The fight card for UFC Fight Night 19 continues to take shape with the addition of another potential bout — eight-fight Octagon veteran Ed Herman (15-7) has reportedly agreed to fight UFC sophomore Aaron Simpson (5-0) on September 16.
Simpson recently revealed the middleweight match up via his personal Facebook page.
Herman is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Canadian fighter David Loiseau at UFC 97 in April, which turned out to be a “win or get cut” battle. Prior to that, “Short Fuse” had lost two in a row to Alan Belcher (via split decision) and Demian Maia (via triangle choke).
Since making his debut at the TUF Season 3 Finale — a losing performance that still earned him a six-figure contract with the promotion — Herman has racked up a total of four wins and four losses inside the Octagon.
A one-fight WEC veteran, Simpson made his transition to the UFC when its sister promotion folded its heavier divisions. His UFC debut came at UFC Fight Night 18, where “A-Train” needed just 1:40 of the opening frame to earn a technical knockout victory over Tim McKenzie.
In fact, all five of the two-time All-American wrestler’s wins have ended in a (technical) knockout, with only one fight making it out of the first round.
Taking place at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., UFC Fight Night 19 will serve as the lead-in event for the debut of the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) on SpikeTV. This season’s format will feature 16 heavyweights, including YouTube-sensation-turned-MMA-fighter Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson and four former professional football players.
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Herman’s a douche. They should throw him in with Hendo, so Dan can shut him the fuck up too.
he ust to train at team quest or he still does , and dan is in a different league……and on a side note, thanks mmamania for always getting me to buy products that u post advertisments for lol, i just bought the jon jones silver start shirt lol
how much?
40$
Possible Fight Announcement
A bout between Anthony Johnson (7-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and fellow welterweight Yoshiyuki Yoshida (11-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will take place in October at UFC 104.
introvert, your opinion is meaningless to me. I have heard 1 too many of your anti-Dana/UFC propoganda rants.
JG, to the best of my knowledge he still does train at Quest.
thanks for posting that McArthur. Saved me the trouble! Damn good match up right there. Hope yoshida tests Rumbles ground game.
Diego Sanchez:
“This comes from Lorenzo [Fertitta] and Dana [White]. They’re flying me out to Philadelphia. I’ll be sitting there ringside. I’ll probably be in the ring afterward. It’s on.” -Diego Sanchez.
This is just proof that Dana secretly loves brocks antics. If he was that opposed to it, he wouldnt be already setting up this in ring WWE style staredown between Diego and the winner of the Penn/Florian fight at UFC 101
Its ok because the Philly fans will eat that WWE style crap right up!
You guys are lucky to be going to that!!!! Great card!!!! For some reason I’m liking Forest!
likin’ Forest just this one time
Mac-
Griffin over A. Silva?
Really?
REALLY?!
You must be baking on some good stuff.
I am but thats not the point…it will be better for all of us if Silva is tested and tested well…he needs to regain the fire OJR…THE FIRE!!!!
Griffin is the perfect foil for A. Silva unless he wants to implement some GnP.
Otherwise, Griffin is going to sleep.
Expect a blazing inferno, buddy.
The Johnson/Yoshida fight looks great, and so does the 104 card. I was hoping we’d still see Johnson/Brown, but oh well. Also still hoping to see a real main event get booked for 103 (sorry Dana, Dos Santos/Cr-Cop and Swick/Kampmann are nice fights but are NOT main-event worthy) and Cote/Okami to complete the 104 main card.
It’s no secret at all that Dana likes what Brock does, that’s why he signed him…
I am a big Herman fan. Looses to Maia and Belcher is not bad unless you want to be Champ. But he should pull this one out.
You’re kidding right? Someone with Aaron’s wrestling can take him down at will and gnp him until he quits. His standup isn’t something that could overwhelm simpson either.
I don’t know anybody that Herman trains with that can take him down at will. Team Quest is known for its grapplers… If I were a gamblin man, which I am, i would be anxious to bet against your prediction. You obviously haven’t watched Short Fuse fights. He doesn’t quit ! He is tough as nails…and I would be surprised if he lost this fight…let alone be dominated as you predict. $500 ?…that you are way wrong ! That doesn’t take away from the fact that Aaron Smith is a very accomplished and decorated wrestler. That he is indeed… just no way will he dominate and make Ed quit as you predict.
Why the ginger bashing?
Simpson should get the job done good wrestler with ko power
God, I’m so far behind in what’s going on! He beat Loiseau??? How??? Did Loiseau actually fight with arms and legs tied behind his back. I guess time or …..something has really stalled his career more than I thought. Herman’s not awful or anything, but I didn’t think he was in the Crow’s league. Way wrong, again!!
Loiseau looked awful unfortunately, he was taken down repeatedly in that fight and other than an early spinning back kick he had nothing to offer, that Franklin defeat has pretty much killed his career.
No! The “Shortfuse” has pretty much ended his UFC career…and in dominate fashion I might add…once again he proved the haters wrong.
the Jake O’Brien of the MW’s…just won’t go away
I actually like Herman. He won me a lot of money against the crow, but I’d like to see him do well.
I dont know why people hate Herman.
He’s a scrappy dude and personally I think he should be 5-3, think he got robbed in the Belcher fight.
yeah, I’m partial to redheads. He’s scrappy and you can never count him out. There are ginger haters out there though spewing their gingerist propoganda
I’m totally indifferent.
yeah, Herman won me some good money against the Crow as well. That was one of the easiest wins of the year. Crow fooled a lot of people into thinking he wasnt a mental midget anymore. lol
I agree WB, that was a shocking decision, Belcher has improved since then but I have no sympathy for him losing to Sexyama after he was gifted a win over Herman.
I was hoping that the Crow would destroy Herman but he looked awful and confirmed that he is done as a top MW. Ed looked good in that fight but it was really frustrating to watch.
I’ve never heard of Aaron Simpson but any fight over an unknown undefeated prospect is dangerous, Herman could be suprised here.
Thank God.
I thought I was the only one.
Herman got robbed vs. Belcher.
Not a Herman fan….
i think ed is in trouble
Good News for the Irish
“Speaking at a question and answer session recently, Lorenzo Fertitta was asked when the UFC would be returning to Dublin, and his response was clear.”
“We will be back in Dublin next year on St. Patty’s Day.”
Marcus Davis??
Marcus Davis, the true kilt-wearing Irishman that he is, will celebrate St. Patty’s Day in traditional Irish fashion — with a fight and a few pints, not necessarily in that order.
…whilst in the USA, his home, where he and his parents were born
He will be drinking from a plastic glass while eating Frosted Lucky Charms to prove to everyone he is indeed Irish, which he will be telling everyone with his heavy Boston (ish) accent…
I don’t care about Pee Wee Herman.
Dennis…you’re a menace to mma fans of Herman…you sound like the type that always envies a winner.
this guy is still in the UFC? does he have nude pictures of Dana or something?
Yeah, he’s in but Tim “The Barbarian” Boetsh is out, a guy who fought most of his fights at short notice for Dana as a stand-in yet always kicked some ass even when he lost.
And Guillard the punk is still in, while Clementi who handed him his ASS was cut.
Doesnt make much sense.
Yup.
Ed Herman got robbed two times, once in the TUF finale and then the other against Belcher. He clearly won both of those fights. His actual losses, against Maia and McDonald are both legit fighters. He is way too good to be fighting this no-namer and I think he will demolish him with the GNP.
This is a good matchup…Smith has excellent wrestling skills and awesome cardio. He apparently packs a punch with most all of his wins are by KO or TKO. This is a great opportunity for Short Fuse to silence some critics once again. He will need to be in super shape with his head on right to get the win. Ed is continuing to mature both physically and skillfully. I look for him to win this fight and ad a few more believers of his talent level. I second Bo-maniac…Ed won the TUF finale and the Belcher fight. Robbed? …both very close fights. Thats why you hate to leave it to the judges…did anyone think Belcher looked huge against Yakiyama…I liked Alans statement that the win over Herman was a turning point in his career. An endorsement of Ed,s skills from an mma up and comer.
Smith? I mean SIMPSON..