Event: UFC 93: “Franklin vs. Henderson”
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2008, at 3 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: The O2 in Dublin, Ireland
Main event:
205 lbs.: Rich Franklin (24-3) vs. Dan Henderson (23-7)
Main card (Televised):
205 lbs.: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (16-3) vs. Mark Coleman (15-8)
185 lbs.: Denis Kang (31-10-1) vs. Alan Belcher (13-5)
205 lbs.: Andre Gusmao (5-1) vs. Antonio Mendes (15–3)
155 lbs.: Nate Mohr (8-5) vs. Dennis Siver (12-6)
Under card (May not be broadcast):
170 lbs.: Marcus Davis (15–4) vs. Chris Lytle (26-16–5)
185 lbs.: Rousimar Palhares (8-2) vs. Jeremy Horn (80-18-5)
205 lbs.: Ivan Serati (10-2) vs. Tomasz Drwal (14-2)
170 lbs.: Thomas Egan (3-0) vs. John Hathaway (9-0)
*Fight not yet officially confirmed by UFC.com.
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………..YAWN………..
Thiago Silva v Lyoto Machida is rumoured for this card
Unfortunately no, they are fighting at UFC 94 on January 31st…
But I do personally agree that, even though Franklin is one of my favorite fighters, that Franklin vs. Henderson and Coleman vs. Shogun are not huge PPV draws… But UFC usually knows this and that’s why the lower caliber main events are usually the international events, like UFC 85 and UFC 89…
they will get at lease 600,000 buys plus gate. and if they do it for free GOD BLESS THEM!!!
who is Ivan Serati?
He’s a Brittish MMA fighter, who has great boxing skills. He has actually done some proffesional boxing. He resently lost to Vitor Belfort first round TKO.
lol, he is italian actually, but thx for trying..
Thanks for the correction.
LOL i should have been able to tell he was Italian by him big ass nose. haha
Spell Check?
I hate to tell ya belfort_fan but Serati is an italian, at least you got the pro boxing part right
So if franklin wins does he get a 205 title shot? If not how many wins will he need after beating a top ten contender like henderson?
Looking past Hendo already huh? Better hope Ace isn’t doing that. He’s gonna need a miracle to get by Dan
Personally think the winner of Thiago Silva & Lyoto Machida at UFC 94 should be the one to face the winner of Griffin vs. Evans…
You can only see how many potential matchups there are with Chuck out of the picture with his loss (who the UFC wanted to win vs Rashad), Liddel frankly is undeserving with one win vs Wanderlei, who should have stuck to a better game plan and could have pulled out a victory. You still have Rampage vs. Wandy, which I believe Wandy is worthy of a title shot if he can beat Rampage again. But I agree Lyoto has paid his dues and him or Thiago are also candidates for 205, and lets not forget the spider is in the mix if joe silva can’t find a worthy opponent that will get the spiders gears going, they are resorting to Chuck. Hendo wants another crack at the spider but what if Rich wins, then what? Rumor is winner is the other coach for the new TUF season that will have Bisping as the other coach. What’s the UFC to do, I think they need to start a PRIX TOURNEY like the PRIDE DAYS.
i got hendo and shogun for the wins both by ko/tko
thats definitely a safe bet
shogun submission actually might be more likely
Hendo has only had one win inside the octagon in the last ten years;and that was against a guy with NO stand up. Ace takes this by TKO in the third.
no way is dan getting KO’d he went 5 rounds with rampage in an absolute slug fest, and you think decision rich is going to TKO him? keep dreaming
man,cant wait for this
i dont have to stay upp till the early hours to watch a ppv
and i can go to it!!
bout time ufc came to ireland!
i hope serati is not on the main card
Wasn’t this the same card that GSP is fighting BJ Penn??
nah, bumped to compete with super bowl weekend on Jan 31st.
hope serra and hughes are on this card
nah dude, there not gonna fight till april
rich franklin will take win with ko/ unanimous decision
Henderson tko rd 2
and chris lytle and marcus davis
You seriously think franklin can knock out a man that Anderson Silva could not KO? What are you smokin?
Franklin is going to get destroyed
Franklin has got punches that come from crazy angles, he definetly has a chance against dangerous D but he has to make sure he comes in 100% ready to fight. as for shogun and coleman i think its gonna be a boring fight.
need some strong undercard fights!!! when the fight card been announced???cant wait 2 go
I can’t wait to see the fight between Hendo and Franklin. It should be a brawl.
As for Shogun, I think he will be exciting to watch this time, if he’s in shape. I hope the old (in shape) Shogun shows up for his fight because he is an amazing athelete when he is in shape.
coleman v shogun, what a waste of time. shogun was supposed to be the best LHW in the world and since his loss to griffin he has been plagued by injury. his return fight, they give him coleman… lol
He had to have surgery on his knee! Shogun v Coleman rematch should happened a while ago but im still delighted to see it
I see Ace taking the win in this one. Even though he is my favorite fighter his chin isnt exactly the strongest I’ve seen (but a lot of fighters are like that). He has a good stand up game; unless you match him to A. Silva but other than him he’s not too shabby. His groundgame is always overlooked because many fighters want to sit there and bang with him and having a 25-3 record not many people come out on top.
Let’s not forget the armbar escape on Black Belt Lutter. He has many submission victories.
But make no mistake Hendo is very dangerous with his looping right. His wrestling is second to none. So I see this being a really exciting fight. I just don’t see how people keep dogging Franklin over and over again. When he has only lost to 2 people in his career. One being the best P4P fighter (A. Silva) and the other being an undefeated Top 10 LHW Lyoto Machida.
Wake up!
Colemans fighting at 205? I think Franklin has better conditioning and will outpoint Henderson. However, I hope Dan wins.
franklin for the tko, as well as coleman upset and marcus davis winning
as much as i like shogun im not going to be surprised to see the old baster upset him after all shoguns injuries i just dont see him being like the pride days and i think dan will take franklin at dans last fight at 205 he had jackson beat the fuck up for two rounds and im pretty sure jackson is a better light heavy than franklin so hendo by either ko or decision.
I don’t think many people want to see that fight. I know I won’t pay money for that fight card.
Your absolutely right,I mean,I cant understand how this event completely sold out in a matter of days,with months to go.Obviously no one is interested,you fuckin muppet.Tickets for Brocks fight were still available with two days to go,so we dont care,and neither does UFC care,that you wont pay for that fight card,because there are more than enough real fight fans willing,and are still willing,to pay for this fightcard,if they could get hold of a ticket for this event.
In regards to Joe Piervincenti’s comments about Thiago Silva and Lyoto Machida deserving title shots. Do you honestly think the ufc is gunna give either of those guys a title shot before they give it to the winner of Wandy or Rampage? Lyoto Machida might be one of the best fighters in the world but my god is the guy boring, the ufc would never want him for a champ because nobody would want to pay to see him fight, He only wins fights by decision ( 8 decisions in 13 fights ) and as far as Thiago Silva goes, he may be undefeated but until he fights a top level fighter he doesnt deserve anything, his best wins are against james irvin and houston alexander and they are sub par at best. Point being its gotta be Wandy or Rampage next inline for a lightheavyweight title fight
alot of guys in MMA/UFC are sad to say “washed up” Franklin has the ability to still be a good top contender but it’s unlikely to happen in his next fight cause he is fighting Henderson who is a really tough, mean and underrated fighter…ever since the UFC 58 Rich Franklin hasn’t been the same, he likes to be the aggressor and when he can he does he wins, but Hendo aint no Jason Mcdonald or a inexperienced Matt Hamill…Henderson comes into the UFC and pretty much beats Jackson but lost the Decision then he fights Anderson Silva and doesn’t get destroyed like Franklin did TWICE, his last fight he didn’t finish the fight and thats because to finish a guy you have to follow him to the ground and with a guy thats as good and explosive in BJJ as he was you just dont do that smart on Hendos part he got the W and thats all he needed…Hendo’s gonna win dont know when or how but but he’s gonna win
great fight but hendo needs to stick to a weight class either 205 or 185
This is a weak card as usual they alway bring these guys that nobody ever heard of to fill the card so they keep the big boys and the semi decent mid card fighters for there shows in the states,the only very good card from top to bottom was 75, and for the money we pay to see these guys they should but on better fights 72 was terrible and this one is looking the same BAR three fights so far,hope this doesnt end up like 85 and everyone starts getting injuried. Anyone else agree with anything i said??????