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Rousimar Palhares vs. Tomasz Drwal at UFC 111 in Newark

Photo via Fight Magazine

MMA Junkie with the report:

Both fighters have agreed to the match-up and are expected to turn in bout agreements this week.

Both men are coming off impressive wins in their most recent bouts.  Palhares submitted fellow BJJ black belt Lucio Linhares with his trademark heel hook at UFC 107, while Drwal choked out Drew McFedries at UFC 103.  Although despite that result, Drwal will probably want to avoid the ground at all costs with Toquinho, and instead take advantage of his significant advantage on the feet.

 

UFC 111 now includes:

Georges St. Pierre vs. Dan Hardy
Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin
Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves
Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown
Jim Miller vs. Mark Bocek
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Fabricio Camoes
Martin Kampmann vs. Ben Saunders
Rousimar Palhares vs. Tomasz Drwal
Matt Riddle vs. Ricardo Funch
Jared Hamman vs. Rodney Wallace

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Do I smell leg lock, or is it bad chicken soup?

by dancingChicken on Jan 18, 2010 9:45 AM EST reply actions  

Oh, it's going to happen.

Walking the line between intelligence and ignorance since 1985
@deowade

by Damon O. on Jan 18, 2010 10:00 AM EST up reply actions  

Palhares has one more fight to prove he deserves to fight for UFC.

After that, he might face a top middleweight and so be real tested by.

"Once Flamengo, Flamengo until die"

by Eduardo Cruz on Jan 18, 2010 10:12 AM EST reply actions  

He fought Henderson. He lost, but he faired pretty good for the jump up in competition it was for him.

by xDieseLx on Jan 18, 2010 11:08 AM EST up reply actions  

Palhares vs. Demian?

Anybody else really interested in seeing that?

"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe

by pdl on Jan 18, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions  

That would be one bad kickboxing fight.

by dancingChicken on Jan 18, 2010 2:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Seriously?

They aren’t wrestlers, they are submission artists who are both confident in their skills. Demian has learned not to stand after the Nate fight and Palhares can’t effectively close the distance when striking. Only time I can think of where two great jiujitsu players had a shitty fight like wrestleboxers do was Aoki-Shaolin.

"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe

by pdl on Jan 18, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Yep. Aoki - Shaolin

Or Bibiano – Imanari.
In both cases I was praying for a beatiful display of grappling and I got two of the most boring fights I’ve seen.

by dancingChicken on Jan 18, 2010 3:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, I remember that well.

The general consensus was “Well, I guess Aoki’s improving his kickboxing… sorta… ugh. Whatever.”

"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe

by pdl on Jan 18, 2010 4:37 PM EST up reply actions  

that fight =

<img src=“”http://s620.photobucket.com/albums/tt288/thelinx/?action=view&current=shogunwandy.jpg" target="_blank">shogun wandy bjj"/>

Pain is Temporary
Pride is Forever

by Orcus on Jan 18, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Wut?

Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"

by Blackout612 on Jan 18, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh! It says "MANIAC" on his back.

At first glance I actually thought it said “NAMBLA”. Phew, that was weird.

"Stop smiling you are about to be punched in the face !"

by Warhand on Jan 18, 2010 10:28 AM EST reply actions  

I was just asking myself, “What the Hell happened to Drwal?”
Nice to see that he gets a more high-profile fight.

Now I just need an answer on Akiyama…

by SidHartman on Jan 18, 2010 11:17 AM EST reply actions  

Agreed. One down, one to go.

Akiyama vs Yushin Okami for asian greatness belt.

by moonlapse88 on Jan 18, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions  

People already complain that Okami just dry-humps his opponents – imagine the incentive if he’s fighting Sexyama!

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

by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 18, 2010 1:34 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

i think matt brown vs ricardo almeida will get fight of the night.

i'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. i was building a house, i don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. bang. "unforgiven"

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 18, 2010 6:08 PM EST reply actions  

this card is stacked!

by brooksto on Jan 18, 2010 6:40 PM EST reply actions  

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