Billed: The UFC returns to Colorado for the first time since 1995 with Fight Night Live, featuring the largest card the UFC has put together in a long time, highlighted by a bout between rising lightweight star Joe Lauzon and former number one contender Kenny "Ken-Flo" Florian. Card: 155-lbs: Kenny "Ken-Flo" Florian vs. Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon 170-lbs: Thiago "The Pitbull" Alves vs. Karo "The Heat" Parisyan 205-lbs: Matt "The Hammer" Hamill vs. Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch 155-lbs: Kurt "Batman" Pelligrino vs. Nate Diaz 155-lbs: Gray "The Bully" Maynard vs. Frankie "The Answer" Edgar 205-lbs: James "The Sandman" Irvin vs. Houston "The Assassin" Alexander 155-lbs: Marcus "Maximus" Aurelio vs. Jim Miller 155-lbs: Josh "The Dentist" Neer vs. Din "Dinero" Thomas 155-lbs: Jeff "The Grinder" Cox vs. Manny "The Pitbull" Gamburyan 155-lbs: Samy Schiavo vs. Clay "The Carpenter" Guida 155-lbs: Roman "The Emperor" Mitichyan vs. George Sotiropoulos 155-lbs: Anthony "Rumble" Johnson vs. Tommy "The Farmboy" Speer
man I just shake my head at this card. Every fight has someone I wanna see (even tommy speer) and most have 2 Kenny "Ken-Flo" Florian vs. Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon Thiago "The Pitbull" Alves vs. Karo "The Heat" Parisyan Matt "The Hammer" Hamill vs. Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch Kurt "Batman" Pelligrino vs. Nate Diaz Gray "The Bully" Maynard vs. Frankie "The Answer" Edgar James "The Sandman" Irvin vs. Houston "The Assassin" Alexander Josh "The Dentist" Neer vs. Din "Dinero" Thomas I wanna see all of these guys. I know speeds is drooling at all the 155ers. my boy Clay Guida is on the card but not on the TV portion?!?! I'm calling it now, if they have extra time, Clay is the first fight shown
Update, Spencer Fisher is out with an injury. A replacement has been found though. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Spencer Fisher has been forced to withdraw from his April 2 UFC Fight Night bout against Marcus Aurelio due to an undisclosed injury and he will be replaced by Ultimate Fighting Championship newcomer Jim Miller, as confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the fight. Aurelio will be stepping into his third fight in the Octagon. After a rough debut against Clay Guida, the former Pride star came back at UFC 78 finishing Luke Caudillo to even his record at 1-1 and will be looking to add another victory to start a win streak. Aurelios new opponent, Jim Miller, is coming off of a victory at Ring of Combat over Chris Liguori on March 7 and will step in on short notice for the April 2 bout. Miller trains at the AMA Fight Club, a Team Renzo Gracie affiliate school, in New Jersey along with his brother Dan Miller, who has competed for the International Fight League.</div> it's a shame Spencer isn't fighting cause he always puts on a good bout, but it looked like his fight was not set to be telecast anyways so it doesn't matter in that sense regardless. a quick check of Miller's record shows his only loss is to Frank Edgar who is fighting on this card and 3-0 in the UFC with a big win over.. Spencer Fisher. Talk about six degress of Kevin Bacon.
Go KenFlo! He's sponsored by the site I admin called SHOYOROLL. Here's his interview if anyone wants to check it out. I posted it yesterday! ARTICLE HERE
Wow, I haven't been following the UFC much since the last PPV but what a card for Fight Night, huh? My man Frankie Edgar is hopefully going to whoop that ass (He's a Jersey guy so I have to root for him). Pretty sick card, cant wait to check it out.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Trench @ Mar 20 2008, 03:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Go KenFlo! He's sponsored by the site I admin called SHOYOROLL. Here's his interview if anyone wants to check it out. I posted it yesterday! ARTICLE HERE</div> tres kool.. although KenFlo gives cookie cutter answers. come on Ken, give us some bravado!
good news, all fighters have made weight Main Card Bouts: Lightweight Bout - Main Event Joe Lauzon - 156 Kenny Florian - 155.5 Lightweight Bout** Gray Maynard - 155 Frankie Edgar - 155.5 Welterweight Bout Thiago Alves - 171 Karo Parisyan - 171 Light Heavyweight Bout Tim Boetsch - 206 Matt Hamill - 204 Lightweight Bout Kurt Pellegrino - 155.5 Nate Diaz - 156 Light Heavyweight Bout James Irvin - 205 Houston Alexander - 205 Preliminary Bouts: Lightweight Bout Josh Neer - 156 Din Thomas - 155 Lightweight Bout Ryan Roberts - 155.5 Marcus Aurelio - 154.5 Lightweight Bout Jeff Cox - 155 Manny Gamburyan - 155.5 Lightweight Bout Samy Schiavo - 155 Clay Guida - 156 Welterweight Bout Roman Mitichyan - 170.5 George Sotiropoulos - 169.5 Welterweight Bout Anthony Johnson - 169.5 Tommy Speer - 170
I was curious to see if the Neer/Thomas fight would be a catch weight bout or if they would fight at lightweight. It will be interesting to see how "The Dentist" does at 155.
If he dropped weight properly, he could be huge come fight time... and if he didn't drop it correctly he could gas quickly.. will be interesting to see.. if it makes the main broadcast
Nate Diaz is the real deal. He took a beating and never lost his composure. The fact that he is only 22 is crazy. The double fingers and flex was pretty cool with that smooth triangle locked in. I wasn't sure how I felt about the kid...I'm a fan now.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Flush @ Apr 2 2008, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nate Diaz is the real deal. He took a beating and never lost his composure. The fact that he is only 22 is crazy. The double fingers and flex was pretty cool with that smooth triangle locked in. I wasn't sure how I felt about the kid...I'm a fan now.</div> always been a big fan of Nick Diaz and his unique style, love Nate Diaz too and he's not half as arrogant as Nick when being interviewed either.
Results - Kenny Florian def. Joe Lauzon by TKO (Strikes) at 3:28, R2 - Gray Maynard def. Frankie Edgar by Unanimous Decision, R3 - Thiago Alves def. Karo Parisyan by TKO (Strikes) at 0:34, R2 - Matt Hamill def. Tim Boetsch by TKO (Strikes) at 1:25, R2 - Nate Diaz def. Kurt Pellegrino by Submission (Triangle Choke) at 3:06, R2 - James Irvin def. Houston Alexander by KO at 0:08, R1 - Josh Neer def. Din Thomas by Unanimous Decision, R3 - Marcus Aurelio def. Ryan Roberts by Submission (Armbar) at 0:16, R1 - Manny Gamburyan def. Jeff Cox by Submission (Choke) at 1:21, R1 - Clay Guida def. Samy Schiavo by TKO (Strikes) at 4:15, R1 - George Sotiropoulos def. Roman Mitichyan by TKO (Strikes) at 2:24, R2 - Anthony Johnson def. Tommy Speer by KO at 0:51, R1
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Flush @ Apr 2 2008, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nate Diaz is the real deal. He took a beating and never lost his composure. The fact that he is only 22 is crazy. The double fingers and flex was pretty cool with that smooth triangle locked in. I wasn't sure how I felt about the kid...I'm a fan now.</div> Nate Diaz and KenFlo are both members of the SYR Militia. I run their website for them! Congrats BOYS!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Trench @ Apr 4 2008, 04:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Flush @ Apr 2 2008, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nate Diaz is the real deal. He took a beating and never lost his composure. The fact that he is only 22 is crazy. The double fingers and flex was pretty cool with that smooth triangle locked in. I wasn't sure how I felt about the kid...I'm a fan now.</div> Nate Diaz and KenFlo are both members of the SYR Militia. I run their website for them! Congrats BOYS! </div> woah, very kool. ever get a chance to meet them? nick a member too?
