MMA's Upcoming Events: Strikeforce Friday, TUF Finale Nine, UFC 100, Affliction
For those of you keeping score at home, here's the almost full lineups for the multitude of MMA cards coming up, including this Friday's Strikeforce Challengers event, Saturday's Ultimate Finale Nine, UFC 100, and Affliction's August PPV.
Friday: Strikeforce Challengers at ShoWare Center—Kent, WA
TV: Showtime at 11 PM EST, 8 PM PST.
Main Card
- Joey Villasenor (26-6) vs. Evangelista Santos (16-12).
- Nick Thompson (38-10-1) vs. Tim Kennedy (9-2).
- Jorge Gurgel (12-5) vs. Conor Heun (8-2).
- Sarah Kaufman (8-0) vs. Shayna Baszler (9-5).
- Cory Devela (9-2) vs. Luke Rockhold (4-1).
Non-Televised
- Dennis Hallman (40-12-2) vs. Cedric Marks (26-18).
- Brian Caraway (10-3) vs. Alex Zuniga (2-1).
- Lyle Beerbohm vs. Duane Ludwig (18-8).
- Landon Showalter (7-12-1) vs. Travis Doerge (4-8).
- Len Bentley (3-2) vs. Marques Daniels (1-2).
- Steve Hadsel (1-0) vs. Taylor Roberts (1-1).
Saturday UFC Ultimate Fight Night Nine at the Pearl—Las Vegas, NV
TV: Spike at 9 PM EST.
Main Card
- Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida.
- Joe Stevenson vs. Nate Diaz.
- DaMarques Johnson vs. James Wilks (TUF Middleweight Finals).
- Ross Pearson vs. Andre Winner (TUF Lightweight Finals).
- Chris Lytle vs. Kevin Burns.
Non-Televised
- Cameron Dollar vs. Jason Dent.
- Frank Lester vs. Nick Osipczak (After Wednesday's final show, I hope this fight gets air—talk about a story).
- Mike Ciesnolevicz vs. Thomas Drwal (battle of the hard to spell last names).
- Edgar Garcia vs. Brad Blackburn.
- Gleison Tibau vs. Melvin Guillard.
Saturday, July 11: UFC 100 at Mandalay Bay—Las Vegas, NV
TV: PPV at 10 PM ET, 7 PM PT.
Main Card
- Heavyweight Title Unification match: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir.
- Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves.
- Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping.
- Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago.
- Yoshihiro Akiayama vs. Alan Belcher.
Non-Televised
- Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman.
- Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller.
- Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty.
- C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor.
- Dong Hyun Kim vs. T.J. Grant.
- Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien.
Saturday, Aug. 1: Affliction: Trilogy at Honda Center—Anaheim, CA
TV: PPV.
Main Card
- WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett.
- Jay Hieron vs. Paul Daley.
- Paul Buentello vs. TBD.
- Vitor Belfort vs. Jorge Santiago.
- Renato Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi.
HD Net
- Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon.
- Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley.
- Devidas Taurosevicius vs. Brett Cooper.
Non-Televised
- Jessie Gibbs vs. Rob Broughton.
- Lucio Linhares vs. Giv Santana.
Josh Nason, josh [at] ropesringandcage [dot com], has published MMA, wrestling, and boxing blog Ropes, Ring and Cage.com since 2007. He has been a contributor to Fight Magazine since January 2009 and Bleacher Report since 2008.
