3 Events This Weekend

SHO MMA: STRIKEFORCE CHALLENGERS: JUNE 19 ON SHOWTIME
location: ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington

Main Bouts (on Showtime):
-Joey Villasenor (26-6) vs. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos (16-12)
-Nick Thompson (#9 Welterweight in the World)* (38-10-1) vs. Tim Kennedy (9-2)
-Conor Heun (8-2) vs. Jorge Gurgel (12-5)
-Sarah Kaufman (9-0) vs. Shayna Baszler (9-5)
-Cory Devela (9-2) vs. Luke Rockhold (4-1)

Preliminary Bouts (non-televised):
-Dennis Hallman (40-12-2) vs. Justin Davis (10-7)
-Brian Caraway (10-3) vs. Alex Zuniga (2-1)
-Duane Ludwig (18-8) vs. Lyle Beerbohm (9-0)
-Landon Showalter (7-12-1) vs. Travis Doerge (4-8)
-Len Bentley (3-2) vs. Marques Daniels (1-2)
-Steve Hadsel (1-0) vs. Taylor Roberts (1-1)

Main card airs live on Showtime in the United States at 11:00 PM (ET/PT)
*Based on MMAWeekly.com World MMA Rankings


Bellator Fighting Championships Week 12
Date: Jun 19, 2009

Location: Hollywood, Fla.
Venue: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
TV: ESPN Deportes (one-day tape delay)

155 tourney finale: Eddie Alvarez (17-2) vs. Toby Imada (22-12)
185 tourney finale: Hector Lombard (20-2-1) vs. Jared Hess (8-0-1)
155: Jorge Masvidal (17-4) vs. Eric Reynolds (10-2)
145: Sami Aziz (4-0-1) vs. Brad Pickett (16-4)
170: Josh Martin (6-2-1) vs. Sergio Morais (3-0)
120: Jessica Aguilar (5-2) vs. Rosie Sexton (9-1)
185: Moyses Gabin (4-2) vs. Virgil Lozano (6-2-1)
155: Troy Gerhart (5-0) vs. Luis Palomino (10-5)


ULTIMATE FIGHTER 9 LIVE FINALE: JUNE 20, 2009 ON SPIKE TV
venue: The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada

Main Bouts:

TUF 9 Lightweight Finals:
-Ross Pearson (8-3) vs. Andre Winner (9-2-1)

TUF 9 Welterweight Finals:
-Damarques Johnson (9-6) vs. James Wilks (5-2)

-Diego Sanchez (23-2) vs. Clay Guida (25-9)
-Kevin Burns (7-2) vs. Chris Lytle (28-17-5)
-Joe Stevenson (31-10) vs. Nate Diaz (13-3)

Preliminary Bouts:
-Melvin Guillard (21-7-2) vs. Gleison Tibau (17-6)
-Tomasz Drwal (15-2) vs. Mike Ciesnoleviscz (17-3)
-Edgar Garcia (7-0) vs. Brad Blackburn (13-9-1)
-Cameron Dollar (2-1) vs. Jason Dent (18-9)
-Frank Lester (3-2) vs. Nick Osipczak (3-0)

Main card airs live on Spike TV on Saturday, June 20 at 9:00 PM (ET/PT)

UFC 99

UFC 99: JUNE 13, 2009
venue: Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany

Main Card Bouts:
-Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1; #8 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Rich Franklin (24-4)
-Cain Velasquez (5-0) vs. Cheick Kongo (14-4-1)
-Spencer Fisher (22-4) vs. Caol Uno (25-11-4)
-Mike Swick (13-3) vs. Ben Saunders (8-1-2)
-Marcus Davis (16-5) vs. Dan Hardy (21-6)

Preliminary Card Bouts:
-Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (24-6-2) vs. Mustapha Al-Turk (6-4)
-Terry Etim (12-2) vs. Justin Buchholz (8-2)
-Dale Hartt (6-1) vs. Dennis Siver (13-6)
-Stefan Struve (16-3) vs. Denis Stojnic (5-2)
-Peter Sobotta (8-1) vs. Paul Taylor (9-5-1)
-Paul Kelly (8-1) vs. Roli Delgado (6-5-1)

Main card airs on pay-per-view for $44.95 in the United States

*Based on MMAWeekly.com World MMA Rankings

Dale Hartt interview


UFC 99 Preview: The Main Card

UFC 99 Preview: The Prelims

Twister!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO19BLyoCC0&feature=player_embedded

Kimbo Slice signs with the UFC as a participant on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10

Kimbo Slice signs with the UFC as a participant on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10