Herman Likely To Replace Irvin and Fight Gouveia at UFC 102
Ed Herman is likely to replace an injured James Irvin and take on Wilson Gouveia at UFC 102 on August 29 in Portland, according to MMA Weekly.
Irvin withdrew from the matchup with Gouveia on Tuesday after suffering a “massive” knee injury that will sideline him for up to 10 months.
Herman (15-7, 4-4 UFC), who had bee scheduled to fight Aaron Simpson at UFC Fight Night 19 next month, is 4-4 in the UFC since debuting with the promotion in 2006 following his appearance on the reality show. After back-to-back losses to Kendall Grove and Jason MacDonald to start his UFC career, Herman would win 3-straight over Chris Price, Scott Smith, and Joe Doerksen. “Short Fuse” followed up losses to Demian Maia and Alan Belcher in 2008 with a unanimous decision victory over David Loiseau in April.
Gouveia (12-6) has compiled a 6-3 record in 9 UFC bouts, including back-to-back victories over Ryan Jensen and Jason MacDondald before suffering a third-round TKO loss to middleweight contender Nate Marquardt at UFC 95 in January.
UFC 102 is headlined by Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rogrigo Nogueira and airs live on pay-per-view.
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Tags: Ed Herman, Wilson Gouveia
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The Ginger Ninja steps in for the Sandman.
Sounds more like a pro wrestling bout than an MMA fight.
I wonder with a .500 record is Herman is nearing that point of “win to keep your job”, or is the degree of difficulty of his opposition being taken into account??
i would assume they want to see how he preforms, more then a win/loss type thing
I think Dana likes to keep a couple of guys on hand who are willing to take fights on short notice, no questions asked. I doubt this fight would count towards reaching “win to keep your job” status.
i gotta give it to gouvia he has beat better people than herman and has beat people herman lost to
ooooooh called this earlier today on the Irvin thread. Man Im good
I’m also curious as to Herman’s ability to be ready to fight in 24 days.
Yes, I know its not like it’s a last minute thing, but against an opponent like Gouveia I have to believe that most anybody would want and need a full camp, and not 3 1/2 weeks.
Although Herman must be at least half on-track, as he had a fight at UFN 19 scheduled…
good call carls, i was really hoping to see cote-gouveia though. i dont think ed[ginger ninja<<< very funny] will have enough. i think gouveia is more talented in every area. i dont think he is in danger of losing his job, just based on the fact dana usually gives those T.U.F. finalists/semi-finalists a few extra chances. at least hes stepping up to take on a very tough guy imo.
I was kinda pissed when i heard this, no REAL pissed. first of all it was a fight that should have been on the main card. It would have really tested both guys in all areas. But at the same time, it could be a good thing. You never know if it was one of those loser leaves fights and the UFC kept it secret. I dont usually like to underestimate people, but I dont think Gouveia will have much of a problem if he fights to his full potential. And I hope we will see Gouveia/Irvin sometime in the future.
If it was supposed to be a main card fight that would be – a reason to buy 102 but Im still interested in the ppv.
I like Herman, but almost gave up on him until he beat lethal elbow Loiseau. Give the kid a chance though, he’s quite young and perhaps in his MMA adolescence, if not quite in his infancy anymore. I’ll be rooting for him, but perhaps in a similar tongue in cheek fashion that I still root for Leben. He’s got true fighting spirit which is turning into a commodity that seems to me is in shorter and shorter supply these days.