Quick Hits: Sadollah planning a drop to 170, Sanchez may come back up from 155, and more
Posted by Justin H on Feb 12, 2009 at 4:00 pm ET13 Comments
Amir Sadollah
- Amir Sadollah is recovering from arthroscopic surgery and recently told MMAJunkie that getting back to fighting is most important but a move to the 170 pound division is in his future.
- Diego Sanchez makes his lightweight debut next weekend, and plans to compete in that division for some time, but does believe that he will be moving back up to 170 later in his career. He believes he will be able to campaign for titles in both weight classes.
- Shannon Guguerty has been forced to withdrawal from UFC 95 after reportedly suffering a herniated disc in his back. The bout is likely to be dropped from the card unless a replacement can be found on extremely short notice.
- In the wake of “Greasegate” there was a rules change at UFN 17 regarding who could handle the vaseline, with a cutman assigned by the promotion being the only person allowed to do so. This is not a new UFC policy, but one put in place by the Florida commission. According to UFC VP Marc Ratner, rules for cornermen will be set by the athletic commision for the state in which an event is being held moving forward.
- According to an email sent to bjpenn.com subscribers, Brandon Wolff has been slated to face Yoshiyuki Yoshida at an upcoming event. The bout is expected to take place at UFC 98 on May 23, but is not yet locked into that date.
- An SEC filing by ProElite, Inc. disclosed that the company received $3 million from Strikeforce for 42 fighter contracts, a video library of 20 live events, and other assets not specified.
- Rafael Assuncao has been granted his release from Kentucky-based American Fight League and says the top contenders for his services are the WEC and Bellator Fighting Championships.
- Four UFC Fight Night 18 bouts have been promised TV time according to the UFC.com events page, including three “The Ultimate Figher 8″ alumnus, and the UFC debut of Carlos Condit against Martin Kampmann.
- A welterweight bout between Pete Sell and Matt Brown will air on the UFC 96 main card while Brandon Vera and Kendall Grove will both fight on the unaired preliminary card.
- A fight between Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson and former EliteXC lightweight title-holder KJ Noons is rumored for Strikeforce’s April 11th event.
- American Top Team heavyweight Todd Duffee has signed a four-fight deal with the UFC.
Kris Karkoski contributed to this post.
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Another fight dropped from a card. Just like the UFC. When will they learn how to throw a PPV?
just watch Affliction fights then DbiZ
Oh, look, dbiz. Your favorite fighter is scheduled for April 11.
Amir who????? put yourself back together again humpty dumpty, and worry about fighting before jumping weight classes. and little Diego…just STFU and do something!! i hope Stevenson plays ‘john gone bad’ and chokes him out like hooker.
“For me the most important thing is to get back in there,” Sadollah said. “I want to see where I’m at first and assess the weight. But definitely, 170-pounds is in my future. Whether it’s this next one or soon after that, I can definitely see me doing that.”
please Amir JUST FIGHT!
he keeps getting injured before the fight
I think Diego Sanchez should stay at 155 and see how he does, if he doesn’t do so well the maybe he’ll go back to 170. He was doing well at 170, but he is gonna be a somewhat big 155 pounder. First of all i just want him to beat the crap out of Joe Daddy because Joe Daddy is not that good,he always gets chocked out and he wins against guys that suck a**.
Cmon man Joe Daddy does not suck, not at all! Fair dincum he is 1-2 in his last 3 but those L’s are from KenFlo and Baby Jay, the top 2 LW’s in UFC at the moment, Sanchez and Joe Daddy is going to the ground and to be honest could go either way. Jake Shield and The Punk is a nice match up, something id like to have seen go down in the octagon but hey StrikeForces replenished roster can only be a benefit to MMA in general and with World Victory Road Sengoku gathering pace and DREAM getting better all the time this sport realy is getting where we all want it to be
I’m not saying Joe Daddy sucks, i just think he needs to grow as a fighter a bit more before he considers himself a top guy. Kenflo, i think has grown more than Sanchez and Joe Daddy. I didn’t mean that Joe Daddy sucks ’cause he doesn’t, i just don’t think he’s that good is all.
I like Amir, he kind of impressed me at the TUF finnaly, but before he changes weight classes he needs to show us what he’s got. He needs a few good wins before he does something else because we havn’t seen him do anything yet.
diego will do great aas long as he doesn’t have problem with weight-cutting. and he said he wants to get title at LW and WW. but hes only chance is LW. LETS GO NIGHTMARE. i want kenflo to beat bj then diego t beat joe dady then kenflo. to bad for joe though. losing 3 of his last 4. after deigo fight. but they got to stop giving him the best . the have to put him back low and have him work back again. but not to low.
Diego must stay at 155. He will be a beast at that weight. Going back up to 170 makes him look tiny compared to Alves ans GSP.
Sanchez wins my total ownage ,you cann’t really count out Sanchez in the 170 division. Only bad fight Sanchez had was vs Koscheck and thats because his striking was only decent, but he’s improving on it. and Split decision vs Fitch which was a fight I thought he won. Fitch did nothing and Sanchez was going for submits from the bottom. Now can I see him beating Alves or GSP probably not but I thing he’s in the top 5 of the welter weight division and can at the ever least can get a title shot.