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Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« on: October 02, 2008, 09:02:49 AM »



As recently as Monday, UFC president Dana White said there were "lots of moving parts" as he tried to complete the company's end-of-year fight cards.

On Wednesday, he at least got the top three fights of UFC 92 finalized.

The co-main events will feature the interim heavyweight title match between champion Antonio Rodrigo and Frank Mir. Forrest Griffin will defend the light heavyweight title against Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will meet Wanderlei Silva, who defeated him twice when they fought in PRIDE.

The Jackson-Silva card had been considered for UFC 91, when the card was slated to be in Portland, Ore., as well for UFC 94, which will be Jan. 31 in Las Vegas.

But White said he wanted to "stack" the UFC's traditional New Year's Eve weekend card and managed to do so by putting four of the company's most popular fighters on the card.

The UFC has officially moved the fight card across Las Vegas Blvd. from Mandalay Bay to the MGM Grand Garden.

Jackson will be fighting for the first time since losing the light heavyweight belt to Griffin at UFC 86 on July 5 and a bizarre traffic incident on July 15 in suburban Los Angeles. Jackson was driving on the wrong side of the road and on sidewalks and fled even while being chased by police.

He was charged with two felonies and three misdemeanors and has pled not guilty. He has a Nov. 3 court appearance scheduled.

White has said no drugs or alcohol were involved and that Jackson's actions were fueled by "delirium" caused by days of little sleep, little food and water and excessive intake of energy drinks.

The latest rumored UFC 92 card now features:

Champ Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir (for interim UFC heavyweight title)
Champ Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans (for UFC light heavyweight title)
Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva
C.B. Dollaway vs. Jorge Rivera
Dean Lister vs. Yushin Okami
Mustafa Al-Turk vs. Cheick Kongo
Brad Blackburn vs. Ryo Chonan
Ivan Serati vs. TBA

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Re: Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2008, 11:05:58 AM »
One of the best cards in the last 4 years no QUESTION!

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Re: Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2008, 11:55:55 AM »
Hell yeah. What say you now Affliction  :o

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Re: Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2008, 01:08:48 PM »
Dean Lister vs. Yushin Okami - wanna see this
Mustafa Al-Turk vs. Cheick Kongo - Al Turk is in the UFC?  Did Cage give him up?

Can't wait
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Re: Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2008, 04:28:28 PM »
don;t you think it will be hard for jackson to fight with all that on his mind..going on with his trial ect.
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Re: Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2008, 04:32:39 PM »
Great card...

Silva/Page should be the Main Event if ya ask me

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Re: Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2008, 04:50:09 PM »
Hell yeah. What say you now Affliction  :o

Great card indeed best in years.But don't count Affliction out they got some good cards up there sleeve.personally I'm pulling for them and elite XE.I like Dana but theres no need for a monopoly in MMA.
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Re: Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2008, 04:51:04 PM »
don;t you think it will be hard for jackson to fight with all that on his mind..going on with his trial ect.

nice built in excuse for when he goes down again.
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Re: Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2008, 06:01:44 PM »
card looks very good.  whoever wins between nog and mir will fight lesnar vs couture winner im guessing?

if randy loses to brock it will pretty much kill all hype about his fight w/ fedor

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Re: Top three fights of UFC 92 finalized
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2008, 09:15:57 PM »
Damn thats a good card. The wandy rampage fight will just be fun to watch to see if anyone gets put through the ropes.  I personally think the okami fight will be the sleeper fight of the night.

Anyone wanna put money on if Machida gets the next shot at the title?  What a boring champ he would be.  I don't think Dana is keen on letting him near that title for the sake of keeping the division from falling off to sleep.