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Video Preview: UFC 101 – Declaration

MMA Rumours — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:04:08 +0000

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UFC 101: Declaration is scheduled to air live on pay-per-view on August 8th and features the lightweight championship match between BJ Penn and Kenny Florian along with Forrest Griffin v/s Anderson Silva at 205 pounds.

Full Fight Card:

UFC Lightweight Championship

BJ Penn (Champion) v/s Kenny “Ken Flo” Florian

Forrest Griffin v/s Anderson Silva

Amir Sadollah v/s Johnny Hendricks

Kendall Grove v/s Ricardo Almeida

Josh Neer v/s Kurt Pellegrino

Undercard:

Shane Nelson v/s Aaron Riley

John Howard v/s Tamdan McRory

Thales Leites v/s Alessio Sakara

Dan Cramer v/s Matt Riddle

George Sotiropoulos v/s George Roop

Danillo Villefort v/s Jesse Lennox

Rob Emerson off UFC 101; George Roop likely replacement

MMA Rumours — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:07:50 +0000

Rob Emerson off UFC 101 due to a cut.

Rob “The Saint” Emerson has had to withdraw from UFC 101 due to a cut. Emerson is training with BJPenn’s camp and got cut during one of the sessions. “It is in a bad spot … I’ve been training for three or four months,” Emerson said. “Not only am I in great shape right now, but I’m a completely different fighter. I’m way more aggressive now. I’m just a completely different fighter.”

Emerson was scheduled to face George Sotirupoulos in a lightweight fight in a fight card that featured BJ Penn taking on top contender Kenny Florian for the UFC lightweight title. According to some rumours, George Roop is on tap to take his place on the card although nothing has been confirmed.

Winner of Alves/ Sanchez To Fight St. Pierre.

MMA Rumours — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:32:48 +0000

In a recent interview with Tatame, Thiago Pitbull Alves stated that he was told by Dana White, the president of the UFC that the winner of his fight with Diego Sanchez would be next in line for a shot at Georges St. Pierre’s welterweight title.

After his impressive knockout of Matt Hughes, many a MMA pundit thought that Thiago Alves could be next in line for Georges St. Pierre, especially after St. Pierre’s destruction of Jon Fitch. But since St. Pierre’s immediate attention would be on BJ Penn, Thiago Alves has to take on another test in the form of TUF 1 winner, Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez. Alves, a ATT product, feels confident that he will outstrike and dominate Sanchez with his striking game. Says Alves:

He developed his stand-up game, I’m looking forward to exchange some punches with him, to show him the difference between a Striker and somebody that just learned it now.

Alves also commented on what he thought St. Pierre’s strategy would be against him. “I think he will try to take me down. He would not want to strike with me.” Thiago also mentions that he has tremendous respect for BJ Penn and believes that a fight with St. Pierre followed by a fight with Penn would be enough for a lifetime. Only time will tell whether Thiago Alves turns out to be a champion, but he certainly is a contender … and a strong one at that.