The fight card for UFC 76 keeps getting better.  Just announced today, Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez will face Jon Fitch at 170lbs. Both of these guys are solid contenders for the Welterweight title. Diego is coming off his very first loss after winning 16 straight and Fitch is on fire right now winning his last 13 fights. Fitch is an agressive fighter, we can expect a more exciting fight to look forward to than Diego’s last outting against Josh Koscheck.

Some words from Diego about this fight:

“I took this fight as soon as it was offered to me. Jon is a great challenge but I want to face the best and I want to get back into the elite group so I can get back in line for the title…after a lot of praying I feel that my power is back again. I cannot wait to step back into the Octagon, where I will show everyone that the new win streak has begun and that I do not need a warm up fight, which is why I am facing a really good fighter like Fitch. I will take care of business and then proceed down the line.”

And Fitch’s comments:

“Been putting in some good work getting ready for my fight with diego sanchez at UFC 76. It sucks that I have to wait till sept to fight, but its ok, i love training. Id be doing the same thing even if i wasnt getting paid. I have a lot of time to get ready for this fight and i will have pleanty of new tricks up my sleave for my opponent.”

Also on the UFC 76 card is Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Forrest Griffen. You can check out the full fight card here.

This Friday, July 27th on Shotime, EliteXC in association with King of the Cage will have 10 fight event with the main event featuring Lightweights Edson Berto vs. KJ Noons.  Berto is an exciting fighting who is on the rise how has won in his last nine fights has eight wins and one draw.  Even more impressive is that each of those wins has come via submission or TKO.  In his last fight (EliteXC Strikeforce) he dispatched highly regarded Victor Valenzuela, aka “Joe Boxer” with a heal hook 47 seconds into the first round.

Also on the card is a rematch between Welterweights Aaron Wetherspoon (King of the Cage title holder) and Jeremiah Metcalf (Gladiator Challenge title holder).  Wetherspoon won a majority decision when the two fought in a year ago. 

Here is the rest of the complete fight card, we’ll keep you posted with the results as they come in: (more…)

The 74th installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, named Respect, will happen on August 25, 2007 and will be headlined by the Heavyweight Title fight between Randy Couture and Gabriel Conzaga.

Here is the UFC 74 fight card in its entirety:
Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Conzaga (heavyweights)
Frank Mir vs. Antoni Hardonk (heavyweights)
Renato Sobral vs. David Heath (light heavyweights)
Kendall Grove vs. Patrick Cote (middleweights)
Thales Leites vs. Ryan Jensen (middleweights)
George St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck (welterweights)
Roger Huerta vs. Alberto Crane (lightweights)
Kurt Pelegrino vs. Joe Stevenson (lightweights)
Clay Guida vs. Marcus Aurelio (lightweights)

 
This Saturday Cage Rage (the UFC equivalant in the UK) will hold its 22nd event, Cage Rage 22 - “Hard as Hell” in London.  The card features mostly overseas fighters, but there are a few fighters familar to US fans:  UFC ref Herb Dean, Butterbean, Pride fighter Mario Sperry, former UFC fighter Wes “Cabbage” Correira, and TUF competitor Ross Pointon.  Here is the complete card:

*Butterbean vs. Tengiz Tedoradze
*Mario Sperry vs. Lee Hasdell
*Wesley Correira vs. James Thompson
*Herb Dean vs. Dave Legeno
*Edson Drago vs. Gary Turner
*Ross Pointon vs. Dean Bray
*Mark Buchannan vs. James McSweeny
*Paul Cahoon vs. Mark Epstein
*Ronnie Mann vs. Robbie Oliver
*Marios Zaromskis vs. Ross Mason
*Ross Pointon vs. Dean Bray
*Joe Mac vs. Jeremy Bailey
*Michael Johnson vs. Damian Riccio
*Tom Watson vs. Ed Smith

UFC 73 is Stacked with nine great fights.  Some MMA fans are prediciting his to be the best UFC event in years.

Middleweight Championship Fight
Nate Marquardt Vs. Anderson Silva 

Lightweight Championship Fight
Hermes Franca Vs. Sean Sherk

Alvin Robinson Vs. Kenny Florian 
Rashad Evans Vs. Tito Ortiz
Heath Herring Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 
Mike Nickels Vs. Stephan Bonnar
Diego Saraiva Vs. Jorge Gurgel 
Chris Lytle Vs. Jason Gilliam 
Mark Bocek Vs. Frank Edgar 

Here is the fightcard for this weekend’s event. Predicitions to follow.

Frank Shamrock vs. Phil Baroni
Joey Villasenor vs. Falaniko Vitale
Paul Buentello vs. Carter Williams
Cung Le vs. Tony Fryklund
Charles Bennett vs. Victor Valenzuela
Paul Daley vs. Duane Ludwig
Jason Von Flue vs. Luke Stewart
Mike Pyle vs. Aaron Wetherspoon
Eugene Jackson vs. Danny Higgins
Josh Thomson vs. Nick Gonzalez