Event: UFC 101
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Main event:
UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian
Main card (Televised):
205 lbs.: Forrest Griffin vs. Anderson Silva
170 lbs.: Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
185 lbs.: Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida
155 lbs.: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Josh Neer
Under card (May not be broadcast):
170 lbs.: John Howard vs. Tamdan McCrory
170 lbs.: Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
155 lbs.: George Sotiropoulos vs. George Roop
170 lbs.: Danillo Villefort vs. Jesse Lennox
185 lbs.: Alessio Sakara vs. Thales Leites
155 lbs.: Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley
*All fights confirmed by UFC.com.
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WAR BJ!!!! WAR KENDALL!!!
REPRESENT HAWAII TO DA FULLEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder who Kendall will be fighting.
Rumored to be Ricardo Almeida, but I heard he was moving to WW, so I dunno.
I’ll take:
Kenny
Forrest (Unlikely, but I’ll be rooting for him)
Amir
Grove
Neer
Tamden
Riddle
Emerson
Anyone know anything on Villefort and Lennox
Florian
Griffin
Sadollah
Grove
Pellegrino
Howard(even tho ill root for Tamden)
Riddle
Sotiropoulos
Villefort.
Danillo Villefort is a brazilian who trains with ATT. Fought in WEC very talented and very big for his division.
Villefort does’nt have a chin . Hopefully Soptiropoulos catches him with a quick K.fuck’n.O.It’s not that I don’t like Villefort but he’s just not the same as he use to be ,quick and aggresive(destuctive).End fights quick and entertaining
Villefort isnt fighting Sotiropoulos, He’s fighting Jesse Lennox.
You Guys are Dreaming if you think that fool florian is
gonna beat BJ. Forrest as much as i love him sorry but the spider is gonna be hungry for this one!
I think Ken Flo has a pretty good chance in this one man. He has great Kickboxing(i know he wont stand a chance against bjs heavy hands). Sick Jits(i know his ground game wont compare to bj’s). Truth is anything can happen in a fight and i will be rooting for Kenny He is a great, complete fighter that stands a chance against anyone at LW.
Kenny Florian
Anderson Silva
Rest of the fights is CRAP !
That is true!!
Yeah there are two great fights and the rest i can almost care less about.
It’s does’nt matter Kendall is a warrior!He has GREAT finishing skills and awesome muy thai skills .He’s pretty good on his back ,so I hope he’s not underestimated.Kendall ,I give much props! Kendall 1st to 1/2 of 2nd round T.K.O. or worse.
YES! This is perfect! I live in Philly, this will be the first UFC I go to, and as you all know I’m a pretty big BJ PENN fan!
My condolences.
ahahahahhahaaha well done.
Can’t wait for this.. I live in NY and it’s awesome to be going to a UFC show and not have to fly 5 hours to Vegas like I did last time
Where in NY do you live where you can get to Vegas in 5 hrs?
I live in philly and it only took me 4 hours to get to denver. makes sense.
gawd you guys drive fast.
j/k
this card excites me just as much as ufc 100 griffin vs silvia is just as good as lensar vs. mir if not more interesting to me and penn vs. florian excites me just as much as thiago vs. st.pearre
hell ya brada…. Baby Jay all the way… and nobody mess wit da spyda… 6′6 185… bring em all on.. kendall grove future middleweight champ…
hawaiians will take this sport ova
i highly doubt that kendall grove will end up on the undercard after his last fight. he is a former tuf winner coming off an impressive ko win. I also heard rumors that he will be fighting wilson gouveia.
that would be an awesome fight if he fights gouveia!
Don’t forget about Hammill/Vera and Sakara/Palhares. And I read that Tavares/Guillard has been moved to the TUF 9 Finale.
Tavares is hurt, Teabag has a new opponent, forgot who..
Been waiting forever, for the ufc to come to philly and this is the shittiest card ever next to UFC 85:Bedlam
give me a fuckin break bud this card is amazing it has 3 ultimate fighters on this and on finalist your opinion dosent matter at all and no card will ever be as shitty or even as close to shitty as ufc bedlam
they should have Damian maia fight Grove !!!
Happy for ya “Philly” but gotta give a little hate since us Portland Oregonians heard we were gettin UFC 101
Hey Dana, is Damien Maia on vacation???????
Uh, what the hell are you talking about?
He just fought last month and he’s probably taking on the Spider at 102.
or not. you know, since anderson is fighting on this card.
When I made that comment the rumor was Maia/Silva at 102. Leites’ piss-poor performaance changed all that. Dana doesn’t want to risk another stinker against a pure BJJ guy unwilling to engage.
Maia is fighting Nate Marquardt next, number one conteder for the middle weight title shot!
Paul Harris is going to walk right through Sakara.
ya think?? lol
God i hate that match up. we went from an exiting match up with sakara vs alan belcher… to probably a one sided fight ending by submission…
Im still hoping sakara knocks him out!
POR FIN FUE LARGA LA ESPERA …………………………..BJ PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN………………….
OK…..
I was hoping the main event would have been rampage vs Evans/Machida, now i gotta buy a ticket in my city to go watch that dickhead BJ fight, i wonder what his excuse will be this time? i know, Florian used illegal elbows!!!
you have to be stupid to think Bj’s gonna lose this one
u guys got shitty fights
bj and jenflo? not shitty my friend. forrest griffin and anderson silva, although a useless fight, is sick. and amir sadollah is nasty too. and josh neer is just an exciting fighter to watch. but more than watching the fights live in the wach i cant wait to after party with these guys. i am all over bj penn and forrest griffins nuts.
Well you’re eight years old, dude. You should stay off their genitals until you’re 18, unless you want to get them in trouble.
why the fuck is kendall on the under card and vera in the main card it’s bs
Forrest Griffin shouls fight Anderson Silva instead of Thiago. That will be a better fight to watch. Who knows maybe Dana might work on it
You know you just got done hearing about the fight so u have to act like it was just a though in your mind that they should fight.
OWNED
The GuN seriously needs help, that’s got to be the lamest thing ever, you’re just too cool man.
Yeah so are you man. Your cooler than the other side of the pillow!
HAHA yea why did u write it the same day as they annoce it
I would think Josh Koscheck may try to work his way onto this card if his next fight goes well, anyone else agree with the remaining main card spot yet to be filled?
John Howard is fighting twice, dame he’s gonna be tired.. Sounds like UFC 1 thru 8, lol
You haven’t heard? Howard is taking on Keith Hackney at UFC 104 and 105.
I’ll tell you what philly, I wish I had the opportunity to see Penn get his A** kicked. Silva is going to wipe the floor with Griffin, and as far as Sadollah goes the jury is still out, I mean all we know is that he’s really good at giving CB Dolloway arm bars. Finally, Grove is not a special fighter, good guy maybe, but nothing special.
WAR PENNNNN! BJ BJ BJ!!! Aloha bitches!!!! BJ BJ BJ!!!
How sad.
You’re sad newbee.
fuck everybody I hope bj fucks up ken-flo
Ken Flo shall emurge victorious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I can get an affordable ticket, I’ll definitely be in the house. I don’t care if I’m in Dancin’ Shawny’s seat. But I’m curious how the fighters are going to handle same day weigh-ins.
Maia is fighting Marquardt next!
I am hoping to see:
>bj lose his belt (hopefully he wont be let go after two consecutive losses)
>silva lose by rnc with 15 seconds left in the 3rd (shogun style)
>Amir actually fight since he won TUF
>maia/marquardt get fight of the night honors
YYYEEAAAAAAA!!!!!
Maia will prolly get Sub of the night like everyone of his other fights.
this card is gonna be sick! too bad ill be to twacked out to sit down and watch it,,lol j/k..
kenny will tap out bj in the 2nd round! maybe a stop due to a cut! in the 1st
griffin 2nd round good old ground and pound!
marquardt
almeada
neer
Who F–k’n cares let’s just hope for some good knockouts.Cung Le is the man!Watch out for him if he enters the oct.
If they had a bunch of drag queens fighting that night. all you guys will still watch them and get off on it.. Get a life, have fun with these matches. Philly is dam lucky to be getting this event.
kenny is going to kill bj and all you guys that think forrest is going to win are insane anderson is going to ko him in the 2nd if forrest stands up with him like he thinks hes some kind of living tissue over endoskelton.
sadollah
grove
pellegrino
tamdan
riddle
sotiropoulos
leites///others dont know anything about or worth remembering
and i hope lesnar ko’s mir
urijah beats brown
Urijah didnt beat brown… like i predicted.
I JUST HOPE FOREST MAKES IT A WAR. SUM1 NEEDS 2 BEAT THE SPIDERS ASS FOR HIS LAST 2 SHITTY ASS APPEAENCES IN THE OCTAGON. WAND OR THEY SHUD GET CUNG LE IN THE U.F.C. ALREADY
Man i want to come out to this show from Detroit but cant get the ticket site to give me anything under the best tickets out there… anyone have a lil help
go to ezticketsearch, they have good tkts there and not too overpriced
I like Kenny , he’s from here in Boston and is working hard to promote MMA here, but I love BJ. Fact is BJ will destroy Kenny and prove he will win 9 out of 10 fights in the LW division, but can’t hang with the LHW and MW’s fighting in the WW division.
Some may disagree but I’d love to see BJ fight St. Pierre one more time before they are both through. We all know the first fight was a crock, and i will admit BJ got destoyed in the second fight.
BJ be let go after 2 losses? BJ is boys with Dana, aint happening. Dana would put on a fight to make money like GSP vs BJ 3, and Silva vs BJ, or a Machida vs BJ rematch before BJ would walk away. Granted, BJ may not be happy with the outcome.
BJ is sticking around. UFC is trying to get their fights in Hawaii.
Thales Leites should get a one-year suspension for being the UFC’s biggest vagina
hahaha dats some funny stuff
very, very poor card.
one of the poorest ever..
bj sucks, anderson is not fighting for the title, the rest is sightseing.
thales lates will win silva will win and pen who fucking blows will find his little cock sucking way of winning as well
BJ
Silva
Almeida
Sadollah
NEER
take that to the bank
I hope ken flo bets penn (gonna be a good fight either way)forrest vs silva is gonna be a real test for griffin which is not likely to win but I’m rooting for him, kendall grove has some pretty entertaining fights as well
Florian will bleed like a fat vagina all over the cage floor
bj
silva
the rest sucks
FLorian will bleed like a fat vagina all over the cage
UFC 101 top two fights will be better than any fight Fedor will be in outside the UFC. Thats why the UFC is so great to watch for us fans the fights are close and there is going to be a lot debating on who is going to win and that goes for all it’s cards. Penn vs. Kflo will be ten times more exciting to watch than Fedor against “a should be guaranteed win” any MMA fan hardore or not should agree on that. I think the UFC ratings prove that.
Rogers, Overeem and Lashley have all stated a desire to fight in the UFC, Dana should go after more talent than one talent making the HW division deeper in talent and more exciting. I’m going with both underdogs for 101 Kflo has been looking deadly and has not said much trash just staying focused on the fight and not what was said, And Forrest will surprise Silva who hasn’t faced a in your face fighter like Forrest and hasn’t looked as sharp lately. I might be wrong on both but thats what makes a fight exciting when your not almost 100% sure one guy is going to win.
Been waiting for UFC to get sanctioned in Philly for years and pissed I wont be there but here goes…
Penn
Griffin
Hendricks
Grove
Neer
McCrory
Cramer
Sotiropoulos
Villefort
Leites
Riley
Penn!!!!!! oh yeah and Griffen!!!!!!
dam bra griffen n anderson fight was so pathetic, i lost alot of respect for forrest that man jus flat out gave up so much for “ill never be broke” man got folded by a powder puff jab