Former International Fight League (IFL) welterweight standout Rory Markham (14-4) has inked a fight contract with Zuffa and will make his Octagon debut against fellow newcomer, Brodie Farber (13-3), at UFC Fight Night 14 from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 19.
The good news comes from the fine folks over at FiveOuncesOfPain.com.
Markham is a super tough competitor who has won seven of his last nine fights. He most recently defeated Jay Ellis via first round submission (triangle choke) at the first-ever Adrenaline MMA event earlier this month.
The heavy-handed Miletich-trained fighter has never gone the distance in nearly 20 professional fights -– win or lose –- since his pro debut back in 2003. Markham comes to scrap and leaves it all on the table … just ask notable opponents such as Mike Pyle and Brad Blackburn.
He’s a fine (and dangerous) addition to a very talent-heavy UFC 170-pound division.
His scheduled opponent, Farber, has been busy south of the United States border, competing in several recent shows in Mexico under the MMA Extreme banner. He is on a six-fight win streak that includes a nice balance of submissions and (technical) knockouts.
UFC Fight Night 14 features the light heavyweight debut of reigning 185-pound champion Anderson Silva against James Irvin. To check out the most recent card and rumors for the Spike TV special click here.
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Good to see Markham in the UFC. They should also get The Lion and Horodecski
Horodecki wouldn’t be a bad addition, but he would get smeered pretty quick.
Schultz and Markham, hell yeah!
Add Palaszewski to the list… have all the ‘good’ IFL fighters migrated.
Whoa shit!!! Rory Markham fighting in the UFC? Dam thats crazy. He puts on good fights, I’d love to see how he’ll match up with the UFC’s WW division.
off subject but nick diaz vs thomas denny at the next elite xc prime time show
So they stopped Nick from fighting Sakurai for a title, then no title shot with KJ, just so he can fight Denny. I thought people said the other Orgs. treat there fighters better than the UFC?
i was not happy when they cancelled sakurai vs diaz but i was to happy to see nick get a rematch with noons but that was scratced so to see diaz fight denny pisses me off gary shaw you are a ass
Wildman Denny????????? LOLOLOL. Give me a F’ing break.
Related to this thread, its good to see Markham in the UFC. He is a very explosive fighter. Right off the bat after one win, I would like to see Rory fight Marcus Davis. That should make for an exciting fight.
The UFC is signing ALOT of new talent for this UFN 14 that they put on on short notice. They probably have to get new talent to fight at this show because appearantly not many established UFC fighters would take a fight on 3.5 weeks notice.
Yeah, I think the new fighters is because of short notice as well. I watched the IFL from time to time but I never really paid attention to it. I have seen Rory fight but I never noticed he was fighting at welterweight. I thopught he was bigger than he is. Maybe its because he hits like a MAC truck! This is a great addition and I would not oppose Davis vs. Marham
Violentmike: On my drive home from school today, I was thinking about Fighter Records and I remember that back in the day, occasionally u used to post a fighters entire mma career record: list of who he faced, in order, with the outcome, what organization. I remember because you put me on to the fact that Tim Sylvia KO Rothwell, back in the day. Where did you go to get those complete lists? and u should start breaking them back out from time to time, for new fighters!
I google the fighter. Then I’d copy/paste out of Wikipedia (of all places) or Fight Finder, and then “clean it up” by deleting the nonsense and formatting it correctly.
Let’s learn about Rory Markham and Brodie Farber.
RORY MARKHAM
Loss Brett Cooper TKO (Strikes) IFL - World Grand Prix Finals 12/29/2007 2 1:15
Win Chris Clements TKO (Strikes) IFL - 2007 Semifinals 8/2/2007 1 1:17
Win Pat Healy KO IFL - Moline 4/7/2007 3 1:47
Loss CHRIS WILSON TKO IFL-Championship Final 12/29/2006 1 2:14
Win Keith Wisniewski TKO (Corner Stoppage) IFL-World Championship Semifinals 11/2/2006 3 4:00
Win Marcelo Azevedo TKO (Strikes) IFL-Gracie vs. Miletich 9/23/2006 1 3:58
Win Brad Blackburn KO (Punch) IFL-Championship 2006 6/3/2006 2 0:23
Win MIKE PYLE KO (Punch) IFL-Legends Championship 2006 4/29/2006 1 0:44
Loss Trevor Garrett TKO XFO 10-Explosion 3/18/2006 1 0:47
Win Brian Green KO XFO 9-Xtreme Fighting Organization 9 1/28/2006 1 0:26
Win Mike Van Meer KO EC 64-Extreme Challenge 64 10/15/2005 1 1:48
Win Victor Moreno Submission (Rear Naked Choke) EC 61-Extreme Challenge 61 4/22/2005 1 4:16
Win Jimmy Boyd Submission (Triangle Choke) XFO 5-Xtreme Fighting Organization 5 3/19/2005 1 2:13
Win Ryan Williams Submission (Triangle Choke) CFC 1-Courage Fighting Championships 1 7/24/2004 2 2:53
Win Jason Guida Submission (Armbar) XFO 2-New Blood 6/26/2004 2 0:58
Loss Kurt Illeman TKO (Cut) EC 55-Extreme Challenge 55 12/5/2003 1 1:26
Win John Bulger KO (Strikes) EC 54-Extreme Challenge 54 10/12/2003 1 0:59
BRODIE FARBER
Win Eduardo Gonzalez KO MMAX 18 - MMA Xtreme 18 January 2008 1 0:27
Win Miguel Carrasco Submission (Triangle Choke) MMAX 16 - MMA Xtreme 16 November 2007 1 2:10
Win Francisco Rosas Submission (Rear Naked Choke) MMAX 11 - MMA Xtreme 11 April 2007 1 0:45
Win Raul Alcala TKO MMAX 7 - MMA Xtreme 7 November 2006 1
Win Nestor Martinez Submission (Rear Naked Choke) MMAX 4 - MMA Xtreme 4 August 2006
Win Stacy Hakes TKO (Referee Stoppage) MMAX 4 - MMA Xtreme 4 August 2006
Loss Brian Warren Submission (Triangle Choke) PF 1 - The Beginning May 2006
Win John Wood Submission (Guillotine Choke) WEF - Sin City May 2005
Win Jose Ramos Submission (Rear Naked Choke) TC 8 - Total Combat 8 April 2005 1 0:33
Loss SEAN SHERK Submission (Choke) SF 6 - Battleground in Reno September 2004 1
Win Hans Marrero Decision (Split) RITC 64 - Heart & Soul August 2004 3 3:00
Win Robert Maldonado TKO RITC 63 - It’s Time June 2004 1 1:47 (I WONDER IF BRUCE BUFFER ANNOUNCED AT THE “IT’S TIME” EVENT…)
Win Gabriel Casillas Decision (Unanimous) RITC 49 - Stare Down June 2003 3 3:00
Loss Bret Bergmark TKO (Punches) WEC 6 - Return of a Legend March 2003 1 3:57
Win Rich Moss Submission (Americana) RITC 45 - Finally March 2003 1 1:26
Win Hector Figueroa Submission (Guillotine Choke) RM 2 - Reto Maximo 2 December 2002 1 4:15
Good Looking! THats exactly what I am talking about! Good stuff!
Such a joke, Diaz has got to be pissed about this. I’m starting to agree with the mexicutioner.
Mexicutioner is starting to sound like a genius instead of an idiot!
LOL
does any1 know how to watch affliction banned in the U.K plz!?
As the former IFL writer of this site (Thanks IFL!) and I am really really happy to see Rory get signed to the UFC, and I hope they air this fight in all honesty. But this card is extremely weak filled with people that nobody but the hardcore fans know about. I mean nobody knew Reese Andy when he took the fight against Vera (except for a couple of people) and now Rory is another former IFL fighter to fight inside the cage. Now if they could get Ryan Schultz… that would be something.
Does anyone else think Brodie Farber looks like a cross of GSP and Gray Maynard?
More like Mikey Burnett crossed with Gray Maynard!
Regarless, that guy isn’t gettin much pussy…