UFC 77

I hope that everyone who comes to this page now isn't planning on watching the fights. Either you've already watched them, or came here for the results. UFC 77 results is two posts down, but I thought I'd update people a bit on the aftermath.

1. Rich Franklin suffered a broken nose in his bout with Anderson Silva. Silva dominated the entire fight and handed Franklin a loss quite similar to his first, although this time it took longer. This leaves Rich Franklin wondering where he fits in the 185lb division. Clearly Franklin can beat every fighter in the division, except for Anderson Silva. It just apppears that Silva has Franklin's number.

This situation reminds me a bit of Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. When Tito first fought Chuck it was a highly anticipated bout, but ended with Chuck flattening Tito with a barrage of punches. It took Tito a couple of years to climb back up the ladder, only to be defeated by Chuck again. What do you do when the current champ has your number. Continue to fight, continue to improve and wait. That's really all Rich Franklin can do, we wish him the best.

2. Brandon Vera suffered a broken hand in his loss to Tim Sylvia. I'm not taking anything away from big Tim. This time out I was actually impressed with his performance. He did exactly what he needed to do to defeat Vera. You have to wonder though if the fight might have been different if Vera hadn't broken his hand in the first round. Vera made no excuses and said he will remain at heavyweight.

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Here is the UFC 77 Fight Card

Anderson Silva vs Rich Franklin (rematch for the middlweight title)
Tim Sylvia vs Brandon Vera (return of the ex champ, return of "The Truth")

Jason MacDonald vs Yushin Okami
Kalib Starnes vs Alan Belcher
Josh Burkman vs Forrest Petz
Stephan Bonnar vs Eric Schafer
Jorge Gurgel vs Alvin Robinson
Jason Black vs Matt Grice



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Lightweight Matchup
Matt Grice (155lbs) vs Jason Black (156lbs)

Welterweight Matchup
Forrest Petz (170lbs) vs Josh Burkman (171.5lbs)
Josh has one hour to make 171.

Middleweight Matchup
Demian Maia (185lbs) vs Ryan Jensen (185.5lbs)

Middleweight Matchup
Jason MacDonald (184.5lbs) vs Yushin Okami (186lbs)

Lightweight Matchup
Alvin Robinson (155.5) vs Jorge Gurgel ( 155lbs)

Middleweight Matchup
Alan Belcher (186lbs) vs Kalib Starnes (186lbs)

Light Heavyweight Matchup
Eric Schafer (203.5lbs) vs Stephan Bonnar (204lbs)

Heavyweight Matchup
Brandon Vera (225.5lbs) vs Tim Sylvia (260.5)
Sylvia comes in wearing an Extreme Couture shirt

Main Event Middleweight Title Matchup
Rich Franklin (184lbs) vs Anderson Silva (184.5lbs)

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UFC 77 is being held in Columbus Ohio on October 20, 2007 and here are the official UFC Results predictions for UFC 77.

Anderson Silva vs Rich Franklin (rematch for the middlweight title)
When Anderson Silva and Rich Franklin first met at UFC 64 Anderson Silva was barely known to UFC fans. Sure, he'd defeated Chris Leben, but how would he match up with the UFC middleweight champion. Anderson Silva answered that question in just under 3 minutes, completely dominating Rich Franklin and putting on a Muay Thai clinch clinic.

Franklin has looked good against Jason MacDonald since, but also did not look himself against Yusin Okami. Still, Franklin has victories over two tough competitors and deserves a shot at regaining his title.

Since their first bout, Anderson Silva has continued to show why he's the current UFC middleweight champion. He took on Travis Lutter and while Lutter was not himself due to trying to make weight, Silva submitted the BJJ expert in the 2nd round. After some knee surgery, Silva came back and finished his next fight, against Nate Marquart, in typical Anderson Silva dominant fashion.

I personally want to see an all out war between these two. Rich Franklin will likely try to stay away from that Thai clinch at all costs while Anderson will do what he does best and throw punches and kicks from all angles. If Rich can take this to the ground he will likely be able to capitalize, but Anderson Silva's BJJ is also pretty good. You're only as good as your last fight and Anderson Silva's last outing was more convincing to me than Rich Franklin's.

UFC 77 Prediction : Anderson Silva

Tim Sylvia vs Brandon Vera (return of the ex champ, return of "The Truth")
Tim Sylvia has something to prove since being humiliated by Randy Couture. Randy is an all time great, but with Tim's size and strength advantage he should have been able to find a way to at least be competative with Couture.

Brandon Vera has not fought in the UFC since his one sided victory over former champion Frank Mir. Vera has only 8 fights and his last one was almost a year ago against a Frank Mir who was just a shadow of the fighter who broke Tim Sylvia's arm. Still, you can't discount the fact that Vera easily defeated a fighter who easily defeated Sylvia. Still, a year is a long time off and Sylvia is awefully big and strong. Add to that the fact that Vera only has 8 fights under his belt, none of them against a top 10 heavyweight.

UFC 77 Prediction : Tim Sylvia

Jason MacDonald vs Yushin Okami
I guess this is the fight to decide who's next in line for a 185lb title shot. Both of these guys have had a shot at Rich Franklin and both have lost. Okami fought an uninspired 3 rounds and came out on the loosing end of a decision. MacDonald fought hard, but was outclassed by Franklin. I believe that MacDonald will push the pace with Okami, but in the end Okami should come out on top.

UFC 77 Prediction : Yushin Okami

Kalib Starnes vs Alan Belcher
Kalib Starnes fought a decent fight against Chris Leben, but was not dominant in that fight. Alan Belcher has lost to both Kendall Grove and Yushin Okami, but has wins over Sean Salmon and Jorge Santiago. This is a tough one to pick, so I'm going to choose Starnes to pick up his game and finish Belcher.

UFC 77 Prediction : Kalib Starnes

Josh Burkman vs Forrest Petz
Josh Burkman has lost to Karo Parisyan, Jon Fitch and Jeremy Horn. That's enough about the level of competition that Burkman has faced. Josh Burkman is not a top 5 ranked welterweight, but he is right on the cusp of the top 10.

Forrest Petz has not faced the competition that Burkman has, so it's difficult to say how he's going to fare. Petz has defeated Luigi Fioravanti, but I still think that Burkman is a step up for him.

UFC 77 Prediction : Josh Burkman

Stephan Bonnar vs Eric Schafer
Stephan Bonnar has fought and looked good against Keith Jardine, Forrest Griffin and James Irvin. Given the events at UFC 76 I think we need to give Bonnar a little more respect. He hung in with two fighters who are very close if not in the top 5 in the light heavyweight division. Eric Shafer isn't at that level yet and will have a tough time with Bonnar.

UFC 77 Prediction : Stephan Bonnar

Jorge Gurgel vs Alvin Robinson
I'll be honest, I don't know much about Jorge Gurgel, or Alvin Robinson. I've looked at their respective records and really, the most notable name is Kenny Florian, who Robinson lost to in the first round. I'm not going to predict on this fight.

Jason Black vs Matt Grice
Jason Black has fought some tough competition like Thaigo Tavares and Shonie Carter, unfortunately he lost both of those fights. He does hold wins over Gideon Ray and Shinya Aoki though. Matt Grice hasn't faced the same level of competition.

UFC 77 Prediction : Jason Black

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Two fights have been added to the official UFC 77 fight card. UFC 77 will be held in Cincinnati Ohio and will feature a bout between former middleweight champion Rich Franklin and current champ Anderson Silva.

The bouts that have been added are Kalib Starnes vs Alan Belcher and Josh Burkman vs Forrest Petz. Note that both of these bouts were already on our unofficial UFC 77 fight card.

So far, the UFC only has two fights listed officially on the UFC 77 Fight Card.

Here are the officially listed fights:

Anderson Silva vs Rich Franklin (rematch for the middlweight title)
Tim Sylvia vs Brandon Vera (return of the ex champ, return of "The Truth")

And here are someother that UFC Results has found, not officially listed but likely:

Jason MacDonald vs Yushin Okami
Kalib Starnes vs Alan Belcher
Josh Burkman vs Forrest Petz
Stephan Bonnar vs Eric Schafer
Jorge Gurgel vs Alvin Robinson
Jason Black vs Matt Grice

So, that looks like the UFC 77 Fight Card. If anyone else knows of fights that are missing, please comment.

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Somewhere in my obsessive MMA surfing I came across this tidbit. It appears that (according to Rashad Evans camp) UFC 77 will be the venue for Rashad Evans vs Tito Ortiz - the rematch.

Tito and Rashad fought to a snoozefest draw at UFC 73. Tito would have won the match except that he had a point taken away for holding the fence in the second round (something that he did more than once and was warned about). Rashad won the last 30 seconds of the fight after Tito gassed and was given the third round as a reward.

Also on the UFC 77 card is Anderson Silva vs Rich Franklin - the rematch. Rich Franklin got his face busted up in their first meeting as Anderson Silva put on a Muay Thai clinic landing knees from the clinch.