This is an Ok event. Could be a lot better though.

BJ Penn will outclass Stevenson for a submission via rear naked choke.

I suspect the Kendall/Rivera fight to be entertaining with Grove eventually TKO’ing Rivera to a win.

The always improving and GAME Marcus David will probably win via submission.

Gonzaga and Werdums ju jitsu will cancel each other out but Gonzaga is the tougher and more Brutal fighter of the 2 and his strking will be `the difference in this fight. Gonzaga via TKO

Lately there have been many upsetd in the UFC but I dont see any comming in this event. Anything can happen in mma but I see most of these fights going to the favorite. The underdogs will put up a fight. I see Rivera putting up a good fight against Grove. Stevenson is a real tough, skilled fighter but I think BJ’s freakishly amazing grappling, as well as his experience against strong submission wrestlers will be the difference and prove to be too much for Joe Daddy to overcome.

Dont expect too many upsets out of the televised portion of the event and I can’t really see any of these fights going to a decision with the exception of maybe the Grove/Rivera fight.

I think this is a good card. I agree with a lot of what john said but rivera is going to get knocked out in the first round like always. He has the weakest chin in mma.

This card is weak..and should be free on Spike.

a bit of friday night fun – cool vid if you aint seen it already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXCNBjJYKFc

In my opinion, Joe Stevenson is not PPV Main Event worthy. I think that this fight is worthy of being a co-main event, like if Mir-Lesnar was on the card as well.

[quote comment="241119"]a bit of friday night fun – cool vid if you aint seen it already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXCNBjJYKFc/quote

chill..it’s f’d up..get smacked like 50 times and lose. Wow..what people do.

[quote comment="241130"]In my opinion, Joe Stevenson is not PPV Main Event worthy. I think that this fight is worthy of being a co-main event, like if Mir-Lesnar was on the card as well.[/quote]

add Bisping/ Mcarthy to it..then it’s PPV ready.

I’m joking..but I can see Dana try to sell us on how BisPing is one of the top5 middle w’s of the world.

[quote comment="241130"]In my opinion, Joe Stevenson is not PPV Main Event worthy. I think that this fight is worthy of being a co-main event, like if Mir-Lesnar was on the card as well.[/quote]

Violentmike: I dont know if you heard but there is a Serious Rumor going around: Jacare to participate in TUF 8
Jacare, arguably best BJJ in the world p4p is going to participate in next MW TUF

This would enforce the fact that this season should feature an increase in the wuality of fighter on the show.

heres smoe other events

UFC

UFC 79: Nemesis (12/29/07)

Main Card:

Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre – Interim UFC Welterweight Title
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Ryoto Machida vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Eddie Sanchez vs. Soa Palalei

Preliminary Bouts:

Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radaev
Tony DeSouza vs. Roan Carneiro
Manny Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr
Doug Evans vs. Mark Bocek
James Irvin vs. Luis Cane

UFC 80: Rapid Fire (1/16/08)

Main Card:

B.J. Penn vs. Joe Stevenson – Interim UFC Lightweight Title
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Fabricio Werdum
Kendall Grove vs. Jorge Rivera
Marcus Davis vs. Jess Liaudin
Jason Lambert vs. Wilson Gouveia

Preliminary Bouts:

Sam Stout vs. Per Eklund
Alessio Sakara vs. James Lee
Paul Taylor vs. Paul Kelly
Colin Robinson vs. Antoni Hardonk

UFC Fight Night 12 (1/23/08)

Main Card:

Mike Swick vs. Josh Burkman
Patrick Cote vs. Drew McFedries
Thiago Tavares vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Nate Diaz vs. Alvin Robinson

Preliminary Bouts:

Corey Hill vs. Joe Veres
Gray Maynard vs. Dennis Siver
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Alberto Crane
Cole Miller vs Jeremy Stephens
Matt Wiman vs. Justin Buccholz

UFC 81: Breaking Point (2/2/08)

Tim Sylvia vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira – UFC Heavyweight Title
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
Tyson Griffin vs. Gleison Tibau
Alan Belcher vs. Ricardo Almeida
Terry Martin vs. Marvin Eastman
David Heath vs. Tomasz Drwal
Cheick Kongo vs. TBA
Justin McCully vs. TBA

UFC 82 (3/2/08)

Anderson Silva vs. Dan Henderson – UFC Middleweight Title
Josh Koscheck vs. Dustin Hazelett
Jorge Gurgel vs. John Halverson
Jon Fitch vs. TBA
Rich Franklin vs. TBA
Evan Tanner vs. TBA
Travis Lutter vs. TBA
Akihiro Gono vs. TBA

UFC 83 (3/8/08)

Michael Bisping vs. Charles McCarthy

UFC 84 (4/19/08)

Georges St. Pierre vs. TBA
Jason McDonald vs. TBA
Jonathan Goulet vs. TBA

WEC

WEC 32(2/08)

Carlos Condit vs. Carlos Prater – WEC Welterweight Title
Rob McCullough vs. Jamie Varner – WEC Lightweight Title

Elite XC

ShoXC (1/25/08)

Paul Daley vs. Mike Aina
Julie Kedzie vs. Tonya Evinger
Kala Kolohe Hose vs. TBA

EliteXC (2/16/08)

Scott Smith vs. Kyle Noke
Kimbo Slice vs. TBA

IFL

Grand Prix Finals (12/29/07)

Wagnney Fabiano vs. L.C Davis – IFL Featherweight Title
Ryan Schultz vs. Chris Horodecki – IFL Lightweight Title
Delson Heleno vs. Jay Hieron – IFL Welterweight Title
Benji Radach vs. Matt Horwich – IFL Middleweight Title
Antoine Jaoude vs. Roy Nelson – IFL Heavyweight Title
Dan Miller vs. Rory Markham
Marcello Salazar vs. Alex Cook
Elias Rivera vs.Tim Kennedy

Strikeforce

Strikeforce At The Dome (2/23/08)

Bob Sapp vs. TBA
Maurice Smith vs. Duke Roufus

TKO

TKO 32 (2/22/08)

Jesse Bongfeldt vs. T.J. Grant
Stephane Vigneault vs. TBA
Icho Larenas vs. TBA

HDNet Fights

HDNet Fights (2/08)

Jason Miller vs. Frank Trigg

DSE

Yarennoka! (12/31/07)

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Hong Man Choi
Hayato Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa
Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Azeredo
Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias Calvancante
Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Murilo Bustamante vs. Makoto Takimoto

World Victory Road

Sengoku (3/5/08)

Hidehiko Yoshida vs. TBA
Sanae Kikuta vs. TBA
Makoto Takimoto vs. TBA
Ryo Kawamura vs. TBA

K-1

K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!! (12/31/07)

Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masakatsu Funaki
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Mighty Mo
Kid Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya
Joachim Hansen vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Bob Sapp vs. Bobby Ologun
Melvin Manhoef vs. Yosuke Nishijima
Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Wagner da Conceicao Martins
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Hideo Tokoro

Cage Rage

Cage Rage 25: Bring It On (3/8/08)

Paul Daley vs. Drew Fickett
Jean Silva vs. Charles Bennett
Gary Turner vs. Mustapha Al Turk
Ivan Serati vs. Roman Webber
Rob Broughton vs. Neil Grove
Danny Batten vs. Leigh Remedios
John Hathaway vs. TBA

Hardcore Championship Fighting

Hardcore Championship Fighting (2/1/07)

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Todd Gouwenberg
Gegard Mousasi vs. Evangelista Santos
Thomas Schulte vs. Garett Davis
John Alessio vs. Derrick Noble
Damir Mirenic vs. Mike Pyle
Andrew Buckland vs. Dan Chambers
Solomon Hutcherson vs. Amir Rahnavardi
Myles Merola vs. Ariel Sexton
Tim Hague vs. Miodrag Petkovic
Nabil Khatib vs. Lucas Rota
Babian Cortez vs. Juan Barrantes

Pancrase

Pancrase: 2007 Rising Tour (12/22/07)

Josh Barnett vs. Hikaru Sato (Catch-Wrestling)
Ryo Kawamura vs. Kei Yamamiya
Takafumi Ito vs. Shoji
Kenji Arai vs. Kaku Sajin
Masahiro Toryu vs. Gadzhiev Alavutdin
Miki Shida vs. Jameel Massouh
Takumi Yano vs. Yuichi Ikari
Tatsuya So vs. Hayato Shimizu

Sportfight

Sportfight 21: Seasons Beatings (12/22/07)

Ed Nuno vs. Michael Pierce – Sportfight Welterweight Title
Jeremiah Constant vs. Josh Queen – Sportfight Heavyweight Title
Zac George vs. Mike Joy
Dennis Davis vs. Brian Caraway
Aaron Stark vs. Reed Cook
Tommy Truex vs Ferrid Kheder
Nathan Coy vs. Ricky Story
Damon McPhearson vs. Tommy Anderson
Tyson Jefferies vs. Joe Leer
Marc Forsyth vs. Brian Green

[quote comment="241108"]This card is weak..and should be free on Spike.[/qu
yes sure cant agree more

[quote comment="241137"][quote comment="241130"]In my opinion, Joe Stevenson is not PPV Main Event worthy. I think that this fight is worthy of being a co-main event, like if Mir-Lesnar was on the card as well.[/quote]

Violentmike: I dont know if you heard but there is a Serious Rumor going around: Jacare to participate in TUF 8
Jacare, arguably best BJJ in the world p4p is going to participate in next MW TUF

This would enforce the fact that this season should feature an increase in the wuality of fighter on the show.[/quote]

That’s good news john! I remember rumors a while back that the UFC may be signing him. He will most likely be the “Mac Danzig” of the new season, as in he will be the early favorite, by far.

Somehow I see Daddy taking this one. Don’t know why, I just do. I know he’s not the greatest striker and I do feel that BJ is overrated in some aspects (NOT BJJ!), but standup. He can take a punch and has great takedowns which seems adequate enough to take Daddy out. I think Daddy’s got something up his sleeve that BJ will be surprised about. Not saying this will go as quick as the Guillard fight but Joe will cause BJ some problems. Or I could be totally wrong. I just wouldn’t count Joe out yet, at least until the first round is over.

Wow joe you must have a lot of time on your hands.

[quote comment="241209"][quote comment="241137"][quote comment="241130"]In my opinion, Joe Stevenson is not PPV Main Event worthy. I think that this fight is worthy of being a co-main event, like if Mir-Lesnar was on the card as well.[/quote]

Violentmike: I dont know if you heard but there is a Serious Rumor going around: Jacare to participate in TUF 8
Jacare, arguably best BJJ in the world p4p is going to participate in next MW TUF

This would enforce the fact that this season should feature an increase in the wuality of fighter on the show.[/quote]

That’s good news john! I remember rumors a while back that the UFC may be signing him. He will most likely be the “Mac Danzig” of the new season, as in he will be the early favorite, by far.[/quote]

I dont know if he will be the favorite. It was said that the next season’s cast would be filled with fighters that we will be familiar with. So there may be other “Brand name” fighters like him. I hope the UFC throw Paul Dailey on the show…The british Kick boxing specialist…I like that kid. If the other names are as solid as Jacre it will make for a great seasaon.

I as well am giving the fight to Joe Stevenson. I think everyone (including BJ) is looking past him…big mistake.

[quote comment="241226"]Somehow I see Daddy taking this one. Don’t know why, I just do. I know he’s not the greatest striker and I do feel that BJ is overrated in some aspects (NOT BJJ!), but standup. He can take a punch and has great takedowns which seems adequate enough to take Daddy out. I think Daddy’s got something up his sleeve that BJ will be surprised about. Not saying this will go as quick as the Guillard fight but Joe will cause BJ some problems. Or I could be totally wrong. I just wouldn’t count Joe out yet, at least until the first round is over.[/quote]

BJ PENN’s standup is not overated. If anything, his jiu-jitsu skills overshadows his stand-up abilities. Watch the fight against GSP, all stand-up. Both fights against Matt Hughes futured BJ PENN’s superior striking abilities as well as his dominmant jiu-jitsu skills. I don’t care what anyone says, BJ PENN is the best Pound-for-Pound fighter along with Anderson Silva in the World.

[quote comment="241081"]This is an Ok event. Could be a lot better though.

BJ Penn will outclass Stevenson for a submission via rear naked choke.

Gonzaga and Werdums ju jitsu will cancel each other out but Gonzaga is the tougher and more Brutal fighter of the 2 and his strking will be `the difference in this fight. Gonzaga via TKO

Lately there have been many upsetd in the UFC but I dont see any comming in this event. Anything can happen in mma but I see most of these fights going to the favorite. The underdogs will put up a fight. I see Rivera putting up a good fight against Grove. Stevenson is a real tough, skilled fighter but I think BJ’s freakishly amazing grappling, as well as his experience against strong submission wrestlers will be the difference and prove to be too much for Joe Daddy to overcome.
[/quote]
Yeah John took teh words right outta my mouth, I was gonna say, I see a LOT of back control in this main event, reminiscent of Penn’s fight with Gomi, eventually ending up in a rear naked.

And you bring up a good point about Penn’s expiriance with the wrestlers. It’s not like he hasnt dealt with exactly this before, except waaaaay better, in Hughes and GSP.

And after Joe(assuming), it will only help, and Sherk will be nothing new, and nowhere near the top, of what Penn has dealt with before.

[quote comment="241119"]a bit of friday night fun – cool vid if you aint seen it already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXCNBjJYKFc/quote
lmfao…lol lol lol lol….Queens son…what.that was f–cking grrrrrreat.thanks for the link.

[quote comment="241081"]This is an Ok event. Could be a lot better though.

BJ Penn will outclass Stevenson for a submission via rear naked choke.

I suspect the Kendall/Rivera fight to be entertaining with Grove eventually TKO’ing Rivera to a win.

The always improving and GAME Marcus David will probably win via submission.

Gonzaga and Werdums ju jitsu will cancel each other out but Gonzaga is the tougher and more Brutal fighter of the 2 and his strking will be `the difference in this fight. Gonzaga via TKO

Lately there have been many upsetd in the UFC but I dont see any comming in this event. Anything can happen in mma but I see most of these fights going to the favorite. The underdogs will put up a fight. I see Rivera putting up a good fight against Grove. Stevenson is a real tough, skilled fighter but I think BJ’s freakishly amazing grappling, as well as his experience against strong submission wrestlers will be the difference and prove to be too much for Joe Daddy to overcome.

Dont expect too many upsets out of the televised portion of the event and I can’t really see any of these fights going to a decision with the exception of maybe the Grove/Rivera fight.[/quote]

well john this fight card sucks they better cut a deal with cbs cause i’m not paying $40 2 watch this event it sucks. and your guess r carp gonzaga and the other guy will go 2 the judges. joe vs BJ they r both good in submissions so BJ ain’t going 2 submit he he is going 2 knock him out. rivera vs grove. grove just got knocked out. and franklin couldn’t knock rivera. and your saying grove will?

[quote comment="241523"][quote comment="241081"]This is an Ok event. Could be a lot better though.

BJ Penn will outclass Stevenson for a submission via rear naked choke.

I suspect the Kendall/Rivera fight to be entertaining with Grove eventually TKO’ing Rivera to a win.

The always improving and GAME Marcus David will probably win via submission.

Gonzaga and Werdums ju jitsu will cancel each other out but Gonzaga is the tougher and more Brutal fighter of the 2 and his strking will be `the difference in this fight. Gonzaga via TKO

Lately there have been many upsetd in the UFC but I dont see any comming in this event. Anything can happen in mma but I see most of these fights going to the favorite. The underdogs will put up a fight. I see Rivera putting up a good fight against Grove. Stevenson is a real tough, skilled fighter but I think BJ’s freakishly amazing grappling, as well as his experience against strong submission wrestlers will be the difference and prove to be too much for Joe Daddy to overcome.

Dont expect too many upsets out of the televised portion of the event and I can’t really see any of these fights going to a decision with the exception of maybe the Grove/Rivera fight.[/quote]

well john this fight card sucks they better cut a deal with cbs cause i’m not paying $40 2 watch this event it sucks. and your guess r carp gonzaga and the other guy will go 2 the judges. joe vs BJ they r both good in submissions so BJ ain’t going 2 submit he he is going 2 knock him out. rivera vs grove. grove just got knocked out. and franklin couldn’t knock rivera. and your saying grove will?[/quote]

You have a lot to learn my freind…..Just wait and see.

Floyd Mayweather Jr., the world’s No. 1 boxer, is strongly considering a revolutionary jump to mixed martial arts under a deal being discussed with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s adviser and best friend, told ESPN.com Friday night that the five-division world champion, who generated 3.25 million pay-per-view buys and more than $200 million in revenue in two mega fights in 2007, came away from a Thursday meeting with Cuban giving serious thought to taking his game and considerable drawing power to MMA.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr.

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Mark Cuban on Floyd Mayweather’s possible jump to MMA: “He wants to go on to the next big thing.”

“It’s definitely something he is interested in, and when Floyd makes his move, obviously it’s going to be a mega event,” Ellerbe said. “We don’t have a timetable. Floyd is taking some time off, but Floyd understands what is involved. You have to take time to go out and understand what you’re getting involved in, and he’s ready to do that. But it’s something he’s definitely interested in doing.

“Mark Cuban is a very successful business man and has some very, very successful business ventures that we’ve discussed. We’re looking to do a lot of business with Mark. He’s a great guy, and we had a great meeting. Doing an MMA event with him is most definitely something we are looking at, among many things we are looking at doing with Mark Cuban.”

Mayweather’s interest in participating in an MMA event was sparked after he struck up a friendship with Cuban during their participation this season as contestants on the ABC reality series “Dancing with the Stars.”

Cuban was Mayweather’s guest at the fight and even carried two of his championship belts into the ring before he knocked out England’s Ricky Hatton to retain the welterweight world championship Dec. 8 in Las Vegas.

Mayweather and Cuban were together again Thursday in Las Vegas, where they met to discuss various business ventures, including Mayweather participating in an MMA event.

A few boxers, such as former heavyweight contenders Ray Mercer and Frans Botha, have attempted to compete in mixed martial arts with little success. Mayweather’s entrance would bring it to another level, especially at a time when the sports have been pitted against each other by fans and media — MMA as the hotshot newcomer trying to overtake the century-old, more traditional sweet science.

One of Cuban’s many business interests is ownership of HDNet Fights, a fledgling mixed martial arts promotional company whose bouts are aired on Cuban’s HDNet. Cuban promoted his second event Dec. 15 in Dallas.

“Floyd is considering fighting with HDNet Fights,” Cuban told ESPN.com. “We are going to let him visit some gyms to talk to some folks about what it would take to learn. He knows it won’t be easy. But he is getting involved with MMA and HDNet Fights one way or another. He is pumped about it. He wants to go on to the next big thing. Floyd is a brilliant marketer. He follows the money.”

Indeed, Mayweather, like Cuban, knows how to make money. Mayweather, 30, won the year’s two biggest fights, a decision against Oscar De La Hoya in May in a fight that shattered all boxing revenue records and a 10th-round knockout of Hatton that did 850,000 buys and $47 million in television revenue on HBO PPV.

Mayweather-De La Hoya, with 2.4 million buys, set the all-time PPV record. Mayweather-Hatton was the biggest PPV fight in history not involving De La Hoya or heavyweights Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield.

Mayweather earned about $50 million for the two fights.

“If I said there’s a guaranteed $30 million payday, Floyd would be lacing them up,” Cuban said, optimistic that Mayweather would eventually participate in an MMA match. “If not, I could see him working to train and develop and invest in MMA fighters, knowing the upside. He can teach them how to be a better boxer and add to their other skills.”

After each of his last three fights, Mayweather has talked about retirement or, at least, an extended break. Ellerbe said Mayweather is on vacation now but that when he returns, they’ll discuss the prospect of an MMA bout in more detail.

“Floyd is about taking on challenges,” Ellerbe said. “This ain’t some kind of prank. That is one of many things we’ve talked about with Mark. Floyd would have to take time to really understand it, but it is most definitely something he is interested in.”

Dan Rafael is ESPN.com’s boxing writer. Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com.

[quote comment="241149"][quote comment="241108"]This card is weak..and should be free on Spike.[/qu
yes sure cant agree more[/quote]
Maybe they can get Mayweather to sign on…found this link on SI.com… http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/12/22/mayweather.mma.ap/index.html

[quote comment="242018"][quote comment="241149"][quote comment="241108"]This card is weak..and should be free on Spike.[/qu
yes sure cant agree more[/quote]
Maybe they can get Mayweather to sign on…found this link on SI.com…

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/12/22/mayweather.mma.ap/index.html/quote
sorry John, didn’t mean to put this on there again..!

[quote comment="242018"][quote comment="241149"][quote comment="241108"]This card is weak..and should be free on Spike.[/qu
yes sure cant agree more[/quote]
Maybe they can get Mayweather to sign on…found this link on SI.com…

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/12/22/mayweather.mma.ap/index.html/quote

it would be mint – because if mayweather did go into MMA then i guarentee you so will hatton – theyve both been talking about it – and Hattons background is brawling – it would make for ANOTHER heavy fight and prob the biggest pay day in MMA history.

even if he does test the waters – he should test them against Hatton lol. – i went for mayweather their fight but if it was in a cage all my loot WILL go on Hatton

Good card.