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oooh Nedkov/Maldonado will be f'n slugfest! Those guys throw f'n bombs.

 

can't wait to see Siyar Bahadurza finally either, that guy was meant to make his Strikeforce debut about 18 months ago but has been held up. He's going to ruffle some feathers in the UFC, he don't pull no punches when talking shit. That's going to be another tremendous fight.

 

Great news!

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Akiyama vs Shields is set for UFC 144 in Japan.

fucking hell, i like that too!

 

Bit harsh to have Akiyama coming off a 3 fight losing streak take on a guy who 2 fights ago was the legit. no.2 guy in the world but Akiyama is never a guy to accept the easy road. I'll be rooting for the Sexy one.

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Nah, I never really bought into Aleksander to be honest. He got onto a lot of cards, especially in Japan, simply because of who his brother was.

 

I don't agree with that. He might have got his break due to his 'name' but the guy certainly justified his place on that roster.

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according to wikipedia, the follwoing fights in the works for UFC 144:

Lightweight Title: Frankie Edgar © vs. Benson Henderson

LHW: Quinton Jackson vs. Muhammed Lawal

MW: Yushin Okami vs. Brian Stann

LW: Takanori Gomi vs. Jeremy Stephens

FW: Michihiro Omigawa vs. Nam Phan

BW: Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto vs. Damacio Page

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Apparently Shane Carwin is having back surgery and will be out for 6 months. Wasn't he saying like 2 weeks ago that he'd be back pretty soon and knocking people out?

 

I Can see Cain taking some time out and them facing off when they both return. Leaves HW pretty thin on the ground though, the UFC could do with guys like Barnett, Cormier, Big Foot and Werdum coming in.

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Yeah I'd take anything on wiki with a pinch of salt but them fights don't seem too far fetched to me. All possibilities.

 

according to wikipedia, the follwoing fights in the works for UFC 144:

Lightweight Title: Frankie Edgar

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Apparently Shane Carwin is having back surgery and will be out for 6 months. Wasn't he saying like 2 weeks ago that he'd be back pretty soon and knocking people out?

 

I Can see Cain taking some time out and them facing off when they both return. Leaves HW pretty thin on the ground though, the UFC could do with guys like Barnett, Cormier, Big Foot and Werdum coming in.

 

Never thought of that. Cain vs Carwin would make sense next to me. They deffo need to get the Strikeforce guys in their sharpish. I've read that Werdum is likely to be fighting Schaub in December. Once they wrap up the GP I'm sure Barnett and Cormier will be over aswell. Exciting times at heavyweight in 2012. All the matches we thought we wouldn't see will most likely be possible next year with all the notable/name HWs under one roof. Apart from Fedor of course.

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