Raoul Duke Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Forrest Griffin vs Thiago Silva may be added to 115 in Vancouver. Me likes!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayojoker15 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 i cant wait to see wanderlei knock the f*ck out of bisbing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intoewsables Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 i cant wait to see wanderlei knock the f*ck out of bisbing! Agreed. I <3 Wanderlei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Danger Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Dana White has said that Frankie Edgar is next in line to fight BJ Penn for the title and it will probably happen at 112 in Abu Dhabi. Sorry, I don't have a source to link at this time as the message board I read it on didn't link a source either. Check the usual sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intoewsables Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Dana White has said that Frankie Edgar is next in line to fight BJ Penn for the title and it will probably happen at 112 in Abu Dhabi. Sorry, I don't have a source to link at this time as the message board I read it on didn't link a source either. Check the usual sites. http://mmajunkie.com/event/678/ufc-112.mma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) What's funny is that the UFC has sold 10% of the event or the promotion to the promoter/Adcc of the Adcc. I can't be sure of which yet. I have read both out there. But it seems to be 10% of zuffa. This is a strange turn of events. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-12/abu-dhabi-buys-10-stake-in-extreme-cagefighting-company-zuffa.html Abu Dhabi Buys 10% Stake in Extreme Cagefighting Company Zuffa Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Flash Entertainment, an event management company owned by the Abu Dhabi government, bought a 10 percent stake in Zuffa LLC, owners of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting as the sport grows in popularity. Flash shares “our vision, passion, and enthusiasm for the UFC,” said Lorenzo J. Fertitta, UFC Chairman, in the PRNewswire statement today. “We are confident that this partnership will accelerate the worldwide growth of the UFC.” The statement didn’t specify how much Flash paid for the stake and a spokesman for the company declined to comment on the purchase price. Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates which is home to about 8 percent of the world’s oil supply, has embarked on an expansion and modernization plan as it looks to diversify away from its crude-driven economy. The government’s 2030 plan, devised in 2007, foresees the population growing to as much as 5 million from an estimated 1.6 million in 2008. The emirate hosted its first Formula One race in November. It is also building a branch of Paris’ Sorbonne University and Louvre and Guggenheim museums. The UFC said on its Web site that a bout in January in Dublin sold out more quickly than any other UFC fight in Europe. Wrestling is not new to the emirate. The Abu Dhabi Combat Club was created in 1998 by Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of the U.A.E.’s founder. The club spawned the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, an international martial arts event. Edited January 14, 2010 by Harbinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Danger Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 What's funny is that the UFC has sold 10% of the event or the promotion to the promoter/Adcc of the Adcc. I can't be sure of which yet. I have read both out there. But it seems to be 10% of zuffa. This is a strange turn of events. http://www.businessw...pany-zuffa.html Yeah Dana commented on this too. Zuffa see it as a way to help expand their brand globally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Danger Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 What's funny is that the UFC has sold 10% of the event or the promotion to the promoter/Adcc of the Adcc. I can't be sure of which yet. I have read both out there. But it seems to be 10% of zuffa. This is a strange turn of events. http://www.businessw...pany-zuffa.html Yeah Dana commented on this too. Zuffa see it as a way to help expand their brand globally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raoul Duke Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 i cant wait to see wanderlei knock the f*ck out of bisbing! As much as I hate to say it, I can almost guarantee that doesn't happpen. Oh and poor Frankie Edgar. Poor anyone in the LW division really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade Deadline Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 There's no one in the world than can beat Penn at 155. The person that would probably come closest is Aoki, and there's no way I see him beating BJ. Hansen? Naw. Zaromskis? Nah. Nobody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hordichuk Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 UFC needs to get Takanori Gomi in the cage with Edgar before he goes in with Penn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayojoker15 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Yeah Dana commented on this too. Zuffa see it as a way to help expand their brand globally. having a partner with deep pockets also doesnt hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayojoker15 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded also talks about the 10% sold. Edited January 14, 2010 by jayojoker15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Danger Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 There's no one in the world than can beat Penn at 155. The person that would probably come closest is Aoki, and there's no way I see him beating BJ. Hansen? Naw. Zaromskis? Nah. Nobody. Aoki would get destroyed standing up. The fight would never even get to the ground and that's the only place where Aoki would have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovative Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Any news on when the Vancouver event goes on sale? Do members of the UFC fight club thing get priority? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayojoker15 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 chuck vs tito 3 rumoured to be scheduled for the vancouver event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hordichuk Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AsKD1fZok7HAZ9G6R39voTs9Eo14?slug=mmajunkie-Ricci_set_for_Bellator&prov=mmajunkie&type=lgns No relation to the former Shark, I believe, but they're bumping this Ricci guy pretty big. Pretty excited for Bellator. I think TheScore shows highlight packages in Canada, but not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireGillis Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Brock Lesnar is back baby! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raoul Duke Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=news.detail&gid=212411 So any chance Lesnar vs Mir 2/Carwin headlines UFC 115 here?? Hope so. Even though Dos Santos is the real number one contender. Maybe Velasquez if he gets by Big Nog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oranje Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=news.detail&gid=212411 So any chance Lesnar vs Mir 2/Carwin headlines UFC 115 here?? Hope so. Even though Dos Santos is the real number one contender. Maybe Velasquez if he gets by Big Nog. Slim, but possible I suppose. Possible only if Liddell/Ortiz doesn't happen at 115. I can't imagine Lesnar v. Carwin/Mir and Liddell v. Ortiz on the same card unless it was a milestone PPV (ex. 100 OR an event in NYC). I've read 114 as a possible return for Lesnar, but to me that doesn't seem like enough preperation time for Lesnar after what he has just gone through. This wasn't an injury where he could do light training and keep some of this strength in tact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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