Kendall Grove (11-7, 6-4 UFC) vs. Goran Reljic (8-1, 1-1 UFC) expected for UFC 116. "Sources...

Kendall Grove (11-7, 6-4 UFC) vs. Goran Reljic (8-1, 1-1 UFC) expected for UFC 116.

"Sources close to both camps tell Truefighting that both fighters have agreed to the match up and the bout is in the process of being signed. The fight will likely end up shown on the Spike TV card."

Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva
Roy Nelson vs. Frank Mir
Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos
Nate Marquardt vs. TBA
Thiago Silva vs. TBA
Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
Daniel Roberts vs. Julio Paulino

HT: Truefighting
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I like the matchup. Definitely pulling for Goran in this one- I loved his fight with Wilson.

"He hit like a bitch."

by SMC on May 2, 2010 8:35 PM EDT reply actions

Wow what a card.

by Polyhedron on May 2, 2010 8:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

What a sweet card

To bad they don’t do Thiago Silva vs. Jon Jones.

When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton

by donkeypunch on May 2, 2010 8:42 PM EDT reply actions

thiago silva vs. tba? i thought he was fighting ryan bader

by nogroundgame on May 2, 2010 8:44 PM EDT reply actions

bader is rehabing an injury

"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye

by mburtoni on May 2, 2010 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Either Thiago Silva or Nate Marquardt’s fight is going to get moved. They don’t need a 12 fight card.

by TLow on May 2, 2010 8:48 PM EDT reply actions

I was thinking the same thing. I hope they bump T. Silva and put Okami in against Marqardt.

"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye

by mburtoni on May 2, 2010 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions

12 fights has been pretty standard for most of the recent big PPVs

but I agree that one of these fights will likely be moved, only because they don’t want to demote so many big names to the prelims. I’ll imagine we’ll see another low-level fight added and Silva moved to 117 or the Versus show, since I believe Marquardt has confirmed he’ll definitely be on this card.

by Scott Haber on May 2, 2010 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I like this fight because it's so evenly matched

Grove and Reljic are very similar…tall, lanky fighters with good kickboxing and good BJJ. That being said, I think they’re about even on the ground, but Goran’s striking is a bit better, and he can certainly take a punch better than Kendall.

by Scott Haber on May 2, 2010 8:53 PM EDT reply actions

I like Goran alot. That leg kick he showed against Wilson was pretty damn serious. Looked like he had some trouble making everything flow smoothly but Im sure he will get that worked out. Not a great fight against CB but not for nothing CB looked fucking amazing that night. I never expected CB to look that good.

I hope Goran becomes successful. Those heavy hard kicks are a threat to damn near everyone. And he’s a big mofo. 6’3 I believe.

How the hell are these MWs so damn big? Godamn!

by MichaelJ1985 on May 2, 2010 8:58 PM EDT reply actions

Don't forget

Goran is coming back from a career threatening injury and hasn’t fought in like, i think three years when he fought CB. I’m pretty sure he would’ve beaten CB if it was right after the gouveia fight. Then again i’m a little biased cause i think CB is a douche

by av1o3 on May 2, 2010 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Cool match, Reljic’s BBJ should be enough to cancel out Grove.

On a side note, they MUST put Brown vs Lytle on free TV.

by moonlapse88 on May 2, 2010 9:49 PM EDT reply actions

this is gonna be a free card?

"When i get in there, in his face ,pressin the action,I'm RUFF NECKIN'EM,I'm throwin him around,I'm punchin him,hes punchin me, I'm eatin his shots and I'm Blastin him back in the face he's not goin to be able to handle it ." - Chris Leben on how his fight with Anderson Silva is gonna go.

by Rayce. on May 2, 2010 10:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions