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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Re: UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship [Upcoming Events]

    ^ Hardy/Condit and Bisping getting KTFO would be great for free.
     
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    I think he takes the fight. He's a true fighter and I'm sure he doesn't want the Machida loss hanging over him forever. Machida has shown vulnerabilities in his last two outings that I'm sure Greg Jackson & Co. can pick up on and exploit (aka. wrestle him for five rounds). Then when Shogun is ready to come back in eight/ten months they can have a bigger, title unification fight.
     
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    Re: UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship [Upcoming Events]

    TJ Grant vs. Julio Paulino @ UFC 119.
     
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    No! Dana promised the fans a BIG matchup that is definitely PPV-worthy. None of these fights are PPV worthy. He owes us Silva/Belfort or something like that. A champion card.
     
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    Re: UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship [Upcoming Events]

    Also, I'm just wondering right now--how does Lyoto earn another title shot right away? He just got KTFO.

    Rashad should be fighting for the title because he was promised a shot. But he should probably be fighting someone else.

    That someone else, IMHO, should be Jon Jones supposing Jones gets past Matyushenko.
     
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    I suggested something similar in the UFC Live thread and I think that makes the most sense, but one thing I didn't think of at the time was the fight camps, don't Rashad and Jones train together under Greg Jackson? That could be a problem with making that matchup.
     
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    You're correct, they are both Jackson fighters, however as far as I know Evans works mostly with Grudge/Trevor Wittman whereas Jones is with Team Bombsquad and Tristar/Firas Zahabi. I don't know if the two have ever trained together.
     
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    Brock/Cain won't headline 119--from Dana's mouth.
     
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    Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk @ UFC 119, with Sherk now being a full blooded gatekeeper in the UFC.
     
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    Thomasz Drwal vs. Nick Catone @ Fight Night 22.

    Ryan Bader and Chris Lytle expected to compete on UFC 119 card.
     
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    Kyle Kingsbury vs. Jared Hamman @ UFN 22.
     
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    Rumors swirling that Lil' Nog will be fighting Bader @ 119.
     
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    That's a good one, EXCEPT Big Nog loves Bader and was his coach. So it seems unlikely he'd let his brother fight him.
     
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    It's on tap to co-headline.

    I likey. I think Bader rocks Lil' Nog into next year.
     
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    Nog/Mir II could be on tap for 119 as well.
     
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    So lol, I think they should call it UFC 119: Nog Brothers
     
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    Re: UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship [Upcoming Events]

    John Hathaway vs. Dong Hyun Kim for UFC 120. Was this already announced?

    Also, Cyrille Diabate vs. Alexander Gustafsson.
     
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    UFC 121 to be @ the Honda Center in Anaheim.

    I might have to go depending on the card. I am passing up on the Jones UFC Live card.
     
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    UFC 120 will be free on Spike and it will be headlined by Bisping/Akiyama.

    Deflating.
     

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