The long expected bout between Yoshihiro Akiyama and Wanderlei Silva will not take place at this event. Instead, Silva will face Michael Bisping.
A bout between Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen which was expected to take place on this card was moved to UFC 109. A bout between Keith Jardine and Rich Franklin was being discussed. Jardine will instead fight the Ultimate Fighter 8 Winner Ryan Bader.
Chris Lytle was expected to face Dong Hyun Kim, but Kim has been forced off the card with an injury. Brian Foster will step in to fight Lytle.
The bout between Elvis Sinosic and Chris Haseman was due to be the first ever all-Australian bout to take place in the UFC. However, on 18th February, a shoulder injury forced Elvis Sinosic out of his fight with Chris Haseman. Additionally, Ben Rothwell was sidelined by an illness, leading to Australian veteran Anthony Perosh stepping in to face Mirko Cro Cop.
Tickets for the event sold out on the first day they were available to the general public. It was the second fastest sellout of an event in the history of the UFC, behind UFC 83. UFC 110 will be aired live on Australian free-to-air sports channel ONE HD.
Official Fight Card
Preliminary Card
Light Heavyweight Bout: James Te-Huna vs. Igor Pokrajac Middleweight Bout: C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic Welterweight Bout: Chris Lytle vs. Brian Foster Light Heavyweight Bout: Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Main Card
Heavyweight Bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Anthony Perosh Light Heavyweight Bout: Keith Jardine vs. Ryan Bader Lightweight Bout: Joe Stevenson vs. George Sotiropoulos Middleweight Bout: Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez
UFC 109: Relentless is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on February 6, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. LIVE on Pay per view. Check your local listings.
A previously rumoured bout between Renzo Gracie and Matt Hughes will not take place on this card, but is taking place at UFC 112.
A Middleweight Championship bout between Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort was confirmed by UFC President Dana White,though it was contingent on Silva's successful recovery from elbow surgery. Subsequently, the fight was rescheduled due to Silva's continued slow healing from surgery. The Silva vs. Belfort bout is to take place at UFC 112.
Antônio Rogério Nogueira had to withdraw from his bout against Brandon Vera due to a fractured ankle.It was announced that Vera will face Jon Jones on March 21, 2010 at UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones.
Josh Koscheck was scheduled to face Paulo Thiago, but was forced off the card with an injury. Mike Swick has stepped in as Koscheck's replacement and will now fight Thiago.
The bout between Randy Couture and Mark Coleman was originally scheduled for UFC 17 in 1998, but a Couture injury forced the cancellation of the bout. Nearly twelve years later, this bout headlines UFC 109.
Mostapha Al-turk has run into visa issues that could prevent the British fighter from making the trip to Las Vegas for the upcoming fight.Both Jon Madsen[11] and Joey Beltran[12] were pegged as possible late replacements to step in and fight Rolles Gracie, before Beltran got the nod as the replacement fighter against Gracie.
Dana White has also announced that the winner of the Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen fight will receive a shot at the middleweight championship against the winner of the Silva/Belfort fight at UFC 112.
Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs.Mark Coleman Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller Welterweight bout: Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
Preliminary Card (Spike TV)
Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Justin Buchholz Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres
Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: Phillipe Nover vs. Rob Emerson Light Heavyweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Phil Davis Heavyweight bout: Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer Heavyweight bout: Rolles Gracie vs. Joey Beltran[
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UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 12, 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee at the FedExForum.
On October 21, it was announced that a previous matchup between welterweight contenders Thiago Alves and Paulo Thiago had been changed to Alves vs. Jon Fitch because Fitch's opponent for UFC 106, Ricardo Almeida, suffered an injury. Paulo Thiago fought on UFC 106 on November 21 against UFC newcomer Jacob Volkmann and won the fight by Unanimous decision.
It was then announced on October 30, that Fitch would again be without an opponent as Alves was forced to withdraw because of a posterior cruciate ligament tear.It was later announced that Jon Fitch will face Mike Pierce at UFC 107.
Paul Buentello was scheduled to face Todd Duffee on the card, but an injury has forced Duffee to pull out. Buentello will now face Stefan Struve.
A middleweight bout between Alan Belcher and Wilson Gouveia was changed to a 195-pound catchweight bout after Gouveia asked for a 190-pound catchweight limit, but Belcher gave a counter-offer of 195 pounds.
Official Fight Card
Main Card
Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn (c) vs. Diego Sanchez Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Mike Pierce Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida Heavyweight bout: Paul Buentello vs. Stefan Struve
Preliminary Card Catchweight bout (195 lbs): Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia Lightweight bout: Matt Wiman vs. Shane Nelson Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Ricardo Funch Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Lucio Linhares Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Edgar Garcia Welterweight bout: Kevin Burns vs. TJ Grant
UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California
Chase Gormley who was slated to face Ben Rothwell at Affliction: Trilogy will instead face Stefan Struve. An injured Sean Sherk will be replaced by Josh Neer.
As with UFC 103, the UFC announced a portion of the preliminary card will air live and commercial-free during an hour long block on Spike. Currently, the Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer and Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry fights will be shown on Spike in the U.S and ESPN in the UK.
Official fight card
Main card Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua Heavyweight bout: Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher Catchweight (176 lb) bout: Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (Yoshida agreed to a catchweight after Johnson weighed-in at 176lbs) Catchweight (157 lb) bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Josh Neer
Spike TV card
Light Heavyweight bout: Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer Heavyweight bout: Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry
Preliminary card Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen Middleweight bout: Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Razak Al-Hassan Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormley
UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 19, 2009 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center. The event is scheduled to be broadcast in the United States and Canada on pay-per-view
Mike Swick was to face Martin Kampmann on the main card to determine the number one contender for the Welterweight Championship currently held by Georges St-Pierre.
This will be the first UFC PPV to have a total of 13 fights.
A portion of the preliminary card will air live and commercial-free during an hour long block on Spike.Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller and Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal will be the only scheduled fights to be shown on Spike.
As a part of the UFC/ESPN UK regionalization strategy the bout of Paul Daley vs. Brian Foster was to air on ESPN (UK) prior to Daley replacing Swick against Kampmann.
Fight card changes It was announced on July 20, 2009 that Rich Franklin will headline UFC 103 against Dan Henderson.However, on July 31, 2009 it was announced that Vitor Belfort would take Henderson's place.
A previously announced bout featuring Steve Steinbeiss has been moved to UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard. A previously announced bout featuring Aaron Simpson was moved to UFC 102.
An injury has forced Matt Wiman out of a bout with Rafael dos Anjos. Rob Emerson will be filling in. A knee injury has forced Thiago Tavares out of his bout with Jim Miller and will be replaced by UFC newcomer Steve Lopez
An injured back has forced Dan Lauzon out of his bout with Rafaello Oliveira and will be replaced by Nik Lentz. An injury has forced Mike Swick out of his bout with Martin Kampmann, Paul Daley will move up from the undercard to face Kampmann.
Rick Story will replace Paul Daley in the undercard bout against newcomer Brian Foster.
Official fight card
Main card Catchweight (195 lb) bout: Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Junior dos Santos Welterweight bout: Martin Kampmann vs. Paul Daley Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg Catchweight (159 lb) bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca
Preliminary card Lightweight bout: Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller Middleweight bout: Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez Lightweight bout: Rafaello Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz Welterweight bout: Rick Story vs. Brian Foster Light Heavyweight bout: Eliot Marshall vs. Jason Brilz Light Heavyweight bout: Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Igor Pokrajac Lightweight bout: Rob Emerson vs. Rafael dos Anjos
UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on August 29, 2009 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. It will feature former UFC Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight champion, Randy Couture, facing off against former PRIDE Heavyweight champion and former UFC Interim Heavyweight champion, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Randy Couture was originally offered a title defense against Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 81, however turned the fight down after his resignation from the UFC in October 2007. While Couture and the UFC sorted out their legal issues, Nogueira defeated Tim Sylvia for the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship becoming the first fighter to hold both PRIDE and UFC title belts. Nogueira was then set to coach against Frank Mir on the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter with the two facing off for the Interim Championship after the season aired. In the meantime Couture and the UFC reconciled and it was announced that he would return to the Octagon to defend his title against Brock Lesnar at UFC 91.Neither Couture or Nogueira were successful in their defense efforts and will now face each other in what amounts to the loser bracket of the UFC's mini heavyweight tournament.
Fight card changes A previously announced bout between Kyle Kingsbury and Razak Al-Hassan has been moved to UFC 104 in Los Angeles, California on October 24, 2009.
Matt Hamill pulled out of a bout with Brandon Vera due to injury. Krzysztof Soszynski has taken his place.
A knee injury has forced James Irvin out of his bout with Wilson Gouveia and will be replaced by Ed Herman. On August 7, 2009 it was reported that Gouveia was also off the card due to a back injury.
Marcus Aurelio will be replacing an injured Matt Veach.
Official fight card
Main card Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Light Heavyweight bout: Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia Light Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Krzysztof Soszynski Middleweight bout: Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt
Preliminary card Middleweight bout: Ed Herman vs. Aaron Simpson Heavyweight bout: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer Heavyweight bout: Justin McCully vs. Mike Russow Heavyweight bout: Tim Hague vs. Todd Duffee Middleweight bout: Nick Catone vs. Mark Muñoz Lightweight bout: Marcus Aurelio vs. Evan Dunham
UFC 101: Declaration is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official fight card
Main card
Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn (c) vs. Kenny Florian Light Heavyweight bout: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida Lightweight bout: Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Preliminary card
Lightweight bout: Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley Welterweight bout: Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard Middleweight bout: Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara Welterweight bout: Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. George Roop Welterweight bout: Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort
Ortiz back in UFC - With no aches and pains and all smiles!
UFC president Dana White and longtime nemesis Tito Ortiz have made up. Tito is BACK!
The deal was struck after White and Lorenzo Fertitta flew down to Ortiz's California home to bury the hatchet.
The fighter was all smiles about his new deal. Titos quotes: "I'm, happy. I'm satisfied. And you'll never hear anything about money out of my mouth ever again. I'm just excited to be back in the UFC."
Ortiz, 34, said he was hoping to fight at the end of the year, with White suggesting 44-year-old Mark (The Hammer) Coleman as a possible opponent.
"Now that I got it (the surgery) done, no more back soreness, no more numbness going down my legs. I'm waking up with a smile on my face every day for once," he said.
"Tito and I have put all our differences aside and literally have squashed everything and are ready to move forward," White said. "Tito Ortiz will retire in the UFC."
UFC 100 LIVE July 11,2009 on Pay Per View. 10PM ET/7PM PT
UFC 100 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on July 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will include two championship bouts (Heavyweight and Welterweight) and a fight between the two coaches of the most recent Ultimate Fighter. The event had been announced as sold-out, before the tickets were even made available to the general public.
The main event will feature a rematch between UFC Heavyweight Champion, Brock Lesnar, and UFC Interim-Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir. This title unification bout occurred as a result of former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Randy Couture's year-long "resignation" from the company. During his absence, the UFC created an Interim-Heavyweight Championship that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira had won by defeating Tim Sylvia. Nogueira and Mir were scheduled to be opposing coaches in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir, and would fight for the interim championship at the conclusion of the show. The Ultimate Fighter is a single-elimination reality series featuring professional MMA fighters competing for the title of The Ultimate Fighter, and a six-figure, multi-fight contract with the UFC.
During the airing of the television program, Couture returned to the company and UFC President Dana White announced that he would defend his title against Lesnar at UFC 91. This meant that the winner of the Couture-Lesnar and Nogueira-Mir matches would face off for the undisputed crown. In his fourth professional fight, Lesnar defeated Couture via technical knockout to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion.Mir was crowned the interim champion after becoming the first fighter to ever finish Nogueira.The match between Lesnar and Mir was now set for UFC 98. However, Mir suffered a knee injury during training and was forced out of the bout.It was announced a day later that the proposed fight would be moved to UFC 100 instead. Lesnar and Mir have fought once before, during Brock's UFC debut at UFC 81. Lesnar controlled much of the bout, and mounted a successful ground and pound attack. During the exchange on the ground, Mir got hold of Lesnar's leg and locked up a kneebar. Lesnar could not escape and was forced to tap out, awarding Mir the victory.
The co-main event will feature Yahoo! Sports' top pound-for-pound fighter (tied with Fedor Emelianenko),Georges St-Pierre, defending his Welterweight Championship against MMAWeekly.com's 2008 Fighter of the Year, Thiago Alves.St-Pierre is a fighter with strong wrestling, and trains with the Canadian Olympic team. His conditioning, strength and athleticism have also been identified as strong attributes.Thiago Alves is well-versed in the Muay Thai striking discipline, and was dubbed by Setanta Sports as the "Muay Thai wrecking ball".Alves enters the fight with consecutive victories over three of the top UFC welterweights in Josh Koscheck, Matt Hughes, and Karo Parisyan.Meanwhile, St-Pierre enters the bout with successful title defenses against top contender Jon Fitch, and UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn.
The third match on the card will be between two top middleweight contenders, Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping. The two served as opposing coaches on the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter, The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom, with Henderson leading Team USA and Bisping heading Team UK. Henderson is a former Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler also noted for the punching power in his right hand and his excellent chin.He is the first fighter to concurrently hold championship belts in two separate weight classes in a major organization (he did so in PrideFC).Following the sale of PrideFC, Henderson entered the UFC and lost his championships to Quinton Jackson and Anderson Silva in back-to-back unification contests. His latest fight was a decision victory over Rich Franklin at UFC 93. Bisping started his career as a light heavyweight and was the winner of the third season of The Ultimate Fighter. He has compiled a professional MMA record of 18–1, and has been undefeated since moving to middleweight. He enters the bout with victories over Charles McCarthy, Jason Day and Chris Leben. On June 2nd it was announced that the winner of the Henderson-Bisping Fight will get a shot at the UFC Middleweight Championship against Anderson Silva at a later date.
A preliminary match-up between Dong Hyun Kim and Jonathan Goulet was orginally scheduled to be on the card, but Goulet had to pull out of the bout with a shoulder injury. TJ Grant was named as his replacement.
Official fight card
Main card Heavyweight Championship unification bout: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago Middleweight bout: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
Preliminary card Light Heavyweight bout: Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien Welterweight bout: Dong Hyun Kim vs. TJ Grant Middleweight bout: C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor Lightweight bout: Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty
The NSAC has released the fighter payouts for UFC 98 “Evans vs. Machida.” Keep in mind, these figures represent the base contracted pay the fighter receives from the promotion. These figures do not include any additional “locker room” bonuses, pay-per-view revenue sharing, or sponsorship money, which in many cases exceeds a fighter’s base pay. These numbers also do not account for taxes, insurance, and license fees.
The night’s biggest money winner was UFC veteran Matt Hughes who pulled in $200,000 for beating Matt Serra plus an additional $60,000 for Fight of the Night. New UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida did quite well for himself raking in a total of $200,000 for winning the title and securing the KO of the Night. The man he beat, Rashad Evans, matched his pay also pocketing $200,000.
The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom is the ninth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter, began production in January 2009, and began airing on Spike on April 1, 2009.
The season featured Lightweight fighters (146-155 lb) and Welterweight fighters (156-170 lb). In order to be considered for the show, a fighter had to have competed in at least three professional bouts prior to the tryouts in October 2008.
UFC Middleweight fighter Michael Bisping served as one of the two coaches. The other coach was Dan Henderson. Henderson earned his place as a coach at UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson by defeating Rich Franklin.
Bisping and Henderson will fight each other at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009.The winner of that match will earn a title shot for the UFC Middleweight Championship.
Tonight's bouts are as follow:
Diego Sanchez Vs. Clay Guida
DaMarques Johnson Vs. James Wilks
Chris Lytle Vs. Kevin Burns
Ross Pearson Vs. Andre Winner
Joe Stevenson Vs. Nate Diaz
Melvin Guillard Vs. Gleison Tibau
May not be broadcast.
Brad Blackburn Vs. Edgar Garcia Mike Ciesnolevicz Vs. Tomasz Drwal Nick Osipczak Vs. Frank Lester Jason Dent Vs. Cameron Dollar
UFC 99: The Comeback is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on June 13, 2009 in Cologne, Germany.It will be the first UFC event held in Germany, as well as the first in mainland Europe (events have previously been held in both the U.K. and Ireland).
On Monday, June 1st, the UFC announced that Mirko "CroCop" Filipović would be returning to the promotion to face Mostapha Al-turk at UFC 99.This will be Filipović's first fight in the UFC since his unanimous-decision loss to Cheick Kongo at UFC 75 in 2007. Since that fight, he has gone 2-0-0 with one no contest while fighting for other promotions.
An announced bout between Heath Herring and Cain Velasquez is canceled due to an illness that Herring is suffering. On May 20, 2009, Cheick Kongo was announced as the replacement.
Main card Catchweight (195 lb) bout: Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Cain Velasquez Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Mostapha Al-turk Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Ben Saunders Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Caol Uno Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy
Preliminary card Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs. Justin Buchholz Lightweight bout: Dennis Siver vs. Dale Hartt Welterweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. Peter Sobotta Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. Rolando Delgado Heavyweight bout: Denis Stojnić vs. Stefan Struve Welterweight bout: John Hathaway vs. Rick Story
It took Hong Man Choi only 1 minute and 17 seconds to stop Jose Canseco at DREAM 9 by way of a submission due to strikes. Anyone surprised out there? Why do I hear crickets? Still, you've got to give the guy credit for either ignorance or bravery. After all, taking on a man that big with legitimate professional kickboxing skills was a leap of faith.
“That’s a big man,” Canseco said after the fight, confirming this notion. “I ran into one of his left jabs and that almost knocked me out. You have no idea how scary it was facing a man that big.”
After landing a right to the body and trying some big hooks Canseco went down after a failed kick attempt. Afterwards, he reported that a knee injury incurred in training was the reason for him losing his balance. Regardless, Choi followed him down and that was all she wrote.
