Quick Hits: Koscheck To Return at UFC 98, Duffee vs. Al-Turk Added to UFC 99, and More
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Feb 27, 2009 at 2:03 pm ET15 Comments
Josh Koscheck
- Welterweight Nick Thompson has signed with Strikeforce.
- After undergoing a knee surgery following his UFC 92 loss to CB Dollaway, UFC middleweight Mike Massenzio will soon undergo neck surgery to repair several bulging discs that are causing stingers. He’ll be sidelined for six months to recover from the surgeries.
- A heavyweight boxing match featuring Tim Sylvia and Ray Mercer will headline Adrenaline MMA’s third event, which will take place on May 30th in Atlantic City.
- Sengoku Seventh Battle will air live on HDNet while DREAM 7 will be broadcast on the network on tape delay.
- Following his UFC 95 unanimous decision win over Troy Mandaloniz (which earned “Rude Boy” his release from the promotion), Paul Kelly will drop to the 155-pound lightweight division.
- Rory Markham fought (and ultimately lost) to Dan Hardy in the UFC 95 co-main event with a collapsed lung.
- Tickets for UFC Fight Night 18, which takes place on April 1st at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee and is headlined by Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann, start at just $20 with floor seats maxing out at a mere $200.
- Following his loss to newcomer Paulo Thiago at UFC 95, Josh Koscheck will return to action at UFC 98 in May.
- Bellator Fighting Championship this week announced the signings of lightweight Daniel Morales, welterweights Omar De La Cruz and Jorge Ortiz, and featherweights Estevan Payan and Luis Palomino. The promotion also announced that its April 3rd event will take place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida and will feature the first round of featherweight, lightweight, and middleweight tournaments.
- Georges St-Pierre’s camp filed an official response to the NSAC this week concerning allegations of intentional greasing during his UFC 94 win over BJ Penn.
- UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon will be sidelined a minimum of twelve months to recover from a knee surgery he’ll undergo next week.
- UFC veteran Din Thomas has signed a three-fight contract with Affliction.
- Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Ross Ebanez has been added to DREAM 7 on March 7th.
- Todd Duffee vs. Mustapha Al-Turk has been added to rumored lineup for UFC 99.
Tags: Daniel Morales, Din Thomas, Estevan Payan, Georges St. Pierre, Joe Lauzon, Jorge Ortiz, Josh Koscheck, Luis Palomino, Mike Massenzio, Mustapha al Turk, Nick Thompson, Omar De La Cruz, Paul Kelly, Rory Markham, Ross Ebanez, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Tim Sylvia, Todd Duffee, Troy Mandaloniz
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That’s too bad about Joe Lauzon. Tough break.
I am very surprised that Koscheck’s turnaround time is so quick. I don’t care what anybody says about that KO ruling, the UFC is seemingly bending over backwards to give this guy an opportunity to excel. However, I am assuming this next fight will be on the prelims.
ya i was hoping for sanchez vs lauzon.
Sylvia and Mercer in a boxing match should be interesting, a lot of hugging. Rude Boy is gone, which will make some very happy. Markham fighting with a collapsed lung is just crazy. GSP’s response was very well documented, but will still be a debate back and forth between fans. Next Affliction card should have Din Thomas vs Dan Lauzon. And that sucks Joe Lauzon will be out for at least 12 months. Nice updates Kris.
Sucks about Lauzon.
Kinda sucks about Mandaloniz, but not really.
Koscheck, I don’t know that its necessarily that he is getting extra opportunities, its that he is willing to take the extra opportunities, and there are fights available to him. The other thing is, Kos signed a 20 month contract, rather than a contract based on a number of fights, therefore he is under contract with the UFC for 20 months and can fight as many times within that 20 months as he likes… so he’s fighting a lot and I guess putting that money into his clothing line.
Just read that about Kos’s contract. That makes more sense. On the related note of his clothing line, it pains me to admit that I have contributed to his revenue as I bought a good buddy of mine a Kos shirt for his b-day not too long ago (said friend absolutely despises Koscheck) so the gift was in retaliation to him buying me the nastiest Tito Ortiz shirt a few years back). but I digress.
Kos, as much as we hate him, fights and fights regularly. Also, as much as we tend to hate him, he fights well (usually).
GSP’s response to Kizer: Much more well-written (I guess his lawyers speak better English than Penn’s) and contains a lot more details re: events and REASONS for certain actions. Interesting read. I need to watch a full broadcast of the fight with the notes from that letter.
Sucks for Lauzon, but he should still be able to come back strong.
Rude Boy: Meh. No loss.
Gotta love the pricing for the UFN tickets. Come have one of those in Cinci. I’d love to go.
Mercer vs Sylvia should be a chuckle, when I read this I thought about Rocky Balboa vs Thunderlips’ exhibition on Rocky III. Smart money says the former boxing world heavyweight champion wins by quick KO
i don’t hate kos but they talk to much about him improving from the tuf 1 show and it’s pretty annoying saying he was just a wrestler now he has a greattly improved stand up.
Kos signing the month long contract (20) helps Kos in the # of fights he is able to have.. Tho I’m not a fan of his I believe that this is going to be the ideal way to do contracts in the future.. It would allow more fights for the top fighters at a higher frequency, I like the idea and hope it works out well, hell imo it already has it seems like Kos is fighting on every card… If he is putting finances into MAR clothing line well so be it, but his stuff is still as bad as most..
Jerod nice burn on your buddy, that shhh is rather funny
RudeBoy going away awww don’t care, have fun in Bellitor or whatever
Timmeeehhh v Mercer boxing wooohoooo don’t care
Lauzon damn that does suck forsure
Great ticket pricing forsure
The GOAT signing with StrikeForce is awesome imo
Rory collapsing his lung and getting ko’d well that’s not a good trip over the pond now is it..
GSP, well nice response I guess huh
DREAM 7 on HDNet or as I like to call it justin.tv is going to be fun to watch and really can’t wait….
bad for joe man, puts himself out there then gets fooked by his knee that sucks!!
good for kos that he is fighting agian so soon, he just needs to get over the thought that he is a great striker and start using his wrestling skills and throw a few leg kicks, he will be fine.
I love what GSP’s lawyer guy said in his conclusion, “the letter constitutes nothing more than Mr. Penn’s desperate attempt to protect his reputation and commercial value after being totally dominated by a superior athlete”
Hopefully now this whole “grease-gate” thing is over and we can move on with mma and laugh when ken-flo destroys bj next year or whenever bj decides to fight.
glad to hear my boy kos is gettin back in there so soon. i do agree he needs to get back to slammin guys on there head. but we see this all the time wit great wrestlers they just stop using there takedowns(matt hughes is the only one i can think of
glad to hear my boy kos is gettin back in there so soon. i do agree he needs to get back to slammin guys on there head. but we see this all the time wit great wrestlers they just stop using there takedowns(matt hughes is the only one i can think of off the top of my head)
nice a bunch of news happening
I have alot of respect for kos,and i’ve grown to like him a little.I think anybody that takes alves on such short notice deserves respect.And love him or hate him he’s good fighter,and i hope he’s not on the under card.I wonder if fitches next fight will be on the main card.What a joke.