Comments on: UFC 73: Antonio Rodrigo Big Nog Nogueira to make UFC debut

By: MoreThanUFC

MoreThanUFC — Sun, 06 May 2007 12:53:16 +0000

[quote comment=”49560″][quote comment=”49468″]
Is that official? Seems like a given Nog to me. interesting though[/quote]

Yes: “Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira steps into the Octagon’ for the first time for a heavyweight war with Heath Herring”

Source: http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=5723/quote
COOL. I got mine from MMAonTap. Those guys get a lot right. But if you saw it on UFC.com, which you did, then it’s as confirmed as anything can be.

By: junak

junak — Sun, 06 May 2007 11:56:47 +0000

[quote comment=”49468″]
Is that official? Seems like a given Nog to me. interesting though[/quote]

Yes: “Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira steps into the Octagon’ for the first time for a heavyweight war with Heath Herring”

Source: http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=5723

By: BLOodyMEss

BLOodyMEss — Sun, 06 May 2007 06:24:31 +0000

[quote comment=”49464″]******NEWS FLASH******

It’s Nog vs Herring at 73.[/quote]

Is that official? Seems like a given Nog to me. interesting though

By: MoreThanUFC

MoreThanUFC — Sun, 06 May 2007 06:16:14 +0000

******NEWS FLASH******

It’s Nog vs Herring at 73.

By: UFN 10: ‘Big Nog’ vs. Justin McCully? at UFC blog for latest news, videos, results, betting odds, fighter interviews and MMA rumors - UFCmania.com

Tue, 01 May 2007 13:31:02 +0000

[…] Over the weekend, we passed along some speculation that “Big Nog” would make his Octagon debut at UFC 73, which would have put a nice card over the top with superstar talent. […]

By: MoreThanUFC

MoreThanUFC — Tue, 01 May 2007 09:38:46 +0000

[quote comment=”47055″]But hasn’t Nog been out of fighting since 2005? He might be a bit rusty this first fight. And the cage is different than fighting in a ring. I’m sure he is training in a cage but he still won’t have much experience with it. Seems like they want Vera to lose even though I think they just came to terms with him on his next contract. Surprised they aren’t giving Nog a warm up with a sack of crap like Frank Mir to get the buzz going.[/quote]
Nog just fought on New Years Eve in an awesome match against Barnett.

By: alpha

alpha — Tue, 01 May 2007 03:25:46 +0000

I think the fight everyone really wants to see is henderson lidell henderson holds two belts has never been knocked out takes everyone down he fights and even fights heavys like nog and liddell cant say that.But white wants lidell to keep the belt so this match my not take place

By: Mamas Boy

Mamas Boy — Tue, 01 May 2007 03:01:45 +0000

But hasn’t Nog been out of fighting since 2005? He might be a bit rusty this first fight. And the cage is different than fighting in a ring. I’m sure he is training in a cage but he still won’t have much experience with it. Seems like they want Vera to lose even though I think they just came to terms with him on his next contract. Surprised they aren’t giving Nog a warm up with a sack of crap like Frank Mir to get the buzz going.

By: ILJO

ILJO — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:08:02 +0000

mahde, yes i did see how crocop landed. He was able to walk from the octagon and later said it was just some ligament damage. I dont know how long that would take to heal or how serious it is, thats why i said, “if his foot is healed up by then” and he is already talking about training so… u never know

By: Mahde

Mahde — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:02:18 +0000

[quote comment=”46752″]Rumors have it that Nogueira is going to fight Vera. This would be a pretty good fight, but it would be pretty cool if it was Nogueira vs Crocop. Some may say that crocop just recently fought, and this is true, but i remember reading something along the lines that crocop wanted to go through his contract quickly and have the belt in time to fight fedor at the pride new years eve show. So this would mean that crocop would fight once every 2-3 months. and ufc 73 is about 2 and a half months apart from ufc 70. So if his foot is healed up by then, who knows… (it’s just wishful thinking and the card is stacked already, but who knows)[/quote]

Didn’t you see how CC landed? I think he is gonna need more than a few months.