UFC 97 Official

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  1. LB3000

    LB3000 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    April 18th, Centre Bell, Canada. Fights officially confirmed so far:

    Main Card
    Anderson Silva Vs. Thales Leites
    Chuck Liddell Vs. Mauricio Rua
    Krzysztof Soszynski Vs. Brian Stann

    Prelims
    Jason MacDonald Vs. Nate Quarry
    David Loiseau Vs. Ed Herman
    Mark Bocek Vs. David Bielkheden

    Denis Kang and Luis Cane will probably be on this card too.
     
  2. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So far thats a alright card nothing special but much better then UFC 96.
     
  3. Tko4

    Tko4 Left high kick Full Member

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    Will be nice to see Stann fight again, but the main event is uninspired to say the least. There's pretty much no one at 185 worth Anderson's time.
     
  4. LB3000

    LB3000 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I like Leites and would have liked to see him have one more fight before he fought for the title but I do think a lot of people are underestimating him. The reason he probably got the fight was because he was free and was willing to fight Anderson. I would have prefered to have seen Okami get the shot but the way the UFC have used him has been poor. He is one of the top MW's in the UFC yet they continually put him in the prelims. Can you imagine him being main event when his last fight was was not even on the main card? The opposite did happen to Fitch though.
     
  5. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    Loiseau is gonna KO herman.
     
  6. Shogun_12

    Shogun_12 Member Full Member

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    hoping for shogun to pull off the upset.
     
  7. Grievesy

    Grievesy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who said he was underdog?
     
  8. tri-pod

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    krystofs already on a main card?
     
  9. québecwarrior

    québecwarrior Georges 'Rush' St-Pierre Full Member

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    THat would be amazing
    I hate that stupid redhead
     
  10. Shogun_12

    Shogun_12 Member Full Member

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    not really an underdog but most people are saying that chuck is gonna ko him if he shows up the same way he did against coleman. even though chuck is the one coming off a ko loss.
     
  11. Grievesy

    Grievesy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I know. I don't understand why. Yes Shogun gassed against Coleman but the bloke just came off a layoff of more than a year and surgery, injuries etc.

    Chuck meanwhile has looked like **** recently and just got brutally KOed. I see Shogun knocking Chuck out in a round.
     
  12. Shogun_12

    Shogun_12 Member Full Member

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    what i really wanna see is shogun getting the thai clinch on chuck, let's see how the iceman respond to that.
     
  13. chimba

    chimba Off the Somali Coast Full Member

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    Horrendous main card. But seeing Silva in action may be worth chipping in with some friends
     
  14. djoc175

    djoc175 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Will we see Silva fighting GSP??Or will we see him at 205 permanently?That division is stacked and it would be mighty impressive if he beat the best there after beating GSP to prove his supremacy
     
  15. LB3000

    LB3000 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Rumours are Kongo vs Hardonk will be on this card. That could turn out to be a pretty exciting fight.

    If you think this is bad what do you think of the UFC 96 card? :hey