Starts on July 5th with UFC 86. Might not look likr it, but this is a pretty decent card. The main event could turn out to be a brawl. Plus you have Stevenson, Koscheck, and Gonzaga on the card.

UFC 86

Rampage Jackson vs Forrest Griffin LHW Title
Patrick Cote vs Richard Almeida
Joe Stevenson vs Gleison Tibau
Josh Koscheck vs Chris Lytle
Tyson Griffin vs Marcus Aurelio
Gabriel Gonzaga vs Justin McCully
Jorge Gurgel vs Cole Miller
Melvin Guillard vs Dennis Siver
Corey Hill vs Justin Buchholz




On July 19th you have the first event from clothing/MMA company Affliction. This has to be, IMO, the best MMA event this year. Highlighted by the world's besst MMA fighter in Fedor Emelianenko fighting former UFC champ Tim Sylvia. Huge card, and only $39.95 on PPV.


Affliction:Banned

Fedor Emelianenko vs Tim Sylvia
Andrei Arlovski vs Ben Rothwell
Josh Barnett vs Pedro Rizzo
Matt Lindland vs Fabio Negao
Babalu vs Mike Whitehead
Aleksander Emelianenko vs Paul Buentello
Minotoro Nogueiria vs TBA




Also on July 19th the UFC presents Fight Night 14. The debut of Anderson Silva at LHW. One of the best fighters in the world, in which he has dominated UFC's MW division, steps up to the 205 weight class. He will fight James Irvin, who is a good striker. The card will also have the return of hermes Franca fighting Frankie Edgar.


UFC FN 14

Anderson Silva vs James Irvin
Brandon Vera vs Reese Andy
Hermes Franca vs Frank Edgar
Anthony Johnson vs Kevin Burns
Brodie Farber vs Rory Markham
James Giboo Vs. Brad Blackburn
Dale Hartt Vs. Shannon Gugerty


On July 21st Japan MMA promotion will air DREAM 5. This one of the best, and unknown orgs out there. Putting on great cards on HDNet. It will be highlighted with the 2008 World GP Lightweight tournament where a fighter will have to fight twice in the same night to win the belt. If anyone has HDNet, I would suggest checking this out. Very good MMA.


Dream 5

Lightweight Tournament
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Eddie Alvarez
Caol Uno vs. Shinya Aoki

Other bouts
Mirko Crocup vs Jerome Lebanner
Kid Yamamoto vs Joseph Benavidez
Mark Hunt vs TBA
Ikuhisa Minowa vs TBA
Joachim Hansen vs TBA




The month ends on July 26th with EliteXC's Saturday night fights on CBS. The card is headlined by Robbie Lawler vs Scott Smith II for the MW belt. This is the follow up to their first fight on CBS that was stopped early by the doctor. This is also shaping up to be a good card.


Elite XC

Robbie Lawler vs Scott Smith MW title
Jake Shields vs Nick Thompson WW title
Antonio Silva vs TBA HW title
Nick Diaz vs Thomas Denny