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[Guest]

UFC 74 in New Mexico
Couture vs Gonzaga
GSP vs Koscheck
Diego Sanchez(from New Mexico) on the card also

Shaping up as a great card.

http://ufcjunkie.com/ufc-rumors/ufc-74-rumors/

[Guest]

UFC 73
Date: July 7, 2007
Location: Sacramento, Calif.
Venue: TBA
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View

Champion Anderson Silva vs. Nate Marquardt (for middleweight title)
Champion Sean Sherk vs. Hermes Franca (for lightweight title)
Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz
Jorge Gurgel vs. TBA

[Guest]

Rumors — UFC 72: Victory
Date: June 16, 2007
Location: Belfast, Ireland
Venue: Odyssey Arena
Broadcast: Spike TV

Rich Franklin vs. Martin Kampmann
Forrest Griffin vs. Hector Ramirez
Marcus Davis vs. TBA
Jason MacDonald vs. Rory Singer
Ed Herman vs. Scott Smith
Tyson Griffin vs. Clay Guida
Eddie Sanchez vs. Colin Robinson
Dustin Hazelett vs. TBA

[furls]

72 looks like a bit of a yawner, but at least it will be free!

[Guest]

UFC 72's main event will be sweet
I am also pumped for the Ed Herman vs Scott Smith fight.
There are talks if Franklin wins, he gets a rematch with Silva..........in Cincy.
I'll be there if so.

[intenso]

Kampmann was scratched, Ace is fighting Yushin Okami at 72.

Interesting matchup, much moreso than Kampmann. Both big 185ers who like to beat on smaller guys.

[intenso]

UFC 74 in New Mexico
Couture vs Gonzaga
GSP vs Koscheck
Diego Sanchez(from New Mexico) on the card also

Shaping up as a great card.

http://ufcjunkie.com/ufc-rumors/ufc-74-rumors/

Kos fighting in New Mexico will be awesome. Be like HBK wrestling in Montreal. ha.

[Guest]

I like Franklin to win and setting up a rematch vs Silva, in Cincy.

[intenso]

I think it's kind of a toss up but I'd go with Okami. Franklin feasted on a really thin 185 division and I don't think he's beaten an elite fighter so I'm not really sold on him. I guess Evan Tanner would be his best win.

Although the good thing about Franklin is he is so well-rounded and I'm sure he'll learn from the beating Silva gave him.

[jdrake10]

I like Rich Franklin in this one to set up the rematch. Franklin has good boxing skills and defends the take down well. Plus Franklin is a master at cutting weight for the weigh in and then putting it right back on. He always seems to be 15 lbs heavier than his opponent. To me, the only way to beat Franklin is at his own game, which is dangerous due to his power. But obviously Silva is a tremendous boxer and that is what he did.

[intenso]

I like Rich Franklin in this one to set up the rematch. Franklin has good boxing skills and defends the take down well. Plus Franklin is a master at cutting weight for the weigh in and then putting it right back on. He always seems to be 15 lbs heavier than his opponent. To me, the only way to beat Franklin is at his own game, which is dangerous due to his power. But obviously Silva is a tremendous boxer and that is what he did.

Okami is a big middleweight, just like Franklin.

Franklin lost to Silva because of that brutal Thai clutch. Hope he worked on that because if not he's just going to eat some more knees if he does get the rematch.

[Guest]

Franklin beat Loiseau and Jason MacDonald, both solid guys also.
Tanner was at the top of his game when Rich made his face look like hamburger meat.

[intenso]

Franklin beat Loiseau and Jason MacDonald, both solid guys also.
Tanner was at the top of his game when Rich made his face look like hamburger meat.

Solid maybe. Certainly not elite.

The Crow is 15-7. An exciting fighter, but not a great one. MacDonald beat up on Leben and Herman and everybody overrated him. When you look at his record he's lost to pretty much every good fighter he's faced.

Rich is going to get the chance to prove whether he's an elite fighter or just the product of a weak division in this next fight and, if he gets through it, his rematch with Silva.

[Guest]

I agree with the fact those guys aren't elite.
I love watching Rich fight and look forward to a great one with Okami.

[intenso]

The rumor sites are now saying that 72 won't be free.

LOL @ the buyrate for that one.

[Guest]

I honestly don't remember hearing it was free.
Somebody said it on here I think, but that was it.

[intenso]

I honestly don't remember hearing it was free.
Somebody said it on here I think, but that was it.

On the UFC events page on their site they had it listed as being on Spike at one point. It's going to be on in the afternoon here b/c it's in Ireland.

[Guest]

If it's on, I watch it whether it's free or not
Must see TV

[sandlot33]

from UFCjunkie.com


May 14, 2007
Spike TV: We Were Never Scheduled to Air UFC 72
Posted by UFC Junkie on May 14, 2007 at 9:02 am ET
Despite reports to the contrary, Spike TV never intended to broadcast next month’s UFC 72 event and therefore never turned its backs on the UFC.

That’s the word from a Spike TV official who spoke to Steve Sievert, the Houston Chronicle‘s MMA writer who pens the “Brawl Sports” blog.

Up until last week, UFC.com had listed UFC 72 as a Spike TV event, meaning it wouldn’t come with a $39.95 pay-per-view pricetag. However, after UFCjunkie.com (www.ufcjunkie.com) posted a report to that effect, the UFC abruptly removed the listing and stated the event would only be available via pay-per-view — at the pay-per-view price. Considering the June 16 event lacks any title shots or even any real contender fights (aside from the main event of Rich Franklin vs. Yushin Okami), many fans were upset by the news.

Since then, it’s been widely accepted that the decision to put the event on pay-per-view was Spike TV’s, not the UFC’s.

That’s not the case, according to Spike.

From the Houston Chronicle:

“We were never scheduled to air that (UFC 72),” said a Spike spokesman. “I’ve heard the rumors (that Spike backed out of televising the show due to lack of a compelling fight lineup), but we never committed to airing UFC 72. It’s not as if we turned our backs on the UFC.

“Three big fights in two weeks would have been very tough,” the Spike spokesman said, who declined to comment on whether the UFC specifically requested that the network carry the event tape delayed like it did UFC 70.

Spike is currently set to broadcast UFC Fight Night 10 on June 12 and The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale on June 23.

UFC 72 takes place at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It’ll be the first UFC event ever held in Northern Ireland.

For the full story, head over to the Houston Chronicle.

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