Struve-Stojnic, Taylor-Sobotta Added To UFC 99
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Mar 4, 2009 at 4:27 pm ET9 Comments
Stefan Struve
Heavyweights Stefan Struve (16-3, 0-1 UFC) and Denis Stojnic (5-2, 0-1 UFC) will square off at UFC 99 with the loser sent packing from the promotion.
Welterweights Paul Taylor (9-1, 2-1 UFC) and newcomer Peter Sobotta (8-1) will also meet at the June 13th event in Cologne, Germany.
Fighters Only first reported the bouts earlier today.
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Tags: Denis Stojnic, Paul Kelly, Peter Sobotta, Stefan Struve
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I think Stojnic will take this one, same with Taylor.
that sucks to know that the loser is out of the ufc. puts a lot of pressure on each fighter. hopefully we will see a exciting stand up match and not a wrestling/ground fight.
Well considering they’re both coming from a kickboxing background, I don’t think they’ll be looking to spend time on the ground.
What’s wrong with ground fighting anyways?
Loser leaves town sometimes makes for the best bouts in MMA, hell sometimes they are such exciting fights that both combatants end up keeping their job and all is good… This most likely will be a standup battle and with the job on the line I think that it will make these two train like they have never trained before
Personally, I think they could both be sent and it wouldn’t hurt the division in the least…
I agree dbiz, both fighters had tough matchups for their debuts but didn’t show anything to indicate they’ll make a run at the title soon or should really be in the UFC right now. However, I think given Struve’s height he stands a much better chance to do so than Stojnic.
That is very true DbiZ, it wouldn’t “hurt” the division but its also nice to give “the new guys” an oppritunity to grow in the UFC and this is their chance to do so, and ofcourse no one wants to labeled as a can so there is that as well.
Stojnic by ko im thinking …..he can hit hard its just hard to show it when you have cain nailing you…he has a great chin to so i dont see struve koing him and they will most likely stay on the feet
well considering 12 of struve’s 16 wins have come by sub, so I think it would def be to his advantage to get this fight to the ground.