Main Card Announced for UFC 101: Declaration
Amir Sadollah
The UFC today announced the majority of the fight card for UFC 101: Declaration, which is set for August 8th at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.
Joining BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian and Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin on the pay-per-view main card will be Johny Hendricks vs. Amir Sadollah, Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove, and Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellgrino.
Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley, John Howard vs. Tamdan McCrory, Dan Cramer vs. Matthew Riddle, Rob Emerson vs. George Sotiropoulos, and Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort were confirmed for the unaired preliminary card.
The only rumored bout that has not yet been officially announced is a middleweight fight between Thales Leites and Alessio Sakara.
Tickets for UFC 101: Declaration will go on sale next week.
Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for the latest UFC 101 news.
Tags: Aaron Riley, Alessio Sakara, Amir Sadollag, Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Dan Cramer, Danillo Villefort, Forrest Griffin, George Sotiropoulos, Jesse Lennox, John Howard, Johny Hendricks, Josh Neer, Kendall Grove, Kenny Florian, Kurt Pellegrino, Matthew Riddle, Ricardo Almeida, rob emerson, Shane Nelson, Tamdan McCrory, Thales Leites
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stay injury-free amir
ya no kidding, matt brown is going to have fought 4 times before amir fights once since tuff7.
i expect amir to get hurt again….hopefully he proves me wrong
Johny Hendricks on a main card isn’t something wrong with that, or is it just me?
Its more for Amir than Hendricks I would assume and well hopefully Amir doesn’t get hurt days leading up to the fight
Go BarnCat~ ofcourse refering to Tamdan
I didn’t watch the last season of tuf so i’m not sure why everyone is so anxious to watch amir fight. He did submitt dolloway, but i mean it’s dolloway dude. This card was saved by forrest vs anderson silva because the rest of the fights aren’t as interesting and aren’t really going to affect the rankings for each division.
Forrest imo is a true contender @ 205 and a very well rounded fighter. He’s a big dude with great conditioning and he’s an aggresive technical fighter. He’s the perfect “test” for anderson silva @ 205. It will be very interesting to see anderson against a dude like forrest simply because he hasn’t fought a dude like forrest. Many people say rich franklin is similar to forrest, and i can kind of agree. They’re both big dudes, they’re stand up is smiliar, utilize the leg kicks and trade, but forrest is way more aggressive and he won’t back away from anderson like rich did and if forrest wanted to, he can take the fight to the ground. Something rich didn’t do because he was too scared and isn’t as good as forrest on the ground. I’m not saying forrest has some sik jitz and that we’ve even seen it, but he is more than capable of pulling off a choke or arm bar as we saw him attempt these when he “won” the title. I don’t think i need to say anything about silva. It’s going to be a good fight.
Hang on a tick. BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian isn’t interesting and really isn’t going to affect the rankings for the lightweight division? That is a very interesting position to take.
Justin,
Yo dude i guess i wasn’t clear enough. I meant every fight BESIDES the main event (obviously that’s a sick ass fight) is imo not that interesting and i think forrest vs silva saved this card.
I can see what Jazzok means by saying Griffin/Anderson saved this card cause besides B.J/Florian this card is weak.
I’m not interested in Rob Emerson nor Amir nor Kendall. .
Without Griffin/Anderson on this card it look just like a Spike fight night card…
Jazzok
Did you change your avator from Sting to Skelator???
Onlytrue 1
Wat up dude! I’m flattered you take such interest in my comments and avatar. It’s good to see my fanbase growing. First dbiz now you…tell your friends about me too dude i could always use more
You still didn’t answer is that Skeletor???
Dude who’s skeletor?
THE POWER OF GREY SKULL
FTW
LOL Fr702
Jazzok he’s your avator.
OnlyTrue1,
He couldn’t have changed his avatar from Sting to Skeletor. It wasn’t sting to begin with, it was “The Crow”.
And if you look at the full image it looks like a grim reaper to me.
Jazzkok
Skeletor – Wiki and for sheer entertainment value (adult language warning) Skeletor vs. Beastman featuring Bam Margera
Hahahahah!
Justin
I know it wasn’t sting nor skeletor hahahaha!!
I was just clowning Jazzok for calling me a fan of his so I thought i’d have a little fun with him since he and I are always bet’ing on changing our Avators as to who ever wins a fight..
Peace..
haha yo i can dig it
but yeah it’s actually the grim reaper.
It’s kool onlytrue1, or as you would say “homie”
I’m not sure they released “The Crow” in small town middle america, so it’s kool dude. You wouldn’t know who the crow is but i KNOW the WWE is huge in those areas so i understand why you would think it was a queer from wrestling.
Peace
the Skeletor v Beastman was well ya not so much I guess I lost my funnybone today…..
Well… the Skeletor v. Beastman was a lot funnier to me five years ago when I was in college and first saw it, so I can understand. To me one of the funniest parts about it is that Bam Margera is playing the synthesizer/drum machine/whatever it is.
Kenny Florian via tko or sub in the late 3rd
Forrest Griffin by tko or sub in the late 2nd-early 3rd
Kemdall Grove by tko in the 2nd
Kurt Pelegrino by unanimus decision
Amir Sadollah by sub in the 2nd
Tandam McCrory by sub or decision
Rob Emerson by decision or 3rd round ref stoppage
Dan Cramer by decision
Jesse Lennox by decision
Fight Of The Night: Forrest Griffin vs. Anderson Silva
Submission Of The Night: Kenny Florian
Knockout Of The Night: Hard To Call This One
What up MK4
Dude your picks are impossible due to 1. Silva losing in the 2nd??
And Amir wont even be at the fight.. Didn’t you see him get killed by Wanderelie?? I’m sure he’s injuried by now..Again..
I see why that kid stays hurt, when you got Wandy belly to back sufflaying you all over the octagon.
what up OnlyTrue1
Why don’t you put up your picks and back up your remarks dude. And after the event we’ll see who was more accurate!
It’s very possible for Forrest to finish Silva in the second round when !!!!LUTTER!!!!! come on !!!LUTTER!!! MOUNTED!! Silva. Silva is the man no question, but at 185, 205 is a different story kid. If Forrest pushes the pace on Silva, it’s very possible for SIlva to get lost and lose his focus, Silva is not invinsible dude so stop talking like he is when !!!LUTTER!!! MOUNTED him.
You be killing me with the LUTTER mounted him!! LOL
You act like “LUTTER” won!!! When in reality he lost by triangle sub followed by unanswered elbows to the dome. Aint the bjj “LUTTER” field of expertise.
And no Silva is not unbeatable I never said he was but He aint gonna lose 2nd round.
And I would stack my picks against yours but lets be real Amir Sadollah Kurt Pellegrino George Sotiropolos Rob emerson Tamdan McCrory etc etc…. ahhhh I dont know who gonna win those fights and frankly dont care Who wins the Ultimate Spike Edition of Fight Night that I gotta pay 44.95 because I gotta see A.Silva and Forrest Griffin.. Especially when Forrest Subs or Tko’s A.Silva in the 2nd round although he hasn’t Tko or sub some one in the second round since Oct 2005 But hey I believe in Magic any things possible.
OnlyTrue1
Dude i just say the whole LUTTER thing for kicks man, it’s just funny to me that he was able to mount SIlva being that Silva is such a great overall fighter, but yeah i do it for laughs too.
Forrest Griffin vs. Anderson Silva: This has potential to be fight of the year. They have finally macthed Silva up with someone who will not just lay there like Leites or just try to make it to the 3rd round like Cote….no, ForresT Griffin will come at him and give Silva the fight he’s been waiting for.
Anderson Silva is for sure going to come in more determined than ever before. I’m sure both guys will keep the fight standing and put on a great fight. I don’t see the fight going to the ground unless Silva catches Forrest with a big shot and Forrest resorts to a takedown or vise versa. It’s going to be interesting to see if Forrest’s famous leg kicks can damage Silva or have any effect on his game. It’s also going to be interesting to see if Silva can clinch Forrest and deliver knees.
I think that Forrest’s reach is going to play a big part in the fight. Forrest should try and pick Silva apart so he can force Silva to come in and attack at close range setting up a trading battle.
I honestly feel that this fight should not be boring in any way,whether Silva or Griffin win or lose, these are two guys who always want to fight and slug it out with anyone.
Fight of the year so far for 2009.
Yeah
This should be a great fight, I do mess with you alot about this fight but it should be fight of 2009 forsure.
Forrest will come in this as huge as he can, and will fight his heart out.
Silva knows dana is mad at him and IMO gave him this fight as punishment for his last 2 showings.
Either way Dana wins He either gets a great fight, or A.Silva proves the UFC does have the P4P best fighter in him a guy who fight in 2 wieght classes and wins, and if Forrest wins it just promotes his Tuf boys and Forrest even more….
Yeah this should be good.
OnlyTrue1
This fight will be epic. It has two guys that will leave it all in the octagon.
And I cant wait.
I been calling for A. Silva to fight a 205er since posting on mmafrency but I wanted it to be like B.J./Gsp were he fights for the belt.
I feel he is capable of holding both titles at the same time.
Now this will be a great test to see as Fr702 and I already said Forrest would give him match up problems.
So i’m so excited about this one cause the ufc got it right and we the fans get a match up we want.
Yes sir you called it “epic”
im taking forrest by decision, andersons a slow starter sometimes and i think forrest can take any round at any time by being cautious and outworking silva using kicks and his reach or take him down like the shogun fight.
B.J. will lose to a SUPER determined and very motivated Kenny Florian. By motivated, I mean his pace and desire. I don’t think B.J. will keep up.
Florian, round 3, B.J. quitting.
He will later complain that Ken-FLo was extra smelly, and used a top-secret pill that made his body stink, therefore making it impossible to grapple.
um amir getting hurt is kind of getting as old as brett farve retiring
Forrest Griffin will beat Anderson Silva mark my words it WILL happen