UFC 101 and UFC 102 Starting to Take Shape

by Matt13 on Apr 6, 2009 8:10 PM EDT

Fronted and edited by Chris Nelson. Here's hoping Amir can stay healthy for this fight - he's gonna need to be 100% against the very game wrestler Hendricks. Also: McCrory-Howard is going to be wild, and Jake Rosholt can't catch a break.

UFC 101 has added two more fights according to MMA Junkie:

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned that Amir Sadollah will meet undefeated WEC import Johny Hendricks (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at UFC 101. Verbal agreements have been made, and bout agreements are in the process of being finalized.
UFC welterweights Tamdan McCrory (11-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and John Howard (11-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) have agreed to meet in August in the latest addition to the quickly filling UFC 101 card.

So far, the UFC 101 card rumored for August 8th in Philadelphia is looking like this:

UFC Lightweight Championship Bout
B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian

Televised Card
Forrest Griffin vs. Thiago Silva
Matt Hamill vs. Brandon Vera
Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pelligrino
Johnny Hendricks vs. Amir Sadollah

Preliminary Card
Alessio Sakara vs. Rousimar Palhares
John Howard vs. Tamdan McCory
Dan Cramer vs. Matt Riddle
Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort

UFC 102 is also beginning to shape up according to MMA Junkie, with a middleweight matchup just added:

A middleweight bout between veteran UFC middleweight Chris Leben (18-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) and recent WEC transplant Jake Rosholt (5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) will take place in August at UFC 102.

Also tentatively scheduled for this card is the long-delayed dream fight between Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

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Couture fight

I am certainly not one of those guys who denigrates a fighter’s career based on the tail-end like some people do, but that would only be my dream fight 2 or 3 years ago.

by Farthammer on Apr 6, 2009 8:05 PM EDT reply actions

A middleweight bout between veteran UFC middleweight Chris Leben (18-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) and recent WEC transplant Jake Rosholt (5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) will take place in August at UFC 102.

Wow…that’s some transparent matchmaking. They’ve given up on Rosholt and are giving him the exact kind of guy that he is awful against. Anything to get Leben on a roll again I suppose. It’s for the best though as unless he advanced his game by leaps and bounds he is not ready for UFC level talent.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 6, 2009 8:21 PM EDT reply actions

I came here to post that. He’s going to get LIT UP. Rough.

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by AJB on Apr 7, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, it’s pretty awful considering how promising of a prospect he still is.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Apr 7, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I think Leben is drooling at this opportunity. Not sure why they would do this to Rosholt, unless they are just throwing him in and it’s sink or swim.

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Apr 7, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions