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UFC 95- February 21'st, O2 Arena, London

 

Anderson Silva vs TBA (Rumors strongly point to Thales Leities)

Joe Stevenson vs Diego Sanchez (Sanchez's 155 lb debut)

Justin Buccholz vs Terry Etim

Dan Hardy vs Rory Markham

Neil Grove vs TBA

Luiz Cane vs TBA

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I'm pretty sure Dave Meltzer said that Anderson Silva flat out is refusing to fight on the UK show. So either he got his info wrong (which is pretty rare), or they threw an assload of money at Silva then he's not gonna be on it.

 

Meltzer tried to think of what fight they could put on to main event the show, and couldn't think of anything. So it's possible UFC threw money at Silva. They don't really have anything else right now.

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I heard Thales Leites is going to be next in line for a MW title shot, so that could be Anderson's next opponet.

 

Diego is going to rape Stevenson, and I like Stevenson. But I don't see fase of the game he has an advantage over Diego in.

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Diego is indeed a better fighter, and should be favored in this fight, but I'd be remiss if I didn't express some concern over Diego's bullish takedowns playing right into Stevenson's guillotine game. Of course, it may never come to that point (Diego is a more well-rounded striker), but worth pointing out.

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Anderson Silva vs TBA (Rumors strongly point to Thales Leities)

Joe Stevenson vs Diego Sanchez (Sanchez's 155 lb debut)

Justin Buccholz vs Terry Etim

Dan Hardy vs Rory Markham

Neil Grove vs TBA

Luiz Cane vs TBA

Nate Marquardt vs Wilson Gouveia

Stefan Struve vs Junior dos Santos

Shannon Gugerty vs Tom Lawson

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Marquardt is going to pwn Gouveia. I'm sick of the Gouveia hypetrain, even though he really impressed me against Jason MacDaddy. Nobody dominated Jason MacDaddy since his UFC stint, like that.

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Joe Stevenson vs Diego Sanchez (Sanchez's 155 lb debut)

Justin Buccholz vs Terry Etim

Dan Hardy vs Rory Markham

Neil Grove vs TBA

Luiz Cane vs TBA

Nate Marquardt vs Wilson Gouveia

Stefan Struve vs Junior dos Santos

Shannon Gugerty vs Tom Lawson

Chael Sonnen vs Demian Maia

 

Tappity tap tap taparoo

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He's a step up from Quarry as far as I see it. Regardless of how he scored the W Sonnen did beat Filho whom many at the time would've still ranked a top five opponent.

 

Excatly, Sonnen is a top 10 middleweight as far as my rankings go, so I think this is a good fight for Maia.

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I haven't seen enough from Maia's stand up to assume he's going to get KO'd if Sonnen keeps it to his feet.

 

Maia has some pretty good wrestling to go along with his BJJ skills, it wouldn't surprise me if he took Sonnen down.

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Maia is very crafty in terms of getting guys to the mat without him actually taking them down. Sonnen is a good wrestler though so if he can keep this on the feet it'll be interesting to see how Maia fares.

 

I still stand by my tappity tap tap taparoo though.

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Sonnen is on a different plain of wrestling than what Maia is used to. This showed in his fights with Filho, whose naturally stocky build lends itself well to taking down even experienced grapplers. Sonnen's standup is also very good. This fight is his to lose, which he probably will.

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Joe Stevenson vs Diego Sanchez (Sanchez's 155 lb debut)

Justin Buccholz vs Terry Etim

Dan Hardy vs Rory Markham

Neil Grove vs TBA

Luiz Cane vs TBA

Nate Marquardt vs Wilson Gouveia

Stefan Struve vs Junior dos Santos

Shannon Gugerty vs Tom Lawson

Troy Mandoloniz vs Paul Kelly

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Joe Stevenson vs Diego Sanchez (Sanchez's 155 lb debut)

Justin Buccholz vs Terry Etim

Dan Hardy vs Rory Markham

Neil Grove vs TBA

Luiz Cane vs TBA

Nate Marquardt vs Wilson Gouveia

Stefan Struve vs Junior dos Santos

Shannon Gugerty vs Tom Lawson

Troy Mandoloniz vs Paul Kelly

Josh Koscheck vs Paulo Thiago

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http://mmajunkie.com/news/13652/ufc-95-wil...v-after-all.mma

 

free is good.

 

Could be that not having a money main event yet gets it free for us...but I'll take it

 

UFC 95

Date: Feb 21, 2009

Location: London, England

Venue: 02 Arena

Broadcast: Spike TV

 

MAIN CARD (Televised)

 

* Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson

* Dan Hardy vs. Rory Markham

* Wilson Gouveia vs. Nate Marquardt

* Demian Maia vs. Chael Sonnen

* Josh Koscheck vs. Paulo Thiago

 

PRELIMINARY CARD (Un-televised)

 

* Justin Buchholz vs. Terry Etim

* Shannon Gugerty vs. Tom Lawson

* Stefan Struve vs. Junior dos Santos

 

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You know what I miss? Canadian cards.

Was listening to Sirius Fight Club yesterday and there was apparently talk of Lesnar/Mir II and Silva/Leites in Montreal in April. But aside from that they're saying that potential bouts are David Loiseau vs Ed Herman and Jonathan Goulet vs the Barn Cat.

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