has SpikeTV written all over it.

UFC 83: MARCH 8, 2008 IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND

-Michael Bisping vs. Charles McCarthy
-Houston Alexander vs. James Irvin
-Clay Guida vs. TBA
-Demian Maia vs. TBA
-Neil Wain vs. TBA

I think I know what happened...someone at the UFC did a poor job of looking at what else was going on in Manchester that weekend. Manchester United has a match that day and "Old Trafford" (the stadium they play in) fits about 76,000 people so that takes away a huge part of your ticket sales.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Old_Trafford_inside_20060726_1.jpg

oligarchy

01-17-2008, 08:28 AM

The thing is, it was slated for London. Which, would have no bearing if they weren't complete idiots sometimes.

In all honesty, Dana (& co.) have done some good things for the sport, but in that same breath they have done some stupid things. I think Dana holds them back in many regards. NBC execs stated that they would not deal with Dana. That says something right there.

Evan

01-17-2008, 09:19 AM

The thing is, it was slated for London.

?

One was in Manchester and another in Newcastle.

LEONARD

01-17-2008, 09:29 AM

LEONARD

01-17-2008, 09:30 AM

Hast it moved??
http://fightlinker.com/blog/?p=1422

Evan

01-17-2008, 09:54 AM

Elite XC - Feb 16th in Miami
-Antonio Silva vs Gary Turner (Cage Rage HW Title)

somewhat unstable to have the CR HW Title fight in EliteXC, but I guess they're all the same since Elite has bought them up...

Its so confusing and I have heard so many overlapping ideas on what they plan on doing. :wakeup

LEONARD

01-18-2008, 09:18 AM

Feb 1st - Hardcore Championship Fighting
-David Loiseau vs Jason Day

CAGE RAGE 25: MARCH 8, 2008 IN LONDON, ENGLAND
-Ken Shamrock vs. Robert “Buzz” Berry

UFC 83 - April X, 2008 in Manchester
-Ed Herman vs Demian Maia

Evan

01-18-2008, 09:35 AM

CAGE RAGE 25: MARCH 8, 2008 IN LONDON, ENGLAND
-Ken Shamrock vs. Robert “Buzz” Berry

whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?

Dang...Ken must be broke.

LEONARD

01-18-2008, 09:45 AM

Supposed to fight Frank at the end of the year...I guess he wants to stay active...

Evan

01-18-2008, 09:52 AM

seriously....who wants to see him fight?

Evan

01-18-2008, 10:54 AM

Ken should fight Fedor. Its right at Fedors current level of competition he strives for.

I'm not kidding either. Why not?

LEONARD

01-18-2008, 11:20 AM

I'ma kick yo ace biatch...

So Shamrock = Lindland? Or Hunt? Hell, HMC would kick Ken's ass... :lol

Do I want to see him fight? Sure...on a CR card...or against Frank...not in the UFC.

I want to see his kid fight more than I do him...

Evan

01-18-2008, 11:26 AM

So Shamrock = Lindland? Or Hunt? Hell, HMC would kick Ken's ass.....

His level of competition is declining so this is on par. :spin

I'ma kick yo ace biatch...

And I finally...finally draw you off sides with Fedor bashing...finally after about 100 attempts.

its a great day... :clap

Evan

01-18-2008, 11:32 AM

...I want to see his kid fight more than I do him...

Yeah Ken is a shell of himself but he was indeed at one time a very solid and technical fighter. I wonder what he has passed onto his kid. His very very skinny kid.

Evan

01-18-2008, 02:33 PM

UFC 82

AA vs TBA

Please make it Cro Cop....

Evan

01-18-2008, 05:12 PM

Yushin Okami Vs Evan Tanner! haha! man thats great news...

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5489&zoneid=13

But...

Akihiro Gono off UFC 82

http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/18/akihiro-gono-out-of-ufc-82/

cornbread

01-21-2008, 12:32 PM

Yushin Okami Vs Evan Tanner! haha! man thats great news...

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5489&zoneid=13

Finally. :clap

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 01:22 PM

updates

Feb 1, 2008 - Hardcore Championship Fighting
-David Loiseau vs Jason Day

UFC 81 - Feb 2, 2008 - Las Vegas @ MGM Grand
-David Heath vs TBA (Drwal injured)

Strikeforce February 23, 2008 in Tacoma, WA
-Bob Sapp vs Jan Nortje

UFC 82 in Ohio on March 1, 2008
-Andre Arlovski vs Jake O'Brien

Strikeforce in San Jose on March 29, 2008
-Joe Riggs vs Joey Villasenor

UFC 84 April 19, 2008 in Montreal (April)
-Karo Parisyan vs Thiago Alves
-Jonathan Goulet vs Kuniyoshi Hironaka
-Sam Stout vs Rich Clementi

UFC 85 May 24, 2008
-Sean Sherk vs BJ Penn

Evan

01-21-2008, 01:28 PM

Fedor's next fight

In the short-term, M-1 Global pushed back its U.S. debut from February to April. The promotion had the chance to book the United Center in Chicago for Feb. 16 but opted against it as fighter negotiations had not progressed accordingly. April 11 now appears to be the targeted date for either the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., or the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J.

Regardless of venue and date, Emelianenko is headlining the event. As for his opponent, Dutchman Semmy Schilt (Pictures) seems to have overtaken Pedro Rizzo (Pictures) and Jeff Monson (Pictures) in favor with Finkelstein and company. The three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion made a successful comeback to MMA on Jan. 12 and will be in Moscow the second weekend in February to negotiate the details.

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/pictures/39/38710.jpg

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=467

************************************************** *******

Its not even funny anymore....

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 01:36 PM

I have no issue with Schilt really as far as being a tough test, but it's a rematch...

Would rather see Rizzo or Monson...

Evan

01-21-2008, 01:41 PM

If this kind of matchups are true tests for Fedor then he is somehwere between 20-30 in rankings.

Which is not the case.

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 01:54 PM

Evan

01-21-2008, 02:05 PM

Schilt
Rothwell
Rizzo
Monson

all about the same test IMO...

I think Rothwell would be the toughest of that group right now...

Then get Barnett in there...

What would you say if he was fighting Bob Sapp down the road?

I just don't agree. This guy is like a dollar store version of Mirko Filipovic! You have seen him fight the exact same fights as I have. He isn't even remotely close to being a C class fighter. He has been to the big show and failed miserably.

If he fought Monson or Rothwell I would say that is at least a decent test.

Sapp…I honestly do not know. I think he needs a few more MMA fights under his belt but lets say he got 3 more fights under his belt between now and then and he won all 3. Sure ok I suppose.

Why can't Fedor fight Josh? Why aren't they making noise about it? He is out there.

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 02:23 PM

Schilt DID take Fedor to a decision, so he can't be THAT bad...I know he hasn't been successful against top guys (Nog, Barnett, Sergei), but he's still a decent test. I just don't like it because we've seen it before...

Sapp almost killed Nog...gave him one hell of a fight. I think he could give anybody problems for a few minutes...

Evan

01-21-2008, 02:33 PM

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 02:44 PM

When people ask who the premier fighters on in MMA we think of three names…

Fedor
GSP
BJ Penn

Agree?

If Fedor is on that list why is he the only one who is years separated from competition against top talent? There has been talent out there for him to compete against. Its true there isn't a deep pool to pull from but as long Josh is out there is little excuse why he is years away from true competition.

This guy took Fedor to the distance nearly 6 years ago. 6 years is an entire evolution of MMA.

If we're talking about one of the, if not the, premier fighters in MMA this is an unacceptable trend in his career. We should be talking about true fights. This is the BS that is accepted and commonly practiced in Boxing! Boxing!

Mark Hunt a little over a year ago...was in the top 10 and proved he was a worthy opponent in the ring.

followed by a yr f'd up by the sale of Pride and failed negotiations with the UFC. Most of '06 was lost due to hand surgery.

Who knows why Barnett isn't happening now. I'm sure M-1 wants to save that fight for down the road if they can...

Frustrating, but I'm reserving judgement until the end of '08. See who he fights this year and see what happens with Couture.

polandprzem

01-21-2008, 02:52 PM

umm doesn't Fedor got a clause in his contract that he can fight an UFC fighters?

latelly I saw some great matchups
Tito vs Iceman,Ken Shamrock
Iceman- Rampage, Jardine
Silva - Rampage
Cro - Naguierra

and more

Really nice fights :)

Evan

01-21-2008, 03:01 PM

I will concede for the sake of not bogging down this discussion the Hunt fight as being a top 10 match up.

So that’s 2 1/2 years of mismatches for what is to be the premier fighter in MMA with one true fight mixed in. (Fedor fought Mirko 08/28/05 )

That’s nearly 3 ½ years before he has a possible shot to fight Randy. In 3 ½ years he will have fought 1 legit fight amongst this sea of cans. Here ya go MMA fans, here is your champion! Viva La Boxing style!

What we’re doing here is hinging the legitimacy of a fighter now on a fight that is likely not possible.

Again, unacceptable.

This would not be an issue if this wasn’t Fedor we’re talking about. The supposed premier fighter in MMA.

Evan

01-21-2008, 03:02 PM

umm doesn't Fedor got a clause in his contract that he can fight an UFC fighters?

The UFC does not do cross promotions with other orgs.

Fedor had a chance to sign with the UFC and declined due to the terms the UFC offerred him.

Evan

01-21-2008, 03:05 PM

And for the record I am not venting at LEONARD...just frustrated with Fedor who is being managed exactly like a Boxer.

Boxing was the first sport I loved and I watched it systematically implode on itself with BS business moves so I get my panties in a wad when I see ELEMENTS of boxing creep into MMA.

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 03:18 PM

2006 was mostly lost due to injury. (otherwise he would've been in the Open Weight GP, which would've resulted in several good matchups)

2007 was mostly lost due to Pride/UFC issues.

Give him 2008 and then let's see where he's at.

Evan

01-21-2008, 03:21 PM

2007 was mostly lost due to Pride/UFC issues..

He still found time to fight someone several weight classes below him and a freak with a growth disesase. With a rules change...

polandprzem

01-21-2008, 03:23 PM

Well yeah okay, but if it's realy fedor who wants an international fights and does not want the 'american' oragnization hold him and 'deciding' who he will fight?

I would also wish for the more hyped fights with the UFC opponents by Emelianenko.
I even got mad he got 'just' the rematch with Semmy. He will take him down again. I would be surprised if Semmy would win this, but Schield is accually a K-1 fighter more then the ultimate fighter. (Grapplers got the advatnage IMO)

All in all this is the last year Fedor can go full stage.

Evan

01-21-2008, 03:27 PM

Well yeah okay, but if it's realy fedor who wants an international fights and does not want the 'american' oragnization hold him and 'deciding' who he will fight?.

I don't understand what you are asking here. Could you re-phrase that?

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 03:33 PM

He still found time to fight someone several weight classes below him and a freak with a growth disesase. With a rules change...

add Bodog to the 2007 failure list...and several = 3...HW to MW = 2 :p

M-1 had to do some kind of K-1 fighter for NYE and Choi was what the fans there wanted. (and he was out of the GP early and uninjured)

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 03:34 PM

I don't understand what you are asking here. Could you re-phrase that?

or the whole thing :D

Evan

01-21-2008, 03:35 PM

thats 3 1/2 years of excuses resulting in 1 fight assuming this streak ends with Randy.

Somehow everyone else manages...

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 03:47 PM

Evan

01-21-2008, 03:54 PM

a broken hand isn't an excuse...he fought with it many times before getting it repaired at the cyborg shop...

Many others haven't managed well either...where is Gomi? Before Yarennoka many top guys hadn't done anything in 2007...some still haven't.

a broken hand doesn't take 3 1/2 years to heal.

Those other guys are irrelevant to the discussion. Fedor is supposed to be the alpha male of MMA.

Maybe he should get a new spine at the cyborg shop....

I kid I kid!

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 04:00 PM

lol...I didn't say it does f'r!! Your math is so bunk...

Andre Arlovski vs Jake O'Brien...thoughts?

polandprzem

01-21-2008, 04:00 PM

In one of the emelianenko interviews he said that in the UFC there are mainly american fightes and he wanted to fight an international fighters on different levels (prob. techiniques).

As for UFC - I do not know what kind of insight he have on that organization. But maybe he does not want to be in hand of american organization. (which, I can only assume, can dictade him what to do).
But I'm putting a big 'if' on that one.

btw. boxing got so many belts it's not even funny.

ps. shit - I have so bad typos. Instead of 'big' I wrote 'bof' - I got a stomach virus. But damn not a head virus.

Evan

01-21-2008, 04:04 PM

lol...I didn't say it does f'r!! Your math is so bunk...

I know you didn't, I am just saying its one excuse on top another his camp has.

Andre Arlovski vs Jake O'Brien...thoughts?

I agree with what you said earlier, to me this says see ya. This will be 4 snooze fights in a row with him.

O'Brien can take him.

Evan

01-21-2008, 04:07 PM

In one of the emelianenko interviews he said that in the UFC there are mainly american fightes and he wanted to fight an international fighters on different levels (prob. techiniques).

Well, I think the UFC will naturally have more American fighters since it is an American company just like PRIDE had more Japanese fighters.

But no org has more international fighters than the UFC, today.

Evan

01-21-2008, 04:10 PM

lol...I didn't say it does f'r!! Your math is so bunk...

And keep in mind my argument spans from the Mirko fight until the supposed Randy fight. Roughly 3 1/2 years.

dallaskd

01-21-2008, 04:12 PM

If that means see ya to Arlovski well then damn lets see AA fight fedor.

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 04:15 PM

And keep in mind my argument spans from the Mirko fight until the supposed Randy fight. Roughly 3 1/2 years.

I know what you're getting at...you're assuming that he doesn't fight Barnett or somebody else this year. We've talking about Arlovski now...

I agree with what you said earlier, to me this says see ya. This will be 4 snooze fights in a row with him.

O'Brien can take him.

How the mighty have fallen...a LnP win for O'Brien would be a huge kick in the nuts to AA. I'm guessing that negotiations didn't go well for an extension, so this is what Dana is hoping for. M-1, etc will be all over him if he ends up as a free agent though. Maybe Fedor vs AA later this year...afterall, THAT was what people wanted to see when the "Pride vs UFC" debate was raging... :fro

Evan

01-21-2008, 04:15 PM

If that means see ya to Arlovski well then damn lets see AA fight fedor.

Sounds good to me!!! :toast

dallaskd

01-21-2008, 04:19 PM

How the mighty have fallen...a LnP win for O'Brien would be a huge kick in the nuts to AA. I'm guessing that negotiations didn't go well for an extension, so this is what Dana is hoping for.

He did it to Herring, but Arlovski has looked horrible lately. Maybe O'Brien wont need to lay and pray.

dallaskd

01-21-2008, 04:24 PM

Naguierra

wow. hah

Evan

01-21-2008, 04:24 PM

I know what you're getting at...you're assuming that he doesn't fight Barnett or somebody else this year.

or a can or two mixed in. :blah

How the mighty have fallen...a LnP win for O'Brien would be a huge kick in the nuts to AA. I'm guessing that negotiations didn't go well for an extension, so this is what Dana is hoping for. M-1, etc will be all over him if he ends up as a free agent though. Maybe Fedor vs AA later this year...afterall, THAT was what people wanted to see when the "Pride vs UFC" debate was raging... :fro

It truly is amazing.

2 summers ago Arlovki was the great UFC hope for a legit HW. He was the poster boy for the UFC HW division. PRIDE had…so much…the UFC only had the monster with the fanged mouth guard who somehow became a timid "scared to lose" fighter.

I am not sure he will be in M-1. Something is going wrong with the "Fedor Rental Service" They have signed nobody of note. My guess is they thought they had funding and that either dried up or never appeared. I wonder how many problems Fedor taking that NYE fight without M-1's blessing caused? M-1 is a collection of people. One person rocks the boat and I imagine many people get disrupted.

If Fedor fights Arlovski or Josh I will shut up.

polandprzem

01-21-2008, 04:36 PM

wow. hah

yea funny :depressed

dallaskd

01-21-2008, 04:38 PM

yea funny :depressed

not your fault. English is a tough language.

LEONARD

01-21-2008, 04:38 PM

or a can or two mixed in. :blah

It truly is amazing.

2 summers ago Arlovki was the great UFC hope for a legit HW. He was the poster boy for the UFC HW division. PRIDE had…so much…the UFC only had the monster with the fanged mouth guard who somehow became a timid "scared to lose" fighter.

I am not sure he will be in M-1. Something is going wrong with the "Fedor Rental Service" They have signed nobody of note. My guess is they thought they had funding and that either dried up or never appeared. I wonder how many problems Fedor taking that NYE fight without M-1's blessing caused? M-1 is a collection of people. One person rocks the boat and I imagine many people get disrupted.

If Fedor fights Arlovski or Josh I will shut up.

M-1 signed Eddie Alvarez fool!! :dizzy (kidding, he's actually a good signing)

It's definitely not going like they thought...

Even Monte is saying that Fedor vs Randy is looking dim...

Evan

01-21-2008, 04:43 PM

No you're right. Eddie Alvarez is a solid signing.

Yeah something went terribly wrong from the day of the press conference to within a few weeks after. They were supposed to have a fight card announced ASAP.

polandprzem

01-21-2008, 04:53 PM

not your fault. English is a tough language.

It's not.

It's as easy as you can get.

Try to learn polish which is one of the most difficult language in the world.

Typos is normal to me as I try not to correct myself, just typing with the flow, and I got pretty fat fingers ...
btw. there are some difficult names I do not want to check how they are written, and that what happened.

You wanna fight? :ihit

j/k

:D