UFC 114 Look Ahead: The Main Card
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
With UFC 113 barely behind us, it's already time to start looking ahead to UFC 114—Rampage vs Evans.
The event is May 29th, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
Though a notable name in Forrest Griffin has been taken off the card, the lineup is still exciting for most MMA fans.
Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, will fight in the main event to find out who goes on to face Shogun Rua for his new Light Heavyweight Title.
Griffin and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira were slated to the co-main event, but now Griffin has been replaced by 18-2-1 Jason "The Hitman" Brilz.
In other main card action, there's Diego Sanchez vs. John ...
Full Card and Bout Order Announced for UFC 114
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
With just days to go before this weekend's UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi, UFC staffers are still busy preparing for future events as well. This evening, the UFC confirmed the full card and bout order for May 29th's UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans, in Las Vegas:
Main Card:
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Rashad Evans
- Forrest Griffin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Michael Bisping vs. Dan Miller
- Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow
- Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway
Prelims:
- Amir Sadollah vs. Dong-Hyun Kim
- Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon
- Melvin Guillard vs. Thiago Tavares
- Luiz Cane vs. Cyrille Diabate
- Aaron Riley vs. Joe Brammer
- Jesse Forbes vs. Ryan Jensen
Russow, Duffee, and Hathaway will ...
Mir interview: It’s a tough call on Lesnar’s illness
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Brock Lesnar isn't really sick. He's afraid to fight Shane Carwin. The UFC wanted to move Lesnar-Carwin to UFC 108 on Jan. 2 to ensure that card does well.
Fellow heavyweight Frank Mir has heard all of the internet blather about Lesnar's cancellation of his Nov. 21 fight against Carwin. Mir doesn't know what to believe but he did tell Cagewriter that getting sick during training is almost a rite of passage:
"It happens to a lot of us. You're training so hard that your immune system takes a sap. I don't think I've ever not gotten sick for three or four days. You have to be disciplined enough to take time off."
Lesnar decided to bail completely from the ...