UFC 99 Shaping Up

by Nick Thomas on May 25, 2009 12:06 PM EDT

Promoted to the front page from the FanPosts by Luke Thomas.

Here is how the rumored card is looking so far:

Main Card Bouts:
Rich Franklin (24-4) -145 vs. Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1) +125

Cheick Kongo (24-4-1) -170 vs. Cain Velasquez (5-0) +130

Mike Swick (13-3) -225 vs. Ben Saunders (8-1-2) +185

Marcus Davis (16-5) -240 vs. Dan Hardy (21-6) +180

Spencer Fisher (22-4) -215 vs. Caol Uno (25-11-4) +170

Preliminary Card Bouts:
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (24-6-2) vs. Mustapha Al-Turk (6-4) [odds not up yet]
Mirko Cro Cop Mostapha Al Turk

Terry Etim (12-2) -300 vs. Justin Buchholz (8-2) +200

Dennis Siver (13-6) -125 vs. Dale Hartt (6-1) -115

Paul Taylor (9-5-1) -600 vs. Peter Sobotta (8-1) +350

Paul Kelly (8-1) -500 vs. Roli Delgado (6-5-1) +300
Rolando Delgado

Denis Stojnic (5-2) -145 vs. Stefan Struve (16-3) +105

John Hathaway (11-0-0) -650 vs. Rick Story (7-2) +375

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During one of his Cofield interviews

Dana said that Cro Cop will end up on the televised card. Whether this means that the UFC will actually schedule a 6-fight main card, or if they’ll bump one of the other main card fights down to the prelims, remains to be seen.

by Scott Haber on May 25, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions

I hope they bump down the swick fight..

If they have to take out one.. I hope it’s that fight. Although I doubt that would happen..

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by Anton Tabuena on May 25, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Wha??

Whycome? I love that match up. Guaranteed fireworks.

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by Blackout612 on May 25, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I'm all over that fight.

Saunders’ last was insane, and Swick explodes every time. Bring that.

If you see Mark Coleman in person, drop $5 on the floor and watch the fun as he tries in vain to bend down and pick it up.

by Ozzz on May 30, 2009 2:55 AM EDT up reply actions

And

If they’re bumping a fight, I promise you that it’ll be Fisher/Uno.

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by Blackout612 on May 25, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah but I’m really looking forward to seeing Uno fight again. And from the other main card fights, seeing swick fight is the least interesting for me..

But of course they won’t bump him down seeing as they might be grooming him for a future title shot..

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by Anton Tabuena on May 25, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Seems that you might be overlooking Saunders.

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by Blackout612 on May 25, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions

No not at all..

I’m just not that as interested as seeing that fight compared to the other main card fights.. Plus, I’ve never been much of a swick fan.. Don’t know why though, I don’t dislike him, for me he’s just blah..

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by Anton Tabuena on May 25, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions

All the more reason to root for Saunders

Rooting against guys is as fun as rooting for!

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by Blackout612 on May 26, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah. 100% that is what gets bumped if something does

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by Brent Brookhouse on May 25, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions

agree thats the fight i want to see least

by JaTinkles on May 25, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Some interesting fights I was not previously aware of. I’m really going to be pulling for Struve to make a good impression. And I’m curious at Kelly’s mediocre competition, given his success in the UFC. Seems that he should be fighting a lot better fighters and making televised cards, not lurking on the bottom of the tank with the likes of Roli Delgado.

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by Blackout612 on May 25, 2009 12:10 PM EDT reply actions

I seem to recall that he’s dropping a weight class for this fight. If that’s still the case, a “step back” opponent would make sense.

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by AJB on May 25, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions

He already dropped for his last bout, no?

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by Blackout612 on May 26, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions

No.

He fought Rude Boy @ 170 in his last fight. And he mauled him.

But yeah, they’re giving him a guy he’ll easily be able to take down and pound out, without any real threat of a knockout happening in the standup.

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'09 is the year of the FW's.

by ElliotMatheny on May 29, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Also..

Maybe update this with the date included (June 13th)? It’s coming up pretty quick..

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by Blackout612 on May 25, 2009 12:11 PM EDT reply actions

6-pack

I’d bet they’ll do a 6 fight card, considering that at least 3 of the maincard fights seem destined to end early due to knockout, and there’s a strong chance of all of them ending that way.

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by thetakeover on May 25, 2009 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

Plus no title fight that they need to alot extra time for.

by ufc4 on May 25, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

This is true

They really may as well just call it six fights.

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by Blackout612 on May 25, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

God I hope Crocop wins

It can set up Randy vs. Crocop, the fight we always wanted to see but instead got Randy vs. Gonzaga :(

by Bandaka on May 25, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions

If Cro Cop loses to Al-Turk then perhaps it’s time for him to hang up his gloves.

by who me on May 25, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions

If Cro Cop loses to Al-Turk then ~~perhaps~~ YE GODS IS IT EVER time for him to hang up his gloves.

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by AJB on May 25, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Cro Cop losing to Mustapha

Will never happen in a million years.

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'09 is the year of the FW's.

by ElliotMatheny on May 29, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Even Mustapha is laughing at the notion.

If you see Mark Coleman in person, drop $5 on the floor and watch the fun as he tries in vain to bend down and pick it up.

by Ozzz on May 30, 2009 2:56 AM EDT up reply actions

He's pretty much...

gonna get shit kicked.

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'09 is the year of the FW's.

by ElliotMatheny on May 30, 2009 4:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Lots of interesting match-ups on this card. We should see some incredible KOs and some 3 round wars. More importantly we will have several question answered as well.

by Riney on May 25, 2009 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

That’s a pretty darn good card for an overseas show.

by who me on May 25, 2009 1:53 PM EDT reply actions

etim and hathaway both looked really good last time out. hopefully we see more of the same from these two young british fighters

by FiatJustitiaRuatCaelum on May 25, 2009 2:07 PM EDT reply actions

I like Etim and his last performace was great, but he’s gotta get some takedown defence, and knowing how to do more on the ground than “break posture and hang on for dear life” would hurt either. He’s got a ton of talent, but a long way to go.

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by AJB on May 25, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions

This event will be awesome.

I don’t see many of these going to decision. At the very least, Wand will bring it as always.

Randomly, I love Saunders’s mutton chops. My favorite facial hair style.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on May 25, 2009 2:15 PM EDT reply actions

Yo, I can’t believe some of you want the Saunders/Swick fight bumped to the undercard. That fight has the potential to be fight of the night.

by cauliflower_ears on May 25, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions

Exactly. I want me some more “Swicking out”

Mike Swick on the UG: “I still have to say that it looked so much better in my mind as it was happening!”

by Nick Thomas on May 25, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Hahaha

I remember that quote. Hilarious.

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by Blackout612 on May 25, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions

The main problem I see is that Swick has his hands closed into fists. He’ll never knife through the water like that, what with aerodynamics and all.

by ricker2005 on May 25, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Now that's just raw power.

He must be drinking

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'09 is the year of the FW's.

by ElliotMatheny on May 30, 2009 4:16 AM EDT up reply actions

Now he can ground and pound like KENYANS.

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by AJB on May 30, 2009 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions

This card make me happy in pants

by ufc4 on May 25, 2009 2:47 PM EDT reply actions

Doesn’t that apply to any UFC card for you? Ha!

It really is a good card but putting Swick/Saunders ahead of Fisher/Uno will ruin it a bit for me.

by Jmend255 on May 25, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, true, at least for about 95% of them. I think 85 was the last one that really didn’t excite me at all.

by ufc4 on May 25, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

The Coleman-Shogun/Hendo-Franklin card kinda sucked ass (on paper and in reality).

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by AJB on May 25, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, but at least the main event had a matchup people wanted to see (even if it was a bit late) and the co-main had the anticipated return of Shogun, even though it turned out that he was still not the fighter people had remembered from PRIDE. 85 just had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The main event started out as Chuck vs Shogun (yay!) , turned into Chuck vs Rashad (still cool), and ended up as Hughes vs Alves (huh?). No less than 8 fighters who were supposed to be on the card ended up pulling out and Alves couldn’t make weight. All that and the UFC still refused to put it on free TV.

by ufc4 on May 26, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Oh god, the disaster show. Yeah, it was epicly bad. In my bottom two, along with the crapfest that was Franklin-Okami in Ireland. I mean, of modern UFCs; it’s not fair to compare to the Dan Severn era.

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by AJB on May 26, 2009 2:10 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah son, Nick Thomas back on the front page!

I dig this card, though I don’t know if I like my dudes Uno and Hardy’s chances.

by Chris Nelson on May 25, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah I reallyyyyy want UNO and hardy to win

But I’m not so sure of their chances though..

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by Anton Tabuena on May 25, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Marcus Davis and Ben Saunders = winner on this card.

by goodbones on May 25, 2009 11:44 PM EDT reply actions

Time to bet the freekin’ house on Ace.

Keep firing Assholes!

This is a dream competition for me. I drink as much coffee as I want, and eventually I hallucinate.

by Ubernoober on May 26, 2009 12:16 AM EDT reply actions

And Crocop.

If you see Mark Coleman in person, drop $5 on the floor and watch the fun as he tries in vain to bend down and pick it up.

by Ozzz on May 30, 2009 2:59 AM EDT up reply actions

So Cro Crop is now official for UFC 99?

Bastards have UFC.com blocked at my work so I wasn’t able to check it out….

What the fuck is a "robster craw"?

by Gunslinger20 on May 26, 2009 8:06 AM EDT reply actions

Lol, no it's still not on UFC.com

and clearly you’re not buying it until it is, despite Dana referring to it in several interviews, Goldberg plugging it on the air at UFC 98, Cro Cop and Al-Turk both discussing strategy for each other, etc etc. ;)

by Scott Haber on May 26, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions