Shaping up to be a good one. Happy to finally see Kang in the UFC. Marcus Davis vs Chris Lytle could likely end up being the fight of the year…I’m expecting fireworks!
Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin
Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle
Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang
Thomasz Drwal vs. Ivan Serati
Andre Gusmao vs. Antonio Mendes
Abdul Mohamed vs. TBA
Tom Egan vs. John Hathaway
UFC 88: “Breakthrough” fight card was finalized, takin place at the Philips Arena,Atlanta, GA on Saturday, September 6.
Main event:
Chuck Liddell (21-5) vs. Rashad Evans (11-0-1)
Main card:
205 lbs.: Rich Franklin (23-3) vs. Matt Hamill (4-1)
170 lbs.: Karo Parisyan (18-5) vs. Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida (10-2)
185 lbs.: Dan Henderson (22-7) vs. Rousimar Palhares (8-1)
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt (26-8-2) vs. Martin Kampmann (16-2)
Under card:
155 lbs.: Thiago Tavares (13-2) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (15-4)
205 lbs.: Tim Boetsch (7-2) vs. James Lee (13-3)
170 lbs.: Matt Brown (7-6) vs. Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim (10-0-1)
170 lbs.: Roan Carneiro (12-7) vs. Ryo Chonan (14-8)
185 lbs.: Jason Lambert (23-8) vs. Jason Day (17-7)
Can’t say there are many fights that jump out at me. The two fight I’m probably looking most forward to are the Marquardt vs Kampmann fight and the Karo vs Yoshida fight. The fight I couldn’t care less about is the Liddell vs Evans fight. Two counter punchers, should be a real barn burner!!
