UFC Fight Cards

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.

It's time for the Ultimate Fighter Finale...season 7 edition. There are two interesting matchups headlining the card. The first being Evan Tanner vs Kendall Grove, is Tanner washed up? Was Grove over-rated? One of these two statements will have more merit after this Saturday nights main event.

The other matchup is of course for the season 7 title of "Ultimate Fighter". A very tough Amir Sadollah must face the favourite CB Dollaway for the second time...Dollaway got a second chance after the original winner Jesse Taylor went on a bit of a bender in Vegas and Dana White decided that he was not "mentally ready" for the UFC.

As a bit of nit-pickiness, I would rather see any of the first three undercard bouts televised than the Matt Riddle vs Dante Rivera fight. Nothing against Riddle or Rivera, just a personal preference. That said, it should turn out to be a very exciting fight card.

Main Card

• Evan Tanner Vs. Kendall Grove
  
• Amir Sadollah Vs. CB Dollaway
  
• Diego Sanchez Vs. Luigi Fioravanti
  
• Spencer Fisher Vs. Jeremy Stephens
  
• Matt Riddle Vs. Dante Rivera
  

Undercard (May not be broadcast)

• Josh Burkman Vs. Dustin Hazelett
  
• Marvin Eastman Vs. Drew McFedries
  
• Matt Brown Vs. Matt Arroyo
  
• Jeremy Horn Vs. Dean Lister
  
• Tim Credeur Vs. Cale Yarbrough
  
• Rob Yundt Vs. Rob Kimmons
  

Tune in to Spike TV on Saturday night for all the action and feel free to post comments here during the fights. You don't need to register to post comments on this site...

Here is what we know/is rumored so far.

Main Event

• Anderson Silva vs James Irvin
  
  
• Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
  
• Hermes Franca vs. Frankie Edgar
  
• Jake O'Brien vs. Cain Velasquez
  
• Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy
  

Not a bad looking card for short notice.

Fight Night 14 is on July 19th, 2008. Don't forget that this Saturday (June 21st) is the Ultimate Fighter Finale.

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.

The summer of MMA continues with the Ultimate Fighter Finale occuring on June 21st, 2008.

Here is the Ultimate Fighter Finale Fight Card

Main Card

• Evan Tanner Vs. Kendall Grove
  
• Diego Sanchez Vs. Luigi Fioravanti
  
• Spencer Fisher Vs. Jeremy Stephens
  
• TBD Vs. TBD (winners of Ultimate Fighter)
  

Undercard (May not be broadcast)

• Josh Burkman Vs. Dustin Hazelett
  
• Marvin Eastman Vs. Drew McFedries
  
• Jeremy Horn Vs. Dean Lister
  

That's a pretty impressive card, come back on June 21st and we'll have the results from the ultimate fighter finale. Also, one June 7th we'll have full UFC 85 results.

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
  
• Demian Maia vs. Jason MacDonald
  
• Tamdan McCrory vs. Luke Cummo
  
• Manny Gamburyan vs. Rob Emerson
  

UFC 87 is being held on August 9, 2008, UFC 87 results will be available on this site.
UFC 86 is being held on July 5, 2008, UFC 86 results will be available on fight night.
UFC 85 is just around the corner, come back this Saturday for UFC 85 results.

With all the great MMA happening lately I hardly have had time to inform on the latest greatest UFC fight cards.

UFC 86 Fight Card

• Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin (UFC Light Heavyweight Title)
  
• Gleison Tibau vs. Joe Stevenson
  
• Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
  
• Chris Lytle vs. Josh Koscheck
  
• Frank Mir vs. Justin McCully
  
• Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio
  
• Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz
  
• Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
  
• Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
  
• Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins
  

UFC 86 is happening on July 5th, 2008 but UFC 85 is next weekend. Come back on June 7th for UFC 85 results

Mark Coleman will not be at UFC 87 due to an injury. His opponent, Brock Lesnar is still scheduled to fight and an opponent will be named shortly. However, Georges St Pierre will be facing Jon Fitch in a welterweight title matchup. Also previously announced is a lightweight bout between Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta.

UFC 87 is being held on August 9th in Minnesota at the Target Center.

UFC 84 is just around the corner and you will be able to find UFC 84 results here on May 24th.

Here is the fight card for UFC 85. UFC 85 will be held on June 7th, come back for UFC 85 predictions and of course UFC 85 results.

Main Card

• Matt Hughes Vs. Thiago Alves
  
• Michael Bisping Vs. Jason Day
  
• Marcus Davis Vs. Mike Swick
  
• Nate Marquardt Vs. Thales Leites
  
• Fabricio Werdum Vs. Brandon Vera
  

Under Card - May not be broadcast

• Jorge Rivera Vs. Martin Kampmann
  
• Matt Wiman Vs. Thiago Tavares
  
• Roan Carneiro Vs. Ryo Chonan
  
• Luiz Cane Vs. Jason Lambert
  
• Paul Taylor Vs. Jess Liaudin
  
• Antoni Hardonk Vs. Neil Wain
  

Don't forget to return to us for UFC 84 results this Saturday.

UFC 84 Fight Card (May 24, 2008)

• B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk
  
• Keith Jardine vs. Wanderlei Silva
  
• Lyoto Machida vs. Tito Ortiz
  
• Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic
  
• Thiago Silva vs. Antonio Mendes
  
• Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
  
• John Koppenhaver vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
  
• Dong Hyun Kim vs. Jason Tan
  
• Rousimar Palhares vs. Ivan Salaverry
  
• Terry Etim vs. Rich Clementi
  
• Shane Carwin vs. Christian Wellisch
  

UFC 84 Predictions will be coming shortly and of course UFC 84 Results will be here on fight night.

The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale (June 21st on Spike TV) is the next big fight for both Kendall Grove and Evan Tanner. Tanner is a former UFC middleweight champion and Kendall Grove (until recently) was considered a rising contender. Grove has fallen on hard times recently with a KO loss to Jorge Rivera and a TKO loss to Patrick Cote. Tanner most recently lost to Yushin Okami. This bout is a chance for one of them to get back into the mix.

Um, I could swear that I knew about this about 6 months ago, but the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today that Forrest Griffin will face current UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at UFC 86 in Las Vegas. The date is July 5, 2008.

There are some other fights rumoured to be on the same card, but the UFC hasn't announced any of those yet.

Here are some rumoured fights:
Ricardo Almeida vs. Patrick Cote
Justin McCully vs. Frank Mir

also rumoured to be on the card are:
Gleison Tibau (maybe vs Stevenson)
Cole Miller
Dennis Siver
Ben Saunders
Steve Bruno