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Time for UFC 95 tomorrow live at 3pm but will air on Spike TV at 9pm from the O2 Arena in the UK.

It's not a blockbuster card but I think decent nonetheless.

Joe Stevenson Vs. Diego Sanchez
Dan Hardy Vs. Rory Markham
Nate Marquardt Vs. Wilson Gouveia
Demian Maia Vs. Chael Sonnen
Josh Koscheck Vs. Paulo Thiago

My picks in bold.

In other news....................

UFC 99 PITS RICH FRANKLIN VS WANDERLEI SILVA

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is set to make its German debut on June 13 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. While several fights have been rumored for the event over the past couple of months, most have not come to fruition.

MMAWeekly.com on Wednesday, however, was able to confirm through multiple independent sources that former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin and former Pride 205-pound champion Wanderlei Silva have agreed to fight each other at UFC 99.

http://www.mmalinker.com/news/25300/...LEI_SILVA.html

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Interesting...I think the entire card isn't PPV strong, but I think Big Daddy v. the Nightmare is potentially a great match up of two of the best at ground fighting. Should be fun and the price is right!

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I hate Diego Sanchez. I remember paying to see him fight Josh Koscheck and then...Sanchez just walked around the ring being a crybaby. What a pathetic fight.

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Looking forward to the fight tonight. While there is not a big main event or co main event , I love watching the brazilians fight and there's a few on the card. Damien Mia is my favorite fighter to watch, hopefully the guy he is fighting dosen't avoid going to the ground and stall the fight like he did against paulo filho and play for points. I hope to ref stays out of the fight as much as possible. I also wish they show the Junior dos santos fight on the ppv, he is a good up and coming fighter.

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I picked well for this event. I was sick all weekend but I managed to stay awake long enough to watch the event.

UFC 95 Fight Night Bonuses:

Fight of the Night: Diego Sanchez vs Joe Stevenson

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090222/ca...ing_lth120.jpg

Submission of the Night: Demian Maia

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Knockout of the Night: Paulo Thiago
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Diego Sanchez, Joe Stevenson, Paulo Thiago and Demian Maia each earned $40,000 "fight night" bonuses for their performances at "UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson."

The bonuses were down from January's UFC 94 $65,000 awards, but matched the bonuses issued at the organization's last trip to Europe, UFC 93.

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UFC 100: Georges St. Pierre vs Thiago Alves in Las Vegas on July 11

Georges St. Pierre will defend his welterweight title against number one division contender Thiago Alves in main event of the landmark UFC 100 pay-per-view (PPV) event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 11.

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i loved seeing koscheck got knocked out, that made my night. Hate the guy.

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I agree...but does anyone think that the ref called that one a bit quick? I thought it was a good call, but a buddy who was watching with me thought that they should have let it go a bit longer, that Kos was still defending himself, or acting like it.

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Yep, I thought so too. Looked like he was "out" on the way down but when he hit the ground he was looking to defend. I am glad he lost but I would have liked to see him get pounded a bit more. :bx

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Some good matchups taking shape for sengoku 7.

Heavyweight bout: Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Antonio Silva
Heavyweight bout: Roger Gracie vs. TBA
Heavyweight bout: James Thompson[1] vs. Jim York
Light Heavyweight bout: Muhammed Lawal vs. Ryo Kawamura

Some experts say if anybody can beat Fedor Emelianenko it is Antonio Silva, intresting that he is fighting his brother.

This event is not until March 20th.

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Yeah, watch the slow-mo clip that Radio posted above. As soon as he's on the ground he looks directly at the opponent, squares his hands up to block, and raises his legs off the ground. I hate the guy and his retarded hair but he doesn't look OUT.

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Looks like Randy and Big Nog have both signed on to fight each other at UFC 101. Hopefully Nog will show up this time. Looking forward to it.

On another note, in the "are you serious!?" catagory, Bobby Lashley will be fighting Ken Shamrock on March 21st.

And finally, something I'm crazy excited about, Cung Le recently said he would fight Anderson Silva if the UFC would co-promote the fight with Strikeforce. Unfortunately, this likely won't happen. :(

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cung le rules

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Randy/Nog=snoozefest.

Lashley is pretty good and ungodly strong and should have no problem beating Ken.

Cung Le is, of course, a fantastic striker but nothing on the ground. Silva would win easily, imo.

Last nights WEC card was pretty good. Mike Brown is turning into a real beast.

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Great mma weekend coming up!

UFC 96 tomorrow live from The Nationwid Arena in Columbus, OH.
Matchups:

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Keith Jardine

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Shane Carwin
Tim Boetsch vs. Jason Brilz
Matt Hamill vs. Mark Munoz
Gray Maynard vs. Jim Miller
Kendall Grove vs. Jason Day
Brandon Vera vs. Michael Patt
Tamdan McCrory vs. Ryan Madigan
Pete Sell vs. Matt Brown
Aaron Riley vs. Shane Nelson

Also this weekend:

Dream 7 live from the Saitama Super Arena,
Saitama, Japan airs live at 3am Sunday Morning.

Matchups:

Non-Tournament Bouts
Shinya Aoki vs. David Gardner
Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Daisuke Nakamura

Dream Featherweight Grand Prix
Masakazu Imanari vs. Atsushi Yamamoto
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Kim Jong Won
Yoshiro Maeda vs. Micah Miller
Chase Beebe vs. Joe Warren
Takafumi Otsuka vs. Bibiano Fernandes
Akiyo Nishiura vs. Abel Cullum

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Sanchez-Guida Agreed for TUF 9 Finale

Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida are heading straight for one another.

The potent lightweight pair has agreed to meet in the headlining bout of The Ultimate Fighter 9 finale on June 20 at the Pearl inside the Palms Resort in Las Vegas, according to sources close to the fighters. The bout will anchor a night of final deciding bouts for the Spike TV reality series, which begins airing in April.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/san...9-finale-16439

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I used to see Tamdan at the bars a lot up at school. Never talked to him, but you'd never guess the kid's a pro fighter.

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Well crap!!!

Frank Mir Hurt, Out of UFC 98 Fight With Brock Lesnar

The UFC 98 heavyweight title unification fight between champion Brock Lesnar and Interim champion Frank Mir will reportedly not take place on May 23 as scheduled, as Mir has suffered an injury that will keep him out of the Octagon for at least a few months.

FiveOuncesofPain.com and MMAMania.com both reported the news Friday afternoon, although the reports conflicted about the nature of the injury and exactly how long Mir will be out.

It's not clear whether Lesnar will still fight at UFC 98 against a different opponent, or whether Lesnar will be put on ice until Mir is ready for the rematch. Either way, Lesnar-Mir was the heavyweight fight that UFC fans most wanted to see this year, and this news is a major disappointment.

The UFC will announce a new main event for UFC 98 during tonight's pay-per-view broadcast of UFC 96 "Jackson vs. Jardine," MMAFighting.com has learned.

Current UFC 98 Card:

Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
Sean Sherk vs. Frankie Edgar
Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Wilson
James Irvin vs. Drew McFedries
Houston Alexander vs. Andre Gusmao
Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Brandon Wolff
Phillipe Nover vs. Kyle Bradley
Tim Hague vs. Patrick Barry
George Roop vs. David Kaplan

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I'm pickin' Jardine to knock-out Jackson. I don't think Jardine gets enough credit for the caliber of fighter that he is.:2

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WOrd is Mir vs. Brock will now be at UFC 100. How convenient, lol. Looking forward to Carwin vs. Gonzaga tonight. I passed up great tickets to tonights UFC as I really didn't think it was going to be that good of a card for me to travel to Columbus, especially since I'll be up there next weekend anyways. Oh well, I've been to enough of them. Couple good fights tonight, worth me watching a stream online on my balcony with a cigar and bourbon. :)

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Did Hamill kill Munoz? What a knock-out. First time I've ever seen a stretcher brought in.:r

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Wow, what horrible officiating by Yyves Lavigne. TERRIBLE. That was a complete slaughter from the first hit....