Saturday night has 2 awesome MMA events.
Affliction, the popular clothing brand, is putting on a very impressive Pay Per View card and also will be showing the Preliminary bouts for FREE on Fox Sports Network:
MAIN CARD (PPV)
* Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
* Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
* Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
* Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
* Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Nascimento
* Edwin Dewees vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
* J.J. Ambrose vs. Mike Pyle
* Ray Lazama vs. Justin Levens (swing bout)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FSN)
* Paul Buentello vs. Aleksander Emelianenko
* Vitor Belfort vs. Terry Martin
* Mark Hominick vs. Savant Young
For the new fan who does not want to invest in a pay-per-view the UFC is putting on a free show on Spike just to throw a small wrench into the Affliction Card:
MAIN CARD
* Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin
* Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy
* Frankie Edgar vs. Hermes Franca
* Jake O’Brien vs. Cain Velasquez
* Kevin Burns vs. Anthony Johnson
* C.B. Dollaway vs. Jesse Taylor
PRELIMINARY CARD
* Tim Credeur vs. Cale Yarbrough
* Brodie Farber vs. Rory Markham
* Brad Blackburn vs. James Giboo
* Nate Loughran vs. Johnny Rees
* Shannon Gugerty vs. Dale Hartt
Viewing info:
For the first time on Spike TV – Watch LIVE nationwide at 6pm pacific time and 9pm eastern time.
In Canada – watch live on Rogers Sportsnet.
In the UK – watch live on Setanta Sports.
In AUSTRALIA – watch live on Fuel TV Sunday, July 20th at 11AM Local Time
On the Internet – Live on UFC® ON DEMAND™ (excluding U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, and Philippines).
July 19, 2008 at 7:13 am
cant wait to see silva vs the sandman. i predict silva will walk through irvin with no problem
July 19, 2008 at 7:21 am
Agreed with ABOVE statement. I’m all about “THE SPIDER!”
July 19, 2008 at 7:49 am
Twil be an awesome day for us fans
July 19, 2008 at 7:56 am
I am sure Silva will beat them all.. excited to watch them in action
July 19, 2008 at 8:29 am
i think the match will be interesting, but in the last Silva will have upper hand (may be
) Enjoy weekend !!!
July 19, 2008 at 8:47 am
Its going to be good..beer at ready
July 19, 2008 at 8:53 am
Not much of a MMA fan but I am glad that they are starting to put it on “Free” TV.
July 19, 2008 at 9:55 am
To be honest, the only match I’m really looking forward to on the UFC card is Hermes and Edgar.. So I’ll have to tune away from Affliction for that one and then return
July 19, 2008 at 10:31 am
That’s so cool, sounds it will rock tonight, exciting, hein!
July 19, 2008 at 10:34 am
Great idea to put the prelims on free TV. It will be interesting to see how much this increases the PPV viewership.
July 19, 2008 at 11:50 am
No listing of you favorites and bets??
July 19, 2008 at 11:58 am
I’m just getting into all this stuff. Impressive!
July 19, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Aleksander Emelianenko is out shoe… Didn’t meet med requirements Goodridge is replacing him.
July 19, 2008 at 3:31 pm
These picks are for entertainment purposes ONLY…Please no wagering
MAIN CARD (PPV)
* Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia (Pick: Sylvia)
* Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell (Pick: Rothwell)
* Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo (Pick: Rizzo)
* Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead (Pick: Sobral)
* Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Nascimento (Pick: Lindland)
* Edwin Dewees vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Pick: Nogueira)
* J.J. Ambrose vs. Mike Pyle (Pick: Ambrose)
* Ray Lazama vs. Justin Levens (swing bout) (Pick: Lazama)
PRELIMINARY CARD (FSN)
* Paul Buentello vs. Gary Goodridge (pick: Buentello)
* Vitor Belfort vs. Terry Martin (Pick: Martin)
* Mark Hominick vs. Savant Young (Pick: Young)
UFC MAIN CARD
* Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin (Pick: Silva)
* Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy (Pick: Vera)
* Frankie Edgar vs. Hermes Franca (Pick: Edgar)
* Jake O’Brien vs. Cain Velasquez (Pick: Velasquez)
* Kevin Burns vs. Anthony Johnson (Pick: Johnson)
* C.B. Dollaway vs. Jesse Taylor (Pick: Taylor)
PRELIMINARY CARD
* Tim Credeur vs. Cale Yarbrough (Pick: Credeur)
* Brodie Farber vs. Rory Markham (Pick: Markham)
* Brad Blackburn vs. James Giboo (Pick: Blackburn)
* Nate Loughran vs. Johnny Rees (Pick: Rees)
* Shannon Gugerty vs. Dale Hartt (Pick: Hart)
July 19, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Affliction could be a huge move forward for the sport. Loosens UFC’s grip on mainstream MMA.
Tim Sylvia for the win. The Miletich camp is tough.
July 19, 2008 at 3:49 pm
going to be some hurtin’ going on tonight. what a great card.
July 19, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Awesome, this is just another step for mixed martial arts becoming mainstream.
July 19, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Nice to see you passing all the linkjuice from your site onto fighters. lol
July 19, 2008 at 4:31 pm
not excited about this at all…anyway, I’m sure that for MMA fans is going to be an interesting night.
July 19, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Should be a great night. I am going to opt for the free event since UFC seems to have a great card as well so no sense spending money. I think both events should be good ones, will be good to see fedor back at it, hopefully him and couture can get something worked out to fight, now that I would pay for. Great to see the fighters.com up and running will be making an account soon.
July 19, 2008 at 4:53 pm
whoa, it is a big night…i’ll surely catch a few of them tonight too.
July 19, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Not making any picks on tonights card Jeremy?
July 19, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Very exciting roundup tonight. Ill be at my local bar watching both fights
!
July 19, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about :S
July 19, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Nice to see Fedor fighting again
July 19, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Fedor will p0wn Sylvia
July 19, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Shoemoney do you know when the next Kimbo Slice Fight?
July 19, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Awesome fight card. I’m looking forward to all of it most especially the Brandon Vera fight.
July 19, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Fedor p0wned Sylvia even faster than I thought.
July 20, 2008 at 2:42 am
Fedor Emelianenko the best. It is a great fighter.
July 20, 2008 at 3:03 am
Fights were awesome! Silva STUCK Irvin – did you see the cut under his eye?
Seth Daley
Genewize
July 20, 2008 at 9:17 am
I think it’s great they’re showing these fights on regular (not ppv) tv now…
July 20, 2008 at 10:45 am
A lot of those fights were good – that cut was UGLY. I really enjoyed the K.O. from Markham.
July 20, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Pretty boring ass fight though, eh?
July 20, 2008 at 2:14 pm
How ’bout Andersdon?
Ele e o lutador o meior de tudo mundo. E muito legal e muito gentil. Nao se porque os Americanos nao gostam dele.
July 20, 2008 at 3:22 pm
What is up with Silvia? I know Fedor is awesome, but come on. Dude didn’t even last 45 seconds! Which is about 40 longer than I would.
July 20, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Sylvia sorry for the typo.
July 20, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Thanks, my son is really looking forward to this!
July 21, 2008 at 6:15 am
So how did your predictions pan out? Living in Africa has its advantages, but viewing UFC bouts ain’t one of them!
July 21, 2008 at 6:17 am
Let’s face it folks, the days of boxing are running out. Now what we need to do is to get amateur status for MMA, so the sport can be incorporated into the Olympics, etc. This will serve as a great feeder system for the Pro ranks.
July 21, 2008 at 10:47 am
The great thing about MMA and UFC is that nothing is a guarantee.
July 21, 2008 at 4:39 pm
So the Syper kill that other guy.
July 22, 2008 at 1:45 am
Wish i lived in the States and was able to follow MMA. It sure is exciting, but not enough is being done to promote it internationally.
July 22, 2008 at 2:06 am
Now only if we could watch it in the rest of the world
July 23, 2008 at 10:43 am
I can watch MMA over satellite. I really like it.
July 23, 2008 at 10:23 pm
hope it lived up to expectations.
July 24, 2008 at 9:46 am
Вообще, откровенно говоря, комментарии тут гораздо любопытней самих постов. (Не в обиду автору, конечно
)
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