UFC Roundup: Rumored Bouts for UFC 80, UFC 81, UFC Fight Night 12 and More
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Nov 24, 2007 at 10:49 am ET11 Comments
- Paul Kelly, who will face Paul Taylor at UFC 80 in England, has signed a 4-fight deal with the UFC. [MMA Madness]
- Yahoo Sports writer Dave Meltzer reported yesterday that Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves were potential replacements to face Matt Hughes at UFC 79 following Matt Serra’s withdrawal from the card. While Alves remains a possibility Fitch will be unavailable to take the fight. [MMA Mania]
- Nate Diaz, the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 5, will take on Alvin Robinson at UFC Fight Night 12 in January. [MMA Mania]
- Alan Belcher will take on Ricardo Almeida at UFC 81 in February. [MMA Weekly]
- In an interview with Sam Caplan Kenny Florian revealed his next fight will likely come in February or March. On the short list of potential opponents for the bout is the winner of the headlining match on The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale between Clay Guida and Roger Huerta. [CBS]
- In a matchup of two top jiu-jitsu fighters Kurt Pellegrino will step into the octagon with Alberto Crane at UFC Fight Night 12. [MMA Mania]
- Thiago Tavares will face Michihiro Omigawa at UFC Fight Night 12. [Sherdog]
- Yushin Okami has signed a contract with the UFC following speculation and rumors he may head for another promotion. [MMA Junkie]
- In a recent feature article on UFC.com BJ Penn reveals that he plans on fighting one or two times a year for the next 10 years. [UFC]
- Ali Sonoma has resigned from her position as a UFC ring girl to pursue “bigger and better things”.
- The Ultimate Fighter 5 cast member Cole Miller, who defeated Leonard Garcia on the live finale of the show, will return to the octagon in January to face Jeremy Stephens at UFC Fight Night 12. [MMA Junkie]
- Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, who was defeated by Forrest Griffin in his UFC debut earlier this year, is expected to return in February or March. [MMA News]
- UFC 81 will be held at the larger MGM Grand Garden Arena, not the Mandalay Bay Events Center. [MMA Junkie]
- The UFC is planning on holding approximately 6 events in Europe and Australia and may also host a PPV even in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [MMA Junkie]
Tags: Alan Belcher, Alberto Crane, Alessio Sakara, Alvin Robinson, BJ Penn, Cole Miller, james lee, Jeremy Stephens, Jon Fitch, Kenny Florian, Kurt Pellegrino, mauricio rua, Michihiro Omigawa, Nate Diaz, Paul Kelly, Ricardo Almeida, Thiago Alves, Thiago Tavares, Yushin Okami
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Now Fitch is out of the prospects for the fight. I think Kenny Florian vs. the winner of Huerta/Guida is a great idea, and probablly gets 3rd in line for the title to BJ and Joe Stevens.
Whatever happened to Rachel Leah? She stopped being a ring girl and I haven’t even seen a UFC All Access in forever. I liked that show. It was one of the better off shoots, allowing us to see an idea of their training regimen.
she should be on the ufc all access around christmas time with wandy. ufc didn’t allow wandy to shoot it at extreme couture where he is training. they shot it at the ufc training center.
wanderlei silva
She is unbelieveablly GORGEOUS!!! I think she was so popular, the UFC helped open a lot of doors for her. Don’t be surprised to see her in movies soon. I think if Ali would have waited a little while, she would have built more oppertunities for herself.
I wonder if Koscheck is medically cleared? He hasn’t had a future bout announced. Koscheck vs Alves would be a good add.
Florian vs Guida or Huerta would be incredible. I think Guida vs Huerta will be amazing as well.
I wonder if Shogun will get Tito in that Feb/Mar window?
More PPV’s in Europe and now Australia. I wonder if that means more tape-delayed PPV’s, tape-delayed Spike or tape-delayed HBO/Network (ie CBS) (if they strike a deal).
koschek should be good to go. koschek-alves would be a good replacement. after kos’s last fight it sounded like he wanted to get back in the octagon as soon as possible.
i think shogun/ortiz would make for a good main or co maint event. shogun/jardine would also be a good one.
after getting screwed out of 2 decisions in great fights i’m not surprised the ufc put clay guida in a main event on national tv.
i wonder if diego sanchez is going to drop down to 155. i think he’d be a contender sooner rather then later. after sherk couldn’t beat gsp and hughes he dropped down to lw and didn’t do to bad.
There are so many great match possibilities at 155 and adding Diego to the mix would certainly make a deep division even more interesting.
Great tidbits; keep’em coming! Thanks!
[...] this week we learned that the event was moved to the larger MGM Grand Garden Arena meaning a major announcement regarding the event could come [...]
According to the MMAjunkie link above, UFC 81 is now back to the Mandalay Bay Events Center