February 23rd, 2008
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Don’t forget, tonight at 7:30 pm on HDNET you can see Bob Sapp make his MMA debut in the United States — Strikeforce and Bodog Fight will be cross promoting the show called Strikeforce: “At the Dome.”
Sapp, 6′5″ 350 pounds, takes on Jan “The Giant” Nortje who is no small man himself, standing at 6′11″ and weighing around 330 pounds, in the main event of the night. If you like knockouts, you’ll want to check this fight out for sure.
UFC veteran Joe “Diesel” Riggs (27-9) will also be fighting on the card, fighting up and comer Cory Devela (7-1) in a middleweight scrap.
Riggs knocked out Eugene Jackson in his last fight at a Strikeforce show at the Playboy mansion in September of last year. Devela’s lone loss was to Ed Herman back in 2004 and he seems to have a very good submission game and should give Diesel a run for his money.
The other fights on the card include:
- Maurice Smith vs. Rick Roufus at heavyweight
- Brad Blackburn vs. Ray Perales at 170 lbs.
- Steve Berger vs. Eddy Ellis at 170 lbs.
- Jorge Masvidal vs. Ryan Healy at 160 lbs.
- Andrew Pedersen vs. Mychal Clark at heavyweight.
- Zach Skinner vs. Scott Shaffer at 145 lbs.
- Nathan Coy vs. Chris Davis at 170 lbs.
It should be worth a look if for nothing else other than to watch Sapp try and knock somebody out. He’ll be looking to win impressively in his first fight in the U.S in front of a hometown crwod.
Check it out.
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(Sir Robert Sapp, middle, headlines Da’ Dome tonight.)
I’m in the mood to check out some of the weekend’s news, so how ’bout it?
— Wanderlei Silva is close to putting his ink on an agreement to fight Keith Jardine. Rumors have been flying about this one, but now Wandy is confirming the showdown will be for UFC 84. There is an English version on Wandy’s official blog if you prefer the Americanized version - just click on the US flag in the upper right corner. This adds to a fight card that also includes B.J. Penn v Sean Sherk, Lyoto Machida v Tito Ortiz, Rashad Evans v Thiago Silva, among others. The show will be on May 24th in Vegas.
— Speaking of UFC 84, tickets will be available for the event via an exclusive presale on February 28th. (From MMA Mania)
— Brock Lesnar’s next showing could be against Justin McCully at UFC 85. The fighter was on Friday’s episode of HDNet’s “Inside MMA” and said he is in discussions with the UFC to face the much-hyped ex-pro wrestler/ex-NFL player. McCully’s words: “We’ve been talking about fighting this big huge guy that just crossed over from some wrestling promotion. Thats in talks right now. We’ll see what happens. I hope it comes through. I really like the fight.” Regardless if it’s Lesnar or not, McCully claims he’s coming back this summer.
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Tickets for UFC 84 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, May 24 will be available to purchase during an exclusive presale that begins this upcoming Thursday (February 28).
The 155-pound title fight between reigning champion, BJ Penn, and former division kingpin, Sean Sherk, highlights the stacked pay-per-view (PPV) event.
Here are all the particulars:
UFC Fight Club presale: Thursday, February 28
UFC Newsletter presale: TBD
General ticket sale: Sunday, March 2
UFC 84 tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster.com or StubHub.com (Note: StubHub often has seats available even if the event is “sold out.”)
Former light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz, is also expected to take on undefeated sensation, Lyoto Machida, on this fight card. It’s the last fight on the contract for “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” and possibly his last in the Octagon if he and the Zuffa brass can’t come to terms on an extension.
In addition, fellow light heavyweights, Wanderlei Silva and Keith Jardine are rumored to be mixing it up this same evening, as well as Rashad Evans and Thiago Silva.
It’s shaping up to be a fantastic night of mixed martial arts (MMA) action … definitely try and get your hands on these tickets before they are all gobbled up.
Feel free to check out the rest of the rumored line up right here.
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