9. UPCOMING FIGHT CARDS

UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann

Date: Mar 03, 2011

Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Venue: KFC Yum! Center
Broadcast: Versus

MAIN CARD

• Martin Kampmann vs. Diego Sanchez
• C.B. Dollaway vs. Mark Munoz
• Alessio Sakara vs. Chris Weidman
• Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Danny Castillo vs. Joe Stevenson
• Cyrille Diabate vs. Steve Cantwell
• Shane Roller vs. Thiago Tavares
• Reuben Duran vs. Takeya Mizugaki
• Rob Kimmons and Dongi Yang
• Dave Branch vs. Rousimar Palhares
• Todd Brown vs. Igor Pokrajac



Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson

Date: Mar 05, 2011

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Venue: Nationwide Arena
Broadcast: Showtime

MAIN CARD

• Champ Rafael Cavalcante vs. Dan Henderson (for light-heavyweight title)
• Champ Marloes Coenen vs. Liz Carmouche (for women’s welterweight title)
• Tim Kennedy vs. Melvin Manhoef
• Billy Evangelista vs. Jorge Masvidal

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Roger Bowling vs. Josh Thornburg
• Tyler Combs vs. Jorge Gurgel
• Jason “Jay” Freeman vs. Jason Riley
• Mojo Horne vs. Brian Rogers
• Marc Cofer vs. Mitch Whitesel
• J.P. Felty vs. John Kuhner

 

Bellator 35

Date: Mar 05, 2011

Location: Lemoore, Calif.
Venue: Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino
Broadcast: MTV2

MAIN CARD

• Lyman Good vs. Chris Lozano (welterweight tourney quarterfinal)
• Dan Hornbuckle vs. Brent Weedman (welterweight tourney quarterfinal)
• Jay Hieron vs. Anthony Lapsley (welterweight tourney quarterfinal)
• Rick Hawn vs. Jim Wallhead (welterweight tourney quarterfinal)

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Champion Zoila Frausto vs. Karina Hallinan (non-title fight)
• Jamie Jara vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf
• Brandon Bender vs. Josh Herrick
• Jesus Castro vs. Paul Ruiz

 

Bellator 36

Date: Mar 12, 2011

Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Venue: Shreveport Municipal Auditorium
Broadcast: MTV2

• Mike Chandler vs. Marcin Held (lightweight tourney quarterfinal)

 

Bellator 37

Date: Mar 19, 2011

Location: Concho, Okla.
Venue: Lucky Star Casino
Broadcast: MTV2

MAIN CARD

• Patricio “Pitbull Freire vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (featherweight tourney quarterfinal)*
• Zac George vs. Wilson Reis (featherweight tourney quarterfinal)*
• Kenny Foster vs. Eric Larkin (featherweight tourney quarterfinal)*
• Nazareno Malegarie vs. Daniel Straus (featherweight tourney quarterfinal)*

UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones

Date: Mar 19, 2011

Location: Newark, N.J.
Venue: Prudential Center
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and Spike TV

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Jon Jones (for light-heavyweight title)
• Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
• Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
• Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt
• Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Luiz Cane vs. Eliot Marshall*
• Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
• Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
• Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
• Raphael Assuncao vs. TBA*
• Nick Catone vs. Dan Miller

UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs. Davis

Date: Mar 26, 2011

Location: Seattle, Washington
Venue: KeyArena
Broadcast: Spike TV

MAIN CARD

• Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Phil Davis
• Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson
• Duane “Bang” Ludwig vs. Amir Sadollah
• Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

• Alex Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier
• Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow
• John Hathaway vs. Kris McCray
• Michael McDonald vs. Nick Pace
• Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft
• Mario Miranda vs. Aaron Simpson
• Dennis Hallman vs. T.J. Waldburger
• Nik Lentz vs. Waylon Lowe

Strikeforce Challengers 15

Date: Apr 01, 2011

Location: TBA
Venue: TBA
Broadcast: Showtime

• No rumored fights at this time

Bellator 39

Date: Apr 02, 2011

Location: Uncasville, Connecticut
Venue: Mohegan Sun
Broadcast: MTV2

• Champ Eddie Alvarez vs. Pat Curran (for lightweight title)*

Bellator 40

Date: Apr 09, 2011

Location: Newkirk, Okla.
Venue: First Council Casino
Broadcast: MTV2

• Champ Ben Askren vs. Nick Thompson (non-title bout)

Strikeforce on April 9

Date: Apr 09, 2011

Location: TBA (possibly Oakland, California)
Venue: TBA (possibly Oracle Arena)
Broadcast: Showtime

• Champ Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (for lightweight title)*

 

Bellator 41

Date: Apr 16, 2011

Location: TBA
Venue: TBA
Broadcast: MTV2

Champ Zach Makovsky vs. Chad Robichaux (bantamweight non-title fight)

 

Bellator 42

Date: Apr 23, 2011

Location: Concho, Okla.
Venue: Lucky Star Casino
Broadcast: MTV2

• No bouts announced at this time

UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields

Date: Apr 30, 2011

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venue: Rogers Centre
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and Spike TV

MAIN CARD

• Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields (for welterweight title)
• Champ Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick (for featherweight title)
• Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida
• Mark Bocek vs. Ben Henderson
• Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko*

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald
• Brian Foster vs. Sean Pierson

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin
• Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts
• Ivan Menjivar vs. Charlie Valencia
• Jason MacDonald vs. Ryan Jensen
• John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson

 

Tachi Palace Fights 9

Date: May 05, 2011

Location: Lemoore, Calif.
Venue: Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino
Broadcast: TBA

• Fabricio Camoes vs. Efrain Escudero
• Alan Jouban vs. Jamie Yager
• Gerald Harris vs. Anthony Ruiz*
• John Dodson vs. Mamoru Yamaguchi*
• Jorge Lopez vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf*

Bellator 43

Date: May 07, 2011

Location: Newkirk, Okla.
Venue: First Council Casino
Broadcast: MTV2

• No bouts announced at this time

UFC Fight Night 25 in Scotland

Date: May 14, 2011

Location: TBA (likely Renfrewshire, Scotland)
Venue: TBA (likely Braehead Arena)
Broadcast: TBA

• No rumored fights at this time

Bellator 44

Date: May 14, 2011

Location: TBA
Venue: TBA
Broadcast: MTV2

• Champ Hector Lombard vs. Falaniko Vitale*

 

UFC 130: Edgar vs. Maynard 3

Date: May 28, 2011

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view

MAIN CARD

• Champ Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard (for lightweight title)
• Matt Hamill vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson
• Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson
• Travis Browne vs. Stefan Struve
• Jorge Santiago vs. Brian Stann

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story
• Brad Pickett vs. Miguel Torres*

The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale

Date: Jun 04, 2011

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
Broadcast: Spike TV

• Clay Guida vs. Anthony Pettis*
• Finalist No. 1 vs. finalist No. 2
• Jonathan Brookins vs. Jeremy Stephens*
• Josh Grispi vs. George Roop*
• Tim Credeur vs. Ed Herman*
• Scott Jorgensen vs. Ken Stone*
• Renan Barao vs. Demetrious Johnson*

UFC 131 in Vancouver

Date: Jun 11, 2011

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada*
Venue: Rogers Arena*
Broadcast: Pay-per-view

• Junior Dos Santos vs. Brock Lesnar*
• Shane Carwin vs. TBA*
• Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes*
• Dustin Poirier vs. Rani Yahya*
• Darren Elkins vs. Michihiro Omigawa*
• Rob Broughton vs. Dave Herman*

Strikeforce in Dallas

Date: Jun 18, 2011

Location: Dallas, Texas*
Venue: American Airlines Center*
Broadcast: Showtime

• Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)*
• Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)*
• Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal vs. TBA*

UFC 132 in Las Vegas

Date: Jul 02, 2011

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada*
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center*
Broadcast: Pay-per-view*

• No rumored bouts at this time

UFC in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date: Aug 27, 2011

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue: HSBC Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view

• No rumored fights at this time