Keith Jardine Expected To Fight Luis Cane at UFC 97
Keith Jardine
As we reported yesterday, light heavyweight Keith Jardine has been shifted to UFC 97 on April 18th in Montreal, Canada where he’ll face off with powerful striker Luis Cane.
MMAFrenzy.com has confirmed the 205-pound matchup, which was first reported by MMA Bay.
Though still considered among the best 205-pound fighters in the UFC, Jardine (14-4-1) has had mixed success inside the octagon since back-to-back victories over Wilson Gouveia and Forrest Griffin in 2006. “The Dean of Mean” suffered sub-one-minute knockout losses to Houston Alexander and Wanderlei Silva, but picked up victories over Chuck Liddell and, most-recently, Brandon Vera to improve his record inside the octagon to 4-3.
Luis Cane (9-1) brought his undefeated record to the UFC in late-2007, but suffered his first loss at UFC 79 by way of disqualification after illegally kneeing opponent James Irvin in the head. “Banha” rebounded strongly with technical knockouts of Jason Lambert at UFC 85 and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at UFC 89.
Though the event is still unannounced, UFC 97 is expected to feature Anderson Silva defending the middleweight championship against Thales Leites, while a heavyweight unification fight between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir as well as a grudge match between Matt Hughes and Matt Serra are also possible for the card. David Loiseau vs. Ed Herman and Jonathan Goulet vs. Tamdan McCrory are also scheduled for the event.
Tags: Keith Jardine, Luiz Cane
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I spoke about this1 already! its gonna b good1 what do u think justin? P.S Justin im a 1 hand typer didnt pay attention in highschool typin class so im a lot slower but i get the 1 hand goin!
Ok, seriously…are you going to leave yourself that wide open for jokes? I’m so never shaking your hand.
Hahaha
yeah…that’s pretty funny. I didn’t think about that at all, though.
Liar.
I really didn’t think about that. Maybe I’m just naive.
but i get the 1 hand goin??? oh man, that’s good stuff.
Which really is impressive when you think about it. That’s true coordination. I mean, which hand do you type with???
Dude this card looks like it’s going to be sick! I can’t wait to see hughes vs serra. That one is a long time coming. I think luiz cane is going to tko/ko jardine. Jardine doesn’t do well against aggresive strikers (silva,alexander) and he’s going to lose. I think that leites will upset the world and find a way to get silva to the ground and submit him. As for lesnar and mir, dude i want to see lesnar avenge his loss.
*from another thread*
Jardine v. Cane looks like a good fight to me, I’m torn on who I think will win. I like Jardine because he won’t gas like Soku did, and Soku had Cane struggling before he gassed. But, I like Cane because Jardine won his last fight, so based on his recent pattern he’s due to get highlight KOed in this fight, and Cane has the power to do it.
jardine needs to fight smart in this fight, planty of leg kicks and quick jab and move, haveing said that i see cane knocking him out haha, glad this fight is being made i dont wana see jardine vs chuck, chuck needs to get forrest next.
Looking forward to Hughes vs. Serra, I think its been put off as long as it has to give Hughes’ knee time to recover from the Alves fight. I also think that both men may be done fighting (at least for the UFC) after the fight, regardless of the winner. Though I do see potential for one or two more fights for the winner as a gatekeeper, if they are interested.
The card itself is shaping up to be a good one, if all the rumored fights on this card happen, it may be a good idea to try to bump one back to 96 to help that card out, but I guess they already tried that with Silva, and Jardine…
Peace guy takin off till later 2 play PS3 online! Justin do play? u guys will like my gamer name its shin2thechin79 LMAO. good1 eh.
Nah, there’s a few guys on here that do play, I have Wii (gift), and PS2. I just can’t justify $400 for a game console, I’ve got more “grown – up” things to do with my money, not that I’m knocking you for having one, just my situation.
Hey don’t knock the Wii Justin, boxing is fun actually there are a few games that are fun, ofcourse it helps if you can channel your inner 8yr old but hey who doesn’t like to do that??
As far as the fight goes, I’ve been thinking about it and have noticed that Jardine doesn’t like to be immediately pressured(Alexander & Wanderlei), he wants to keep the fight at his pace (Liddell and Vera) and if Luis can pressure him off the bat then I think with his power he can win, but if he let’s Jardine pick the pace of the fight Jardine will win by UD
I’m not knocking the Wii, its a lot of fun, and has some games I like. However, if I had the option to get whichever console I wanted regardless of price Wii would have been third on my list. I’m personally undecided on preference b/w 360 and PS3, they each have exclusive games I would want, and they each have their positives and negatives. (Blu-Ray vs Nothing, GranTurismo v. Gears of War, Haven’t heard of any problems v. “Red Ring of Death”)
I definitely agree that if Jardine is able to set the pace, its his fight to win/lose, if Cane blasts him right off, he wins.
nice call FR. and yeah if it goes to decision jardine will win. for some reason the judges favor his fighting style.. i’m gonna go luis cane on this one.
Thx my friend cheers
wow lets see if keith can get a 2 fight win streak going and not get knocked out every other fight.
Trust me justin if u buy go PS3 wireless controler 4 ps3 plugs into the ps3 4 charging. XBOX 360 controler takes batteries. ps3 better graphics & u wont want 2 miss out on the new UFC game comin in may!!
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Stay on topic….STAY ON TOPIC….
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Great. Next thing you’re going to say is that I need to stick the things right down the small shaft because that’s it’s only weakness. Great…
Haha only weakness ha
Who’s got a small shaft? Are we starting the steroids twig and berries debate again?
haha
Berries and twigs goodness
You have a small shaft? What? Huh? Why can’t people stay on topic?
Luis Cane by KO first round. This guy is really tough.
I believe Sean is right. This guy is a monster. I’m all aboard the Banjha train
so i was bored and just wondered what everyones ufc 93 picks are……
moar
hathaway
drwal
mendes
kampmann
davis
palhares
kang
franklin
and finally im probably the only person picking this upset and it could end up biting me in the butt in the fantasy picks but i really feel he can win this mark “the hammer” coleman
Hmm, I’ll make my official picks next week, I haven’t put enough thought into the card yet. I’m not sure about the Franklin fight, but I will be pulling for Rich. I’m also with you gun, I’ve had a feeling that Coleman might pick up the win as well.
I’m for more quick hits and if you wanna put your picks in it that would be cool too
Haven’t made mine yet either, still undecided on the main events. You guys want me to post my predictions once I figure them out (more than likely a “Quick Picks” since I’m too lazy to research all the fights and make intelligent choices haha)?
Sounds good to me, that’ll give an appropriate forum for everyone to post their picks as well.
Damnit did it again, hey sent u an email and stuff, up to you Kris
Maybe you should pay closer attention to what you’re doing.
Picking a fight again Justin???
I know it’s not a big deal…no one has talked about it that I’ve seen yet…I wish, I really, really hope Ed Herman knocks Goulet back to Canadia and out of the ufc. I’m so tired of seeing Goulet on the card. I don’t get it. He just does nothing for any entertainment value. I don’t get what the appeal is.
“David Loiseau vs. Ed Herman and Jonathan Goulet vs. Tamdan McCrory are also scheduled for the event.”
What’s this about Herman knocking “Goulet back to Canadaia(sic)”? Herman isn’t fighting Goulet, and they’ll be in “Canadia”. Is your JD getting to you again?
p.s. all in good fun ^^
I don’t mind Goulet and could care less whether he stays in the UFC or not, but Justin’s right, it’ll have to be McCrory who sends him packing and Herman’s fight Loiseau. Like I said I’ve got nothing against Goulet but I’ll be rooting for “The Barn Cat” in this fight.
I don’t mind Goulet so much, though I don’t like him always coming out with crazy hair. However, I think McCrory has a lot more potential moving forward, and therefore would rather see him win.
I really set my self up 4 jokes my bad, I was just letting justin know that im a slow typer! I use my right hand 2 type i can type fast 4 1 hand. I guess i should have used better words my bad. Yo Justin my computer does not have enough memory 2 get XP so my buddy said I need more memory 2 open my email & get rid of the pics on top of the comments can u give me a idea on what 2 get?
Ask your buddy what type of memory your computer used then order some from newegg.com and have him put it in. That’s the only real solution I can think of.
If it’s that old it’s probably DDR1, which is pretty expensive compared to DDR2. You might be better to save up and buy a new computer when you’ve got enough money. Shouldn’t cost more than $400.
Thanks Kris & Justin looks like im ****ed im on EI till I get back 2 the golf course in Marchish.
Im canadian obviosly, I like goulet but I hate 2 say this about a canadain bro but Mcrory has more talent & has %$%$in sick ass striking I like Mcrory I dont wanna say this but Mcrory is gonna TKO goulet. $%&* I said it. Oh Gunslinger Mendes is out with injury Eric Red Schafer is replacing him. Witch sucks cuz iI was lookin forward 2 Mendes 2nd fight I love great strikers.I LOVE MUAY THAI.
no hes not eric schafer is fighting mendes not replacing him
My bad i messed up it was Guasmo that got hurt. RED is steppin your right sorry Gun. Right on get 2 c Mendes fight! He will murder Red if he keeps it standin!