Quick Hits: Shogun-Rampage Likely In December, UFC 87 Bonuses, Palaszweski Signs With WEC, and More
– Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are likely to rematch at the UFC’s year-end pay-per-view event on December 27th in Las Vegas. In their first meeting Rua defeated Jackson via first-round KO at PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 in April 2005.
– Georges St-Pierre and Jon Fitch were each awarded $60,000 “Fight of the Night” bonuses for their five-round main event battle at UFC 87. Demian Maia took home an additional $60,000 “Submission of the Night” bonus for his third-round rear naked choke victory over Jason MacDonald and Rob Emerson received a $60,000 “Knockout of the Night” bonus for his 12-second knockout victory over “The Ultimate Fighter 5″ runner-up Manny Gamburyan.
– UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” had an official attendance of 15,082 for a venue-record live gate of $2.2 million.
– Lightweight IFL veteran Bart Palaszweski has signed a six-fight deal with the WEC. The contract was recently announced by Palaszewski’s coach and fellow WEC fighter Jeff Curran, who also announced that he will dropping from the 145-pound featherweight division to the 135-pound bantamweight division.
– Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, who was once rumored to be fighting Gina Carano in her next bout, will instead take on Yoko Takahashi on October 4th at Saturday Night Fights 3 on CBS.
– James Thompson, who was defeated in controversial fashion by Kimbo Slice in May at EliteXC’s first-ever CBS event, will face Piotor Kusmierz at Cage Rage 28 on September 20th in London, England.
– A middleweight bout between Joe Riggs and Kazuo Misaki has been officially added to Strikeforce at the Mansion 2 on September 19th.
I knew they wouldn’t match up rampage/wandy… thank god i don’t think i can handle seeing rampage look like an idiot again if he loses.. wich he very well still can…. i’ll be rooting for him to lose still… just cuz i can’t stand the guy…. and after what he did …
Rampage has his work cut out for him….I think…..is he a f-n maniac now? If his recent actions are any indication to what kind of person Rampage has become, every fighter should be scared. We may have a new Rampage on our hands. A more vicious, angry and fierce Rampage.
Guyborg vs Yoko!!!!! Wooohoooo!!!! Who is Yoko? Anyone? Female?
I love how it says Thompson was beat in a “controversial” decision by Kimbo. It should say the fight was fixed.
not bad, but then who is wandi gonna fight?
Shogun vs. Rampage 2 will be exciting. There have been some many big name match ups for the December card, it makes you wonder which ones are actually going to happen. It will be a bit of a let down if we don’t see Griffin vs Liddell.
Rua v Jackson good re~match… its slightly funny that the last two men that the LHW champion Forrest Griffin beat are facing each other (please leave the controversial decision out of it please), im more intrigued by Rua’s return with his continuing acl problem….. and if Rampage would have gotten Wanderlei we all would have seen Jackson get destroyed again imo…..
Bart signing with the WEC is awesome Big Frog going down to 135 doesnt really suprise me he lost to Urijah and Matt Brown wihich pretty much is the reason Matt is getting a title shot v Faber, and i doubt Jeff could beat Jens soo go try and take Miguel (the greatest mullet in the world, awww he cut it boooo…..) Torres @ 135 but i think Jeff should have to fight Ueada first.
Liddell is fighting in September. You might get G.S.P vs. BJ Penn for the main event. Wandy might be facing someone he can smash to set up a rematch with Liddell, when Chuck destroys Griffin for the title in January. That way they can go toe to toe for 5 rounds instead of 3.
I think Joe Silva would allow Wanderlei to fight Stephen Bonnar because, if (big if) Chuck beats Evans and then Chuck regains by beating Forrest in Dec, Wanderlei beats Bonnar u have a possible Wanderlei v Liddell II for the UFC LHW title, ofcourse thats a long was away if ever at all…
im nervous for a wandy/chuck rematch… i have a feeling wandy will get him this time
I see Wanderlei fighting the loser of Liddell/Evans or, depending how his October fight with Cote goes, Anderson Silva.
interesting kris…. it only makes sense. but you don’t think by him fight the loser of liddel/evans. that would be taking step back on the ladder?
Wanderli vs. Machida makes the most sense. If Machida wins he gets the title shot. No matter what Liddell and Silva have to have a rematch.
sorry its Mike Brown v Urijah Faber (i put Matt i dunno why)
i think it is very possible that BJ v GSP could happen in Dec, if the UFC can have a show in Montreal in Nov then BJ v GSP will happen there not in Vegas in Dec…
Wanderlei can beat Chuck on any given day as Chuck could be at Wanderlei it would be kinda awesome if Rampage lost to Rua ( Jackson would be 0-2 v Rua) Chuck beat Wanderlei (Wand would be 0-2 v Liddell) Chuck is 0-2 v Rampage, Ramapge is 0-2 v Wanderlei thats just interesting to me i dunno…. another war between Wanderlei and Chuck would again be epic (especially if for the title)
Hey kelvinsays how about machida vs silva?I think he’s earned it being undefeated and all.Everyone seems to foget about him.
That’s cool that the WEC signed Bart P. They just keep getting better and better. It’s a shame that they didn’t get Horodecki though.
If Rampage loses to Shogun he is done. Maybe Grffin vs. Machida in Dec. I hope not. Unless Dana makes the fight everone and their mother wants to see (Fedor/Couture), the end of the year spectacular will be unspectacular. I forgot about Mir vs. Minotaur they are fighting in December as well. It’s time for Dana White to swallow his pride and do something that would turn the industry on it’s ear. Quit being a punk, your not a fighter, never have been. Get it signed so you can truly say the UFC is the best organization in the world.
I know Liddell is fighting in September and it’s not a “big if” it will be a shock if he loses to Evans. Chuck has fought on the New Year’s card for the last 2 years, but maybe he is going to sit it out this time.
I guess I’m just going to stop thinking about it until after Chuck’s fight with Evans and then wait to see what’s up.
the “big if” is because when Chuck comes into a fight against someone he isnt super pumped to fight he doesnt do his best ie Keith Jardine… Im a huge Chuck Liddell fan i just said that because if he takes Evans lightly and loses in a split decision or something that pretty much wont allow him to fight for the LHW title anytime soon, if he gets by Evans and doesnt recieve any injuries in the process i could see him fighting for the title in Dec…
Timcat, Mir v Big Nog, possibly Griffin defending his title, Rampage v Rua, and Wanderlei also fighting thats a pretty good card imo its not going to be the end all be all of MMA but its a pretty good start…. Randy v Fedor would be nice but i really dont think it will be happening anytime soon leagal issues Fedor’s hand ect
Call me crazy but i was hoping for
Shogun v Coleman & Wandy v Rampage
if Rua loses i think that Coleman would be his next fight, and to possibly get his confidence up if he were to lose to Rampage and Coleman that would be horrible for his carrer…. Rampage just cant get past Wanderlei imo
I bet shogun and wandy would both beat rampage again the fight i would like to see is wandy vs showgun and WANDY all the way!!
FR702, your right I had though about Chuck not being excited to fight Evans just like Jardine but I’m giving Chuck some credit that he won’t make the same mistake twice even though he did that with his 1st fight with Randy.
natedogg77,
im hoping that Chuck doesnt make the same mistake i expect him to come out and win this fight i do have that lingering thought in the back of my head, plus with Jardine as Evans traing partner that does have help Evans, i just dont see the leg kicks coming from Evans though, if he stands with Chuck and Chuck doesnt drop his right hand like he did against Jackson, Evans is in for a long painful night, if Evans takes Chuck down i dont see him be able to keep him there, imo it is Chucks fight to lose…
Rampage jackson has won 6 fights since the lost to shogun and has notable wins over henderson,chuck and matt linland.forrest is the champ, the fans want a rematch. Wandy beat jardine, so did houston alexander.In the cage with shogun or wandy for jackson it will be a way different fight.(only that one fight to focus on and different rules). Who says that henderson won’t rematch wanderlei and tko him again.What happends if rampage destroys rua or wandy?= title shot.I wouldn’t want chuck to take the title when jackson is victorious would you…..
i dont know about u guys but chuck is starting not to do so well i think he should retire soon and i am a big cuck fan unless he beats evens.
I can see Wandy fighting the winner of T. Silva / Machida or the winner of Luiz Cane / Sokoudjou; whoever comes out of his bout with the least amount of damage will fighting Wandi in Dec. for the next #1 contender spot (after the winner of Chuck/Rashad gets his title shot.) Rampage vs. Shogun will be interesting now that it is in a cage, Shogun is recovering from an ACL tear, and he is no longer on steroids (like he was in PRIDE.) Great card in Dec w/ Mir vs. Big Nog and possibly St. Pierre / Penn 2, in addition to Rampage / Shogun.
how about Lesnar vs Cro-Cop in a career threatening match!
Wooooooooo!
guys who would u like to win out of t.silva and l.machida i ould like the dragon machida to win i htink he could be a good contender for the title
Hope to see Thiago stop Machida but I would not put money on it.
mburtoni, Doesn’t everyone here know that PRIDE didn’t have any drug testing in Japan?
Funny Wandi is clean for PRIDE 33 in Vegas and loses to Henderson, and loses to Chuck in the USA also.
Shogun beat Rampage before, so it’ll be a good fight in the Octagon. FYI, Ninja Rua should have won against Rampage also at PRIDE 29. If you see the decision, even Rampage is surprised.
Think; Forrest will fight the winner out of chuck and rashad. If Chuck were to loose would rashad be the underdog to forrest assuming after the fight he would get a title shot….