UFC 100: What's Happening After

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With UFC 100 this weekend (possibly one of the best cards we've seen in a while), there are a lot of things to look forward to after July 11th.

First I would like to share some comments from two MMA legends whom many believe it may be time to retire.

We finally have an official statement from Chuck Liddell about his future:

"I haven’t personally made a decision one way or the other. Hopefully my brain can heal over time. The shot last fight is something that normally wouldn’t hurt me. I think I need at least some time off from getting hit. I’m going to take time off sparring then. I’ll train still. Still gonna roll. I’ll probably do a little more jiu-jitsu than normal because I like it. It’s fun.”

That pretty much squashes the fight with Rich Franklin rumored to headline UFC 103. Since the Iceman hasn't retired yet, I will bet that he will take that last fight on his contract.

Also, Tito Ortiz is still talking about his return and the time off has allowed his ego to grow even more:

“Hopefully by October I’ll be competing. We’re finishing the contract I’d say with CBS, Showtime, and Strikeforce and making a deal that UFC can’t match. I feel sorry for the person they have me fight, but I do need one warm-up fight. I managed to come off a huge back surgery. It’s been a year since I’ve competed. I think one warm-up fight to get things going. After that, I don’t want no more warm-up fights. I’m hoping by my fourth fight, possibly fight Fedor Emelianenko at a catchweight. That’d be something that I’m looking forward to possibly by the middle of next year.”

No comment needed.

Now for some post UFC 100 fight card updates.

Affliction 3: Trilogy

Saturday, Aug. 1st 2009, at 9 p.m. ET on pay-per-view at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Main event:
265 lbs: WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (30-1) vs. Josh “The Babyface Assassin” Barnett (24-5).

Main card:
205 lbs: Renato “Babalu” Sobral (32-8) vs. Gegard “The Dream Catcher” Mousasi (25-2-1).

185 lbs: Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort (18-8) vs. Jorge Santiago (21-7).

170 lbs: Paul “Semtex” Daley (21-8-2) vs. Jay “The Thoroughbred” Hieron (17-4).

265 lbs: Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello (27-10) vs. Gilbert Yvel (35-13-1).

155 lbs: Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi (30-5) vs Rafaello “The Tractor” Oliveira (8-1).

Under card:
155 lbs: Chris “The Polish Hammer” Horodecki (12-1) vs. Dan “The Upgrade” Lauzon (12-2).

265 lbs: “Big” Ben Rothwell (30-6) vs. Chase Gormley (6-0).

155 lbs: Deividas Taurosevicius (10-3) vs. TBA (0-0).

170 lbs: Brett Cooper (9-4) vs. Akbarh “El Caballero” Arreola (14-4-1).

205 lbs: Lucio Linhares (12-4) vs. Givanildo “The Arm Collector” Santana (12-1).

265 lbs: Jesse Gibbs (7-2) vs. Rob Broughton (10-4-1).

No Arlovski or Silvia and this is the last fight on Fedor's contract with Affliction. If they lose him after this fight, it may be the last time we see Affliction MMA.

WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles

Sunday, Aug. 9th, 2009, at 9 p.m. ET on the Versus Network at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Main event:
135 lbs: WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel “Angel” Torres (37-1) vs. Brian Bowles (7-0).

Main card:
145 lbs: Joseph Benavidez (10-0) vs. Dominick Cruz (13-1)*.

155 lbs: Ricardo Lamas vs. Danny Castillo.

135 lbs: Jeff “The Big Frog” Curran (29-11-1) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (11-3-2).

Under card:
145 lbs: Leonard Garcia vs. Jameel Massouh.

145 lbs: Fredson Paixao (8-3) vs. Cole Province (5-1).

155 lbs: Marcus Hicks vs. Shane Roller.

145 lbs: Phil Cardella (8-3) vs. Ed Ratcliff (6-1).

135 lbs: Rani Yahya vs. Kenji Osawa.

145 lbs: Diego Nunes vs. Rafael Dias.

There is sure to be some knock outs in this free event.

Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg

Saturday, Aug 15th, 2009, at 10:30 p.m. ET on Showtime at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

Main event:
145 lbs: Gina “Conviction” Carano (7-0) vs. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (7-1).

Main card:
155 lbs: Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh “The Punk” Thomson (16-2) vs. Strikeforce Interim lightweight champion Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez (15-2).

265 lbs: Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair “Demolition Man” Overeem (29-11) vs. Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum (11-4-1).

170 lbs: Nick Diaz (20-7) vs. Joe “Diesel” Riggs (30-10).

All I can say for this card is wow. If you are a Strikeforce fan this is a must see fight card already.

The woman's MMA fight we all want to see plus two title fights. It really should be three, Diaz vs. Riggs for the vacant welterweight title. Either way I won't be missing this one.

UFC News Part One

Now for the UFC. Both the 101 and 102 cards are up and they look good. Check them out at
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=event.ppvhome.

UFC Fight Night 19: Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 9 p.m. ET on Spike TVat the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Main event:
155lbs: Nate Diaz vs Melvin Guillard

Main card:
155 lbs: Roger Huerta vs. Gray Maynard

185 lbs: Nate Quarry vs. Tim Credur

UFC 103: Saturday, Sept. 19th, 2009, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV) at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Main event: ?

Main card:
170 lbs: Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg.

155 lbs: Hermes Franca vs. Tyson Griffin.

170 lbs: Mike Swick (14-2) vs. Martin Kampmann.

Nothing official but all of these fights look interesting.

UFC 104: Saturday, Oct. 24th, 2009, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Main event:
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

Main card:
265 lbs: Shane Carwin (11-0) vs. Cain Velasquez (6-0).

UFC News Part Two

UFC 105: Nov 14th, 2009, Manchester, England at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Spike TV.

Rumor is if Micheal Bisping beats Henderson at UFC 100, he will get a middlewieght title shot against Anderson Silva. Other than that no fights are confirmed.

UFC 106: Nov. 21st, 2009 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on PPV.

I can't find any fight information just the date and location.

UFC 107: Dec 12th, 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee at the FedEx Forum on PPV.

Main Event: Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Rashad "Suga" Evans.

The main event was confirmed by Rampage himself in this hilarious video:
http://mmamania.com/2009/07/01/ufc-107-rampage-jackson-to-fight-rashad-evans-in-december-video/

So that's all the news for now. Thanks for checking out the article.

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