August 2nd, 2007
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Hawaii's Anthony "The Crush" Torres returns to the Octagon for the first time in over a year on September 8th, when he battles Jess "The Joker" Liaudin in a UFC 75 welterweight bout at the O2 Arena in London, England.
Din Thomas, Nate Diaz, Chris Leben, and Mike Swick All Face Tough Tests
New York, NY, July 31, 2007 - For The Ultimate Fighter® alumni Din Thomas (Season 4), Nate Diaz (Season 5 champ) Chris Leben (Season 1) and Mike Swick (Season 1), the UFC® Fight Night™ on Spike TV Wednesday, September 19 at 9:00pm ET/PT will provide a golden opportunity to showcase their talents in front of a nationally televised audience. Each fighter is facing a tough test with the winners moving up the UFC® ranks and another step closer to a title shot. The two-hour live fight card will take place live from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - For some fighters, the Octagon is the only place where they can truly find peace. No matter what happens in their lives before the bell rings, whatever drama they're dealing with outside the cage, a fight is a fight and everything else takes a back seat for those 15 or 25 minutes or less.But for Renato 'Babalu' Sobral, the UFC's Octagon has been anything but a sanctuary for him in his last two fights...
Las Vegas, Nev. (USA) - The Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization has launched the official site for UFC 74: RESPECT featuring the championship main event Couture vs. Gonzaga and the special feature Georges St-Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck live from Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, August 25. Having earned the respect of sports fans everywhere, both Couture and Gonzaga - the two best heavyweights in the UFC - will now face each other in one of the most highly anticipated title fights ever. The fully interactive 3-D Microsite http://74.ufc.com will go in-depth to tell you why.
UFC® 76 KNOCKOUT'THE ICEMAN' vs. 'THE DEAN OF MEAN' MAURICIO 'SHOGUN' RUA vs. FORREST GRIFFIN
Las Vegas, NV (USA) - Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell is wasting no time returning to the Octagon™ to fight his way back to a title shot, and he has made his mission clear: he wants his title belt back. But standing in his way, with the power to stop the former UFC® 205-pound champion, is "The Dean of Mean" Keith Jardine, who awaits him for a light heavyweight main event showdown at UFC 76. As a special feature, former PRIDE FC phenomenon Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will enter the Octagon for the first time to take on Forrest Griffin in one of the two light heavyweight "knockout" fights of the night. The Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization presents UFC 76: KNOCKOUT, featuring Liddell vs. Jardine and Rua vs. Griffin, live from Honda Center in Anaheim Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - International standouts Naoyuki Kotani and Dennis Siver hope their second time in the Octagon is better than their first, as they look to rebound from debut defeats at the expense of each other in a lightweight preliminary bout on September 8th's UFC 75 card at the O2 Arena in London.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Middleweight contender Travis Lutter will begin on the road back to a shot at UFC champion Anderson Silva when he battles Octagon debutant Ryan Jensen in a 185-pound matchup on August 25th's UFC 74 show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - If you were building the prototypical UFC heavyweight, you would probably come up with someone closely resembling Holland's Antoni Hardonk: Six foot four, 245 pounds, trained in kickboxing by Ernesto Hoost, schooled in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Rickson Gracie, and blessed with a fighter's heart and the willingness to learn.But there's more to the fight game than having all the right ingredients on paper, something Hardonk learned the hard way when he took on late replacement Justin McCully in his second UFC bout in April.
Las Vegas, NV (USA) - Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization today announced that Roger Huerta has been added to the UFC 74 fight card and that he will take on Alberto Crane, a Jiu-Jitsu black belt from New Mexico. This matchup joins the exciting lineup of fights for UFC 74, including the heavyweight championship fight Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga and Georges St-Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck. UFC 74: RESPECT will take place live from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Saturday, August 25.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Former light heavyweight title challenger Renato 'Babalu' Sobral will look to snap a two fight losing streak when he returns to the Octagon to face tough up and comer David Heath in a 205-pound matchup on August 25th's UFC 74 card.Also confirmed for the show, which will take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a lightweight matchup between lightweight contender Roger 'El Matador' Huerta and UFC newcomer Alberto Crane.
