(Better get the next ice-pack ready. Photo courtesy of Yardbarker.)
Alright, let’s get to it…
— After an injury forced Josh Thomson to drop out of his Strikeforce rematch with Gilbert Melendez, a replacement has reportedly been found, according to The Fight Network. Taking on Melendez at Saturday’s "Shamrock vs. Diaz" event will be Rodrigo Damm, an 8-2 veteran of Bodog Fight and Sengoku. Damm hasn’t competed since last August, when he was choked out by Eiji Mitsuoka at Sengoku Fourth Battle.
— Winless since his WEC debut against Cub Swanson in December 2007, Jens Pulver will be given another chance to score a victory at WEC 41 (June 7th, Sacramento). Lil’ Evil will be facing 20-year-old up-and-comer Josh "The Fluke" Grispi (12-1), who has gone 2-0 in the WEC with first-round stoppages over Mark Hominick and Micah Miller. WEC 41 will be headlined by the rematch between Urijah Faber and Mike Brown.
— TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah has an opponent for his much-delayed return at UFC 101 (August 8th, Philadelphia). MMA Weekly confirms that Sadollah’s welterweight debut will come against Johny Hendricks, a 5-0 transfer from the WEC’s defunct 170-pound division who won a unanimous decision over Alex Serdyukov at WEC 39 last month. Also on the card will be another welterweight bout between Tamdan McCrory (who’s coming off a submission victory over Ryan Madigan at UFC 96 in March) and John Howard (who most recently won a Fight of the Night bonus for his split-decision victory over Chris Wilson at UFC 94 in January). UFC 101 will be headlined by the lightweight title scrap between BJ Penn and Kenny Florian.
— Following his nine-month steroid suspension, Chris Leben will try (again) to redeem himself in the Octagon at UFC 102 (August 29th; Portland, Oregon), where he’ll take on Jake Rosholt. Another WEC acquisition, Rosholt didn’t waste any time in losing his UFC debut, suffering a 63-second guillotine-choke loss to Dan Miller at UFC Fight Night 17 in February. Loser leaves town?
— And finally, one fighter who won’t be competing any time soon is Josh Koscheck. Though he was scheduled to face Chris Wilson at UFC 98 (May 23rd, Las Vegas), a broken toe has forced Kos to withdraw from the bout. No word yet on when he’ll be able to return, or if Wilson will be getting a replacement opponent.
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Comments
Tue, 04/07/09 - 06:29
Looks like the ice pack hit him pretty hard.
Tue, 04/07/09 - 06:36
I think Pulver is all done. I hope Leben wins. Kos sucks. KenFlo is going to kill Penn. After that BJ will come back from the grave to declare Shenannigans on KenFlo for cheating.
Tue, 04/07/09 - 06:52
Ken Flo should oil up at the weigh-ins and give BJ a big greasy hug..
Tue, 04/07/09 - 07:11
Lil' Evil still got some 'win' left in him. Man, Kos was on a roll there for a while...5 fights in hust under 1 year. Leben/Rosholt..."Loser Leaves Town" match? Uhh...that's a lock if I ever heard one.
Tue, 04/07/09 - 07:16
"Juan Blanco Says: Tue, 04/07/2009 - 06:52 Ken Flo should oil up at the weigh-ins and give BJ a big greasy hug.." That would be insanely funny! Or wear a shirt with a Vaseline logo. :)
Tue, 04/07/09 - 07:18
And Lil Eagle flies again!! Oh, it's lil evil...
Tue, 04/07/09 - 08:54
@ Juan Blanco: Or better yet, Phil Nurse slathers vaseline all over Florian right in front of BJ just before they do the stare down. hahahah!!!
Tue, 04/07/09 - 09:09
I thing Penn would call the athletic commission and have Kenny take a supervised (by BJ's mom) shower before the fight.
Tue, 04/07/09 - 09:14
Win or lose, Leben should stay in my opinion. Without the juice.
Tue, 04/07/09 - 09:18
Leben aint goin' nowhere. Trust me. He is way too popular to leave after this fight. But he aint losin' so its a moo point.
Tue, 04/07/09 - 09:54
Vaseline should totally sponser Kenny... A nice pic of a can on his shorts would be the funniest sh!t ever!!
Tue, 04/07/09 - 11:15
If Ken Flo wins, he should sarcastically admit in a post fight press conference that he ate the greasiest fried chicken the night before the fight.
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