UFC 70 (Manchester)

skorn

its early days but here are some confirmed fighters:

-Mirko Cro Cop vs. Cheick Kongo
-Tito Ortiz
-Forrest Griffin
-Michael Bisping
-Dennis Siver
-David Lee
-Abdul Mohamed
-Jess Liaudin
-Elvis Sinosic

GGOOOOO JESS !!!!!

Package

wow,,, manchester,, hey,, thats reachable... the MEN??? im there

dlofnep

i'm going, just waiting for tickets to go on sale..

damo

Think how bad lee murray ****ed his life up, he wouldve probably been the poster boy for the ufc in the uk - he had the look, the attitude and the skills to be a star - what a loser!

skorn

Maybe Murray will get lucky and get to see it on tv from his jail cell. That is if his cell "buddy" lets him

Enter "Lee Murray" in this site and see what pops up. http://www.prisonbitchname.com/

dlofnep

Oh well, that's what happens when you lead that lifestyle.

Fozzy

skorn wrote:

Maybe Murray will get lucky and get to see it on tv from his jail cell. That is if his cell "buddy" lets him

Murray's still on the run in Morocco unfortunately

I'd love to go to this, although I don't see where I'd get the money right now! There'll be more events in Britain this year anyway, and possibly an Irish one too

dlofnep

Fozzy wrote:

Murray's still on the run in Morocco unfortunately

I'd love to go to this, although I don't see where I'd get the money right now! There'll be more events in Britain this year anyway, and possibly an Irish one too

He's not on the run, authorities in Morocco have had him since last year.

Fozzy

Oh right, I must've heard differently! Good news I suppose, just read he was charged in court today

There was talk here before of an Irish lad possibly gettin through to the Ultimate Fighter when they held their British auditions, but is there any news on an Irish fighter possibly competing at this event?

dlofnep

I doubt it.. MMA is still relatively new in Ireland, so the level of talent is still not nearly high enough to compete on the world level, when you have countries like the US who can have a base of an entire childhood in wrestling in schoo, or brazil who have their base in bjj, holland with a base in muay thai, etc..

There is no real base in Ireland, other than perhaps boxing.

Nephew

Does anyone know anything about tickets for this?

Clive

Fozzy wrote:

There was talk here before of an Irish lad possibly gettin through to the Ultimate Fighter when they held their British auditions, but is there any news on an Irish fighter possibly competing at this event?

You needed a British passport for the UK tryouts. In related news, Francis Heagney is fighting on Cage Rage ths weekend.

Marty Mc

Man, i've had the pleasure of seeing Francis Heagney roll. I'll say i was very, very impressed!!! Best of luck to him, any idea who he faces off against????

Im2Lazy

How would you get tickets for this ?

Directly through UFC or ticketmaster?

When would they usually go on sale?

What time do the fights usually start?

dlofnep

Clive wrote:

You needed a British passport for the UK tryouts. In related news, Francis Heagney is fighting on Cage Rage ths weekend.

Really? That's cool. Fair play to him.

droc

Very little of what you've put on there is confirmed, though most of it seems to be true.

Kongo vs Cro Cop (as far as I know) is pure speculation because they're both HW's, both strikers and have been linked with this event. It makes sense and it probably will end up being the fight they put on but all sources (that I know of) have mentioned both fighters but have not said that they're fighting each other.

I have it from a VERY good source that Bisping and Elvis will be fighting each other but I still wouldn't call it confirmed until the UFC announce it.

DROC

dlofnep

Both Bisping and Sinosic have been rumoured for the card, so it's probably true.