Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara in the works for UFC 118:
"Alessio Sakara has verbally agreed to meet at the event. Bout agreements are expected to be finalized shortly. Sakara had been expected to face Nate Marquardt at UFC 116."
Jorge Rivera (18-7)
Win Nate Quarry - TKO (Punches) UFC FN 21
Win Rob Kimmons - TKO (Punches) UFC 104
Win Nissen Osterneck - Decision (Split) UFC FN 18
Alessio Sakara (15-7)
Win James Irvin - TKO (Punch) UFC on Versus 1
Win Thales Leites - Decision (Split) UFC 101
Win Joe Vedepo - KO (Head Kick) UFC FN 15
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Much more competitive match-up than Sakara / Marquardt. Awesome job by Joe Silva on this one.
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
i agree.
Sakara was being led to the slaughter. This should be a really good matchup.
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
In turn they better set up Marquardt/Okami for 116.
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
by SSreporters on May 4, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
again, i agree. Okami vs Nate is much better.
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
Awesome main card right here:
* Champ Frankie Edgar vs. B.J. Penn (for lightweight title)*
* Randy Couture vs. James Toney*
* Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard*
* Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara*
* Terry Etim vs. Joe Lauzon*
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
Immediate fireworks.
I find it amusing that Edgar, Couture, Florian, Maynard, Rivera, Sakara, and Etim have all fought on a free show/preliminary card at least once in their last two fights.
Edgar vs. Veach at TUF 10 Finale
Couture vs. Vera at UFC 105
Florian vs. Gomi at UFN 21
Maynard vs. Diaz at UFN 20
Rivera vs. Quarry at UFN 21
Sakara vs. Skeleton pretending to be James Irvin at UFC on Versus 1
Etim vs. Gugery at UFC 105 (prelim)
And now they’ve all joined together to be on a PPV!
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
Gugerty*
Shannon Gugerty is who I meant.
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
As a fan in Boston...
I’m excited to be going to my first UFC event, not so excited for the fights the UFC actually booked though.
really??? i’m in the same area, but randy and bj are my two favorite fighters, so i’m super excited. not too excited about florian/maynard, but at least it’s interesting in that it has title implications.
well i hate randy that’s the first thing. history’s great and all but that doesn’t mean i want dinosaurs around (when u think about it’s really terrible). maynard bores me. i just never liked florian as a fighter. couture vs toney. that’s just a bad joke. i’m just hoping gonzaga is on there (another boston fighter) so we get something exciting.
I’m in boston too and I’m very excited. I got excited for the BJ rematch and Ken Flo fight. The Randy JT fight seems like a bonus.
by seanerk88 on May 5, 2010 12:43 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
was it planned? or, coincedence? you decide.
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
pretty sure alessio didn’t plan for his father to pass away.
by woooburn on May 4, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Well, maybe his father is watching over him still? Like a guardian angel or such?
My brain is like a box of chocolates... you never know when it`s gonna melt.
by BlueberryMuffin on May 5, 2010 2:53 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s a pretty ridiculous thing to say.
Go BRUINS!!!
by Brad Ackerson on May 4, 2010 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Best fight
Best fight on the Boston card so far outside of Penn vs Edgar.
When will tickets be available for this? I’m hoping it’ll be my first UFC event & obviously I’m pulling for Jorge.
by seanerk88 on May 5, 2010 12:44 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Much better matchup for Sakara. Gonna guess Sakara wins by facial reconstruction. I don’t think there is any way Rivera knocks him out. Sure, Sakara has been rocked before, but look at the list of who has done that. It is a who’s who of home run hitters: Chris Leben, Houston Alexander, Drew McFedries. And let’s be honest here. I know most of us love Quarry to death. He is a great guy and will always have a home in the UFC in some fashion. But the guy was a high-end middle-of-the-pack guy who is clearly falling off now. Rivera took good advantage of building on his win streak with a win over a decent name, but that train stops at 118, unless he takes Sakara down and keeps him there. Rivera likes to stand and trade, though. We’ll see if he comes in with the right gameplan or ‘does what he does’. I’m betting on the latter.
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