Ultimate Fight Night 18- April
Junie Browning vs Cole Miller
Efrain Escudero vs Jeremy Stephens
Ricardo Almeida vs Matt Horwich
Ryan Bader vs Carmello Marrero
I enjoyed this. Like Mik said, it's going to take some time to come around to all of the new characters both political and otherwise. Very few familiar faces but they did a good job of establishing the key players and the build. I was pretty surprised that they caught Tony right off the bat but that only makes me more curious as to what role he'll play in the season.
Oh, and agent Renee Walker is a stone-cold fox. Freckles all day.
It's nothing concrete, keep in mind. There's various reports saying Chuck/Shogun will be the main of 96 but with Dana recently confirming that Rampage is #1 for a title shot it seems like Evans/Page is a go in the coming months.
Rashad Evans vs Quinton Jackson for the UFC LHW Championship
Jim Miller vs Gray Maynard
Dustin Hazeltt vs Ben Saunders
Shane Carwin vs Gabriel Gonzaga
Brandon Vera vs Mike Patt
Jason Day vs Kendall Grove
Shane Nelson vs Aaron Riley
Ryan Jensen vs Steve Steinbess
Marc Bocek vs David Beilkheden
Tim Botesch vs Jason Brillz
Mark Munoz vs Matt Hamill
Chuck is off, likely to face Forrest in Montreal in April.
MAIN CARD (Televised)
* Champ Mike Brown vs. Leonard Garcia (for featherweight belt)
* Richard Crunkilton vs. Bart Palaszewski
* Jose Aldo vs. Chris Mickle
* Marcus Hicks vs. Rob McCullough
PRELIMINARY CARD (Un-televised)
* Phil Cardella vs. Danny Castillo
* Marcos Galvao vs. Damacio Page
* Johny Hendricks vs. Alex Serdyukov
* Kenji Osawa vs. Rafael Rebello
* Alex Karalexis vs. Greg McIntyre
* Mike Budnik vs. John Franchi
* Justin Haskins vs. Mike Pierce
Chuck Liddell vs TBA
Jim Miller vs Gray Maynard
Dustin Hazeltt vs Ben Saunders
Shane Carwin vs Gabriel Gonzaga
Brandon Vera vs Mike Patt
Jason Day vs Kendall Grove
Shane Nelson vs Aaron Riley
Ryan Jensen vs Steve Steinbess
Marc Bocek vs David Beilkheden
Tim Botesch vs Jason Brillz
Mark Munoz vs Matt Hamill
Ultimate Fight Night 18, Nashville TN, April
Junie Browning vs Cole Miller
Ricardo Almeida vs Matt Horwich
Efrain Escudero vs Jeremy Stephens
Ryan Bader vs TBA
Tong- Did you see the armbar they showed before the superkick KO? Fucking dope, I don't know what the technical term is but the guy trapped his opponents arm on one side in a crucifix and more or less did an americana/neck crank combination and tourqued the arm with his legs. Submission of the year material.
Velasquez, Carwin, Gonzaga, Noguiera, Dos Santos Mir, Couture, Lesnar. All guys that would tool Hardonk. He's not close to anything.
Hell, Mir already did.
Ironman would probably round out the top five but I wouldn't put it above any of the ones listed.
Pro Tools, IMO got slept on in 2008. I think too many people wanted Liquid Swords II. "Paper Plate" is a fucking fabulous diss track.