Mark Your Calendars MMA Fans: August Is Going To Be Crazy

[animalmother]

August 2009 is going to set a record for the most major MMA events in a single month.
There were two major MMA events in Jan (UFC 93 and 94), three in Feb (WEC 38, UFC Fight Night, and UFC 95), two in March (WEC 39 + UFC 96), four in April (UFC Fight Night, WEC, Strikeforce, and UFC 97), two in May (UFC 98 + Strikeforce Challenger Series), four in June (Strikeforce, WEC, UFC 99, and UFC TUF Finale), and one in July (UFC 100).

There are going to be 5 major MMA events in August:

Aug 1st Afflication 3 (PPV)

Main Card
Heavyweight Championship bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett
Light Heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi
Middleweight bout: Vitor Belfort vs. Jorge Santiago
Heavyweight bout: Gilbert Yvel vs. Paul Buentello
Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Rafaello Oliveira

Under Card
Welterweight bout: Jay Hieron vs. Paul Daley
Heavyweight bout: Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley
Lightweight bout: Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
Featherweight bout: LC Davis vs. Javier Vasquez
Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. Deividas Taurosevicius

Aug 8th UFC 101 (PPV)

BJ Penn Vs. Kenny Florian
Anderson Silva Vs. Forrest Griffin
Amir Sadollah Vs. Johny Hendricks
Kendall Grove Vs. Ricardo Almeida
Josh Neer Vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Shane Nelson Vs. Aaron Riley
Tamdan McCrory Vs. John Howard
Thales Leites Vs. Alessio Sakara
Matt Riddle Vs. Dan Cramer
George Sotiropoulos Vs. Rob Emerson
Jesse Lennox Vs. Danillo Villefort

Aug 9th WEC (Free on Versus)

Miguel Angel Torres Vs. Brian Bowles
Joseph Benavidez Vs. Dominick Cruz
Ricardo Lamas Vs. Danny Castillo
Takeya Mizugaki Vs. Jeff Curran
Leonard Garcia Vs. Jameel Massouh
Fredson Paixao Vs. Cole Province
Marcus Hicks Vs. Shane Roller
Ed Ratcliff Vs. Phil Cardella
Rani Yahya Vs. Kenji Osawa
Diego Nunes Vs. Rafael Dias

August 15 Strikeforce (Showtime) (an incredible 4 title fight card!!!)

Gina "Conviction" Carano vs. Cris "Cyborg" 145lb Female Championship Bout
Josh "The Punk" Thomson vs. Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez Lightweight Championship Bout
Alistair "Demolition Man" Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum Heavyweight Championship Bout
Nick "Bad boy" Diaz vs. Joe "Diesel" Riggs Welterweight Championship Bout

Aug 29 UFC 102 (PPV)

Randy Couture Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Keith Jardine Vs. Thiago Silva
Chris Leben Vs. Jake Rosholt
Nate Marquardt Vs. Demian Maia
Matt Hamill Vs. Brandon Vera
Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Wilson Gouveia Vs. James Irvin
Nick Catone Vs. Mark Munoz
Matt Veach Vs. Evan Dunham

Mark your calanders MMA fans!

I will post a thread about each event 5 days before the fight.

 

[TXSWFAN]

Of all those those fights, I look forward to the Torres/Bowles match the most.

 

[animalmother]

The top 5 fights from all the August MMA events are, in my opinion, the following (no particular order):

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett (Affliction)

Fedor is 30-1, has been ranked the No. 1 Heavyweight in the world for a long time, and has been a top pound-for-pound fighter and all-time MMA great.

Josh Barnett is a former UFC champ and is ranked No. 2 in the world at Heavyweight. He has been taking out everyone put in front of him.

BJ Penn Vs. Kenny Florian

This should be a war. BJ better train harder than he has ever trained. Florian has cleaned out the division on his way to a 2nd UFC Lightweight title shot.

Anderson Silva Vs. Forrest Griffin

Dana White wanted to give Silva a real challenge. Silva said he did not feel challenged in his last two fights. Anderson will need to put the fists of fury on Forrest.

Miguel Angel Torres Vs. Brian Bowles

Bowles is an undefeated fighter who has earned his title shot. He will need to put on the fight of his career to take the strap from the top ranked 135 lbs fighter in the world.

Nate Marquardt Vs. Demian Maia

The winner of this fight gets to fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight title.

 

[SW CQB 45]

AM, can you give your opinion on the two females?

I have read that Cyborg will take Gina "apart"!

 

[JD 500]

The top 5 fights from all the August MMA events are, in my opinion, the following (no particular order):


BJ Penn Vs. Kenny Florian

This should be a war. BJ better train harder than he has ever trained. Florian has cleaned out the division on his way to a 2nd UFC Lightweight title shot.

Anderson Silva Vs. Forrest Griffin

Dana White wanted to give Silva a real challenge. Silva said he did not feel challenged in his last two fights. Anderson will need to put the fists of fury on Forrest.


Nate Marquardt Vs. Demian Maia

The winner of this fight gets to fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight title.

Those ought to be 3 flippin great fights.

 

[animalmother]

"AM, can you give your opinion on the two females?" SW CQB 45

Glad to. This fight is beauty vs. beast. The overwhelming crowd favorite will be Gina. She is a good looking lady. Cyborg may not have Gina's eye pleasing looks, but she is a very aggressive fighter.

Gina is 7-0. 3 wins by (T)KOs (42.86 %), 1 win by submission (14.29 %), and 3 decisions
(42.86 %). Gina trains at X-Treme Couture under Randy Couture. Not sure you can train with anyone better.

Cyborg is 7-1. 5 wins by (T)KOs (71.43 %) and 2 Decisions (28.57 %).

I've only seen a few of their fights. Either could win. They are two of the best women MMA fighters in the world and they will be fighting for a title. I'll be rooting for Gina.

 

[SW CQB 45]

I have watched the last two Gina fights. Even though she wins, she gasses quickly and fights with determination.

I have only caught clips of Cyborg and she appears terminator like.

I think cardio is going to be the deciding factor unless someone gets a PUNCH in.

I want to see that one.

 

[animalmother]

Gina needs to come in shape and fully prepared. This fight will be her toughest to date.

 

[animalmother]

Any forum members plan on getting the Affliction event? I will be getting with a few friends.