October Is Going to Be Insane for Mixed Martial Arts

by Michael Rome on Jul 24, 2008 7:16 PM EDT in News Comment 24 comments

July was a crazy month, but October may top it. Dave Meltzer reports today that the date of the next EliteXC show on CBS, which will feature Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano, has been tentatively set:

Tentative date for the next EliteXC show on CBS after Saturday would be 10/4.

Look at this tentative schedule:

10/4: Big EliteXC show with Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano

10/11: Affliction PPV with Fedor vs. Arlovski

10/18: UFC in the UK on SpikeTV

10/25: UFC PPV in Chicago, IL

That UFC PPV show may suffer. I have no idea what they can main event it with unless Georges is willing to do a 10 week turnaround against Penn.

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They’re going to do Anderson Silva v. Patrick Cote in the main event with Diego Sanchez v. Thiago Alves as the semi-main.

Not a great mainstream attraction. They’re going to need plenty of strong match-ups to round out this show.

by Brett Jones on Jul 24, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You sure about this? MMA Junkie was reporting Silva-Cote for the UK yesterday. It seemed like Dave was just guessing in the newsletter.

by Michael Rome on Jul 24, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yep, Silva/Cote will be UFC 89.

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by Tha Realness on Jul 24, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I actually believe it will headline UFC 90, with Alves-Sanchez as the co-main event. We’ll have to wait and see

by Hardcharger on Jul 25, 2008 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was discussed as an option, but with the addition of Vera v. Jardine it sends the message that Bisping v. Leben is the main event. This makes sense, as it appeals to the local crowd and is a solid main event for a Spike broadcast.

Adding Silva v. Cote to 89 would be putting an awful lot of eggs into one tape delayed basket. Meanwhile, as you rightly pointed out, nothing appears to be on tap for Chicago’s UFC 90 PPV event. Enter Silva v. Cote. Silva, coming off a large amount of exposure on Fight Night 14 can reasonably be expected to draw on PPV (up from his typical 325k buyrate, anyhow). Add to that a matchup of welterweight contenders in Diego Sanchez v. Thiago Alves, and you’re off to a decent start for building a PPV broadcast.

Again, a fleshed our televised undercard will be important on this show, but the two top matches aren’t bad.

by Brett Jones on Jul 24, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Isn’t it about time to give Wanderlei someone to smash?

by Day Man on Jul 24, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you miss the Jardine fight?

Intentional Blog on Balls

by Richard Wade on Jul 24, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Come October, Wanderlei should be ready to smash someone else though. If Dana can book him for the Chicago PPV, it becomes instantly buy-worthy, if it isn’t already.

by steak_knife on Jul 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

want to touch the hieney

anyone else think Gina Carano is the sweetest thing since sliced bread

I’m sure there’s a lot of us out there. The funny thing is she could so beat the crap out of me and I could do nothing about it.

Rob Dib
http://www.break-your-face.com

by Rob Dib on Jul 24, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

YES

anyone else think Gina Carano is the sweetest thing since sliced bread

Rob Dib, you are far from alone on that thought. I don’t know about her beating the crap out of me though. I’d prefer she triangle choke me, or gogoplata.

by steak_knife on Jul 24, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

on that note

Dear Bloody Elbow Staff & Michael Rome, in particular:
When posting a story that includes Gina Carano, why not use it as an opportunity to post a picture of her?

I understand that she isn’t the focus of this story, but I know that this has happened on stories which she has been focused on (06/25 & 06/04). I wouldn’t be so critical if you didn’t post pictures of other fighters, but many entries do include pictures—and they are of unattractive people.

Don’t get wrong—I love this site, but how about a little eye candy for your faithful readers?

by steak_knife on Jul 24, 2008 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow thats strange. The first thing that popped into my head when reading this was Adam Sandler’s “sooooo hot, want to touch the hieney”.

At least you have a good excuse in that you were thinking about Gina, I was literally just thinking about how great October is going to be.

I think that might be a sign that I like MMA a little too much.

by Day Man on Jul 24, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

UFC 90

Hughes/Serra maybe??

by kookla on Jul 24, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hughes is out for 6-7 months, and thus won’t return until early 2009.

by Brett Jones on Jul 24, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also the last week of September should have shows from both Sengoku and DREAM (MWGP final, Diaz vs. Sakurai)

by George Lucas on Jul 24, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

kinda figured

I thought I wasn’t the only one. :)

Yes this month will be a good month also.. but Gina should and always will be my first thought.

Rob Dib
http://www.break-your-face.com

by Rob Dib on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wandy
MAYBE Rampage.
Does anyone know if Mark Coleman will be ready?

My guess is they have a main event in mind, but have not signed the contracts as of yet.

I would include Cain Valasquez/Mark Coleman.
How about Bonnar? I thought he was going to be out for six months. Late October might work, and he is from Chicago. If so, Bonnar/Silva.

If Rampage can go, I would guess he will be on it.

by Lynchman on Jul 25, 2008 12:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t see anyway Rampage is going to be ready to fight by then. That being said…

Rampage-Wanderlei for the title shot against the winner of Forrest-Chuck/Rashaad would be an A+ main event (Although I think that might lead to Machida actually killing his next opponent in the ring so he doesn’t get skipped over anymore).

by Day Man on Jul 25, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Day,

We are talking three months from now. We don’t know if Rampage would be ready, since we don’t know how serious things are for him right now.

Rome,
I don’t think Lesnar will be able to fight six weeks after Heath. I think Lesnar will win, but I think it will be a tough fight.

I could see Silva/Cote, but I think that is a fight that should be one Spike, via tape delay. Silva/Irvin peaked at 4.8 million, I think Cote/Silva could go over 5 million.

by Lynchman on Jul 25, 2008 12:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs