Watch this space. Randy Couture could fight Fedor Emelianenko in the UFC!
That’s right kids, the only man that is left for Couture to fight is Fedor Emelianenko, so much so that he left his contract blowing (somewhere) in the wind way back after beating Gabriel Gonzaga to take the UFC heavyweight championship belt.
Meanwhile things aren’t working out too well with Fedor Emelianenko and thus he is being released from his contract next week. Looks like M-1 didn’t work out too well, besides, the UFC has the money so it makes sense that he’ll come over and fight in the Octagon.
Watch this space for more news. It’s like the Liddell Vs Wandy fight that we thought would never happen but it did! I’ll leave you with butthead’s (Dana White) comments about Fedor:
Emelianenko is about to get out of his M-1 Global contract, and, in the words of his manager, “Officially, yes, Fedor will be a free agent.” UFC President Dana White responded to that news by saying he would try to sign Emelianenko, “Absolutely, 100 percent, in a heartbeat. People think he’s the best - I don’t, not even close. But if it’s somehow possible, I would make it happen.”
GREAT attitude. That’s REALLY gonna make the guy want to sign. Another reason why I think the fight may not happen in the UFC is because of Couture’s public outing of how the UFC rips off their fighters.
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Shogun Rua is definitely out against Chuck Liddell at UFC85.
He has ruptured his ACL in his left knee, the same injury he had surgery on from last October after the Forrest Griffin fight.
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O.K. “Big Mac” has taken a few months off to prepare for a fight, but I had to come out of hiding to voice my shock…. nay, DISGUST at the fact that Jorge Gurgel is back in the UFC after four, count ‘em FOUR bland performances in the Octagon.
C’mon folks, even Daniel “I’m an ULTIMATE FIGHTER!” Abbadi gave him all he could handle…..
Gurgel has never finished a fight in the UFC and other than the ability to take a punch, he’s show no real A level skills. Although that doesn’t stop Joe Rogan from touting his “SICK Jiu-Jitsu” skills. Perhaps he means sick as in “sick in bed at home” cuz Gurgel certainly hasn’t been bringing them to the Octagon!
What’s worse, anytime Gurgel loses he makes excuses. Whether it was his knee on The Ultimate Fighter season 2 when he lost to Jason Von Flu, or the fact that Mark Hominick didn’t stand still long enough for Gurgel to take him down, Jorge is always ready and willing to blame the loss on something other than his lack of talent.
Now, I know that Gurgel is joined at the hip (or possibly other body part) with former Middleweight Champ Rich Franklin. But after 2 losses to Anderson Silva, “Ace” is no longer Dana’s golden boy. So God only knows what is motivating them to keep ramming Gurgel down our throats.
Oh well. At least now we can hold out hope for the return of Jason Thacker……..
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Two unconfirmed fights:
- Brandon Vera vs. Fabricio Werdum
- Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio Rua
Brock Lesnar and Marcus Davis are also supposed to be on the same card (but obviously not fighting each other!)
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It’s all about the numbers and we’re now in the 80’s! No, not the 1980’s dumb dumb, we’re talking about UFC80, UFC81 and UFC82!
UFC80 - RAPID FIRE - 01/19/2008
BJ Penn Vs. Joe Stevenson is at the top of the card. Here is the undercard, remember the dude that kicked what’s his name in the head on his second fight in the UFC, erm, Cro Cop? That’s right, Napao is back to fight Fabrizio Werdum. I don’t know what that is all about, aren’t they training partners? Anyway this is the second time these guys will have met and will surely be a biiiiiiig fight night.
- Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Fabricio Werdum
- Jess Liaudin Vs. Marcus Davis
- Wilson Gouveia Vs. Jason Lambert
- Jorge Rivera Vs. Kendall Grove
- Antoni Hardonk Vs. Colin Robinson
- Paul Kelly Vs. Paul Taylor
- James Lee Vs. Alessio Sakara
- Per Eklund Vs. Sam Stout
3pm EST / Noon PST / 8pm GMT - Live on Pay Per View
UFC81 - BREAKING POINT - 02/02/2008
T. Sylvia Vs. A. Nogueira is at the top of the card. Here is the undercard, there are two WHOPPERS in the form of Frank Mir versus captain penis chest Brock Lesnar. You know that everyone’s there to see Lesnar for sho! The return of Jeremy Horn is a biggie too.
- Frank Mir Vs. Brock Lesnar
- Jeremy Horn Vs. Nate Marquardt
- Ricardo Almeida Vs. Alan Belcher
- Gleison Tibau Vs. Tyson Griffin
- Tomasz Drwal Vs. David Heath
- Marvin Eastman Vs. Terry Martin
- Keita Nakamura Vs. Rob Emerson
10pm EST 7pm PST / 6am GMT - Live on Pay Per View
UFC82 - PRIDE OF A CHAMPION - 03/01/2008
A. Silva Vs. D. Henderson is at the top of the card. there are a bunch of fighters rumored to be on the undecard so hold back for that one.
10pm EST / 7pm PST / 3am GMT
Live on Pay Per View
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