(Nate Quarry [left] shows off the move that made him famous. Photo courtesy of CombatLifestyle.com.)
The UFC returns to Montreal on April 18th for UFC 97, headlined by the shrug-worthy title fight between Anderson Silva and Thales Leites, and the somewhat more compelling light-heavyweight battle between fading legends Chuck Liddell and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Here’s some of the supporting bouts that we’ll be seeing on the card…
— Jason MacDonald vs. Nate Quarry (MW): MacDonald is coming off a first-round submission-via-strikes loss to Wilson Gouveia at last month’s TUF 8 finale, and hasn’t been able to put together two wins in a row since 2006. Quarry became Demian Maia‘s latest strangulation victim when he succumbed to a rear-naked choke at UFC 91 in November. The win-or-get-fired threat level on this one has been raised to Orange.
— Luis Cane vs. Steve Cantwell (LHW): Though Cane was originally rumored to face Keith Jardine in his next fight, the Dean of Mean was booked to headline UFC 96 (March 7th, Columbus) instead. Cane will instead be taking on reigning WEC light-heavyweight champ Steve Cantwell, who famously snapped Razak Al-Hassan‘s arm at last month’s "UFC Fight for the Troops," then gloated about it afterwards. Cane is coming off of impressive TKO victories over Jason Lambert and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, while Cantwell is on a four-fight win streak, dating back to his time in the WEC.
— Brian Stann vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (LHW): Stann is the guy who Steve Cantwell took the WEC light-heavyweight belt from last August. The two fighters actually fought twice in the WEC, with each man winning one, and were supposed to have their rubber match at "Fight for the Troops," but an injury forced Stann to drop out. Now he’s finally ready to make his UFC debut, and will likely be taking on the Canadian-by-way-of-Poland TUF 8 standout known around here as K-Sos. Soszynski has won his last four professional bouts, most recently putting away Shane Primm via nasty kimura at the TUF 8 finale.
— Ryo Chonan vs. TJ Grant (WW): Making his Octagon debut at UFC 97 will be TJ Grant, a Nova Scotia native who has built up a 13-2 record (with 12 wins by submission) fighting in King of the Cage, TKO, and various regional Canadian promotions. His current four-fight win streak includes victories over UFC vets Chad Reiner and Forrest Petz. Chonan, the last fighter to give Anderson Silva a non-DQ defeat, is coming off a decision loss to Brad Blackburn at UFC 92.
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Comments
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:30
Jason MacDonald vs. Nate Quarry - I dont see why this would be a loser leaves town type of match. Both are exciting fighters and both no matter is they lose should not be let go. Cane is going to KO Cantwell and I just am not that impressed with Stann or Ksos.
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:30
yeaaa booiiiii
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:31
Stann? WTF? /slap
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:34
Is Stann... someones nickname or something?
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:35
Um, Cantwell v. Cane and Stann is in there all of a sudden? Edit, people. Seriously though, great fight between two upcoming fighters and we get it now! These are the kind of fights the UFC needs to showcase the young talent. Potential future champs and we get to see them tangle on their way up.
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:35
Waaaaait now I get it. Why does it talk about Stann in the Cane v Cantwell article? You lost me...
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:50
ben, I am just playing with the formatting
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:57
I am waiting for ben to post an apology...
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:58
@ Shawn, Kadumel, etc.:Sorry guys, I fixed it. It's confusing enough dealing with these two former WEC champs whose only career losses come from the other guy (if that makes sense) without me switching their names around. Ah fuck it...they're both gonna lose anyway.
Thu, 01/29/09 - 10:59
we need a pickem contest for this weekends fight i'm gonna make 1 in the forums who cares if we dont get prizes if we win we get braging rights
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:02
Hahah Awesome Ben.
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:02
@snicket... Yes posers. Because I often pose as Bens out in public. Speaking of which what ever happened to that contest for public cagepotato stuff?
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:05
there is a ufc 94 pickem contest in the forums 1st prize bragging rights 2nd prize sweet fuck all
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:08
Wasnt stann training at team quest for a while? gotta be awkward to fight an ex-teammate in kristof. almost as awkward as joe rogan correcting gay goldberg on every comment he makes. BTW- you guys are fuckin gay for picking out a simple mistake in the article. like the kids who call out the teacher for writing something wrong up on the board and you are so quick to call them out. get a life posers.
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:11
Well crap I keep trying to post links to it but they are getting flagged
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:15
Nate needs a bigger fucking watch.
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:21
They're getting flagged by the FBI because you're a terrorist. So I'm going to have to snap your arm.
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:25
Am I the only one that thinks K-Sos looks just like Domenick Lombardozzi. He played Herc from The Wire. I just wish he could say "I want my fucking camera" after each victory. That would make my night
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:33
cantwell is a pretty technical striker dont count him out on squeakin a decision over cane...even tho cane is pretty fuckin dangerous
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:45
Its a good Canadian card, but they need to come to Calgary!
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:47
W.O.G.F. Threat Level; Orange! That cracked me up!
Thu, 01/29/09 - 11:56
@ Creamy CA Roll He definitely looks like Herc. I wonder if he would have pity sex with former Orioles catcher Gus Triandos. The card is actually starting to fill out nicely. I really want to see Cane knockout Cantwell and hopefully Silva achieves the glow made famous in the movie Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon and splodes Leites upon contact. SHO NUFF!
Thu, 01/29/09 - 12:34
Finally TJ Grant has made it to the UFC. He's a pretty decent fighter, and some of his highlights are worth watching.
Thu, 01/29/09 - 01:03
Quarry via virst round HellenKellerizer
Thu, 01/29/09 - 01:18
Cantwell is a fag. I'm glad he got matched up against Cane..
Thu, 01/29/09 - 01:51
Quarry via the Retarded Elephant technique.
Thu, 01/29/09 - 02:45
Sila v Leites will be boring! Chuck v Shogun will be worth the PPV The WEC rollovers will get jacked-up in the UFC: K-SOS will roll over Stann Cantwell - go back to the minors! You will get knocked out of the Octogon by Cane. Sokoudju tried to blast Cane for the first round and got KO'd!
Thu, 01/29/09 - 02:49
I really wanna see a cantwell vs. stann 3!!
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