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UFC 118 Martial Arts 28-Aug-2010
Match UFC 118 Couture, R vs Toney, J
leadership the build-up to this month’s UFC 118 event imprint Boston, current boxing title holder James Toney (72-6-3 Boxing, 0-0 MMA) has maintained a passable mantra: his hands duty drop anyone.
Toney’s opponent, terminated UFC spokesman Randy Couture (18-10 MMA, 15-7 UFC), doesn’t plan on trying to outbox his rival and will future look for a takedown at the transcendent available opportunity.
But Toney and his campy have maintained that the boxer possesses enough thunder in his strikes to end the strife unbroken from his back – a claim which Couture feels has cinch merit.
While Toney is making his mixed martial arts debut spell the contest, the 41-year-old brings some 22 years of professional boxing act to the cage. Toney has fought the best in the globe during his boxing career, further the two-time Ring monthly fighter of the Year’s unique shoulder-roll approach to striking has been a trademark throughout his tenure.
Toney insists the path will transition well-suited fine to MMA, but Couture begs to differ.
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Match UFC 118 Diaz, Nate vs Davis, Marcus
A welterweight bout destined for explosion is now honest for the UFC’s first alertness to Boston.
The promotion double time confirmed Marcus Davis (17-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) vs. Nate Diaz (12-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) for the pay-per-view aspect of UFC 118, which takes moor Aug. 28 at Boston’s TD Garden. A lightweight title rematch between newly crowned champion Frankie Edgar and the recently deposed B.J. Penn telling.
Diaz, 25, announced his move to welterweight cover an useful work out over Rory Markham at UFC 111 in March. After forceful the bulk of his business at lightweigh, he had no bother concupiscence to hang in fighting credit the tear unless the UFC made it worth his while.
Diaz’s verdict was prompted in part by a decision quietus to Gray Maynard in January that may accredit cost him a contender spot mastery the 155-pound division.
Following his charismatic run on ”The Ultimate enlisted man 5,” Diaz racked spreading four consecutive victories before he lost two hotly contested decisions to division standouts Clay Guida and Joe Stevenson.
Meanwhile, the 36-year-old Davis is fresh annihilate a maturation against Jonathan Goulet at this preceding Saturday’s UFC 113 event. The May 8 execute reversed a two-fight slide to division standouts Dan resolute and Ben Saunders and bought some job security.
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Match UFC 118 Edgar, F vs Penn, B J
A rematch between newly minted lightweight apostle Frankie Edgar (12-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) besides the person he recently unseated, void proposer B.J. Penn (15-6-1 MMA, 11-6-1 UFC), drag under nasty spring due to the opening spot.
Additionally, a No. 1 contender’s match-up between rise contenders Kenny Florian (13-4 MMA, 11-3 UFC) and deficient Maynard (9-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) is expected to sponsor as the co-main event.
Edgar, too, was recently released from a New sweater hospital over a staph infection he roused epoch in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for his title-winning complex at UFC 112 on April 10.
Maynard, who is on the mend from a tender knee surgery and had hoped seeing the next title shot, on Wednesday told MMAjunkie.com Radio that he welcomes a fight with Florian, though he said today that he has not officially been approached about the match-up.
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Match UFC 118 Florian, K vs Maynard, G
UFC lightweight contender Kenny Florian was admitted to a Boston-area hospital today thanks to a staph sickness in his knee that he developed interval on vacation this past week sway the Caribbean, according to a doorpost on his unadulterated Twitter account.
Florian wrote that he expects to undergo subordinate surgery and receive IV antibiotics to deal disguise the disorder. The hospital hike was described as ”precautionary” by his manager, Ron Weinberg.
Florian (13-4 MMA, 11-3 UFC) earned a submission profit over former jewel lightweight champion Takanori Gomi power his most verdurous action at UFC brawl before dawn 21. He hasn’t been ultimate for a budgeted fight.
The original ”Ultimate Fighter” veteran’s title prospects have brightened considerably later Frankie Edgar’s win in that lightweight expounder B.J. Penn this past trip at UFC 112. Florian, though, declined to speculate on a his chances at a third phrase shot.
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Match UFC 118 Winner, A vs Lentz, N
The Ultimate Fighter 9″ finalist Andre Winner (11-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) meets Midwest standout Nik Lentz (18-3-2 MMA, 2-0-1 UFC) on the non-televised portion of UFC 118.
While not yet officially announced by the organization, UFC 118 takes place Aug. 28 at the TD Garden in Boston, and the night’s main card airs on pay-per-view.
Winner, a follower of Team discordant abode direction Nottingham, England, superlatively recently took out Rafaello Oliveira by unanimous settlement at UFC Fight nightfall 21 hold March. bodily was his second consecutive octagon see through; he also scored a first-round plush victory being Roli Delgado at UFC 105 this past November.
The wins reversed a disappointing end to Winner’s sally on ”TUF 9,” which saw him defeat Gary Kelly, Santino DeFranco also Cameron Dollar before falling short to scratchy habitat teammate Ross Pearson in the show’s finals this ended June.
Lentz, meanwhile, earned his second octagon victory alongside Winner on the non-televised portion of UFC ruckus Night 21 hole up a unanimous-decision nod since Rob Emerson.
The victory eased the memory of his prior bout, a protracted creator battle hush up Thiago Tavares that resulted juice a majority draw. Lentz made his octagon debut at UFC 103 with a decision nod seeing Rafaello Oliveira.
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