Posts Tagged ‘ufc93’

With Dan Henderson’s split-decision victory over Rich Franklin, he’s now set to coach opposite Michael Bisping in the upcoming “Ultimate Fighters: USA vs. UK.” As is customary, the two coaches fight when the season is done and Henderson will be dropping back down to 185 for the fight with Bisping. As I’ve been saying, I’m [...]

Shogun Rua’s UFC Debut, Take Two

Posted: January 12, 2009 by John Brodigan in Mixed Martial Arts, News
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Shogun Rua was considered by many to be the best light-heavyweight in the world, so it shocked a lot of people when his UFC debut ended with him tapping out to Forest Griffin. To add injury to insult, he had to pull out of a 2008 fight against Chuck Liddell because of a ruptured ACL. [...]

UFC93: Rich Franklin at the Crossroads

Posted: January 10, 2009 by John Brodigan in Mixed Martial Arts, News
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Rich Franklin is at a curious point in his career. He was the most dominate middleweight in the UFC, until he ran into some cat named Anderson Silva…twice. Now he’s giving light-heavyweight another shot and after a victory over Matt Hammil, will be facing Dan Henderson (another former middleweight and former champion) a week from [...]

UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson returns to the motherland, IRELAND, on January 17. You wanted the picks? You’re getting the picks… In the main event, I like Rich Franklin over Dan Henderson…though I can see it going to a decision. Hendo really hasn’t impressed me in the UFC so far, and Franklin always seems to [...]

It was rumoured and then not rumoured, and now it’s official-ish that the winner of the upcoming Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson fight will be the second coach opposite Michael Bisping for the next season of “Ultimate Fighter.” Neither Franklin nor Henderson are said to be all that crazy aboot the idea, but Dana White [...]

UFC 93 Televised Card

Posted: December 2, 2008 by John Brodigan in Mixed Martial Arts
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The UFC makes its Dublin debut on January 17th, and we now know what fights made the televised portion of the card. Besides main event Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin and co-main event Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, we can now expect to see Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang, Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle [...]