Comments on: Illness Forces Heath Herring Off UFC 99

By: Gage

Gage — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:47:57 +0000

oops sorry i totally didnt mean to put GSP and Alves…i meant Brock vs Mir!!!

though the alves gsp fight will be good sorry for the typo

By: Gage

Gage — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:46:35 +0000

Cheick Kongo is suppose to be the replacement if i’ve read around correctly. I think that the winner of this fight should (or will) fight Shane Carwin and the winner of that fights the winner of Alves vs GSP for a title shot.

I would love a super fight of carwin vs brock (though i want him to lose out the @ss against Mir).

Shane Carwin on the rise!

By: donzo

donzo — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:16:09 +0000

Totally lost on why this is a big deal. Unless people really like, after a ton of hype, watching him lose over, and over, and over again.

By: fr702

fr702 — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:36:06 +0000

*Rumor

GG v Chris Tuchscherer @ UFC 102

By: carls

carls — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:25:07 +0000

is gonzaga fighting anybody cause that could be a good fight.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:14:21 +0000

I forgot that the Stojnic v. Struve fight was actually on this card, when I commented before I was thinking it was for a later date, but yeah, it’s on this one, which makes sense since they’re both European.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:10:43 +0000

He’s still training, but I think mostly conditioning, no sparring and maybe light mat work.

By: chrisl

chrisl — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:47:30 +0000

pretty much facial surgery, it was a nose problem that required more than just work on the nose so he’ll be out awhile.

By: chrisl

chrisl — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:45:23 +0000

Interesting… the way Lesnar hit him I’d probably have an extended illness as well…

In all honesty I hate it for Herring, I always enjoy his fights and hope he gets back soon.

As far as Cro Cop versus Velasquez… I hope it’s not true. It’s a bad match up for Cro Cop to be reacquainted to the cage and Velasquez would be risking a lot every second he tries to stand and trade. Plus with the fight coming on short notice there’s a good chance it’d just become a take down and grind it out fight, since who really wants to risk catching that left kick to the head.

However there aren’t that many options out there. It won’t be Neil Grove considering he’s probably rehabbing that knee from it being shredded in Feb. James Thompson has lost 4 in a row including a loss to everyone’s favorite beard so he’s out and Struve is already signed on the card to face Denis Stojnic so it’s most likely to be Cro Cop-Velazquez unless of course Hardonk or Kongo are available(unlikely but I’m just thinking Euro fighter wise).

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:28:29 +0000

I suspect Grove is out with a knee injury the way he limped out of the Octagon after losing to Ceisnolevicz(sp?), Struve is slated to fight Denis Stojnic in a “loser gets a new gig” fight at a later date.