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UFC 80 Results

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:31:00 -0700

UFC 80, which takes place at the Metroradio Arena in Newcastle, England, airs both live (at 3 p.m. ET) and on tape delay (at 10 p.m.) on pay-per-view this Saturday. Full UFC 80 Results will be available immediately after I watch the fights

If you're looking for a bit of a UFC 80 primer, UFC 80 Countdown is being shown tonight on Spike TV (at 11:00pm ET and again Saturday at 2:00pm ET).

Here is the UFC 80 fight card:

B.J. Penn vs Joe Stevenson (main event lightweight title fight)
Gabriel Gonzaga vs Fabricio Werdum
Marcus Davis vs Jess Liaudin
Kendall Grove vs Jorge Rivera
Jason Lambert vs Wilson Gouveia
Antoni Hardonk vs Colin Robinson
Paul Kelly vs Paul Taylor
James Lee vs Alessio Sakara
Per Eklund vs Sam Stout

Don't forget, UFC 80 Results will be here on fight night (after the fights of course).

UFC 80 Results are after the jump.
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UFC 80 Weigh In Results

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:56:00 -0700

All fighters made weight and if the BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson weight in results are any indication (both coming in two pounds lighter than the required 156 lbs) then we are in for a great fight tonight (this afternoon). UFC 80 is being held in England, so we will see it here at 3pm ET and then replayed again at the UFC's more traditional timeslot of 10:00pm. We'll post the UFC 80 results following the 3pm show.

B.J. Penn (154) vs. Joe Stevenson (154) — for vacant lightweight title
Gabriel Gonzaga (255) vs. Fabricio Werdum (247)
Marcus Davis (169) vs. Jess Liaudin (170)
Wilson Gouveia (205) vs. Jason Lambert (204)
Kendall Grove (186) vs. Jorge Rivera (185)
Antoni Hardonk (244) vs. Colin Robinson (238)
Paul Kelly (170) vs. Paul Taylor (170)
James Lee (206) vs. Alessio Sakara (206)
Per Eklund (155) vs. Sam Stout (155)

UFC 80 Predictions

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:50:58 -0700

Here are my UFC 80 Predictions. UFC 80 Will be held in England on January 19th, 2007. Once you're done reading these, bookmark the site and come back on fight night (or the next day) for UFC 80 Results.

BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson
I believe that Joe Stevenson is probably in the top 5 in the UFC lightweight division, I can even give him top 3, but I don't believe he's as good as BJ Penn. The UFC lightweight division rankings (according to me) goes like this:

1&2) BJ Penn and Sean Sherk
Joe Stevenson
Kenny Florian
Hermes Franca
Spencer Fisher
...
So, I'm picking BJ Penn. I believe he has better standup and better BJJ. If Stevenson hopes to win this fight then he'd better have better wrestling than BJ and be able to hold him down for 5 rounds.

UFC 80 Prediction : BJ Penn

Gabriel Gonzaga vs Fabricio Werdum
If you'd like my favourite to win this fight, it's easily Gabriel Gonzaga. His last two outings were spectacular, both in victory (over Mirko Cro Cop) and in defeat (against Randy Couture). Werdum is definitely not one of my favourite fighters, but is still a very solid heavyweight.

UFC 80 Prediction : Gabriel Gonzaga

Sam Stout vs Per Eklund
Sam Stout has been in bigger fights and has better striking with good takedown defense.

UFC 80 Prediction : Sam Stout

Kendall Grove vs Jorge Rivera
With Kendall having lost his last bout to Patrick Cote I expect a much more focused and better Kendall Grove to show up. I expect this one to end early.

UFC 80 Prediction : Kendall Grove

Alessio Sakara vs James Lee
In theory Sakara should make a good fight of this (he's fought the better competition so far), but Lee has the better record in big fights (and overall). I'm going to go against the grain and pick Lee in this match.

UFC 80 Prediction : James Lee

The rest of my UFC 80 Predictions will be posted soon...

Marcus Davis vs Jess Liaudin
Marcus Davis has a better record against better fighters and should be a no-brainer to win this fight. If there is something that Liaudin has in his favour it is home field advantage and he's fought at the last two UFC's in Europe.

UFC 80 Prediction : Marcus Davis

Jason Lambert vs Wilson Gouveia
Jason Lambert holds victories over tough competition like Terry Martin, Renato Sobral and Marvin Eastman. Wilson Gouveia does not have such an impressive resume, but is coming off a three fight win streak.

UFC 80 Prediction : Jason Lambert

Antoni Hardonk vs Colin Robinson
Antoni Hardonk is still looking to find his way in MMA. He has an outstanding standup game, but needs work elsewhere. That said, Colin Robinson might be just the ticket. He is also a good standup fighter posting most of his victories by TKO or KO. Although the record favours Robinson, the opposition favours Hardonk.

UFC 80 Prediction : Antoni Hardonk.

Paul Taylor vs Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly is undefeated and I'm picking him to keep his streak alive.

UFC 80 Prediction : Paul Kelly

That's it, my complete UFC 80 Predictions. Come back here for UFC 80 Results!

UFC 80 Fight Card

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Thu, 3 Jan 2008 07:55:09 -0700

With UFC 79 behind us (one of the best cards that I can remember) it's time to look forward to UFC 80. UFC 80 will once again be held across the pond on January 19th (lucky guys) and will feature a lightweight title matchup between BJ Penn and Joe Stevenson. I'll post my UFC 80 predictions today or tomorrow.

Main Event

BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson ( UFC Lightweight Championship )

Televised portion

Gabriel Gonzaga vs Fabricio Werdum
Marcus Davis vs Jess Liaudin
Jason Lambert vs Wilson Gouveia
Kendall Grove vs Jorge Rivera

May not be broadcast portion:

Antoni Hardonk vs Colin Robinson
Paul Taylor vs Paul Kelly
Alessio Sakara vs James Lee
Sam Stout vs Per Eklund

UFC 80 Predictions will be posted soon and UFC 80 Results will be available on fight night.

UFC 80 Fight Card

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:56:44 -0700

Here is the current information that we have on the UFC 80 fight card. It is worth noting that UFC.com has reported that the BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson fight will now be a full title match as the UFC has stripped Sean Sherk of his title following his positive steroid test and subsequent hearing with the CSAC.

Note: Sherk's suspension will be lifted in January, so he would in theory be available to fight the winner of this bout, in fact Dana White says that he will have the first match against the new lightweight champion.

UFC 80 Fight Card

BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson (lightweight title bout - 155lbs)
Wilson Gouveia vs Jason Lambert (205lbs)
Gabriel Gonzaga vs Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight)
Per Eklund vs Sam Stout (155lbs)
James Lee vs Alessio Sakara (205lbs)
Paul Kelly vs Paul Taylor