| April 2, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Event: UFC Fight Night 13
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at 7 p.m. ET on SpikeTV
Location: Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado
Main event:
155 lbs.: Kenny Florian (7-3) vs. Joe Lauzon (16-3)
Main card (televised):
170 lbs.: Karo Parisyan (18-4) vs. Thiago Alves (13-3)
205 lbs.: Matt Hamill (the DEAF GUY we love) (3-1) vs. Tim Boetsch (7-1)
155 lbs.: Nate Diaz (8-2) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (11-3)
155 lbs.: Frank Edgar (8-0) vs. Gray Maynard (4-0)
205 lbs.: Houston Alexander (8-2) vs. James Irvin (13-4)
Under card (may not be broadcast):
155 lbs.: Marcus Aurelio (15-5) vs. Jim Miller (10-1)*
155 lbs.: Din Thomas (20-7) vs. Josh Neer (23-6-1)
155 lbs.: Manny Gamburyan (7-2) vs. Jeff Cox (9-4)
155 lbs.: Clay Guida (22-9) vs. Samy Schiavo (10-4)
170 lbs.: George Sotiropoulos (8-2) vs. Roman Mitichyan (5-1)
170 lbs.: Tommy Speer (9-2) vs. Anthony Johnson (4-1)
“I’m more ready than I ever have been in any MMA fight. I’m a lot stronger. I’m a lot faster. It might be scary.”
– Houston Alexander tells MMAWeekly.com to expect a scary good performance against James Irvin at UFC Fight Night 13 at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colo. “The Nebraskan Assassin” will look to redeem himself after a loss to Thiago Silva, which he attributes to making a mistake.
Props: EvanTanner.net
Quoteworthy:
“Just talked with Joe Silva, the UFC matchmaker. He gave me a date and an opponent. Looks like I’ll be back in the Octagon this summer. It’s good to have a fight scheduled. The last two weeks have been really rough. I’ll tell the story on that in the next few days.”
Former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner is ready to get back in the saddle in the next few months after a knockout loss to Yushin Okami at UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” earlier this month. Should be interesting to see who he’s matched up against — the list of notables is short with 12 185-pound fighters slated to compete in April alone.
Welterweights Jess Liaudin (12-9) and Paul Taylor (8-3-1) are booked to scrap on the UFC 85 fight card, which takes place at the O2 Arena in London, England, on June 7, according to a recent MySpace message from “The Joker.”
The 170-pound match up is actually a rematch — the two went toe-to-toe under the Cage Rage banner back in 2003 with Taylor pulling out a decision win.
Here’s a snip from Liaudin:
“On the 7th of June i will be doing my 4th fight in the UFC and will be fighting against Paul Taylor at UFC 85. I fought Paul about 6 years ago and lost a controversial decision (the fight is available on youtube) so it s a rematch. Paul is a well rounded fighter with good cardio, strength and a big heart. This fight is very important for me as my actual record in the UFC is 2-1 so another loss may mean that i can get booted out.”
Liaudin will look to rebound after a first round knockout loss to Marcus Davis at UFC 80: “Rapid Fire” earlier this year. Prior to the defeat he was on a five-fight win streak that included two victories inside the Octagon.
His upcoming opponent, Taylor, also has a loss to Davis on his record — a first round submission via armbar in a sensational fight. He followed up that performance with another loss to Paul Kelly via unanimous decision at UFC 80.
It’s safe to say that this fight is also extremely important to Taylor if he wants to remain a UFC fighter.
UFC 85 features the main even between former light heavyweight champion, Chuck Liddell, and undefeated challenger, Rashad Evans. To check out the remaining UFC 85 card click here.
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