No More Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Classes for the WEC

The WEC is now officially down to 4 weight classes, beginining in 2009, focusing on the lighter weight classes.  This has been expected, but took a little longer than everyone expected.

WEC weight classes now include:  bantamweight (135), featherweight (145), lightweight (155) and welterweight (170) weight classes.

World Victory Road’s Sengoku 5 Finalized Card

* Muhammed “Mo” Lawal vs. Travis Wiuff
* Xande Ribeiro vs. Takashi Sugiura
* Kiuma Kunioku vs. A Sol Kwon
* Jorge Masvidal vs. Ryan Schultz
* Paul Cahoon vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura – MW Grandprix Tourny
* Logan Clark vs. Jorge Santiago*
* Yuki Kondo vs. Yuki Sasaki*
* Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos MW Grandprix Tourny

Show XC Results

QUICK PRELIMINARY RESULTS

* Steve Gable defeated Josh McDonald via split decision
* Luke Riddering defeated John Corstophino via TKO — Round 1, 3:43
* Fernando Bettega defeated Mono Otero via submission (rear naked choke)
* Damian Douglas defeated Joe Schilling (rear naked choke)
* Scott Lighty defeated Jamiah Williamson via TKO — Round 1

OFFICIAL RESULTS

* Wilson Reis defeated Abel Cullum via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 49-46)
* Shane Del Rosario defeated Carl Seumanutafa via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 1:07
* David Douglas defeated Malaipet via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:51
* Jaime Jara defeated Giva Santana via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
* Erik Apple defeated Matt Makowski via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 2, 2:04
* Steve Gable defeated Josh McDonald via split decision
* Luke Riddering defeated John Corstophino via TKO – Round 1, 3:43
* Fernando Bettega defeated Mono Otero via submission (rear naked choke)
* Damian Douglas defeated Joe Schilling (rear naked choke)
* Scott Lighty defeated Jamiah Williamson via TKO – Round 1

UFC 89 Bisping vs Leben Card and Promo Video

UFC 89 will be taking place is Birmingham, England at the The National Indoor Arena on Oct 18th, 2008.

UFC 89 Promo

MAIN CARD

• Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben
• Keith Jardine vs. Brandon Vera
• Luiz Cane vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
• Chris Lytle vs. Paul Taylor
• Shane Carwin vs. Neil Wain
• Marcus Davis vs. Paul Kelly

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Akihiro Gono vs. Dan Hardy
• David Bielkheden vs. Jess Liaudin
• Terry Etim vs. Sam Stout
• David Baron vs. Jim Miller
• Per Eklund vs. Sammy Schiavo

UFC 91 Card Sat. Nov 15th

Ok, so Couture is back and is taking on Lesnar.  Interesting matchup…style-wise, may be a bad match up for Couture, although I’m still not confident Lesnar has the cardio to hang with the pace that Randy brings.  This is how the card is stackin up so far.

UFC 91 Promo

Heavyweight (265lbs)

Randy Couture 16-8-0 Las Vegas, Nevada vs Brock Lesnar 2-1-0 Webster, South Dakota

Main Card

Lightweight (155lbs)

Kenny Florian 10-3-0 Westwood, Massachusetts vs Joe Stevenson 29-8-0 California

Heavyweight (265lbs)

Gabriel Gonzaga 9-3-0 Rio de Janerio, Brazil vs Josh Hendricks 14-4-0

Middleweight (185lbs)

Amir Sadollah 1-0-0 Richmond, Virginia vs TBD