Martin Kampmann vs. Paulo Thiago In The Works for UFC 115 in June
A welterweight bout between Martin Kampmann and Paulo Thiago is in the works for UFC 115, as the The Las Vegas Sun reports that the 170-pound contenders have agreed to fight at the June 12 event in Vancouver.
Kampmann (16-3) made his welterweight debut in 2009 with back-to-back wins over Alexandre Baros and former WEC champ Carlos Condit, but suffered a first-round TKO to Paul Daley in September. After rebounding with a January victory over Jacob Volkmann, “The Hitman” was forced to withdraw from a showdown with Saunders, scheduled for UFC 111 later this month, due to a nasty gash over his eye.
Thiago (13-1) upset Josh Koscheck in his UFC debut last February with a first-round knockout, but then lost his first career bout to Jon Fitch in July. After bouncing back with his own win over Volkmann in November, Thiago returned to action last month, when he scored a second-round submission of Mike Swick.
UFC 115 has yet to be officially announced, but is expected to be headlined by a matchup between former light heavyweight champions and rival TUF 11 coaches Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.
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tough fight for kampmann.. hopefully one punch to his right eye doesn’t open up
Hopefully Thiago will get a title shot against GSP/Hardy if he wins.
He Should Fight The Winner Of Koscheck/Daley Than The Winner Of That Fight Gets A Title Shot.
That would make the winner of GSP/Hardy sidelined for awhile. Guess we’ll have to see how it plays out.
Thiago and Kos both win, Thiago gets a shot since he is 1-0 against Kos. Same with if Daley and Kampmann win, nod goes to Daley.
Daley and Thiago win, would say Thiago would get the shot first based on record and possible better ppv pull.
Kos and Kampmann win, would say Kos gets the shot based on name and potential rematch with GSP (assuming GSP wins).
he should fight the winner of fitch vs alves
good matchup but i see this ending rather similarly to the Thiago-Swick fight.
I’m not so sure about that Bharris,
Kampann’s ground game and jitz are pretty solid, better than swick’s ground game imho. Kampan’s also bigger and stronger then fitch was and can take more of a beating.
This is an even match imho.
I’d give the standup edge to Paulo though because he’s more technical/faster and has better countering. They’re pretty even on the ground from what i’ve seen.
I hope paulo does get to fight daley if he beats kampann and if daley beats kos.
Paulo beats kampmann with a tko in the second round. Paulo vs Daley = explosive, Daley vs kos = explosive. Any of these three contenders vs GSP = Slaughter. Dont get me wrong Thiago vs the hitman will be a good match but we all saw Thiago vs swick and i think he is ready for bigger competition. After he beats Kampmann he should go up against the winner of Alves/Fitch or the winner of Daley/Kos . Wow this division is starting to get explosive though i would really love to see my boys Paulo Thiago and Pitbull Alves to get to the top.
i like this fight alot. that just leaves me wondering who serra will be fighting, i was hoping for thiago but whatever dana.
Or Joe Silva ;-)
rumble johnson vs serra? oohhhhhhhh sorry not related to the article above.
Would be nice if Dana made one of those announcements about the winner getting a title shot, but if GSP were to somehow lose, there are too many guys ahead of these 2 for that to make any sense.
If GSP wins and Thiago beats Kampmann, then thats a fight some could get interested in, although Jon Fitch would probably laugh out loud if that fight was made…
If GSP wins, then the winner of Kos v. Daley is most likely the next in line.
I think so to.
Not that I’m saying you’re wrong, because you aren’t, but IMO thats a prime example of Dana’s “fuzzy fight logic” at work again, which more often than not doesn’t work in terms of ranked contenders and such.
How can any reasonable case be made for the winner of Koscheck-Daley to be the next unfortunate contestant in GSP’s personal reality competition gameshow of “I’m Way Better At MMA Than You”, when you have Jon Fitch fighting Thiago Alves?
If Fitch wins, he’s entitled to a rematch because lets face it, other than GSP no one’s beaten him since before the iPhone dropped, and if Alves wins he’s entitled to a rematch because he’s beaten the number 2 170er in the world, who by the way hasn’t lost a fight [other than to the champ] since the iPhone dropped.
Or do I have my facts wrong?
Paulo should not have a problem in this matchup. Kamp could give him some problems but i see Paulo taking this one. Im gonna say TKO 2nd round.
Thiago has the skills but Im really hoping Kampmann can rebound and get the W and get a rematch with that chump Daley….IMO he got screwed at 103. He was standing with his arms up and IMO intelligently defending himself.
His hands where up I’ll give you that but taking flush bomb after bomb from Semtex does not quilify as intelligently defending yourself. If they would of let Semtex keep tagging the hitman he would of gone Rashad and done the stanky leg that night. I wouldn’t call Semtex a chump either that man can throwdown with anyone IMO. He might be a little green on the ground but he has skills to one day be a ufc champ if he continues to develop himself. Not trying to bash your comment just found it interesting that Semtex is a chump in your book…..peace!!!
if dana white does announce this as a # 1 contenders match that will only hold true if whoever he wants to win actually wins. remember what happened with the #1 contenders match of bisping and henderson, the wrong guy won, and hendo was not rewarded with the title shot. so if thiago wins maybe but no way in hell martin kampman will get the next shot. i personally think if jon fitch beats thiago alves he deserves the next title shot