Cro Cop is done in UFC again now after reading Dana White's comments. Back to Japan for Mirko.

Been past it for a while now in all honesty.

Mirko Filipovićs (Mirko Cro Cop) had already stated he didn't feel a connection with the UFC and wasn't a big fan of fighting inside the cage, His comments before were that Japan was like a second home to him and he has a good bond with the fans out there so it is no surprise he'd choose DREAM over the UFC...

Did Bisping win ?

Looking forward to GSP above all. I think he'll beat Alves.

strangely since TUF moved to setanta it clashes with a few other things, but iæve seen a couple of episodes this season, the first impressions iæve got is that the yank team is full of dog s, and no question and the brits are really doing their best to make the most of the opportunity.

for the last few years if you show up well in TUF you end up getting included on a lot of undercards ultimate fight nights, quite a few on the UFC game as well.

Too many of them get fights after the show. Recently the likes of Junie Browning and Dave Kaplan have had televised fights dispite being awful.

Theres at least one brit who never deserves to fight in the UFC after quitting during his fight.

Dana White has announced that UFC will return to the UK on October 10th (Grand Final night

).

Interesting to note though that they're also returning on November 14th to Manchester for UFC 105:Silva v Bisping/Hendo.

A treat for UK MMA fans!

If you watch the Grand Final and it finished before 8pm you could switch over ( providing Setanta are still operating ).

would love too wacth Bisping in Manchester. Wacthed the UK vs US last night that Ross Pearson is a beast 1 of the best strikers i have seen got to work on his mat work and escapes but could go well in the ufc

That can be translated roughly as 'In Japan I can take as many roids as I want and be offered up Japanese cans for me to belt the hell out of.'

Tim Sylvia lost again... to Ray Mercer! Yes [ithat[/i Ray Mercer. The 48-year old boxer. The footage is on YouTube. It won't take up much of your time, Mercer knocked him out in 9 seconds.

Funny! Dana White has told him he can only ever return to the UFC if he goes through the TUF route!

Could be interesting.

Sylvia looked so fat and out of shape in that fight. Awful.

anyone know what date the ufc 100 is set for?
it looks like a great card cheers joker

[uUFC 100 Official fight card:[/u

Main Card
Heavyweight Championship bout: [iChampion[/i Brock Lesnar vs. [iInterim Champion[/i Frank Mir
Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves
Middleweight bout: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher

Looks good.

my guess would be


UFC 100 Official fight card:

Main Card
Heavyweight Championship bout: Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Interim Champion Frank Mir (after ufc 81 brock will be more aware of mir and his bjj skills)
Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (GSP will just out class alves coz alves neets to develop a bit)
Middleweight bout: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping (mike has a great ground game and can strike well)
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago (jon has great take downs and works the floor really well)
Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher (2 first time fighters if i remember right so i think yosh will win coz his K1 fights are great)

[uUFC 100 Official fight card:[/u

Main Card
Heavyweight Championship bout: [iChampion[/i Brock Lesnar vs. [iInterim Champion[/i Frank Mir

Lesnar takes this one for me. He was destroying Mir last time until he made a rookie error and left his leg out there. He won't make the same mistake again, although Mir's striking was awesome against Nog, fascinating fight.

Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves

Alves is a tricky fighter, no doubt about that, but this fight just screams beatdown to me. The potential is there for GSP to just toss Alves around the octagon for 5 rounds.

Middleweight bout: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping

Hendo takes this for me. I like Bisping, but he's not well rounded enough to beat Hendo, his wrestling is far superior and I give him the edge on striking. Hendo to win a decision.

Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago

Interesting fight. Tiago holds a win over Josh Koscheck but that was an early stoppage so there's no telling how good he is. Fitch suffered a beating at the hands of GSP and hasn't really been the same since.

Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher

I love watching Belcher fight, but he always seems to come up just short. That being said, I like his Muay Tai and BJJ skills, and I take him to win this one.

[url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.fightCard&eid=2016UFC 100[/url

Date/Time: Jul-11-2009 7pm PT/10pm ET
Event Location: Mandalay Bay Events , Nevada

[iIt's the biggest event in mixed martial arts history, and for UFC 100, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is bringing out the big guns. Two championships will be on the line when UFC heavyweight title holder Brock Lesnar defends his crown against rival Frank Mir in their long-awaited grudge match, and UFC welterweight champion Georges "Rush" St-Pierre puts his belt up for grabs against Brazilian knockout artist Thiago "Pitbull" Alves. Also, The Ultimate Fighter coaches collide as Dan Henderson takes on Michael "The Count" Bisping in a pivotal middleweight showdown.[/i

Just a heads up that the last episode of TUF9 airs tonight at 11pm on Setanta one, we get to see it before the yanks due to the finale airing on Saturday night.

TUF 9 Finale spoilers:


























After tonight's episode, Saturday's card is confirmed as;

Diego Sanchez v Clay Guida
Joe Stevenson v Nate Diaz
Welterweight Final-Demarques Johnson v James Wilks
Lightweight Final-Ross Pearson v Andre Winner
Kevin Burns v Chris Lytle

Prelims:
Cameron Dollar v Jason Dent
Melvin Guillard v Gleison Tibau
Brad Blackburn v Edgar Garcia
Mike Ciesnolevicz vs. Tomasz Drwal

Add a couple of lower card matches with the fighters from TUF9 and that is a must see card!

What a card that is.

Am I the only one who doesn't get why MMA is so popular?

About 3am our time then.

Probably not. It took me a while to get into it but when I did I was glad. Give it another go.

Depends how old you are. If, as a kid, the likes of Bloodsport, Kickboxer and AWOL we’re whispered in the darkest corners of the playground to the tune of bootleg Chubby Brown tapes, then you’ll understand.