Houston Alexander to Fight at UFC 98
According to MMA Junkie sources close to Houston Alexander can confirm that Alexander has agreed to fight Andre Gusmao at UFC 98 on May 23rd. The event is being held in Las Vegas Nevada and is headlined by the Heavyweight Championship unification rematch between Brock Lesnar and Interim Champion Frank Mir. The co-main event of the evening will be the much anticipated, and much delayed, fight between The Ultimate Fighter 6 coaches Matt Hughes and Matt Serra. The Nebraska native is looking to bounce back from three consecutive losses against LHW contender Thiago Silva, a record tying 8 second KO at the hands of James Irvin and a submission loss to rising LHW prospect Eric Schafer.
For the most part three consecutive losses inside the Octagon pretty much spells death but with Alexander I think his all or nothing and overall exciting fighting style has saved him from being booted by the UFC.In his time in the UFC he has drawn a pretty good fan following for the tenacity and ferociousness he has shown when he fights. I would venture a wild guess in saying that should Houston lose this one he will indeed be let go, and if anything he may be told to go work his games in the minor leagues before he can get another shot at the big times, so to speak. Meanwhile Alexander's opponent, Andre Gusmao, is coming off his UFC debut loss to Jon Jones. He'll look to come back strong from his first professional loss against the always dangerous, although not so much on the ground, Houston Alexander.
UFC 98 is looking great so far with the potential for loads of action. Here is the rumored card so far:
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir (heavyweight title unification)
Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
Frank Edgar vs. Sean Sherk
James Irvin vs. Drew McFedries
Houston Alexander vs. Andre Gusmao
David Kaplan vs. George Roop
That is a lot of fire power so far for this show. There is bound to be a lot of exciting matches. You have the heavy hitters in McFederies, Irvin and Alexander. The potential wrestling war between Sherk and Edgar. The grudge match, although a few months too late, between Serra and Hughes and of course the title unification between one of the fastest rising stars in the sport, Brock Lesnar, and the resurgent Frank Mir. Giggity
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i dont think it will be a wrestling war in the sherk/edgar fight. Sherk would probably stuff all takedowns and we’d see a KO via trex boxing.. Unless, edgar gets the better on the standup (which i doubt) then sherk would just ride him out ala franca/sherk.. Either way, i dont see how sherk loses this..
and, you can very much add UFN or TUF guys to fill out the card, and they’d still do massive numbers in PPV, all you need is the lesnar vs mir fight..
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by Anton Tabuena on Jan 28, 2009 2:31 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
They will probably fill it out with TUF talent, yeah. I dont know about the Edgar/Sherk match. I think Sherk will win, but I see it being similar to Edgar/Maynard.
by Discman2 on Jan 28, 2009 2:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
People sleep on Edgar way too much I think. However I agree with you in this instance, it is a 145’er vs. Sean Sherk =/
by iiowyn on Jan 28, 2009 6:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kaplans performance against Junie “my poo is” Browing was very disappointing. I had Kaplan winning that fight by way of strikes. Needless to say they both looked gassed after the first three minutes. Hopefully Kaplan has hit the gym running since then, and we see the young 155-pounder make some noise in the division.
Kaplan, you have the ability to do some damage — let your hands go my friend.
by goodbones on Jan 28, 2009 3:12 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
His stand up just doesn’t look that good. In his preliminary fight in the Ultimate Fighter he was taking a lot of punishment and looked very open. Then there was the Nover fight when he got mauled on the feet and in the Browning fight his hands also looked weak and was taking a lot of punishment.
He just isn’t very dangerous in any position.
by SamCupitt on Jan 28, 2009 5:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah and hes never been knocked out. He is very dangerous
by WhiteyBarrington on Jan 28, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn, good card indeed! Thanks for the update!
by xFenixKnightx on Jan 28, 2009 8:14 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Houston Alexander vs. Andre Gusmao
Cause why the hell not? What are the odds that that fight makes it out of the first? This card is still awesome though.
by Ubernoober on Jan 28, 2009 10:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Why dont they give Alexander a boxer? Gusmao will submit him in the 1st.
by "Mr. NC-17" on Jan 28, 2009 10:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
“potential wrestling war”=crazy standup slugfest
This may be it for Houston in the UFC. To bad seems like a good guy.
If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.
by BJJDenver on Jan 28, 2009 11:07 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Lol, another submission guy for Houston..gee is the UFC trying to tell Houston something here?
by lbk on Jan 28, 2009 12:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, win and fight and you’ll keep your job — the choice is up to you.
by goodbones on Jan 28, 2009 12:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
houstonx5
if houston wins and liddel losses his next fight i whould like 2 see them swing at eachother mayyb dan henderson vs houston lol wut you monkeys think maybe drew mc
by coolncasz20mm on Jan 28, 2009 6:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
this time Houston trained really hard for the ground…i mean it….for real this time….when he’s wasnt busy vacuuming the house.
is there no pic anywhere on the net of houston doing house chores in a dew-rag and like a baby strapped to his chect papoose style? anybody any good w/ photoshop?
and is that dave kaplan i see on the card….dave" never knocked out’" kaplan
by Headkick on Feb 16, 2009 2:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Nebraska is still in da house!
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by lovingmma25 on Feb 17, 2009 11:02 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

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