I posted earlier about UFC 113 and how it has been delayed for a week because the Mayweather vs Mosley boxing match. Back when I posted I was upset about UFC being delayed because the card was stacked. Now there is another reason to be upset about the fight being pushed back. One of the top UFC light heavyweight fighters, Forrest Griffin, will fight another light heavyweight who is in the top 10 list, Antonio Noguiera. Griffin always pushes the pace, rarely tires, and always puts on entertaining fights. The UFC 113 main card will be a much anticipated rematch between Lyoto Machida and top contender, Maricio Shogun Rua, and the winner of the Griffin Noguiera match will be within reach of a title fight against the winner of the headlining event. Back in 2007, Griffin defeated Shogun with a third round submission, so if he wins his fight and Shogun defeats Machida, we could see a rematch where the winner will receive the belt. Now if Griffin has to face Machida, the world might not get to see the fan favorite take back the light heavyweight title. Griffin is afraid to fight Machida as you can see in this video:(skip to 6 minutes to see Griffin talking about Machida, but Forrest is hillarious and I recommend watching the whole video!)
(also keep watching from 6 minutes to see Griffin discussing drinking urine)
I think the UFC will be able to top the historic UFC 100 with the fight cards at UFC 111, 112, or 113. And not to mention one of the most anticipated fights between Rashad and Rampage at UFC 114 or the completion of the Liddell Ortiz fights at UFC 115! This year should be great for the UFC after two weaker cards at UFC 109 and UFC 110 pass. The remainder of the card of UFC 113 is:
Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione(!!!!!)
Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley(!!!)
Patrick Cote vs. Alan Belcher(!!)
Jonathan Goulet vs. Marcus Davis
T.J. Grant vs. Johny Hendricks
Jeremy Stephens vs. Sam Stout
November 14th, 2009-UFC 105 was aired on this date free on Spike. Randy Couture battled Brandon Vera and landed a controversial unanimous decision victory. Mike Swick fought the number one contender for the welterweight belt, Dan Hardy. One of the most exciting knockouts was Andre Winner knocking out Rolando Delgado which you can see here:
(skip ahead to 3 minutes if you just want to see the devastating knockout)
But in a night filled with excitement, Dennis Kang did not get very lucky. Kang came to the UFC from Pride with a 31-10-1 record. But after losing to Michael Bisping, Kang had a UFC record of 1-2 and an overall record of 32-12-1 and was dropped from the UFC. But fans of Kang are in luck as he is going to compete in a Canadian fight promotion which is not very well known, W-1. The event will take place in March and will be billed as Bad Blood.
Also in UFC news,UFC 112 is scheduled to be confirmed for Abu Dhabi in the UAE. There will be a news conference 2 days from now on Wednesday and the location and date should be confirmed for April 10, 2010 in an open air facility in Abu Dhabi. The event will take place only 18 days after UFC 111 which will host 2 championship bouts (GSP vs Dan Hardy and Shane Carwin vs Frank Mir for the interim championship). The UFC 111 card will be hard to top with 2 championship bouts, but UFC 112 will be just as exciting. The main event will be a championship bout with two big name fighters-Anderson Silva, one of the top pound for pound fighters, against Vitor Belfort. Now that alone would not top UFC 111, but the co-main event will be a championship bout as well, similar to UFC 111, BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar. And to add to the excitement, Matt Hughes (former welterweight champion) will be facing Renzo Gracie. The UFC seems to be going all out for March-April with Fight Night on March 20 with Jon Jones vs Brandon Vera as the main event, then UFC 111, and then an even better card with UFC 112. Let's see if the UFC will be able to keep pushing out exciting fight cards!
The Strikeforce:Miami card was already said to be better than the 2 upcoming UFC cards, and I agree with that! Before the addition, the card was Nick Diaz vs Marius Zaromskis, Cyborg vs Marloes Coenen, Robbie Lawler vs Greg Nagy, and finally Bobby Lashely did not have an announced opponent. Well Bobby Lashely, former WWE superstar, is going to face a UFC veteran who was also on TUF season 10 less than a week from now on January 30. So here is the big update: Bobby Lashely will be fighting Wes Sims on the main card of Strikeforce:Miami! Be sure to watch this event! It will be on Showtime, but there are plenty of other ways to watch, and if you check back in, I will be listing ways you can catch this event!
Bobby Lashely:
First off, check out this hilarious video from YouTube filled with clips of funny MMA moments from various fight promotions!
And now for a great video about Mirko Cro Cop, former K1 and Pride fighter who now fights in the UFC! His next fight will be against Ben Rothwell at UFC 110. This video shows his knockout highlights, especially his knockouts with his dangerous kicks!
Two of my favorite UFC fighters go at it for the second time in Las Vegas. I was in attendance for this fight and it was GREAT! The fight went all 3 rounds and was action packed! Forrest Griffin always pushes the pace and never tires out and always has very entertaining fights, and this one was no different! (my favorite part was Griffin's front kick to Tito's head knocking out his mouthpiece)
