The official weigh-in event for UFC 88: “Breakthrough” is set to air LIVE online via streaming video from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Ga. on Friday, September 5 at 4 p.m. ET.
Of course, MMAmania.com will provide up-to-the-minute coverage of the UFC 88 weigh-in, as well as provide a detailed recap of the festivities as soon as they conclude for those who miss it on UFC.com.
Here’s the complete line up:
Main event:
Chuck Liddell (21-5) vs. Rashad Evans (11-0-1)
Main card (televised):
205 lbs.: Rich Franklin (23-3) vs. Matt Hamill (4-1)
170 lbs.: Karo Parisyan (18-5) vs. Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida (10-2)
185 lbs.: Dan Henderson (22-7) vs. Rousimar Palhares (8-1)
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt (26-8-2) vs. Martin Kampmann (16-2)Under card (may not be broadcast):
155 lbs.: Thiago Tavares (13-2) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (15-4)
205 lbs.: Tim Boetsch (7-2) vs. Mike Patt (11-2)
170 lbs.: Matt Brown (7-6) vs. Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim (10-0-1)
170 lbs.: Roan Carneiro (12-7) vs. Ryo Chonan (14-8)
185 lbs.: Jason Lambert (23-8) vs. Jason MacDonald (20-10)
For those in town for the UFC debut in “Hotlanta” remember that the weigh-ins are FREE to attend and open to the public.
And for those who want to make the most out of the experience get there a little early for Harley-Davidson Fan/Fighter Photo Session at 10 a.m. local time. In addition, several fighters will be in attendance to sign autographs and pose for photos at a session that begins at 1 p.m.
Of course, UFC Fight Club members will also be able to attend an exclusive Q&A session with a soon-to-be-named star at around that same time (1 p.m.).
In addition to coverage of the weigh-in, remember that MMAmania.com will also provide LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action on fight night, which is slated to air at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV) from the Philips Arena on Saturday, September 6.
Of course, the latest quick updates of the prelim bouts will begin to flow earlier than that at around 8:30 p.m. ET.
It’s going to be a fun night of fights … check us out for all the pre, during and post-fight coverage you can handle.
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gonna be a awesome event.
1st to comment! =D
How many wrestlers are they going to feed to chuck? lol easy money!
I hope Evens takes this one. IMO he is VERY under-rated. He does need to have a MUCH better fight than his last one(split-decision win over Bisping).This is his chance, Forest beat Rampage, now this is evens big shot.Chuck is not the Chuck of old, but he is still Chuck. 50/50 chance for both to win,I like them both, should be great fight.
Evans, underrated? He’s a tad bit overrated IMO! So overrated in fact, that he gets a chance to face the legendary Iceman for a title shot! MAn Iceman should be fed guys like Machida[w/c will give him fits because it’s gonna be all counter-punching] or Thiago Silva. Unfortunately, these 2 are gonna square off, so they feed him an overrated Evans, who’s gonna get his first taste of defeat at long last!!
Overrated?? I think Chuck may not be in the top 5 or 6 LHWs, you have Forest, Machida, Rampage, Thiago Silva, Rua, Jardine( only adding him because HE BEAT CHUCK), Wanderlei and A. Silva. That is a BIG list. But for you to say Evens should not fight him because Chuck is “Legendary” is insane!!
Jardine in the top 5? You’re making me laugh kiddo. Jardine ain’t ever gonna be in the top 5. And you’re placing Jardine ahead of Wanderlei?!?You gotta be kiddin’. Chuck beat Wanderlei, but Chucky ain’t good enough to be on the list? Your list that is.
I think you should edit that list of yours…
I just named them, I did not put them in order. Chuck should be named with them somewhere. Look he had 3 fights in ‘07 and lost 2(Rampage and Jardine) yes Jardine. I have Forest,Rampage, Machida, Thiago, Wandi, ahead of Jardine. Where does that leave Chuck? Look I like Chuck, don’t get me wrong, but the facts prove my point. Evens deserves a shot at one of those names. I don’t know who will win but the looser is screwed!
We really shouldn’t argue about that last part. You’re absolutely right! The loser of this match is definitely SCREWED in the ass, hehe!!…Hope your boy Rashad puts up a nice fight w/the Iceman…
Everyone says he is not the Iceman of old, but the Iceman that fought Wandy was the best version of him I have seen in years. If that is the guy that steps into the octagon with Rashad, it will be a very quick fight.
I don’t think he is the Iceman of old. Wanderlei stood in front of him for 5 rounds and blased away, which is a perfect style for Liddell’s longer reatch and counter-striking. But he still coudln’t put him away. I could be wrong, but Liddell’s never gone this long without KO’ing someone.
“Couldnt put him away” Thats more credit to Wanderlei’s toughness. Did you see Wandys face? Wandy had bumps on top of bumps on top of more bumps! Just wait till Rashad gets hit, then we’ll find out what type of heart he has? It will be a tough fight, but its all Chuck in this fight!
well his last 2 fights werent against wrestlers…..
technically his last 3 fights were against guys known for striking even though Jardine and Rampage both started as wrestlers….I will agree that if you look at all of Chuck’s opponents, most are ground guys/wrestlers…he lost to Rampage, known for striking and he beat Wanderlei and Alistar Overeem, 2 strikers….I want to see Chuck fight winner of Machida/Thiago, Shogun, Wanderlei again, or A. Silva…maybe even a rematch with Jardine down the road…if Vera can do something I think that would be an interesting matchup as well, but I see Chuck taking that fight if it were to happen. I am dreading the scenario where Chuck beats Rashad, Chuck gets title shot w/ Forrest, Chuck wins title, Chuck defends to Rampage and gets beat again…I do not want to see that be the end of Chucks career. If Chuck can win the title from Forrest, he should defend it against winner of Machida/Thiago.
Thiago/Machida should be ahead of Chuck in terms of a title, but its more about PPV than who is the best it would seem.
I see Chuck beating Rashad the same way he beat Tito the 2nd time.
Well he beat Tito (twice), babalu (twice) and couture once, so hes had his fair share of wrestlers!
Couture twice.
Let’s get it on!Liddell, Franklin, PArisyan, HEndo, my money’s ridin’ on you guys!
Guys, how would you call the Marquardt-Kampmann fight. Kampmann has evolved so much, and so has Nate. Nate has changed a lot after the Spider loss and he should’ve won the Leites fight if he just fought smart. My guess is Nate, but I could never count Kampmann out. Fatal move to underestimate a fighter!!
Or I’m thinkin’ Hamill might just pull off the upset if it does go to the ground…tsk!
how many fighters are they gony feed chuck!! why dont they put him in there with say…wandi after 2 straight defeats cos thats an easy fight! Or say tito when he was in his prime or randy in his prime they are also very easy!! Or even Kevin Randleman or Rampage, infact why not send him to japan to fight the best over there thats also easy!! im fed up with chuck fighting these nobodys in the sport, its ridiculous!!!!!!
Sobralx2, tito x2, randyx2, Wandi, vitor belfort, Bustamante, vernon white, randleman, monson…… bloody hell i dont recognise any of these bums!! he should fight hendo, oooops hes a wrestler that would be too easy, infact he should fight shogun, ooops he injured his knee thats chucks fault that happened. He just dodges everybody doesnt he. Some of you so called MMA fans are a disgrace, slating one of the legends of the sport who has demolished almost an entire division and to use the weakest of excuses like he gets fed wrestlers???? F off!! Go and watch boxing then you idiots!!
why dont you go to the kitchen and get you some tea and crumpets and calmdown buddy.
I agree with everything he says though. Somehow Chuck has become “under rated” by a lot of people. I knew that would happen when he lost his title, (pretty soon Rampage will be a bum too), but when he beat Wandy I thought most people would have jumped back on his bandwagon.
Chuck is one of those fightrs I will always be a fan of.
i wasnt saying the UFC is pampering chuck, i just meant that he has beaten every wrestler hes faced, and that statistic is not gonna end anytime soon!
But not every time. He still has that loss to Randy on his record! Both Randy and Rampage really used thier wrestling when they defeated Chuck in thier first fights.
MO!!!!! You the man! Let these guys know whats up! I completely agree!
Nicely put.
I just want to see a.silva just clean house and get the 205 belt I just need machida to lose he’s a borin fighter
I have no idea how Hammil is the underdog. I love Rich but he is not ready for 205. Who did he beat at 205 last time SHAMROCK and TANNER? Hamil is a beast and has a HUGE advantage. I think being able to block but the crowd and that kind of focus is going to get him straight to the title.
He is undefeated (Bisping buls%it!)
Hamil wins this tko in late 2 early 3
You don’t see how Hammil is the underdog? Maybe cause Rich is the man and has only lost to Anderson Silva and Lyota Machida in his whole career and Hammil has 4 or 5 fights total in his career. Rich was a huge 185 pounder he will not have the size advantage at 205 but I think he will be plenty strong to deal with Hammil and his standup is way better than Hammil’s although I will admit Hammil’s was much improved in his last couple of fights.
Hammill has sloppy and predictable stand-up that’s tailor-made for a more technical and diverse striker like Franklin. Do not make the mistake of counting out Franklin just because he looked terrible in his two fights against Silva. He is still among the elite fighters in the world, and Hammill will have no answer for him.
Agreed. Although it is hard to not cheer on Hamill.
I totally agree on that Bisping bull$%it part. The guy was robbed just because Bisping was in front of his hometown.
Negation, it was the American judges who gave it to Bisping. The British judge scored it for Hamill.
Ooops, my bad…I was caught unawares, hehe!!
Regardless where the judge was from, garbage decision.
Mark my words- Hamil beats Franklin
Chuck is gonna show Rashad what being in the top tier means.
Rob Dib
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And Shad will show Chuckie how it is to live in the lower tier, haha!!
The only reason why Chuck is being fed to Rashad is cuz dana white wants Chuck to be champ again…. thats why Machida is fighting Thiago silva- so that one can drop the ladder and would never have to face the “iceman”.. whatever i guess being talented and being to win doesn’t work with UFC no more its all about PPV sales now..
i dont hear anyone bichin about silva being fed cote.
we all know how that one is gonna turn out.
so shut up about chuck being fed rashad.
and seeing how forrest just beat page i dont get why people are saying chuck is just gonna be able to cruise to another title because of Dana.
The only reason Silva is fighting Cote is that he is WELL on his way to mopping the floor with his entire division. And they have to find someone to fight him. I used to think Chuck was given the easier route to a title fight, but have since changed my mind, cuz I have a p*ss poor memory. He was going to fight Shogun, but his knee blew out. Then he went to WAR with Wandi. I think people are saying that simply b/c he’s fighting Rashad, rather than Thiago or Machida. Rashad, on paper anyway, is a FAR easier match for him. That being said, Rashad deserves his chance to see if he can hang with the big boys. Let’s hope he doesn’t attempt a lay ‘n pray, which, with Chuck, is next to impossible. However, just for the fun of it, I’m picking Rashad in this one.
i’m picking rashad to win by un decision, i see franklin winning by ko or tko first round, parisyan by un decision, henderson by ko or tko second round, and marquadt by submission first round. i think fight of the night will go to kurt and thiago, i hope they show that fight, i personally think it will be amazing!!! overall very sweet card.
Brazilian bruiser Anderson Silva is happy to fight British bulldog Michael Bisping in his own backyard.
Silva says he would be happy to travel to these shores and defend his UFC world middleweight title against ‘The Count’.
It’s the kind of mouth-watering match-up that will give Bisping even more of an incentive to beat Chris ‘The Crippler’ Leben at Birmingham’s NIA on October 18.
Silva said: “I would like to fight Michael Bisping in his home country in front of all of his own fans.
“That is the kind of challenge I would like to take on. I would enjoy going somewhere overseas like Britain to fight.”
Silva is one of the most feared men ever to climb into the octagon, winning all of his seven contests since joining the UFC just over two years ago.
The 23-year-old has been thinking of moving up to the light-heavyweight division but is now likely to stay a very considerable force in the 185lbs ranks.
He makes the next defence of his title against American Patrick Cote at UFC 90 in Chicago on October 25.
Silva is a firm odds-on favourite to win, but Cote insisted: “I think I have the best style to beat this guy.
“I have a good chin, I’ll go forward and I won’t be scared of him like many of his opponents have been.”
Meanwhile, Marcus Davis, the American of Irish descent, will be aiming to make it a hat-trick of wins over Brits in his next fight in October.
The former professional boxer tackles fast-rising Scouser Paul Kelly on the UFC 89 bill topped by Michael Bisping in Birmingham.
Top British UFC fighters Jason Tan and Paul Taylor have both failed to go more than a round against Davis.
But Kelly said: “Beating Davis will really get me noticed in the States and underline I am here to stay.
“I fear nothing and nobody and I always come to fight.”
My Picks:
1. Chuck ( this fight will go similar to chuck/tito (1 & 2)
2. Lyoto Machida (BUT I WANT THIAGO SILVA)
3. Karo
4. Franklin
5. Palhares
6. Nate
7. Tavares
8. Kim
9. Mcdonald
* hesitant on Palhares and Nate*
Same here with Nate. I really can’t underestimate Kampmann because the dude has drastically improved IMO.
SoCal, Thiago and Lyoto don’t fight until October. They are not on this card.
tavares/pellegrino should be good. and i think karo will have a hard time with yoshida.
that, and im surprised that so many people are picking palhares over hendo. ha, everyones going for the underdog so much that hes going to end up the favorite!
THIS CARD IS STACKED, this has the potential to be the best card of the year.
You Have huge stars who have been main event draws on previous cards
Lidell
Henderson
Franklin
Rashad
MArquart
Then you have Parisyan Hammill Kampmann
The reason this card has so much potential is because you have several fighters with thier futures riding on September 8. Dan henderson is on the verge of dropping 3 staight he will be fighting with everything he has, Marquart cant aford to drop two straight and go 1 for 4 in his lat 4 fights. Franklin must win his return to LHW . Chuck is 1 for three in his last 3 fights and if he loses to rashad he will have dropped 2 fights to TUF alum. Its a must win for chuck. And when you have great fighters with thier backs to the Wall expect fireworks on september 8. THIS PPV IS A MUST SEE ON A TV MINIMUM OF 40 INCHES AND IN HD and not on a 15 inch blurry CPU screen. can anybody say HERE WE GO.
I also like the Jason Lambert (23-8) vs. Jason MacDonald (20-10)fight. Especially after the show Madonald put on in his last fight. That guy is a gamer. I’d like to see if he could actually put a few wins together. He has the skills to start making a legit climb to the top if he puts his mind to it.
i hope cuba gooding rashad evens gets his ass kicked. he is good tho. why does it say hes 11-0-1. isnt he 16-0-1. this is going to be such a good fight night. i cant choose between rich and matt. i like them both. rich needs it tho.
Don’t bet against the streak.
The ICEMAN will prevail..
have floor seats cant go , anybody??