Upcoming MMA Schedule (2-6-08)

[TFK]

WEC: FEBRUARY 13 ON VERSUS NETWORK
venue: Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico

-Carlos Condit (#9 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Carlo Prater
-"Razor" Rob McCullough vs. Jamie Varner
-Chase Beebe vs. Miguel Torres
-Yoshiro Maeda (#9 Featherweight in the World)* vs. Charlie Valencia
-Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Leonard Garcia
-Micah Miller vs. Chance Farrar
-Mark Hominick vs. Josh Grispi
-Manny Tapia vs. Antonio Banuelos
-Cody Wheeler vs. Del Hawkins
-Jesse Moreng vs. Scott Jorgensen

Main card airs live on Versus on Wednesday, February 13 at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (6:00 PM Pacific Time)

ELITE XC: FEBRUARY 16, 2008 ON SHOWTIME
venue: Bank United Center in Miami, Fla.

Main Card Bouts:
-Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson vs. David "Tank" Abbott
-Antonio Silva vs. Ricco Rodriguez
-Yves Edwards vs. Edson Berto
-James Thompson vs. Brett Rogers
-Kyle Noke vs. Scott Smith

Preliminary Bouts:
-Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett vs. TBA

Main card airs live on Showtime on Saturday, February 16 at 10:00 PM (ET/PT)

UFC 82: MARCH 1 IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
venue: Nationwide Arena

Main Card Bouts:
-Anderson Silva (#1 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Dan Henderson (#3 Light Heavyweight in the World)*
-Cheick Kongo (#10 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Heath Herring
-Chris Leben vs. Alessio Sakara
-Yushin Okami (#9 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Evan Tanner
-Jon Fitch (#4 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Chris Wilson

Preliminary Bouts:
-Andrei Arlovski (#5 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Jake O'Brien
-Luke Cummo vs. Luigi Fioravanti
-Josh Koscheck (#5 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Dustin Hazelett
-Diego Sanchez (#8 Welterweight in the World)* vs. David Bielkheden
-Jorge Gurgel vs. John Halverson

United States PPV suggested retail price: $44.95

CAGE RAGE 25: MARCH 8 ON SHOWTIME
location: London, England

Bouts Scheduled to Air on Showtime Broadcast:
-Ken Shamrock vs. Robert Berry
-Masakazu Imanari (#5 Featherweight in the World)* vs. Jean Silva
-Gary Turner vs. Mustapha Al Turk
-Tom Watson vs. Pierre Guillet

Other Bouts:
-Ivan Serati vs. Roman Webber
-Rob Broughton vs. Neil Grove
-Danny Batten vs. Leigh Remedios
-Che Mills vs. Michael Johnson
-Aisling Daly vs. Aysen Berik
-Ryan Shamrock vs. Giorgio Andrews
-John Hathaway vs. Marvin Arnold
-Jack Bostwick vs. John Phillips

Main card airs in the United States on Showtime

WEC: MARCH 26, 2008 IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

-Paulo Filho (#2 Middleweight in the World) vs. Chael Sonnen
-Doug Marshall vs. Brian Stann
-Brock Larson vs. John Alessio
-Kenji Osawa vs. Chris Manuel
-Marcus Hicks vs. Ed Ratcliff
-Nissen Osterneck vs. Bryan Baker

Main card airs live on Versus

STRIKEFORCE/ELITE XC: MARCH 29, 2008 ON SHOWTIME
venue: HP Pavilion in San Jose, California

-Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le
-Jake Shields (#7 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Drew Fickett
-Joey Villasenor vs. Joe Riggs

-Gilbert Melendez (#6 Lightweight in the World)* vs. TBA
-Paul Buentello vs. TBA
-Jorge Santiago vs. TBA
-Gina Carano vs. TBA

Main card airs live on Showtime on Saturday, March 29

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 13: APRIL 2, 2008 ON SPIKE TV
venue: Broomfield Event Center, Broomfield, Colorado

Main Card Bouts:
-Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon
-Matt Hamill vs. Stephan Bonnar
-Karo Parisyan (#6 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Thiago Alves

Preliminary Bouts:
-Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
-Clay Guida vs. Samy Schiavo
-Marcus Aurelio vs. Spencer Fisher
-Din Thomas vs. Josh Neer
-Houston Alexander vs. James Irvin
-Tommy Speer vs. Anthony Johnson

Main card airs live on Spike TV at 8:00 PM (ET/PT) on Wednesday, April 2 as a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 7

UFC 83: APRIL 19, 2008 IN CANADA
venue: Bell Centre in Montreal

Main Card Bouts:
-Matt Serra (#2 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Georges St. Pierre (#1 Welterweight in the World)*
-Rich Franklin (#4 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Travis Lutter
-Nate Quarry vs. Kalib Starnes
-Michael Bisping vs. Charles McCarthy
-Mac Danzig vs. Mark Bocek

Preliminary Bouts:
-Jason MacDonald vs. Joe Doerksen
-Sam Stout vs. Rich Clementi
-Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Jonathan Goulet
-Ed Herman vs. Demian Maia
-Patrick Cote vs. TBA

ELITE XC: APRIL 26 IN HAWAII

-Nick Diaz vs. TBA

Main card airs on Showtime

UFC 84: MAY 24, 2008 IN LAS VEGAS
venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

-B.J. Penn (#7 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Sean Sherk
-Lyoto Machida (#5 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Tito Ortiz
-Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva
-Rousimar Palhares vs. Ivan Salaverry
-Goran Reljic vs. Wilson Gouveia

-Wanderlei Silva (#8 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. TBA

UFC 85: JUNE 14, 2008 IN LONDON
venue: O2 Arena in London, England

-Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (#2 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Chuck Liddell (#4 Light Heavyweight in the World)*
-Marcus Davis (#10 Welterweight in the World)* vs. TBA
-Brandon Vera vs. TBA
-Brock Lesnar vs. TBA

ULTIMATE FIGHTER 7 LIVE FINALE: JUNE 21, 2008 ON SPIKE TV
venue: Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada

-Ultimate Fighter Middleweight Tournament Finals



TFK

[Haymaker]

Penn will school Sherk :clap:

[TFK]

There are some stacked UFC cards coming up. UFN 13, and UFC 84 are loaded, and 85 looks like it'll be no different.

TFK

[TKO]

Cant wait for Silva V Henderson...

Shamrock is still fighting...:eeeek:

[Beyond the Grave]

I can't wait for F.Shamrock vs Cung Le

[jarhead]

I agree BYG, that is an interesting fight to me as well

Hey TFK, thanks for putting up the schedules that is cool as hell and much appreciated. Just out of curiosity, where do the rankings come from next to the names?

[TFK]

I agree BYG, that is an interesting fight to me as well

Hey TFK, thanks for putting up the schedules that is cool as hell and much appreciated. Just out of curiosity, where do the rankings come from next to the names?

I get everything from http://www.mmaweekly.com/


TFK

[ArturoGatti]

why is Alexander/Irvin on the undercard of a UFN? I thought that fight would be on a UFC PPV main card for sure.

[TFK]

why is Alexander/Irvin on the undercard of a UFN? I thought that fight would be on a UFC PPV main card for sure.

Frankie Edgar is on that same undercard. Spencer Fisher as well.

I'm amazed there are that many good fights on a UFN. Hell, it would be great if they broke it up into 2 seperate cards on back to back days. I want to see all of the fights, not just 3, or maybe 4.

TFK

[REEDsART]

WEC: FEBRUARY 13 ON VERSUS NETWORK
venue: Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico

-Carlos Condit (#9 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Carlo Prater
-"Razor" Rob McCullough vs. Jamie Varner
-Chase Beebe vs. Miguel Torres
-Yoshiro Maeda (#9 Featherweight in the World)* vs. Charlie Valencia
-Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Leonard Garcia
-Micah Miller vs. Chance Farrar
-Mark Hominick vs. Josh Grispi
-Manny Tapia vs. Antonio Banuelos
-Cody Wheeler vs. Del Hawkins
-Jesse Moreng vs. Scott Jorgensen

Main card airs live on Versus on Wednesday, February 13 at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (6:00 PM Pacific Time)

ELITE XC: FEBRUARY 16, 2008 ON SHOWTIME
venue: Bank United Center in Miami, Fla.

Main Card Bouts:
-Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson vs. David "Tank" Abbott
-Antonio Silva vs. Ricco Rodriguez
-Yves Edwards vs. Edson Berto
-James Thompson vs. Brett Rogers
-Kyle Noke vs. Scott Smith

Preliminary Bouts:
-Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett vs. TBA

Main card airs live on Showtime on Saturday, February 16 at 10:00 PM (ET/PT)

UFC 82: MARCH 1 IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
venue: Nationwide Arena

Main Card Bouts:
-Anderson Silva (#1 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Dan Henderson (#3 Light Heavyweight in the World)*
-Cheick Kongo (#10 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Heath Herring
-Chris Leben vs. Alessio Sakara
-Yushin Okami (#9 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Evan Tanner
-Jon Fitch (#4 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Chris Wilson

Preliminary Bouts:
-Andrei Arlovski (#5 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Jake O'Brien
-Luke Cummo vs. Luigi Fioravanti
-Josh Koscheck (#5 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Dustin Hazelett
-Diego Sanchez (#8 Welterweight in the World)* vs. David Bielkheden
-Jorge Gurgel vs. John Halverson

United States PPV suggested retail price: $44.95

CAGE RAGE 25: MARCH 8 ON SHOWTIME
location: London, England

Bouts Scheduled to Air on Showtime Broadcast:
-Ken Shamrock vs. Robert Berry
-Masakazu Imanari (#5 Featherweight in the World)* vs. Jean Silva
-Gary Turner vs. Mustapha Al Turk
-Tom Watson vs. Pierre Guillet

Other Bouts:
-Ivan Serati vs. Roman Webber
-Rob Broughton vs. Neil Grove
-Danny Batten vs. Leigh Remedios
-Che Mills vs. Michael Johnson
-Aisling Daly vs. Aysen Berik
-Ryan Shamrock vs. Giorgio Andrews
-John Hathaway vs. Marvin Arnold
-Jack Bostwick vs. John Phillips

Main card airs in the United States on Showtime

WEC: MARCH 26, 2008 IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

-Paulo Filho (#2 Middleweight in the World) vs. Chael Sonnen
-Doug Marshall vs. Brian Stann
-Brock Larson vs. John Alessio
-Kenji Osawa vs. Chris Manuel
-Marcus Hicks vs. Ed Ratcliff
-Nissen Osterneck vs. Bryan Baker

Main card airs live on Versus

STRIKEFORCE/ELITE XC: MARCH 29, 2008 ON SHOWTIME
venue: HP Pavilion in San Jose, California

-Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le
-Jake Shields (#7 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Drew Fickett
-Joey Villasenor vs. Joe Riggs

-Gilbert Melendez (#6 Lightweight in the World)* vs. TBA
-Paul Buentello vs. TBA
-Jorge Santiago vs. TBA
-Gina Carano vs. TBA

Main card airs live on Showtime on Saturday, March 29

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 13: APRIL 2, 2008 ON SPIKE TV
venue: Broomfield Event Center, Broomfield, Colorado

Main Card Bouts:
-Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon
-Matt Hamill vs. Stephan Bonnar
-Karo Parisyan (#6 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Thiago Alves

Preliminary Bouts:
-Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
-Clay Guida vs. Samy Schiavo
-Marcus Aurelio vs. Spencer Fisher
-Din Thomas vs. Josh Neer
-Houston Alexander vs. James Irvin
-Tommy Speer vs. Anthony Johnson

Main card airs live on Spike TV at 8:00 PM (ET/PT) on Wednesday, April 2 as a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 7

UFC 83: APRIL 19, 2008 IN CANADA
venue: Bell Centre in Montreal

Main Card Bouts:
-Matt Serra (#2 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Georges St. Pierre (#1 Welterweight in the World)*
-Rich Franklin (#4 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Travis Lutter
-Nate Quarry vs. Kalib Starnes
-Michael Bisping vs. Charles McCarthy
-Mac Danzig vs. Mark Bocek

Preliminary Bouts:
-Jason MacDonald vs. Joe Doerksen
-Sam Stout vs. Rich Clementi
-Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Jonathan Goulet
-Ed Herman vs. Demian Maia
-Patrick Cote vs. TBA

ELITE XC: APRIL 26 IN HAWAII

-Nick Diaz vs. TBA

Main card airs on Showtime

UFC 84: MAY 24, 2008 IN LAS VEGAS
venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

-B.J. Penn (#7 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Sean Sherk
-Lyoto Machida (#5 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Tito Ortiz
-Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva
-Rousimar Palhares vs. Ivan Salaverry
-Goran Reljic vs. Wilson Gouveia

-Wanderlei Silva (#8 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. TBA

UFC 85: JUNE 14, 2008 IN LONDON
venue: O2 Arena in London, England

-Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (#2 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Chuck Liddell (#4 Light Heavyweight in the World)*
-Marcus Davis (#10 Welterweight in the World)* vs. TBA
-Brandon Vera vs. TBA
-Brock Lesnar vs. TBA

ULTIMATE FIGHTER 7 LIVE FINALE: JUNE 21, 2008 ON SPIKE TV
venue: Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada

-Ultimate Fighter Middleweight Tournament Finals



TFK:cheer: :cheer:

[Bob N. Weave]

How about that UFC 84 card? :cheer:

[TFK]

I'm surprised nobody is talking about Liddell\Shogun at UFC 85.

With all these good fights coming up, this is shaping up to be UFC's best year ever.

TFK

[ArturoGatti]

TFK and whoever else, what can you tell me about KALA KOLOHE HOSE? Besides the fact that he has some really ugly tatooes, that is.

[TFK]

I've only seen Hose's last fight, a few weeks ago on EliteXC, and he looked good, but I'd have to watch a few of his other fights before giving an educated opinion on him.

He is fighting Phil Baroni on March 15th for the Icon Middleweight Title that was stripped from Robbie Lawler, so that should tell a lot about him.

TFK

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

I've only seen Hose's last fight, a few weeks ago on EliteXC, and he looked good, but I'd have to watch a few of his other fights before giving an educated opinion on him.

He is fighting Phil Baroni on March 15th for the Icon Middleweight Title that was stripped from Robbie Lawler, so that should tell a lot about him.

TFKI have never heard of the guy you are talking about but i hope he beats Baroni. I would probably root for Bin Laden to beat Baroni.

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

UFC 82: MARCH 1 IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
venue: Nationwide Arena

Main Card Bouts:
-Anderson Silva (#1 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Dan Henderson (#3 Light Heavyweight in the World)*
-Cheick Kongo (#10 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Heath Herring
-Chris Leben vs. Alessio Sakara
-Yushin Okami (#9 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Evan Tanner
-Jon Fitch (#4 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Chris Wilson

TFK
Silvas bullshit P4P #1 ranking by that clown Rogan is going to be exposed on March 1. Henderson is gonna knock his ass out :bears:

[ArturoGatti]

Silvas bullshit P4P #1 ranking by that clown Rogan is going to be exposed on March 1. Henderson is gonna knock his ass out :bears::rolleyes:

stop paying so much attention to Joe frigging Rogan.

Silva is certainly one of the best fighters in the world, but i don't think many people rank him as #1 p4p.

"Irregardless", Silva is going to knock Henderson out.

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

:rolleyes:

stop paying so much attention to Joe frigging Rogan.

Silva is certainly one of the best fighters in the world, but i don't think many people rank him as #1 p4p.

"Irregardless", Silva is going to knock Henderson out.
They didn't rank him #1 before Rogan said it. Pretty much all the UFC fanboys rank him numero uno. Even the commercial for the fight says Silva is the best p4p fighter.

Henderson has an iron chin and his big right hand is gonna put Silva to sleep.:bears:

[ArturoGatti]

They didn't rank him #1 before Rogan said it. Pretty much all the UFC fanboys rank him numero uno. Even the commercial for the fight says Silva is the best p4p fighter.

Henderson has an iron chin and hissleep big right hand is gonna put Silva to .:bears:Not gonna happen.

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

Not gonna happen.It will. Henderson ain't Rich Frankilin or go back to Japan where the competition is easier Chris Leben. Your boy is getting whupped March 1 Gatti :bears:

[FourHooks]

Silvas bullshit P4P #1 ranking by that clown Rogan is going to be exposed on March 1. Henderson is gonna knock his ass out :bears:Fedor the number one pound for pound fighter in the world....and by a redic easy margin too....

silva is top 5, but i think hendo is gonna put him to sleep

[REEDsART]

REED WANTS Anderson Silva to Win, but After Watching Henderson ARGUABLY BEAT Rampage (After WAXING Wanderlai, No Less), REED Thinks he's Gonna B Tooooooo STRONG for Anderson...

REED Doesn't Know Much about MMA Lb 4 Lb, but if Anderson Silva BEATS Henderson that'll B Singularly as IMPRESSIVE as Anything REED has Seen from Fedor...

Silva, GSP & Fedor have Consistently Impressed REED the Most, from the Little Bit of MMA he's Watched...

REED:cool:

[Beyond the Grave]

If Henderson keeps it in close and use his wrestling he should win this match and I think he will.

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

Fedor the number one pound for pound fighter in the world....and by a redic easy margin too....

silva is top 5, but i think hendo is gonna put him to sleepI agree top 5 probably top 3. He isn't the best p4p though.

[TFK]

I agree top 5 probably top 3. He isn't the best p4p though.

Well, what is Dana White supposed to say?

He's promoting his fighter, just as he should.

Is calling Anderson Silva the best pound for pound fighter in MMA any worse then calling a fight for a fractioned Alphabet belt a World Title fight? Or trying to pass off fighters like Roy, Tito, Vargas, etc, as relevant?

TFK

[royyjonesjrp4pno1]

Well, what is Dana White supposed to say?

He's promoting his fighter, just as he should.

Is calling Anderson Silva the best pound for pound fighter in MMA any worse then calling a fight for a fractioned Alphabet belt a World Title fight? Or trying to pass off fighters like Roy, Tito, Vargas, etc, as relevant?

TFK
An alphabet title fight is still a world title fight. Vargas' fight was promoted as his final fight. Nobody said he was going to be a champion or anything. Roy and Tito were promoted as legends and they are legends. They are 2 of the greatest fighters in boxing ever.

That was a really bad post you need to come up with some better examples next time you agree with UFC's phony marketing.

[TFK]

An alphabet title fight is still a world title fight. Vargas' fight was promoted as his final fight. Nobody said he was going to be a champion or anything. Roy and Tito were promoted as legends and they are legends. They are 2 of the greatest fighters in boxing ever.

That was a really bad post you need to come up with some better examples next time you agree with UFC's phony marketing.

If you consider most of the belt holders 'World Champions', then we have a different opinion there.

And how is UFC's marketing phony? You can make a strong case for Silva being number 1 P4P. I don't agree with it, but I can understand why people think that way, especially considering what Fedor has done (or hasn't done) as of late.

It's just smart business to push one of your guys as the best fighter in the world, especially when an argument can be made to back that up.

TFK

[Bob N. Weave]

I think Fedor, Silva, and GSP all deserve to be in the top 5 P4P for sure. Fedor needs to get back in action against top fighters again to keep this ranking though. Silva and Fedor I feel are the top 2 spots though for sure.

[Beyond the Grave]

I think Fedor, Silva, and GSP all deserve to be in the top 5 P4P for sure. Fedor needs to get back in action against top fighters again to keep this ranking though. Silva and Fedor I feel are the top 2 spots though for sure.

Siva won't have that spot very long.

[Bob N. Weave]

REED WANTS Anderson Silva to Win, but After Watching Henderson ARGUABLY BEAT Rampage (After WAXING Wanderlai, No Less), REED Thinks he's Gonna B Tooooooo STRONG for Anderson...

REED Doesn't Know Much about MMA Lb 4 Lb, but if Anderson Silva BEATS Henderson that'll B Singularly as IMPRESSIVE as Anything REED has Seen from Fedor...

Silva, GSP & Fedor have Consistently Impressed REED the Most, from the Little Bit of MMA he's Watched...

REED:cool:

Its a tough one for me too. I would never count Silva out though. The dude has some maaad skills. This is gonna be a helluva scrap. Silva with his precision striking , sick Muy Thai, and slick style vs. Hendo with his rock solid chin, crazy wrestling and sledgehammer fists. Cant wait! :bears: