UFC 105 Shaping Up:
- Dan Hardy (22-6) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (12-0-1) confirmed
Plus the RUMORED main and co-main events:
- BJ Penn (14-5-1) vs. Diego Sanchez (23-2)
- Michael Bisping (18-2) vs. Denis Kang (32-11-1)
- James Wilks vs. Matt Brown
- Damarques Johnson vs. Peter Sobotta
- Paul Kelly vs. Dennis Siver
- Andre Winner vs. Rolando Delgado
- Ross Pearson vs TBA
- Terry Etim vs TBA
HT: Fightersonlymagazine, Insidefights, Bleacher Report writer Jeremy Botter on twitter
over 2 years ago
Nick Thomas
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Has BJ ever actually said anything about not wanting to fight in Europe? The only source on this story that I can remember was this interview that Rome posted that was later retracted when he found out the source on the UG made the whole thing up.
I’m thinking Penn by UD or late (T)KO/ Sub.
by ElliotMatheny
Fucking sweet. Props to Dana for living up to his "We will put big fights on free tv" line. I was worried this could end up becoming a glorified fight night, but BJ/Diego should be a livewire of a fight.
by kyfm621
When and where is 105 taking place?
by xFenixKnightx
Jolly ole England.
by Ubernoober
Uh oh, BJ not gonna like that is he? Doesn’t he get PPV points? No PPV, no points…
by xFenixKnightx
Don’t get too excited everyone, it’s the Bleacher Report saying this.
by Ubernoober
I agree, but we kinda knew this fight was in the works. This give us an idea of when its happening. It the first I have heard a time frame so I ran with it.
by szucconi
I too have to be skeptical of this I thought that BJ has stated before that he would NOT fight on another UK card. Also, I am pretty surprised to see BJ take a fight so soon because he generally fights every six months. Furthermore, UFC 101 with BJ vs Florian as the main event reportedly did in the 800,000 buy range (I believe it was Meltzer who reported that). With that buyrate, one would think that a BJ Penn fight would be on a PPV main event because he was the main event of a PPV with a pretty large buyrate. It could happen, but I have my doubts.
by chrisbboy82
You're so mean! Why must you quote me because now there is crow in my mouth.
I guess that I should be happy because Diego vs Penn is FREE now. I REALLY am cheering Kim to beat Hardy. I can see Kim taking Hardy down and just controlling him with the possibility of Kim taking Hardy’s back standing.
Great match up, i see a 5 round war
by SouthAlaBamaRampage
Huh? Free TV? BJ has been against this.
by Blackout612
Remember when he said he is fighting for the fans now.. well i guess he is putting his money where his mouth is.
by SouthAlaBamaRampage
FREE TV GOLD!!!! On the same night as Cotto vs. Pacquiao. GENIUS!
by SSreporters
On that note… Cotto is going to get absolutely brutalized. I’m pretty sure I don’t need to watch Cotto get wrecked… I don’t need those nightmares.
by AboveThisFire
LETS GET IT HOMIE
by woooburn
Kang by Kanging.
by Ubernoober
SEXGUN!!!
Pry to Good The Mirg Gets Sick.
"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment."
-Lao Tzu
So far…not bad, if these fights pan out. BJ and Diego should put on a good main event, and I actually want to see Bisping vs. Kang, as well as Hardy vs. Stun Gun. I assume the other UK regulars like Taylor, Etim, and Davis will be on the card too. I wonder why the UFC’s not having Daley debut on this card?
Daley stated he also wants to fight on this card, so maybe if Semtex wins we will get Semtex vs. Davis along with Brown vs Wilkes to round out the Main Card
by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Aug 21, 2009 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Might as well add
That Sanchez vs. Penn will be another case of TUF alums failing in title fights.
Forrest, Serra, and Rashad you guys are probably it.
Beverly Hills 90210.......Denver Broncos 7.
Forrest, Serra, and Rashad all have won title fights.
Keep firing Assholes!
Romans, be it your duty to rule the nations with imperial sway … to impose the rule of peace, to spare the humbled and crush the proud.
You just repeated what I just said.
BTW they all failed to defend it.
Beverly Hills 90210.......Denver Broncos 7.
Lots of guys have failed to defend titles.
Keep firing Assholes!
Romans, be it your duty to rule the nations with imperial sway … to impose the rule of peace, to spare the humbled and crush the proud.
Sure
But Florian, Quarry (the first TUF to fight for a title), Forrest, Rashad, Serra, Cote (which is really unfair but he must be added) and Stevenson have a combined 3-7 record in title fights. You also got to consider one of those fights was Forrest vs. Rashad.
Sorry but historically TUF guys have not only lost in title fights several times but they’ve gotten their asses brutally kicked. Cote is the exception only because of the knee injury.
Beverly Hills 90210.......Denver Broncos 7.
Another fun fact
Penn’s last 3 title defenses (which includes Sanchez) are against TUF guys (Sanchez, Florian, Stevenson).
Beverly Hills 90210.......Denver Broncos 7.
1. Nobody has been protected more in the UFC then Michael Bisping.
2. I really like Hardy/Kim. Both are 3-0 in the UFC, and it’s just a really solid match-up.
3. This card WITH Penn/Sanchez is very good. It basically makes the Bisping & Hardy fights as solid undercard stuff. Without Penn/Sanchez and with Bisping as the main event, it stink. Weird how one fight can change how a card looks, but it really does.
pitting him against Kang is hardly protecting him
Kang should be the favorite here.
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I don't really agree
- Hamill gave him a beating (and won the fight morally)
- Evans had proven knockout power when he took that fight
- Leben knocks people out most of the time, Bisping just ran away from him
- Henderson almost took his head off (twice!)
- Kang is srs bizness too
Aside from Henderson I don’t think that Bisping has taken on an awful lot of high level contenders, but then since he’s proven to be exactly an elite fighter why should he be fighting elite competition? Dude is charismatic and mouthy which is a trait the British MMA fans love and that makes him a draw overseas. It doesn’t mean that he’s a great fighter (he certainly isn’t up there with the top 10) but if putting him as a co-main event gets asses in seats and does good on PPV who cares?
/poster is British
Oh, self-refuting comment
“if putting him as a co-main event gets asses in seats and does good on PPV who cares?”
And as long as the fight is entertaining. Kind of an important point.
Stun Gun/Hardy sucks.
I don’t want either guy to lose.
Expect Akiyama to be on this card if his eye heals up on schedule. He and Kim are training together at Team Cloud and Akiyama told the Korean press last week that they’d like to be on the same card.
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