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Canadian fighter Jason Day has had to withdraw from his planned UFC 88 match-up on Sept. 6 with Jason Lambert. A source close to the fight informed MMAWeekly.com that Day suffered an elbow and biceps injury that will require him to have an MRI to determine the extent of the injury that will keep him out of the fight.

No replacement has been announced for the Jason Day vs Jason Lambert fight and with two weeks left it will be very short notice for somebody to step up.

UFC Results will bring you full results on September 6th.

UFC 88 is taking place in Atlanta on September 6th, 2008. UFC Results will be here as usual with full results.

Main Card

• Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans
  
• Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamill
  
• Nate Marquardt vs. Martin Kampmann
  
• Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares
  
• Karo Parisyan vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
  

Undercard

• Dong Hyun Kim vs. Matt Brown
  
• Kurt Pellegrino vs. Thiago Tavares
  
• Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan
  
• James Lee vs. Tim Boetsch
  
• Jason Lambert vs. Jason Day
  

Return to UFC Results on September 6th to add your own comments to our UFC 88 result listings.

I just read Jon Fitch's week 4 on UFC.com and was a bit taken back by the following comment:

I’ve heard some talk over the last few weeks about BJ Penn moving up to 170 to fight GSP at the end of the year. Of course, they’ve forgotten that GSP has a fight with me first. But that just shows you where some people really are still in this sport and how they still have no idea what’s going on. There are a lot of so-called experts out there, but they know nothing about the sport. They’re spectators on the outside watching the sport through a telescope, and they think they’re on the inside and know everything, but they don’t. You can’t let that stuff bother you though. I think it’s funny and it’s just that little extra pleasure at the end of the day when you win and all those people are exposed.

I like Jon Fitch, but comments like this are not going to make him any friends. Who exactly does he have a problem with here, is it GSP? Is it BJ Penn? Is it the "so called experts"?

I guess we'll all see on August 9th whether Jon Fitch should be mentioned in the same sentence as GSP and BJ Penn. I'm personally taking GSP in this fight and I'll give Fitch credit where credit is due, he's been pretty impressive as of late, but a split decision victory over Diego Sanchez is not the same as dominant victories over Karo, Hughes, Kos and Serra.

This is Fitch's first bout against a real top 5 guy at welterweight. Is he the real deal?

August 9th, return to this site to see what happened at UFC 87.

Here is the UFC 87 Fight Card - August 9, 2008
Main card

• Jon Fitch vs. Georges St. Pierre (Welterweight Title)
  
• Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta
  
• Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring
  
• Manny Gamburyan vs. Rob Emerson
  
• Jason MacDonald vs. Demian Maia
  

Preliminary card

• Cheick Kongo vs. Dan Evensen
  
• Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno
  
• Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins
  
• Luke Cummo vs. Tamdan McCrory
  
• Andre Gusmao vs. Razak Al-Hussan
  

Fitch vs GSP
I'd like to throw out a few comments and predictions as well, starting off with the main event title bout between Jon Fitch and Georges St Pierre. Let's face it, Jon Fitch is a beast. With wins over Diego Sanchez and Thiago Alves he has proven that he deserves this title shot. In fact, over his last eight fights Fitch is 8-0 while GSP is 7-1. Most people will tell you that "MMA Math" is extremely inaccurate, but I do consider level of competition and dominantness (is that a word?) of wins to be important.

In my opinion Fitch has faced two top 10 welterweights (named above) and defeated one by2nd round TKO due to strikes and one by split decision. St Pierre has faced 5 top 10 guys and has one loss vs one close victory and the rest were decisive victories. Edge in competition faced and dominance goes to GSP.

Styles make fights and unfortunately for Fitch GSP has seen the wrestler brawler style a lot. Face it, Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck are probably better wrestlers than Fitch (Kos for sure). Also, Serra and Penn have the edge in Jui Jitsu. The one thing that GSP hasn't faced is a truly accomplished striker (although I would say that Penn is pretty damn good in that area).

Look for a feeling out process followed by a resounding thud as Fitch's back his the canvas, GSP will then spend the rest of the first round making Fitch squirm. Round 2 will start and Fitch will have his opportunity to stun GSP on his feet, but will again find himself on his back, this time stopped by GSP

Prediction : GSP by 2nd round ref stoppage

Florian vs Huerta
I think the first two fights on this card are spectacular. I can't wait to see Huerta and Florian lock up. Kenny has a way of solving opponents and making them look bad. Huerta has that never say die attitue and his well roundedness (is that a word?) has kept him in many fights until he finds a way to win. Fight of the night candidate for sure, but I have to pick one and I've like Kenny Florian's work lately.

Prediction : Kenny Florian

Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring
Brock Lesnar showed us two things in his loss to Frank Mir. First is that he is for real and he is a beast. Second is that he needs some work on his BJJ defense. Heath Herring will give Lesnar a war, Herring is tough to submit (although I doubt that Brock will take that route). Herring is tough and I expect him to win this via submission.

Prediction: Heath Herring

UFC 87 is August 9th and UFC 87 results will be available here on this site.

UFC 88 will happen in Atlanta on September 6, 2008

MMA has seen a lot of changes in the past year, but there are a lot of familiar names on the UFC 88 fight card. Former champions are everywhere, starting with former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell taking on unbeaten contender Rashad Evans.

UFC 88 Fight Card
Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans
Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamill
Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares
Karo Parisyan vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan
James Lee vs. Tim Boetsch
Thiago Tavares vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Matt Brown vs. Dong Hyun Kim

If Evans wins it'll be tough to deny him a title shot, it would be equally difficult to deny Liddell his shot if he wins.

Former middlewieght champion Rich Franklin is moving up to light heavyweight to take on Matt Hamill. Hamill is best known for his loss to Michael Bisping, a loss which many fans and experts believe that should have been handed out to Bisping instead.

Former Pride light heavyweight and middleweight champion Dan Henderson will take on relative newcomer Rousimar Palhares as Henderson attempts to wipe out two consecutive losses and make a name for himself at 185 lbs.

Perrenial contender Karo Parisyan is taking yet another non title fight at 170 lbs. Karo unfortunately has had some untimely losses in his career and hasn't had that title shot he so desperately wants.

All in all this is a good looking fight card to follow up August 9ths UFC 87.

Forrest Griffin just won the 205lb title and already there is no shortage of opinions on possible matchups in MMA's richest (both cash and talent) division. Here are some exciting possibilities.

Forrest vs Chuck
Forrest vs Wanerlei
Chuck vs Rampage 3
Rampage vs Wanderlei

I believe the winner of Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans will get a title shot. I also believe that the UFC (if they don't give Rampage an immediate title shot) will have Rampage vs Wanderlei 3, or even Rampage vs Shogun 2.

It's going to be a great year...oh yeah, what about Machida? I say that the UFC should put him up against Shogun and see how that goes.

Rampage Jackson vs Forrest Griffin is happening tonight. Stay tuned for our full UFC 86 Results.

Marcus Aurelio (155) VS Tyson Griffin (155)
Tyson Griffin comes in to the ring to the Rocky theme...nice.

Round 1
The first minute they both circle and the crowd boos. Now Griffin has Aurelio on the ground with Aurelio looking for someting, but not landing. Aurelio moves to full guard, Griffin tries to pull out, but couldn't, Aurelio going for triangle, then arm bar, but nothing there. The result of the round they stood up and nothing much happened, except for a nice body shot by Griffin...on to round 2.

I'd give round 1 to Tyson Griffin, but not much.

Round 2
Aurelio has impressed me in round 2 with solid BJJ, but Griffin still dominated the stand up and stayed out of trouble.

Round 2 goes to Griffin, but again barely.

Round 3
Again, Griffin rules the standup, then takes Aurelio down. Aurelio looks good on the ground, but not good enough. I give this round to Tyson Griffin ... not close.

Overall I give this fight to Tyson Griffin 30-27...lets see how the judges have it.

Winner : Tyson Griffin

Chris Lytle (170) VS Josh Koscheck (170)
I don't believe it, I did the entire commentary for the Koscheck vs Lytle fight and the server threw it away. Anyway, basically a GNP clinic by Kos, opening big deep cuts on Lytle and Kos wins the fight.

Winner : Josh Koscheck

Gleison Tibau (156) VS Joe Stevenson (155)

Round 1
Nice first round by Tibau who held Stevenson in an oma-plata (sorry about the spelling) for 1/2 the round. In the end I give round 1 to Tibau.

Round 2
Despite early advantage by Tibau, Stevenson catches Tibau in a gillotine choke.

Winner : Joe Stevenson

For those keeping count, that's 3-3 on my predictions so far.

Ricardo Almeida (185) VS Patrick Cote (185)
Round 1
Almeida looked good with excellent BJJ and top control. Cote landed a couple of elbows from the bottom, but the rest of the round was all Cote. I give round 1 to Almeida.

Round 2
Cote looks much better in the first half of round 2, taking Almeida down (sort of) and dominating the standup. Almeida looks to be gassing in the second half of round 2. I give round 2 to Cote.

Round 3
A very close round, but I give it to Cote....however a late takedown by Almeida may turn it.

Overall I give this fight to Cote, but wouldn't be surprised with a split decision.

Forrest Griffin (205) VS Quinton Jackson (205)
Round 1
Griffin landed more, but Forrest did more damage, specifically with a big uppercut and then an impressive show of strength moving Forrest half way across the ring against the cage. A very hard round to call.

Round 2
Forrest hurt Rampage's knee and then got top position and dominated round 2. Round 2 definitely goes to Forrest.

Round 3
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson takes the 3rd round based on solid standup.

Round 4
Forrest gets cut early by a barrage of Rampage punches, then a takedown and Rampage gets top position. Forrest gets a triangle and Rampage picks him up and slams him just hard enough to release. They stand back up and Rampage gets the better. I give round 4 to Rampage.

Round 5
Round 5 was another extremely close round. Depending on how the judges score the first and fifth round this one is debatable. Given that I give 2 of the other 3 rounds to Rampage I give the fight on the whole to Rampage.

The judges give the decision to Forrest Griffin.

Winner : Forrest Griffin

Oh yeah, Melvin Guillard won his fight too.

One of the undercard fights on Saturday night was Josh Burkman vs Dustin Hazelett. It won both fight of the night honors and submission of the night. It's definitely worth jumping over to ufc.com and watching.

UFC 86 is right around the corner (July 5, 2008) and I'm going to hand out some quick UFC 86 predictions.

UFC 86 Fight Card

• Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin (UFC Light Heavyweight Title)
  
• Prediction : Quinton “Rampage” Jackson by TKO
  
• Gleison Tibau vs. Joe Stevenson
  
• Prediction : Joe Stevenson by submission
  
• Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
  
• Prediction : Ricardo Almeida by submission
  
• Chris Lytle vs. Josh Koscheck
  
• Prediction : Josh Koscheck by decision
  
• Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully
  
• Prediction : Gabriel Gonzaga by anything he wants
  
• Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio
  
• Prediction : Fight of the night
  
• Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz
  
• Prediction : Cory Hill by TKO
  
• Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
  
• Prediction : Jorge Gurgel by decision
  
• Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
  
• Prediction : Melvin Guillard by first round TKO
  

This is the video game title that UFC fans have been waiting for...just watch the vid!

The title just about says it all, lightweight contenders Hermes Franca and Frankie Edgar will do battle on July 19th. This raises the level of the UFC's offering that night significantly. Is this enough to de-rail Affliction? We'll have to wait and see.

If July 19th sounds familiar, it's because it's the same night as Affliction is holding their first fight card. The UFC scores a big counter punch by putting on an Anderson Silva vs James Irvin main event. Also scheduled to be on the card is Jake O'Brien vs Cain Velasquez.

Also just announced is Brandon Vera vs Reese Andy. It looks like the UFC is trying to put a hurtin' on Affliction on July 19th.

The UFC has "officially" announced Cheick Kongo vs Dan Evenson for the UFC 87 fight card, as well as adding Hermes Franca and Frankie Edgar. The UFC added 4 bouts to the official fight card (the ones we didn't have listed before are marked below as "new").

UFC 87 Fight Card

• Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch for the UFC welterweight title
  
• Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring
  
• Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta
  
• Cheick Kongo vs. Dan Evensen
  
• Hermes Franca and Frankie Edgar - new
  
• Demian Maia vs. Jason MacDonald
  
• Tamdan McCrory vs. Luke Cummo
  
• Manny Gamburyan vs. Rob Emerson
  
• Chris Wilson vs Steve Bruno - new
  
• Ben Saunders and Jared Rollins - new
  

UFC is being held August 9th at Minnesota’s Target Center.

UFC 85 is happening on June 7, 2008. The fights will be shown live on PPV at 3pm ET and then again at 10pm ET. Come back tomorrow for UFC 85 Results for UFC 85 Results

UFC 85 – Official Weigh-In Results

Main Event

• Thiago Alves (174) VS Matt Hughes (170)
  
  
• Jason Day (184) VS Michael Bisping (184)
  
• Mike Swick (170) VS Marcus Davis (170)
  
• Thales Leites (185) VS Nate Marquardt (185)
  
• Fabricio Werdum (247) VS Brandon Vera (228)
  
  
• Martin Kampmann (186) VS Jorge Rivera (185)
  
• Thiago Tavares (154.5) VS Matt Wiman (155)
  
• Roan Carneiro (171) VS Kevin Burns (170)
  
• Luiz Cane (204) VS Jason Lambert (205)
  
• Jess Liaudin (169) VS Paul Taylor (169)
  
• Eddie Sanchez (244) VS Antoni Hardonk (247)
  

Results are after the jump. Continue reading "UFC 85 Results" »

The MMA Girls were a little late coming out with their UFC 85 Predictions, but as has become tradition here they are.


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