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Fedor Emelianenko’s manager, Vadim Finkelstein, has announced that the top-ranked heavyweight plans on fighting two more times in 2008. The first bout will be at an October Affliction-promoted event and the second will come in December at a New Year’s Eve event in Japan.- UFC veteran Joe Jordan will take on Ryan Ford in the main event of MFC 17 on July 25th for the promotion’s middleweight title. Jordan replaces Drew Fickett, who was pulled from the bout due to breach of contract.
- Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson suffered no serious damage in his unanimous decision loss to Forrest Griffin at UFC 86 and is set to return to the gym to resume training on Monday.
- Ranked lightweight Takanori Gomi will likely face DEEP lightweight champion Pang Sung Hwan at Sengoku 4 on August 24th in Japan.
- Affliction has announced that it has signed Edwin Dewees to a multi-fight contract. Filling in for Vernon White, who was recently suspended due to a failed drug test, Dewees will debut against Antonio Rogerio Nogueria at Affliction “Banned” on July 19th.
- Hermes Franca has been cleared for his July 19th UFC bout against Frankie Edgar pending the results of a mandatory pre-fight drug test.
- ICON Middleweight Champion Kala “Kolohe†Hose will fight Rolando Dominique at an August 2nd event at the Blaisdell Arena in Hawaii. The fight will be a non-title bout contested at a catchweight of 180-pounds.
- UFC middleweight Martin Kampann, who is 4-0 inside the octagon, will undergo another surgery on his knee but is expected to be able to return to the cage in October or November.
- Portland, Oregon may host UFC 91 in November.
- The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released official gate figures for The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale and UFC 86. The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale had a live gate of $495,350 and a paid attendance of 1,853. UFC 86 had a live gate of $3,350,730 and a paid attendance of 9,630. The closed circuit broadcast of UFC 86 brought in an additional $33,650.
- Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante will meet Travis Galbraith on the Showtime card of EliteXC Saturday Night Fights 2.
- Female MMA promotion Smackgirl has postponed a July 24th event until September likely due to financial problems.
- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Katsuyori Shibata, Joachim Hansen vs. Kultar Gill, and Mark Hunt vs. a to-be-announced opponent have been added to the July 21st DREAM 5 fight card.
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Twice more ??? He’s keeping busy, perhaps that means the one division organisation that is Afflication will just rotate all the fighters fighting at ‘Banned’ next weekend. Lets face it, what else can they do ??
Can’t wait to see Rampage back in the ring, that guys going to be so fired up next time he steps into the octogan after it sinks in that he had his title stolen from him by racist judges !!
OOOOOO….. SO THE JUDGES ARE RACIST LOL WOW…. YOU GUYS NEED TO LET IT GO ALREADY DAM… SHIT HAPPENS AND FORREST DESERVES IT… AND IT WAS STOLEN. FORREST WON THE FIGHT SO HE GOT TAKE IT HOME. NEVER WAS IT STOLEN… LOL
Wow….Seriously….really…the race card?! Get over it and move on to the next fight! Jebus Christ!
i totally agree YZFOXRACING …im a rampage fan and i still think is was an ok decision but racist thats a little far come on really….but ya cant wait to see kampmann fight again…he was originally supposed to fight franklin at ufc 72 but he got hurt so it was okami….i really thought kampmann had the ability to beat franklin
YXFOXRACING
How’s New Mexico dude
I’m not personally a man of colour but its the only explanation i can offer, after watching the fight again last night I still side with Rampage, especially round 1 !!!!!!!
I’ll never let it go…………..Bisping beat Hamill too, ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!!!!!
IM DOING GOOD MAN….
IM JUST SAYING THERE ISN’T ANYTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN. ITS ALL DONE. EVERYONE NEEDS TO MOVE ON ABOUT IT. IT WAS A CLOSE FIGHT DON’T GET ME WRONG. BUT I THINK FORREST WON THE WHOLE FIGHT. THERE GONNA REMATCH AND THEN MAYBE THINGS WILL CHANGE… BUT THE RACIST REMARK COME ON THATS GETTING A LITTLE DESPERATE TO ME…
BUT I DO AGREE BOUT THE HAMILL FIGHT TO LOL
jpm-
your crazy and probably smoke crack.
sincerely,
Cole Miller
Rampage should have knocked him out like he said.
If it goes to a decision or if theres a bad stoppage, its your own fault for putting yourself in that situation.
Happy Fedors going to be a little more active, his lack of fighting in the last few years seems to be effecting his credibility.
Sucks for Kampmann!! I wish him a quick recovery.
Portland may get UFC 91 that is big. I kind of figured they were going to get WEC 36 (This is the year of the hometown fight) which is why Zuffa hasn’t confirmed anything.
No one here is a bigger Rampage fan than I am and let me tell you, pulling the race card on this is just ridiculous. The decision could have been a bit questional, but if Quinton had have won Forrest fans could have made an argument against that decision too. It was controversial, but the race card? Come on man. Get real. The judges might not know anything about scoring MMA but to call them racists without any evidence is erroneous.
Thank god Vernon White is off the Affliction card at least Edwin Dewees has shown he can take a beating and keep fighting…regardless Little NOG is gonna handle business….TKO LITTLE NOG 1st RD
its nice to see people fighting more than once a year, especially if he ends up being a champion on the 19th. UFC take note, its really pathetic when someone wins a belt and doesnt fight for 10-14 months!
we will see what happens for fedor after this upcoming fight. also glad to hear rampage isnt that beat up
Wow. The race card. Still amazes me. Lets not forget Rampage got a title shot after beating Marvin “the beastman” Eastman. THat guy was 1-4 in the UFC. Pretty easy opponent for a title shot yeah? Tired of the race card talk. Its 2008 so lets move on with it and be civilized. Goodness I’m counting down the days till UFC 87!
O and Bisping got his ass kicked by Hamil…Even Dana White said that was horrible judging…
hey jim
guess you didnt know that chuck got his ass whooped by rampage already and wanted the fight ya ducshe bag.guess how chuck lost the first fight-a white towl-ha!
it wasnt race anyway it was the poster boy + danas little ass kisser.even dana said rampage is facing mma’s most beloved fighter.
i had the fight as a draw at best for forrest.
heres something for you new boodies,watch boxing.i hate it but its where mma got its scoring and if you watch the klitscko fight its not about how many thrown or landed its what they did when they did land and that fight was for a title and the challenger has to out right win no bs. its an unspoken rule thats commonly spoken by all the greats not us net chatters.