Martin Kampmann vs. Nate Marquardt Added To UFC 89
Middleweight contenders Martin Kampmann and Nate Marquardt will square off at UFC 89 on October 18th in Birmingham, England, according to MMA Weekly.
The bout was originally rumored to be taking place at UFC 88 in September.
Kampmann (17-2) is undefeated inside the octagon with wins over Crafton Wallace, Thales Leites, Drew McFedries, and, most recently at UFC 85 in June, Jorge Rivera. Kampmann was to take on Rich Franklin in the main event of UFC 72 in June 2007 with a middleweight title shot likely on the line but was forced to withdraw from the bout after suffering a knee injury. The injury kept Kampmann out of action for over a year but he picked up where he left off, defeating Jorge Rivera via first-round submission to win his ninth-straight fight and fourth-straight in the UFC.
Marquardt (26-8-2) started his UFC career with four straight wins before losing to middleweight champion Anderson Silva via first-round TKO at UFC 73 in June 2007. Marquardt bounced back with a second-round submission victory over Jeremy Horn at UFC 81 but lost his next bout to Thales Leites at UFC 85 as a result of two point deductions for kneeing the head of a downed opponent and striking the back of the head. A former King of Pancrase, Marquardt has won 7 of his last 9 fights.
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this will be a great fight, marquardt was hard done by last fight and should ov won easy, who ever wins this fight gets put into the picture i think after bisping beats leban he should fight the winner of this fight.
I love it!! I really like Marquart, but want to see Kampmann win…just for the fact its a new challenger for Silva. Eventually someone will beat Silva….but it doesnt look like its in the near future.
If this is the same Martin Kampmann we’ve seen in his past fights I’ll take Kampmann by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in the first or second round
As far as good fights go this may turn out to be the best free card the UFC has offered yet
Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben
This fight offers your average fan some brawling
Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva
This fight is more enjoyable for your long term fan as Machida and Silva are both 13-0 with two very different ways of winning
Rameau Sokoudjou vs. Luiz Cane
This fight has two rising stars about to collide this is a interesting fight
Keith Jardine Vs. Brandon Vera
This fight offers two of the bigger names which both guys have some big wins ,but most resonally with big losses tho. Still a good fight none the less
And now with Kampmann and Marquardt added to this card there can only be fireworks
Martin Kampmann and Nate Marquardt
This fight offers 2 of my top 5 of this division squaring off for a title shot. Kampmann undefeated in the cage while Marquardt unlucky in his last match losing my points
dont think this is a title shot mate but defo puts the winner in the top 3/4
Very tough fight to pick. It will be a great fight.
This match excites me more than a room full of midgets. If Kampmann wins it is huge for his career and the division. My feeling is Marquardt has the upper hand and will likely win. I’ll be pulling for Kampmann though. Kampmann is a fighter I see having a very good future because he is a well rounded talented fighter at the present moment with way more room to grow.
Nate should win which is why I am going with Kampmann…
Martin Kampmann probably would have beat rich if he would have got his shot at him instead of okami replacing him because of injury….i think the winner of this fight deserve a title shot more than cote does…i think kampmann and bisping are the only guys i see giving anderson a tough fight at 185….bisping and kampmann are two of the most well rounded fighters at 185
Dietrich,
I feel the same way.
Gunslinger,
Bisping and Kampmann would be a good match I’d like to see. Maybe you’re onto something there…..Kampmann should get a title shot if he wins his fight against Marquardt. Should he lose and Bisping beat Leben, I think that would be a great reason to have a Bisping/Kampmann match up. Bisping wins that he gets a title shot. Kampmann wins he still needs another win for a title shot.
there both originally from kickboxing background i think…i know kampmann is a danish kickboxing champ and im sure ive seen a couple bisping kickboxing match’s on the net…plus they both have great ground games…i hope this happens now its causing a discharge of colostrum from my nipples
Doesnt matter who wins after bisping defeats the head case with a hell of a chin he will be looking to shock the world with a victory over POUND for POUND the best fighter in the world…yeh fedor your garbage show some emotion for once in your life! the pitbull just might put u to sleep
should be a great fight and i dont count nates last fight as a loss he beat himself he lost 2 points and still only pulled a spilt dec so i know he would of taken the fight if he was in his game a little better
Now THIS is a great fight. I’m going to have to go with Kampmann on this one. He’s got some good moves.
Didn’t Kampmann beat Lietes who just beat Marquardt? Maybe we can see Marquardt do another illegal knee to the head. I like Marquardt but he’s gonna have to take Kampmann to the ground and get on top to beat him or Marquardt’s lights are going out
Kouch,
I think expecting something out of a King of Pancrase isn’t that much to ask and he hasn’t done anything great yet…
Are you sure it is not for UFC 88??? UFC 89 already has 12 freaking fights. I thought mmajunkie reported it for UFC 88. I could be wrong.
Andrej – It could be shifted up to UFC 88 and was originally expected to take place at that event but MMA Weekly and several other news outlets reported after Junkie’s report that it would take place at UFC 89 instead.
Again, a lot of these fights are in the works and not official yet to there may be some other fight slated for UFC 89 that get moved around or canceled or the event could have 12 fights. It’s not unheard of.
Thank you for your comment!