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UFC 98: The Comeback (5/23/09)

• Rashad Evans vs. Lyoto Machida
  
• Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
• Yushin Okami vs. Dan Miller
• Sean Sherk vs. Frank Edgar
• Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Wilson
• Undercard: J. Irvin vs. D. McFedries, H. Alexander vs. Gusmao, Barry vs. Hague, Nover vs. Bradley, Yoshida vs. Wolff, Roop vs. Kaplan
  

UFC 99 (6/13/09)

• Wanderlei Silva vs. Rich Franklin
• Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy
• Mike Swick vs. Ben Saunders
• Cain Velasquez vs. Heath Herring
• Caol Uno vs. Spencer Fisher
• Undercard: Belcher vs. Sakara, Al Turk vs. Duffee, Struve vs. Stojnic, Taylor vs. Sobotta, Etim vs. Buchholz

TUF 9 Finale (6/20/09)

• Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida
• Joe Stevenson vs. Nate Diaz
• Undercard: Johnson vs. Brown, Tavares vs. Guillard, Lytle vs. Burns, Blackburn vs. Garcia, Schafer vs. Drwal
  

UFC 100 (7/11/09)

• Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves
• Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
  
• Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
• Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
• Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
  
• Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman
• Undercard: Grice vs. Gugerty, Kim vs. Goulet, Jones vs. O'Brien, Danzig vs. Miller, Dollaway vs. Lawlor

UFC Fight Night 19 (August 5, 2009)

• No fights added yet
  

UFC 101 (August 8, 2009)

• BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian
• Forrest Griffin vs. Thiago Silva
• Amir Sadollah vs. Johnny Hendricks
• Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove
• Rousimar Palhares vs. Alessio Sakara
  

UFC 102 (August 29, 2009)

• Randy Couture vs, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
• Matt Hamill vs. Brandon Vera
• Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt
  

UFC 73: LIVE Weigh-Ins!

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UFC 73 STACKED Weigh-In
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3:55pm Pacific Time [6:55pm ET / 11:55pm GMT]

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UFC 73: Nogueira-Herring Preview

At July 7, 2007, UFC 73: Stacked will feature a heavyweight bout between PRIDE veteran, and UFC newcomer Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira and Heath “The Texas Crazyhorse” Herring.

Minotauro Nogueira is the heavily favored fighter in this one considering that he has already beat Heath Herring twice in PRIDE, and it doesn’t hurt that Noguiria is ranked as the number two MMA heavyweight in the world.

Nogueira is coming in at 30 years of age, 6 feet 3 inches, and an overall record of 29-4-1. Known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and his exciting submission victories, Nogueira holds some notable wins of Mirko Cro Cop, Josh Barnett, Dan Henderson and Jeremy Horn.

Nogueira was ranked number one on my top five submission artists of MMA today.

Though, it may be dead obvious who the winner is in this one, Heath “The Texas Crazyhorse” Herring can’t be counted out, after all, this is mixed martial arts and anything can happen. Herring can best be known for his wacky and colorful hairdos, black trench coat and sweet cowboy hat and tremendous power in his knees and kicks.

Herring will forever be part of one MMA’s most memorable moments on December 31, 2005 at K-1’s Dynamite 2005 show. During the usual pre-fight stare down, his opponent, Yoshihiro Nakao decided to kiss Herring on the lips for some reason. Herring didn’t take this too well and blasted Nakao with a heart rattling right hook that sent Nakao flying across the ring and eventually on a stretcher. Herring’s infamous “kiss” video is now quite the popular spectacle on the Internet.

Herring is 29 years of age, 6 foot 4 inches and fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada and holds a UFC record of 1-1 and an overall MMA record of 26-12-1. Herring has faced some tough competition in the past such as: Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop, Mark Kerr, Igor Vovchanchyn, Evan Tanner and Vitor Belfort. Herring most recently defeated Brad Imes by a unanimous decision at UFC 69: Shootout.

Herring’s performances in the UFC thus far have been mediocre and I hope to see the Herring I’m used to seeing in the PRIDE ring.

This fight is really just a coming out show for Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira. The UFC’s heavyweight division is getting deeper and deeper with the recent additions of Nogueira, Cro Cop, Gonzaga and the possibility of #1 world heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko.

With Nogueira’s incredible jiu-jitsu skills and well polished striking abilities, I strongly believe that he will hold the UFC HW title belt in no time. I can’t see this man losing, unless of course, he has to face Fedor Emelianenko again.

I'm looking forward to see "Minotauro" Nogueira face Gabriel Gonzaga, that has fight of the century written all over it. Let's hope Joe Silva to whips that match together down the road. Any who, that's for another time and another article :)

PREDICTION: Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira by submission (armbar) in the 1^st round.

The Lianger

UFC 73 Countdown: Sherk-Franca

Date, Time: 07/02/2007, 10:30pm ET/PT

Event Type: Spike TV - Show

UFC 73:Stacked Countdown: Sherk vs. Franca
Premiere: Monday, 7/02 at 10:30pm
Reairs: Thursday, 7/05 at 11:00pm and Saturday, 7/07 at 6:00pm

Be sure to catch the countdown to this exciting card! The countdown will be followed by the UFC All Access featuring Sean Sherk, official details are below:

Date. Time: 07/02/2007, 11:30pm ET/PT
Event Type: Spike TV - Show

UFC All Access: Sean Sherk
Hosted by Rachelle Leah

Monday 7/2 at 11:30pm PREMIERE
Thursday 7/5 at midnight RE-PLAY
Friday 7/6 at 1:30am RE-PLAY

UFC Main Card Updates

UFC 73: Stacked
Anderson Silva vs. Nate Marquardt (Middleweight title)
Sean Sherk vs. Hermes Franca (Lightweight title)
Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring
Kenny Florian vs. Alvin Robinson






UFC 74: Respect
Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (Heavyweight title)
Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck
Joe Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Diego Sanchez vs. Hayato Sakurai
Tim Sylvia vs. TBA

UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion
Quinton Jackson vs. Dan Henderson (Lightheavyweight title)
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Cheick Kongo
Michael Bisping vs. Matt Hamill

UFC 76 (Anaheim, CA: Honda Center)
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. TBA






UFC 77 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Bell Centre) Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell





UFC 78 (Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Bank Arena)
Rich Franklin vs. Anderson Silva/Nate Marquardt (Middleweight title)



UFC 79 (East Rutherford, NJ: Continental Airlines Arena)
Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra (Welterweight title)

TUF5 Finale: Penn-Pulver II

Date, Time: 06/23/2007 Doors open 2:45pm-On Spike 9pm
Event Type: Spike TV - The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale
Location: The Pearl, Nevada

Main Event:
BJ Penn v. Jens Pulver

Undercard:
Nate Diaz v. Manny Gamburyan
Roger Huerta v. Doug Evans
Thales Leites v. Floyd Sword
Joe Lauzon v. Brandon Melendez
Cole Miller v. Andy Wang
Gray Maynard v. Rob Emerson
Leonard Garcia v. Allen Berube
Matt Wiman v. Brian Geraghty

TUF 5 Finale Weigh-In Gallery

This is one event you don't want to miss. This has got to be the best FREE event to date, with matchups between TUF5 finalists Nate Diaz and Manny Gamburyan, to the long awaited rematch between TUF5 Coaches BJ Penn and Jens Pulver.

There is absolutely NO excuse to miss this one guys...
Live results will be posted ON THE MAIN PAGE at the conclusion of this event.

Enjoy!

Elite XC: Shamrock v. Baroni

Date, Time: 6/22/2007, 10:00 PM ET
Event Type: Live on PPV

As of now, this card is as follows:

Main Event:
Frank Shamrock v. Phil "NY Bad Ass" Baroni

Undercard:
Murilo "Ninja" Rua v. Joey Villasenor
Cung Le v. Tony Fryklund
Paul Buentello v. Carter Williams
Paul Daley v. Duane Ludwig
Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett v. Joe Boxer
Mike Pyle v. Aaron Wetherspoon

For more information about the fighters, click here

Bad Blood: Penn-Pulver Tonight

Date, Time: 6/18/2007, 11:30 PM ET/PT
Event Type: Spike TV - Show

SpikeTV will be airing a 30 minute special on the rivalry between BJ Penn and Pulver tonight at 11:30 PM ET/PT. The main event of this weekend's Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale features a long awaited rematch between Penn and Pulver.

Penn lost his first matchup against Pulver at UFC 35 in 2002 by a majority decision. Penn and Pulver also faced off as coaches in the Ultimate Fighter 5 TV series, which ended last week.

Lastly, don't forget to watch the TUF5 Finale Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 9:00pm. (Full details here) *If you cannot catch the premiere of the show and/or the TUF5 Finale, the show will reair Thursday 6/21 at 12:30am; Friday 6/22 at 12:00am and the TUF5 Finale will reair Saturday 6/23 at 12:00am; Sunday 6/24 at 6:00pm; Friday 6/29 at 9:00pm.

The Lianger

"UFC 72: Victory" Reminder!

The poster sums up everything pretty well. Just click for the enlarged version. Predictions will be on the main page soon! Also, the PPV will be offered in both Standard and High Definition.

The Ultimate Fighter 5: The End is Near!

Date, Time: 6/14/2007, 10PM ET/PT
Event: SpikeTV - The Ultimate Fighter 5, Episodes 11&12

The Ultimate Fighter 5 has been pretty enjoyable thus far in my opinion. Final episodes 11 and 12 of TUF5 air this evening, reaching the conclusion of this season's show. With an original cast of 16 lightweight (155 lbs.) fighters, the semifinals have arrived and the competition has been cut down to four fighters. Nate, Manny, Gray Maynard and Joe Lauzon will duke it out these last episodes to be the “king of the hill.” With only two slots open for the Ultimate Finale, fans can't help but anxiously await the results for the finalists and at last, the "Ultimate Fighter" of season 5.

This is one (or two rather) episode(s) you don’t want to miss!

The Lianger

UFC 72: Victory! Vieiwing Locations

View the Johnny Chase of UFC events at the following locations near you. Anyone get that joke? No? Does anyone watch Entourage? Look -- he's even wearing Affliction!

Upcoming Events in June!

Here are the upcoming events for June with the "bigger" fights listed under the event.

6/16/07 PPV - UFC 72: Victory
Rich Franklin v. Yushin Okami
Forrest Griffin v. Hector Ramirez
Jason McDonald v. Rory Singer

6/16/07 FSN - IFL: Las Vegas
Wagnney Fabiano v. Erik Owings
Gideon Ray v. Delson Heleno
Mike Whitehead v. Vernon White

6/22/07 Showtime PPV - Strikeforce: Shamrock-Baroni
Frank Shamrock v. Baroni
Cung Le v. Tony Fryklund
Joey Villasenor v. Murilo Rua

6/23/07 PPV - K-1 World GP
Remy Bonjasky v. Ray Sefo
Semmy Schilt v. Mighty Mo
Melvin Manhoef v. Ruslan Karaev
Alistair Overeem v. Michael Knapp

6/23/07 SpikeTV - TUF5 Finale: Penn-Pulver
BJ Penn v. Jens Pulver
Roger Huerta v. Douglas Evans
Leonard Garcia v. Alan Berube

6/23/07 PPV - CFFC 5: Ray Mercer v. Kimbo Slice
Ray Mercer v. Kimbo Slice

*Here's a more detailed FSN schedule: http://www.pridefc.com/pride2005/fsn_schedule.htm

The Irish Whip Upcoming Events

You'll find all the latest promos right here. I like to break them up into events and PPVs. Usually, events are on cable television and do not cost money, whereas PPVs are...well...PPVs. I always have a good time with these promos as the one used for the WWE often give too much away (see WWE Vengeance) or have the wrong wrestler in the poster (see WWE Vengeance).

Eventually, I'd like to have The Lianger on here telling us all about MMA autograph signings and smaller events that the average fan might not know about. But that's a different blogger access invitation for another day...