Griffin-Evans, Nogueira-Mir, and Silva-Jackson Announced For UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008
The UFC today officially announced the headlining bouts for UFC 92 “The Ultimate 2008″.
As previously rumored, UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin will battle top 205-pound contender Rashad Evans for the 205-pound title, UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio “Rodrigo” Nogueira faces fellow-TUF 8 coach Frank Mir for the heavyweight title, and former champions Wanderlei Silva and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are also scheduled to go toe-to-toe.
UFC 92, which will air live on pay-per-view, takes place on December 27th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Tickets for UFC 92 “The Ultimate 2008″ will go on sale this Saturday, October 25 at 1pm ET and will be priced at $800, $600, $400, $250, $150, $75. Tickets will be available online at ticketmaster.com.
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cant wait
gay name sick fights hahaha
It offical now great start to the year end card and 2009 is starting off stacked as well (rumor wise) cannot wait for this card….
Big Nog v Mir (haven’t quite decided yet how can u not pick Big Nog the man just doesn’t lose unless he faces Fedor)
Griffin
Wanderlei
I agree with FR’s picks. Although, I’m pretty well decided that Nog will likely win, I don’t see how Mir can beat him. Nog doesn’t get KO’d, Mir doesn’t KO people, and Nog is great on the ground.
this is a dream card!
I HOPE NOG DESTROYS MIR!
for some reason i am starting to dislike mir, based on what i have seen during the ultimate fighter!
i’m rooting for evans…
i think he will come out with an upset!
as for rampage and wandi…
i like both fighters..
but i’m rooting for rampage…
IM WITH YOU EYE-RHYME ON MIR/NOG I WAS ROOTING MIR BUT AFTER THE SHOW I LIKE NOG IN THIS MATCH UP…
BUT I DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THE OTHER TWO… I THINK GRIFFIN WILL KEEP IT AND I THANK WANDI WILL WIN….
GREAT CARD!
GRIFFIN BY DECISION
NOGUEIRA BY SUBMISSION
WANDY BY KNOCKOUT
evans trains with jardine who lets not forget knocked griffin out and had him crying….evans to win!
Nogueira will win by TKO. Mir and Nogueira can match each other move for move on the ground, so they’ll likely be standing which the edge is given to Minotauro.
Anderson will beat Cote by decision. I have Silva beating Rampage by decision too.
I hope Nog wins i hate mir he sucks.
I hope Evans knocks out Griffin because im a huge chuck fan n i think chuck would beat griffin.
Wandy is amazing better win
Great card! We also get to see Okami vs. Lister and Kongo vs. Mustafa Al - Turk (I’ve never seen him fight, but he’s got a tough guy’s name.) This is def. the best UFC PPV of the year.
NOG
GRIFFIN
RAMPAGE
It’s rampages destiny to lose just like franklin and silva. I believe evans will bring out the best in griffin and griffin will show what a great fighter he HAS BECOME and succesfully retain his lhw title. As for Nog and Mir, this shouldn’t be called “interim” lhw match, that’s retarted considering the fact that the true title match is in nov. I think Nog will destroy MIR.
Anyone know who else is on this card?
Wow. Yea this card is awesome.
I agree with FR702. Nog, Griffin, Wanderlei.
Im seriously thinking of coming over for this one. Will be a great night.
Id even spend Christmas in a hotel room for this! haha.
im Really thinking of going to this card i cant talk myself out of it i truly want to go
thx RyanMoney wow we agreed again haha
I think Evans will find a way to win this one too, i love the heart and drive of Forrest but Evans is a crafty guy and seems to have more power and explosiveness than Forrest. I think Wandy/Rampage is a toss up with reach advantage going to Jackson, it’ll be a standup war for sure. A confident Frank Mir is a very dangerous guy and i think he is back to his old form, but Nog is never out of it, he takes a beating and keeps coming.
No way Mikew, Wandy killed Rampage twice in Pride (viciously i might add)…third time will be the nail in the coffin for ol’ rampage unless he can pull out a miracle and find a way to get out of wandy’s clinch which he couldnt do the first two times, so ADVANTAGE silva hands up
Im just thinking about Wandis last fight, how good he looked and Rampage…who knows where his head is at.It takes only one shot and with the devastating KO of Jardine, Wandi is maybe more confident. I was also wondering if UFC rule differences will change the fight as compared to thier Pride fights.
i dont know what you have been watching lately D-BOI but wandy hasnt done nothing to vicious to anyone in the ufc! his matches here have been nothing like he was in pride so all in all rampage the winner
Wandi is done. keith jardine was a gimme for him. rampage is gonna whoop that ass. 2cd round ko!
some intresting opinions there so im guna give mine haha i think nog is guna win via tko mir just hasn’t got the stand up to match nog, i think forrest is guna win via sub im not talking a fancey sub i think he will choke him out, now to wandi vs jackson, im guna give this to rampage via knock the **** out, wandi is guna go into this match on a high haveing beat him twice already and on the back of a destruction of jardine (im guessing shane missed that match cos that was pritty vicious to me), so im guessing jackson is guna catch him with a big right hand and put him to sleep.
“evans trains with jardine who lets not forget knocked griffin out and had him crying….evans to win!”
Griffin trains with Wandy who rape choked Jardine and ko’d him! so…anyone’s fight.
Guess you didn’t see him knock out Jardine in less than 30 seconds in his last ufc fight… Rampage will have to pull out a magic trick to finish Wandy just wait and see , wandy will destroy Jackson
Kris
Aren’t Nog and Mir fighting for INTERM heavyweight champion? I thought Randy is the champ and Lesnar is fighting for the title, then Randy/Lesnar would fight Nog/Mir for the undisputed HW championship. Help me out here
rape-choked lol my point exactly
josh v
u got it right pal u dont need help lol
Nog got totally **** slapped in the face when Randy came back. I felt bad for him. I would like to see a Pride style Grand Prix all in one night for the belt. Dana said that he cant get it sanctioned. Hell, we even have them in Boxing over here. It would be a great battle with all four men if that was the case.
Why is Mir even being given a shot? Because of TUF? That’s crap. I would coach TUF if it got me a shot. lol. He’s on a two fight win streak following wins over Hardonk and Lesnar. That division is so empty its stupid. lol
i may be high as the rockies,but if you look at mirs record he loses to people who small quick heavyweights and two of his 3 losses were right when he was coming back from his motorcycle accident. plus brandon vera was beating everyone then. vera lost to tim sylvia. mir snapped his arm in two.brock lesner was beating the crap out of him then he turned the tables, and beat him quickly. lesner handled herring and nog barely got a decesion and the ref could of stoped it when nog was knocked silly in the first round.he also beat tank abbot six years ago when tank was not a washed up alcey.and i dont know how long you guys have watching mma but he also beat pete williams who was one of the best.[knocked out mark coleman with a kick to the head] anyways i pick mir by sub. griffin by dec. over evans. and wandy over rampage by tko. and just so you guys know in 17 fights patrick cote has never been knocked out[13-4] two loses by sub travis lutter and i forget the other but his other two loses tito ortiz at 205 on 3 days notice.went to dec. and he held his own and the other was chris leban and that was a split dec. that could of gone either way but sometimes things are shady when ufc is hyping fighters.[bisbing over hammil and tyson griffin over clay gudia].so just saying that could be the next serra over gsp[ its worth throwing 20-40 dollars on bodog for him to win,you will get alot back]lyota machida and thiago silva are the best fighters in the world so basically i cant wait for that ish.
knightboy624, pretty nicely done…. i by no means think that Silva v Cote will go to a decision, i do believe that Siva will win via sub (triangle choke) you are correct that Cote has yet to be knocked out but a shady decsion it will not be
you brought up Pete Williams nice
Remember tho that Big Nog destroyed Herring twice before getting the UFC cage with him soo dont just hold Nog to that one fight with the Texas Crazy Horse
I like Mir i also like Big Nog soo im still deciding
Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva arent the best fighters in the world but if you believe they are i shall respect your opionion cheers….
ps others might attack you on this yet i dont want to F with you high
Yea I see your point with Mir, Knightboy.
I’m not doubting that he is good, the guy is a very respectable fighter. I was just under the illusion that Dana wants everyone to work their way to Title shots. But like you pointed out, with credentials like his and the lack of competition up there, why not give it to him!