Evan Dunham vs. Shamar Bailey Set for UFC Fight Night 25: Battle on the Bayou

by Scott Haber on Jul 17, 2011 9:37 AM EDT in UFC News

The hits just keep on coming for UFC bookings this weekend. The promotion announced on Twitter late last night, that Evan Dunham would welcome TUF 13 contestant, Shamar Bailey, to the lightweight division in September in New Orleans:

@ShamarBailey vs. @EvanDunham155 at UFN in Sept 17

Evan Dunham (11-2)
Loss Melvin Guillard (TKO) - UFC Fight for the Troops 2
Loss Sean Sherk (split decision) - UFC 119
Win Tyson Griffin (split decision) - UFC 115

Shamar Bailey (12-3)
Win Ryan McGillivray (unam. decision) - TUF 13 Finale
Loss Kurt Kinser (TKO) - LOF 41
Loss Justin Wilcox (unam. decision) - Strikeforce Challengers 7

Here's how the card for the September 17th Spike-televised event is currently looking:

-Jake Shields vs. Jake Ellenberger
-Alan Belcher vs. Jason MacDonald
-Jonathan Brookins vs. Erik Koch
-Court McGee vs. Dongi Yang
-Evan Dunham vs. Shamar Bailey
-Mackens Semerzier vs. Mike Lullo
-Ken Stone vs. Donny Walker

UFC Fight Night 25: Battle on the Bayou coverage

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WTF?

They never match up TUF guys, not even winners, against tough guys like Dunham. Maybe Dana wants to be rid of Shamar’s boring style.

Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.

by halitosis on Jul 17, 2011 9:41 AM EDT reply actions

Weird, weird fight.

Dunham will win this effortlessly. Guess they just want to get rid of Shamar.

What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.

by lowellthehammer on Jul 17, 2011 9:41 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah this is loopy

maybe after the questionable Sherk decision and his mollywalloping at the hands of Guillard, they want to make sure Evan gets back on track. Shamar is just cannon fodder.

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by Dave Strummer on Jul 17, 2011 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Pretty sure that's it.

Kills two birds with one stone – starts Bailey on a skid so they can cut him in a little while and gets Dunham back up to speed. Still, not the most competitive match I’ve ever seen.

What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.

by lowellthehammer on Jul 17, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Feels like quite a dramatic mismatch. Evan is going to open up the chilli sauce and pour it on.

by Pyrgz Krum on Jul 17, 2011 9:41 AM EDT reply actions

Wow, um, Good luck Shamar?

by Minotauro on Jul 17, 2011 9:47 AM EDT reply actions

I'm sure it will come to nobody's shock

That I feel Dunham is very likely going to win this one.

Unless Joe Silva knows something we don’t.

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by Chris Groves on Jul 17, 2011 10:04 AM EDT reply actions

I guess that tells us that the UFC doesn’t want Shamar around, he’s gonna get destroyed

by KOQ24 on Jul 17, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, that's certainly the most likely scenario

I will be very surprised if he is able to beat Dunham.

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by Chris Groves on Jul 17, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

I say Shamar wins by super boring decision

and Dana cuts him right after. Be-lee dat

You know what they say

by NEW-HAMPSHIRE on Jul 17, 2011 10:25 AM EDT reply actions

Obviously you guys

Didn’t see the episode of TUF where Chris Cope beat him and he pulled Dana aside and said he lost because he was trying some new moves.

Maybe we will see those moves this time around.

by Passive on Jul 17, 2011 10:43 AM EDT reply actions

That was great.

IIRC, he told Dana he lost the fight because he kept the fight standing to make it exciting (when he would have had more luck on the ground). Of course, he had spent the entire fight trying to take Cope down, the only reason it stayed standing was because he couldn’t land a takedown. Dana called him on it immediately.

by Jeffigatame on Jul 17, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow has dunham really fallen off to this extreme?

by mlzybaby on Jul 17, 2011 10:58 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

This entire card is relatively unexciting thus far

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by mburtoni on Jul 17, 2011 11:14 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Maybe

But it is free, and the main event is more relevant than Hardy vs Lytle, so I will take it.

by Stiff Jab on Jul 17, 2011 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Dunham by

Murder sub.

by Mantis xX on Jul 17, 2011 12:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

guess they really want dunham to win

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by MaZZacare on Jul 17, 2011 12:37 PM EDT reply actions

This is the same card Wer the UFC advertised to win free tickets??

=\ I’m glad this card is free. Cuz there is not one fight here where I’m jacked up for. It’s so so.

by itsnotthatserious on Jul 17, 2011 12:55 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Ha.

This’ll be cute.

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by T.C. Engel on Jul 17, 2011 1:29 PM EDT reply actions

LOL not even remotely sensible

by moonlapse88 on Jul 17, 2011 1:30 PM EDT reply actions

I do like

how the recent spate of fight announcements has included a lot of people coming off wins vs those coming off of losses.

This, Pettis vs Stephens, Semerzier vs Lullo and Assuncao vs Uyenoyama. Maybe we can stop touting that meme over and over when new fights are discussed.

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by Cory Braiterman on Jul 17, 2011 2:03 PM EDT reply actions