Boxing/MMA Fights - local, national, world

[Biggin]

excellent excellent card

im afraid lesnar's chin wont be 100% healthy, and carwin will KO him fast.
its not that i dislike carwin or really root for lesnar, im afraid it will end quickly. i like fights that last more than a round.

i like lidell over couture, couture will struggle to KO liddell, whereas nog knocked couture down, and vera had him hurt.

and sexy over wanderlei, wandy wont be able to put akiyama out, i think he will get worked.

and bonnar and krystoff, i dont care haha, prolly bonnar, he got screwed last time

[givejonadollar]

This is a big thread! Wow.

I'm real interested in seeing how Lesnar holds up in 2010.

[burton2019]

While UFC president Dana White made it very clear he was unhappy with his middleweight champion, Anderson Silva, following a lackluster appearance at this past weekend's UFC 112 event in Abu Dhabi, the exec isn't hesitating to put "The Spider" back in action.

White announced today during an appearance on ESPN's "Jim Rome is Burning" that the organization was targeting a fight between Silva and top contender Chael Sonnen for Aug. 7.

MMAjunkie.com has since confirmed the UFC is targeting Aug. 7 in Salt Lake City, marking the UFC's first-ever trip to Utah.

[burton2019]

Anderson Silva will fight Chael Sonnen next. If he fights like he did at UFC 112, he will be cut.

looks like "the worlds best p4p fighter" might be in trouble

[Biggin]

dude you dont really believe that do you?

thats just dana white trying to save face, theres no way he would cut the reigning MW champion and one of the best fighters on the planet.

[burton2019]

New York moved one step closer to becoming the 45th state to regulate mixed martial arts, as the state Senate voted 32-26 to pass a bill on Wednesday that would legalize the sport.

A similar bill is currently in committee in the state Assembly, where it is expected to pass before facing a close vote on the Assembly floor. If it gets out of the Assembly, Gov. Paterson is expected to sign it into law and fans could see a mixed martial arts event in Madison Square Garden as early as this fall.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship, the sport’s most well-known promotion, is hoping an Assembly vote will take place over the next two weeks before the current legislative session ends.

Earlier this year, Gov. Paterson included a provision in his budget proposal to legalize the sport, which has been banned in the state since the late 1990s. But the state’s ongoing budget negotiations — coupled with some reservations by lawmakers — seemed to have made passage unlikely, at least during the budget process.

Assemblyman Bob Reilly, the bill’s main opponent, has called the sport barbaric and points to a Marist poll, released in January, that reported that 68% of registered voters don’t want to see the MMA ban lifted.

Yet in March, some 17,000 people showed up to an Ultimate Fighting Championship title bout in Newark. And New Yorkers purchased more than 30% of the tickets, the UFC said. Roughly two thousand more New Yorkers attended a simulcast viewing party for the event at Radio City Music Hall.

With both the state and the city facing economic uncertainty, the sport’s best selling point appears to be simple economics. A study sponsored by the UFC predicted that an event in Manhattan would generate $11.3 million in economic activity.

Reilly said the study overstates the benefit of the sport.

[burton2019]

WEC/UFC to merge in 2011. Aldo will defend his belt at UFC 125.

[burton2019]

Jose Aldo will now be recognized as the UFC featherweight champion. He will make his first defense of his new title on January 1st of next year. No word yet on his opponent.
The winner of the Dominick Cruz vs Scott Jorgensen fight at WEC 53 will officially be recognized as the UFC bantamweight champion. White also announced that the winner of Benson Henderson vs Anthony Pettis will face the winner of Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard to unify the WEC and UFC lightweight titles.

[burton2019]

Cote and Gonzaga released form the UFC.

[burton2019]

MMA events in November



WEC 52 - Faber vs. Mizugaki (11/11)
Urijah Faber vs. Takeya Mizugaki
Josh Grispi vs. Erik Koch
Joseph Benavidez vs. Wagnney Fabiano
Chad Mendes vs. Javier Vazquez
Damacio Page vs. Demetrious Johnson
Zachary Micklewright vs. Dustin Poirier
Anthony Njokuani vs. Edward Faaloloto
Yves Jabouin vs. Brandon Visher
Michael McDonald vs. Clint Godfrey
Cub Swanson vs. Mackens Semerzier
L.C. Davis vs. Raphael Assuncao


UFC 122 - Marquardt vs. Okami (11/13)
Nate Marquardt vs. Yushin Okami
Alessio Sakara vs. Jorge Rivera
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Goran Reljic
Amir Sadollah vs. Peter Sobotta
Dennis Siver vs. Andre Winner
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexandre Ferreira
Rob Kimmons vs. Kyle Noke
Karlos Vemola vs. Seth Petruzelli
Duane Ludwig vs. Nick Osipczak
Kris McCray vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Pascal Krauss vs. Mark Scanlon


Strikeforce - Challengers 12 (11/19)
Vitor Ribeiro vs. Justin Wilcox


UFC 123 - Rampage vs. Machida (11/20)
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Lyoto Machida
B.J. Penn vs. Matt Hughes
Aaron Simpson vs. Mark Munoz
Gerald Harris vs. Maiquel Jose Falcao Goncalves
George Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Lauzon
Brian Foster vs. Matt Brown
Tyson Griffin vs. Nik Lentz
Phil Davis vs. Tim Boetsch
Edson Barboza vs. Darren Elkins
Karo Parisyan vs. Dennis Hallman
Paul Kelly vs. Gabe Ruediger