In an entertaining night of fights Diego Sanchez grinded out a decision over Clay Guida, James Wilks and Ross Pearson made it a UK sweep in the finals and more.
Diego Sanchez was his usual intense self at the weigh ins for the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 9 Team USA vs. Team UK. The fights are set for what should be an exciting event tomorrow.
The
UFC officially announced that Randy Couture will headline its first
every foray into Portland, Oregan against former UFC heavyweight
champion and Pride champion Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira.
An interesting night of fights as the UFC made it's first appearance on German soil. Rich Franklin secured a close decision over Wanderlei Silva, Cain Valasquez defeated Cheick Kong, and Mirko Filipovic took out Mosthapha Al Turk. Click on for more.
UFC fighters took place in Germany for UFC 99 which will be
headlined by Rich Franklin taking on Wanderlei Silva in the main event at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
The UFC made it official today that former UFC
heavyweight, and Pride Grand Prix champion Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic will
be making his UFC return against Mustapha Al-Turk. One of the best
strikers in MMA, Filipovics reputation as a top heavyweight have taken
a turn for the worse starting with his uninspired performances against
Gabriel Gonzaga and Cheik Kongo in his first foray in the Octagon.
Despite impressive victories over Josh Barnett, Wanderlei Silva, and
Heath Herring among others, his stock has dropped significantly of late
starting with his heavily publicized but ultimately underwhelming 1-2
performance in the UFC.
The UFC finalized UFC
101 which will take place at the Wachovia Center in Phiadelphia and
former middleweight contender Thales Leites has fallen from the number
one contender to a preliminary fighter matched up against journeyman
UFC fighter Alessio Sakara.
Former UFC welterweight number one contender
Frank Trigg has re-signed with the UFC and again finds himself in the
middle of a very stacked 170 lbs. division. According to UFC.com, Trigg
over three years removed from his last UFC appearance finds himself
back in the division he found most of his success despite spending much
of his time away from the Octagon as a middleweight.
Lyoto Machida did what no one else
has done before defeating Rashad Evans via TKO in the second round of
the Light-heavyweight championship bout. In other action Matt Hughes
defeated Matt Serra, Franki Edgar defeated Sean Sherk, and more at UFC 98.
The oft-travelled Mike
Pyle will make his UFC debut tomorrow taking a short notice fight
against Brock Larson in a preliminary bout. Pyle has been a fixture at
Extreme Couture and has cornered the UFC Hall-of-Famer in the past, but
curiously, never made the jump to the UFC until now.
Philadelphias first taste of the UFC is beginning to form as the UFC
made several more bouts official today for UFC 101 on August 8, at the
Wachovia Center. The recently announced Forrest Griffin vs. Anderson
Silva bout and the main event of BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian will be
joined by the following matchups.
Krzysztof Soszynski
has stepped up to the plate and will face Andre Gusmao on short notice,
replacing Houston Alexander who was forced out of the bout because of a
broken hand.
Due to what the UFC listed as a broken hand, Houston Alexander has been
forced to withdraw from his upcoming bout with Andre Gusmao which will
take place on May 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
at UFC 98.