UFC set for U.K date.

Tones69

Whats the deal with Terry Etim lately?!?! Havent heard anything at all since his loss which must be close on a year ago?

SDTimeout

Broke a rib this time last year and hasn't been seen since. I think I read recently he's back to full fitness and ready to fight.

Assume they'll give him a fight for this card.

Richy06

Here's how the card is shaping up right now:

Chris Leben vs. Mark Munoz
-Thiago Alves vs. Papy Abedi
-Brad Pickett vs. Renan Barao
-Anthony Njokuani vs. Paul Taylor
-Terry Etim vs. Edward Faaloloto
-Michihiro Omigawa vs. Jason Young
-Mark Scanlon vs. James Head
-John Hathaway vs. TBA

It's not too shabby!

Devastator

SDTimeout wrote: »

Njokuani for me is a big seller really hope it's gets officially announced. Would love to see Paul Sass fight again I don't think he's been on a UFC card since 120. Sass actually holds a win over Young too.

Maybe Paul Sass is the same guy I'm thinking of but there's another UK fighter I think. Bald fought on an under card recently enough ( could be up to a year ago ) with a slick ground game. Thought it was something like sous though..

Would love to see McDonald back in action too

Paul Sass vs Michael Johnson on UFC Live card on Oct 1st

Oh_Noes

Richy06 wrote: »

Here's how the card is shaping up right now:

Chris Leben vs. Mark Munoz
-Thiago Alves vs. Papy Abedi
-Brad Pickett vs. Renan Barao
-Anthony Njokuani vs. Paul Taylor
-Terry Etim vs. Edward Faaloloto
-Michihiro Omigawa vs. Jason Young
-Mark Scanlon vs. James Head
-John Hathaway vs. TBA

It's not too shabby!

Tbh that will be very decent for a European card if that's how it shapes up. Jason Young was very fun to watch on his debut and Terry Etim is really the pick of the bunch as far as UK in the UFC fighters IMO. Thiago Alves is a firecracker when he's on form so I'm excited for that one. I've never seen Papy Abedi but he must've been impressive in the past to be fighting Alves on his debut.

Bring it on

fightireland

Let's make a twitter/facebook/whatever campaign to get an Irish fighter on the card.

weemcd

fightireland wrote: »

Let's make a twitter/facebook/whatever campaign to get an Irish fighter on the card.

Very good idea.

Mellor

Best best is prob Paul McVeigh seeign as UFC selectors will have seen him.
But depedns on how the tryouts, it might not be the best chance either

ahe316

Anyone thinking of going to this? Went to UFC120 in Ldn last Oct and it was worth the experience, albeit a weak enough card. Without any of the top Brits (Bisping, Hardy, Pearson already committed to fights elsewhere) available for this one I'm not so sure. imho Leben Munoz is a quality co-main but the event is crying out for a big name for the final fight.

SDTimeout

Cruz vs Mighty Mouse was announced for a fight night card in the US.

That would have shut up most people had it come over here. Will be a great fight too .

riffmongous

SDTimeout wrote: »

Cruz vs Mighty Mouse was announced for a fight night card in the US.

That would have shut up most people had it come over here. Will be a great fight too .

I didn't get this when I saw it earlier, is it not a bit insulting both to Cruz and euro fans?

SDTimeout

Maybe, maybe not. Urijah Faber was a flagship man for many years , he was an established name even when the WEC wasn't merged with the UFC. Cruz on the other hand was not. There was talk that UFC 132 didn't do the best buys considering what a quality card it was. A free fight night with all the highlight on two guys, one the champion who needs to get established and the other a guy who is a deserving challenger and has been on a tear recently.

win win for the ufc. I'm sure Cruz knows all this.

riffmongous

I hope he does, I'd like to see him get a lot more money than he is on at the moment, 20K I think? Without bonuses of course.