Nate Quarry (8-2) will return to the Octagon for the first time in almost two years to rematch Pete Sell (7-3) in a middleweight clash at UFC Fight Night 11 on September 19, according to a recent press release from SpikeTV.
The two first met inside that Octagon at UFC Fight Night in August 2005. Quarry won via technical knockout in round one via strikes, but many feel the fight was stopped prematurely.
After his devastating first round knockout loss to then-champion Rich Franklin at UFC 56: “Full Force” in November 2005 during his next fight, “The Rock” seemingly disappeared from competition. It was spinal fusion surgery, however, which has kept him on the sidelines for so long — not the crushing defeat to “Ace.”
The former Team Quest member and contestant on season one of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) will have his work cut out for him in his return against “Drago” at The Palms Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sell is heavy-handed and studies Brazilian jiu-jitsu under UFC Welterweight Champion, Matt Serra. He has three losses in four tries with the UFC (Phil Baroni is the lone win) and is no doubt hungry to get on the winning track and avenge what he feels was a bogus stoppage in his first encounter with Quarry.
For the developing UFC Fight Night 11 fight card, which features the main event between lightweights Spencer Fisher and Din Thomas, click here.
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I’m looking forward to seeing Nate Quarry back in the cage punishing cheek bones.
This should be a awesome fight..both these guys need a “W”..da fight fight was stopped premature and kind of gayisshly weird..with the ref on top of Nate and Nate on top of Pete..any1 who has seen it knows what I’m talking about.
I’m rooting for Drago..I’m from Queenz, Matt..and team Serra I have to root for them..Cause when the East is in the house ” Oh my God Danger “
i’m looking forward to seeing nate again too, i just don’t know how pete sell keeps getting fights in the ufc, he’s garbage!
Drago’s gonna whoop that ass.
Quarry hasnt fought in almost 20 UFCs… 20!
Some people take breaks, but come on. Coming off spinal surgery, going right back into UFC action, not smart.
Here’s a rhyme for Nate the Rock Quarry…
“Don’t….play….with your verte-brae…..”
Pete Sell is the man; he’s a solid fighter and he’s not garbage! We all know that he is going to train with some vengeance on his mind for Quarry. If he had beaten Quarry; he would have gotten the title shot against Franklin. Pete Sell will win this fight; how I don’t know, but I would like to see Sell return a knockout to Quarry.
[quote comment=”115589″]This should be a awesome fight..both these guys need a “W”..da fight fight was stopped premature and kind of gayisshly weird..with the ref on top of Nate and Nate on top of Pete..any1 who has seen it knows what I’m talking about.
I’m rooting for Drago..I’m from Queenz, Matt..and team Serra I have to root for them..Cause when the East is in the house ” Oh my God Danger “[/quote]
Im rooting for drago also… Im from Philly so Im definetly showing east coast fighters LOVE. How can u not keep giving drago fights, he is a tough kid who along with scott smith gave us possibly the best finish of any MMA fight in history.
I bought the new fightsport magazine, and I was very surprised to hear that team Quest dropped nate quarry for having to big of an ego… A couple years ago during the TUF season 1, nate seemed like the coolest most down to earth guy… Now I hear is ego is out of control….. I was shocked to hear about it!
I wanna c a rematch between scott smith and Drago…. Those two are great freinds who both brought it in the UFC.. Many fighters wont fight their freinds… Those two freinds, put their freindship off two the side… and went to WAR!!! The UFC should always have a place for warriors like them!
Apparently this won’t be televised. It’s too bad, I’d really like to see him back.
Should be a good fight. I think I would favor Pete Sell over “the rock” They are both bangers and Pete seems like hes probably better with his hands.
[quote comment=”115592″]i’m looking forward to seeing nate again too, i just don’t know how pete sell keeps getting fights in the ufc, he’s garbage![/quote]
Agree…Pete Sell=Pete Smell. The guy stinks! Hopefully Quarry put this guy away and get back into the mix
[quote comment=”115602″]Drago’s gonna whoop that ass.
Quarry hasnt fought in almost 20 UFCs… 20!
Some people take breaks, but come on. Coming off spinal surgery, going right back into UFC action, not smart.
Here’s a rhyme for Nate the Rock Quarry…
“Don’t….play….with your verte-brae…..”[/quote]
Quarry has been off for like 2 years. and his surgery was over a year ago far from right back into the action.
[quote comment=”115614″]Should be a good fight. I think I would favor Pete Sell over “the rock” They are both bangers and Pete seems like hes probably better with his hands.[/quote]
yeah there both good strikers but i wouldnt give the edge to Sell i would give it to Quarry in accuracy. I think Sell is prob more the power puncher where Quarry can pick a guy apart with good accurate punches. Sell could land a good power punch and floor Quarry but if they just stand and bang the whole time i see Qarry getting the better of Sell in the exchanges. But both good strikers to bad it prob wont be broadcast. There are a few fights on the might not be broadcast list that i would really like to see. Damn B*astards air all the fights who cares if its 3 hours long i wouldnt complain one bit.
Nate Quarry has an awkward striking style, it looks ugly, but has wicked power cause they are all straight punches. I favor Quarry’s striking, he gets off first in most exchanges.
The “dogpile” was pretty funny in the first fight, Nate on top of Pete, Ref on top of Nate, and Pete yelling in the Ref’s face. He had already recovered before Nate got on top of him.
Look forward to this one.
[quote comment=”115608″][quote comment=”115589″]This should be a awesome fight..both these guys need a “W”..da fight fight was stopped premature and kind of gayisshly weird..with the ref on top of Nate and Nate on top of Pete..any1 who has seen it knows what I’m talking about.
I’m rooting for Drago..I’m from Queenz, Matt..and team Serra I have to root for them..Cause when the East is in the house ” Oh my God Danger “[/quote]
Im rooting for drago also… Im from Philly so Im definetly showing east coast fighters LOVE. How can u not keep giving drago fights, he is a tough kid who along with scott smith gave us possibly the best finish of any MMA fight in history.
I bought the new fightsport magazine, and I was very surprised to hear that team Quest dropped nate quarry for having to big of an ego… A couple years ago during the TUF season 1, nate seemed like the coolest most down to earth guy… Now I hear is ego is out of control….. I was shocked to hear about it!
I wanna c a rematch between scott smith and Drago…. Those two are great freinds who both brought it in the UFC.. Many fighters wont fight their freinds… Those two freinds, put their freindship off two the side… and went to WAR!!! The UFC should always have a place for warriors like them![/quote]
Amen
Im from Philly… Y the hell do I have to live in a fuckin state where MMA is illegal…. DANA needs to stop worrying about LONDON> IRELAND and the REST of the World…. And start getting the EAST COAST poppin wit MMA events.
Definetly gonna take advantage of the November Pay per view…. Im gonna make the trip to East Rutherford New Jersey. Anyone else plan on going”
Hope we get at least one of these:
Arlovski vs. Vera
Chuck vs. Wandy
Bj Penn
Big Nog
Dont wanna c Tito vs Rashad!!!!!!1
Give us a great card since East Coast guys rarely get an opportunity to c the UFC in person. It will be my 1st time
seeing the UFC in person… Can anyone tell me what I shoiuld expect for my 1st UFC experience?
Yea man gotta be rooting for Pete “Drago” Sell as a guy from Queens, got to meet him in May, he is cool as shit and I can tell when a guy is faking it just because your a fan. He really can shoot the sh1t and he has good skills. The revenge factor will help him especially if he sticks to his game plan and doesnt get too emotional.
Nate Quarry is a tough dude and I like his fights, but whats with this ego stuff I keep hearing about and him getting dropped from Quest. Must suck to have a back issue which kept you out of UFC for two years and be a d1ick on top on it haha.
Pete Sell second round TKO ref stoppage
On top of that we all watch Spike TV here and why wouldnt they show all of the fights ? Lean on Spike producers if they are the problem, if its Dana, throw him in the Bermuda triangle.
What is Spike going to do show a “man” movie since they are the man network ? We’ve all seen Any Given Sunday or Road House like come on show the fights ratings will soar lol
[quote post=”2884″]Pete Sell is the man; he’s a solid fighter and he’s not garbage! We all know that he is going to train with some vengeance on his mind for Quarry. If he had beaten Quarry; he would have gotten the title shot against Franklin. Pete Sell will win this fight; how I don’t know, but I would like to see Sell return a knockout to Quarry. [/quote]
I’d argue that Pete Sell is not the man. Anyone that is 1-3 in the UFC, is not the man. With the loan exception being if Clay Guida loses in an exciting 3 round split decision (like the Griffen fight) to Marcus Aurelio, I would still consider him ‘the man’ and he would be 1-3.
Also, if Pete Sell won that fight, I REALLY don’t think he would have gotten a title shot, LOL. To my understanding, it was NOT a number 1 contender match, they were just trying to ‘fast track’ Nate Quarry because he was a well liked fighter from TUF Season 1 who was, at the time, argueably the best fighter from the whole cast, but he suffered an unfortunate injury during training.
For example, Andre Arlovski was promised a title shot if he beat Werdum. But if Werdum won the fight, he wouldnt have gotten a title shot, because it wasn’t a number one contender match. I know, I know, this isnt the best example because Arlovski won the match, boringly, and, well, we all know the story.
I believe that Dana had said that if Shogun wins his first fight, he would get a title shot. That does not make his fight with Forrest a number one contender match. It means if Shogun wins convincingly, he’ll get a title shot.
However, the Gonzaga/Cro Cop fight was for the #1 contender, Franklin/Okami was for the #1 contender, as was Penn/GSP, and Spencer Fisher/Hermes Franca.
[quote post=”2884″]I believe that Dana had said that if Shogun wins his first fight, he would get a title shot. That does not make his fight with Forrest a number one contender match. It means if Shogun wins convincingly, he’ll get a title shot. [/quote]
I noticed that I didn’t finish my thought here…
I meant to continue and say that if Forrest wins the fight, he will not be considered the #1 contender for the belt. I mean Forrest is not in the Top 5 of the division, and as a matter of fact, I don’t even know how close he is to the top 5. Top 15, sure. Top 10, mmmmmmmm maybe. However if he can knock Shogun out, he deserves to be mentioned in the discussion of the Top 5 LHW’s
Im glad to see Quarry back. I just thought he had been out this whole time because of Rich Franklin. That KO was brutal. It hurt to watch. If he wins this, I would like to see a fight with him and Okami.
I agree C-War. I think that Nate Quarry may be a MW that can deal with the strength of Feminine Okami. It would be a good fight as long as Okami knows how many rounds the fight is supposed to be. He must have thought that he was Muhammed Ali in his fight against Franklin and he could just throw away the first couple of rounds, and then win the next 8 rounds.
[quote comment=”115702″]Im from Philly… Y the hell do I have to live in a fuckin state where MMA is illegal…. DANA needs to stop worrying about LONDON> IRELAND and the REST of the World…. And start getting the EAST COAST poppin wit MMA events.
Definetly gonna take advantage of the November Pay per view…. Im gonna make the trip to East Rutherford New Jersey. Anyone else plan on going”
Hope we get at least one of these:
Arlovski vs. Vera
Chuck vs. Wandy
Bj Penn
Big Nog
Dont wanna c Tito vs Rashad!!!!!!1
Give us a great card since East Coast guys rarely get an opportunity to c the UFC in person. It will be my 1st time
seeing the UFC in person… Can anyone tell me what I shoiuld expect for my 1st UFC experience?[/quote]
ufc is a great expierience man,go for it!!i will be at 76 in cali….to see shoguns debut…
[quote comment=”115786″][quote comment=”115702″]Im from Philly… Y the hell do I have to live in a fuckin state where MMA is illegal…. DANA needs to stop worrying about LONDON> IRELAND and the REST of the World…. And start getting the EAST COAST poppin wit MMA events.
Definetly gonna take advantage of the November Pay per view…. Im gonna make the trip to East Rutherford New Jersey. Anyone else plan on going”
Hope we get at least one of these:
Arlovski vs. Vera
Chuck vs. Wandy
Bj Penn
Big Nog
Dont wanna c Tito vs Rashad!!!!!!1
Give us a great card since East Coast guys rarely get an opportunity to c the UFC in person. It will be my 1st time
seeing the UFC in person… Can anyone tell me what I shoiuld expect for my 1st UFC experience?[/quote]
ufc is a great expierience man,go for it!!i will be at 76 in cali….to see shoguns debut…[/quote]
Hawaiin tapout: u r a lucky dude… Id give anything to c shogun fight in person. Jon fitch will destroy diego… that should b fun….That will definently be a good event.. enjoy man!
How long does an event last? and what prices do the tickets range from?
[quote comment=”115813″][quote comment=”115786″][quote comment=”115702″]Im from Philly… Y the hell do I have to live in a fuckin state where MMA is illegal…. DANA needs to stop worrying about LONDON> IRELAND and the REST of the World…. And start getting the EAST COAST poppin wit MMA events.
Definetly gonna take advantage of the November Pay per view…. Im gonna make the trip to East Rutherford New Jersey. Anyone else plan on going”
Hope we get at least one of these:
Arlovski vs. Vera
Chuck vs. Wandy
Bj Penn
Big Nog
Dont wanna c Tito vs Rashad!!!!!!1
Give us a great card since East Coast guys rarely get an opportunity to c the UFC in person. It will be my 1st time
seeing the UFC in person… Can anyone tell me what I shoiuld expect for my 1st UFC experience?[/quote]
ufc is a great expierience man,go for it!!i will be at 76 in cali….to see shoguns debut…[/quote]
Hawaiin tapout: u r a lucky dude… Id give anything to c shogun fight in person. Jon fitch will destroy diego… that should b fun….That will definently be a good event.. enjoy man!
How long does an event last? and what prices do the tickets range from?[/quote]
umm i went to see crocop n rampage debuts at 67 my ticket was 500 for good seats…anything better ranges from 700 to 1000. i like to go to the vegas ones or cali.u will meet alot of fighters!!just go to the place where the fight is happening within a few days of the fight/weigh ins and trust me youll meet everyone i met liddell,couture,rampage,hughes,st.pierre,crocop,sanchez.swick. silva and thats just to name a few at one event….
Nate has always been way way over rated. His striking is B-rate and his foot work is garbage. Sell will take him down to the ground and have his way with the “Rock”
Why is this an undercard fight!
i was hopeing that his first fight would be against even tanner.i think that would be a good way to weed out one of there comebacks cause i dont think both will suceed!
Nate is like, the best cornerman ever.
Did anyone see that fight where he was cornering… Crap, I can’t remember now (I THINK it was Luke Cummo vs. Josh Haynes). But after round 1, when the fighter returned to the corner, all Nate said was something along the lines of “WHAT THE **** ARE YOU DOING OUT THERE? WHAT THE **** WAS THAT?”
It was gold.
As far as I was concerned, I don’t think the fight was stopped prematurely as far as deciding whether or not Nate was going to win or not, it seemed pretty clear to me that Nate was about to smash Pete Sells’ face right into the canvas. It was how ever stopped prematurely if you wanted to see teeth on the floor and a few broken bones and ribs. Pete Sell sounds punch drunk already, he should be happy the fight was stopped when it was. If something serious had happned then everyone would by saying why wasn’t it stopped sooner. You are probably not going to be able to understand a word Pete Sell says after this fight.
umm i went to see crocop n rampage debuts at 67 my ticket was 500 for good seats…anything better ranges from 700 to 1000. i like to go to the vegas ones or cali.u will meet alot of fighters!!just go to the place where the fight is happening within a few days of the fight/weigh ins and trust me youll meet everyone i met liddell,couture,rampage,hughes,st.pierre,crocop,sanchez.swick. silva and thats just to name a few at one event….
I appreciate the info Hawain Tap out! Do u have any clue when they will release new pride dvd’s or the UFC 20 - 39 on dvd?