ULTIMATE FIGHTER 7 LIVE FINALE: JUNE 21, 2008 ON SPIKE TV venue: Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada Main Card Bouts: -Evan Tanner vs. Kendall Grove -Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale: Amir Sadollah vs. C.B. Dollaway -Diego Sanchez (#8 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Luigi Fioravanti -Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens -Dante Rivera vs. Matthew Riddle Preliminary Bouts: -Josh Burkman vs. Dustin Hazelett -Marvin Eastman vs. Drew McFedries -Matt Arroyo vs. Matt Brown -Dean Lister vs. Jeremy Horn -Tim Credeur vs. Cale Yarbrough -Rob Yundt vs. Rob Kimmons Main card airs live on Spike TV from 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM (ET/PT) on Saturday, June 21 STRIKEFORCE: JUNE 27, 2008 venue: HP Pavilion in San Jose, California -Gilbert Melendez (#6 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Josh Thomson -Bobby Southworth vs. Anthony Ruiz -Elaina Maxwell vs. Meisha Tate -Luke Stewart vs. Shonie Carter -Nam Phan vs. Billy Evangelista -Bobby Stack vs. Jose Palacios -Jeremiah Metcalf vs. Raymond Daniels -Cyrillo Padhillo vs. Jesse Jones -Alexander Trivino vs. Genaro Strangis -Jesse Gillespie vs. Davis Martin -Josh Neal vs. Travis Johnson -Chris Cariaso vs. Anthony Figueroa -Joe Riggs vs. TBA -Eric Lawson vs. TBA -Alvin Cacdac vs. TBA Main card airs on HDNet in the United States. UFC 86: JULY 5, 2008 IN LAS VEGAS venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada Main Card Bouts: -Quinton Jackson (#1 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Forrest Griffin (#6 Light Heavyweight in the World)* -Josh Koscheck (#4 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Chris Lytle -Joe Stevenson (#9 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Gleison Tibau -Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio -Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida Preliminary Bouts: -Justin Buchholz vs. Corey Hill -Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver -Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins -Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel -Justin McCully vs. Gabriel Gonzaga UFC: JULY 19, 2008 IN LAS VEGAS venue: The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada -Anderson Silva (#1 Middleweight in the World)* vs. James Irvin (at Light Heavyweight) -Hermes Franca vs. Frankie Edgar -Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns -Nate Loughran vs. Johnny Rees Main card airs live on Spike TV AFFLICTION: JULY 19, 2008 venue: The Honda Center in Anaheim, California Bouts Scheduled to Air on Pay-Per-View: -Fedor Emelianenko (#1 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Tim Sylvia (#5 Heavyweight in the World)* -Josh Barnett (#4 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Pedro Rizzo -Andre Arlovski (#6 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Ben Rothwell -Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead -Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao Bouts Scheduled to Air on Fox Sports Net: -Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (#8 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Vernon "Tiger" White -Aleksander Emelianenko (#10 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Paul Buentello Preliminary Bouts: -Vitor Belfort vs. Terry Martin -Justin Levens vs. Patrick Speight -Mike Pyle vs. J.J. Ambrose -Trenell "Savant" Young vs. Mark Hominick DREAM 5: JULY 21, 2008 venue: Osakajo Hall in Osaka, Japan Lightweight Grand Prix Finals (16-man tournament) -Shinya Aoki (#3 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Caol Uno -Tatsuya Kawajiri (#4 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Eddie Alvarez Welterweight Championship: -Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Nick Diaz Non-tournament Bouts: -Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (#9 Heavyweight in the World) vs. Jerome LeBanner -Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto vs. Joe Benavidez -Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. TBA -Denis Kang vs. TBA ELITE XC: JULY 26, 2008 ON CBS venue: TBA -Robbie Lawler (#4 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Scott Smith -Jake Shields (#7 Welterweight in the World)* vs. TBA -Antonio Silva vs. TBA -Shayna Baszler vs. TBA Main card airs live on CBS on Saturday, July 26. WEC 35: AUGUST 3 IN LAS VEGAS venue: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. -Carlos Condit (#9 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Hiromitsu Miura -Brian Stann vs. Steve Cantwell -Jamie Varner vs. Marcus Hicks -Cub Swanson vs. Hiroyuki Takaya -Carlo Prater vs. Brock Larson -Todd Moore vs. Alex Karalexis -Kenji Osawa vs. Scott Jorgensen -Demacio Page vs. Brian Bowles -"Razor" Rob McCullough vs. Donald Cerrone -Micah Miller vs. TBA -Leonard Garcia vs. TBA Main card airs live on Versus UFC 87: AUGUST 9, 2008 IN MINNEAPOLIS venue: Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota -Georges St. Pierre (#1 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Jon Fitch (#2 Welterweight in the World)* -Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta -Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring -Cheick Kongo vs. Dan Evensen -Steve Bruno vs. Chris Wilson -Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins -Jason MacDonald vs. Demian Maia -Karo Parisyan (#10 Welterweight in the World)* vs. TBA -Andre Gusmao vs. TBA UFC 88: SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 IN ATLANTA venue: Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia -Chuck Liddell (#3 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Rashad Evans UFC FIGHT NIGHT 14: SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 venue: Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska -Houston Alexander vs. Eric Schafer -Tamden McCrory vs. Luke Cummo -Josh Neer vs. Nate Diaz -Mac Danzig vs. Clay Guida TFK
wow.Its nice to see MMA starting to rebound again.I thought it took a hit when Pride left but now with these new promotions,things are getting exciting again.
