Articles tagged with: Georges St-Pierre
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After July 11th, 2009 the world of MMA will never be the same. You will have the largest purchased PPV in UFC history…sorry UFC 92.
Beyond that though the largest audience in MMA history is going to be able to see the future of the sport in nearly every division! Let’s start from the bottom and work our way up in terms of who is involved and who to pay attention to.
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Jim Miller - Jim will be bringing into UFC 100 a 13 and 2 record with his …
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Things have been quiet around the Road to UFC 100 blog lately, but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been some exciting news regarding the UFC’s centennial event set to take place on July 11, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Here are some the things that you NEED to know:
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UFC 100 on July 11th is really coming together nicely. Viewers are going to see fights all the way from Heavyweight down to Welterweight currently and the fight card isnt even finalized yet.
Main Event
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir for the Unified Heavyweight UFC Championship
Broadcasted Fights
Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves for the Welterweight UFC Championship
Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping for the #1 Contender Spot at Middleweight
Unbroadcasted Fights
Dong Hyun Kim vs Jonathan Goulet (both fighters are coming off losses to Karo and Mike Swick respectively.
Stephen Bonner vs. Mark “Hammer” Coleman (I’m …
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The betting odds are out on UFC 96, slated to take place on March 7, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio. The card features the undefeated Shane Carwin against MMA vet and odds-on favorite Gabriel Gonzaga (-175) in a heavyweight scrap. And, of course, the on-the-whole-a-very-unsexy card will be headlining the top light heavyweight contender Quinton “Rampage” Jackson against former Ultimate Fighter Keith “The Dean of Mean” Jardine.
Rampage comes into the fight a near 3 to 1 favorite at -295, while the moneyline on Jardine currently stands at +235. With a win …
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In the video below Thiago Alves recounts his road to the welterweight title shot he will receive at UFC 100 against Georges St-Pierre.
Seven Fight win streak….5 knockouts and 2 decisions. Pretty Impressive for the Pitbull.
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Now we don’t know all the matchups for UFC 100 beyond the main event of Georges St-Pierre versus Thiago Alves, but to get amped up at the potential matchups I thought a nice video compilation of all the UFC Undisputed Video Game footage by THQ I could find would be fun.
First up Georges St-Pierre versus BJ Penn without the UFC 94 grease gate controversy.
Also we have Dan Henderson will look to be fighting against Michael Bisping at UFC 100. So in honor of that here is Dan Henderson demolishing Rich …
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In gearing up for UFC 100 on July 11th where Georges St-Pierre will meet his toughest test in Thiago Alves I think it is time we examine where Thiago came from and what wins have lead him to be the Number 1 contender in the UFC Welterweight Division.
Thiago on fight night will come into the ring at 190 to 199 pounds. Now you may wonder how in the hell can he fight at the 170 pound division but come in the night of the fight at 199 pounds. Well Thiago …
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Not exactly earth-shattering news at this point, but for the first time news about current UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre defending his belt against Thiago Alves at UFC 100 is coming from the mouth of the big man himself, Dana White, president of the UFC. Here’s what he told Montreal-based CKAC Sports 730AM:
“I’m pretty confident that UFC 100 will have Georges St. Pierre on the card. UFC 100 will more than likely have Georges St. Pierre defending his welterweight title.”
Accoding to MMA Weekly, White also confirmed that the promotion’s 100th …
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It looks like GSP is ready to face Thiago Alves and is just as scared about the fight as I am.
“Thiago Alves, no doubt, is the biggest challenge of my career,” St. Pierre told Sherdog.com in an exclusive video interview. “He has done stuff nobody has done before. It’s going to be a very, very tough fight.”
Recently Thiago has manhandled Karo Parisyan, Josh Koscheck and Matt Hughes….let’s hope GSP changes his recent run.
One thing everyone needs to keep in mind is Jon Fitch actually stopped Thiago Alves in 2006 at …
