Only 8 fights for UFC 156, who else is free?

[Roganbyarmbar]

We're in the era of 12 or 13 fights a card, and even 157 is more filled out. Great fights on 156 so far, just seems weird we're almost a month out and the Super Bowl card is the smallest one.

Currently the card stands as:

Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar
Rashad Evans vs. Lil Nog
Overeem vs. Bigfoot
Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia
Erick Silva vs. Jay Hieron
Ian McCall vs. Joseph Benavidez
Evan Dunham vs. Gleison Tibau
Bobby Green vs. Jacob Volkmann

 

[Angelassassin53]

Looks like the main card could very well be set. The rest of the fights that get added will probably be prelims.

PPV:
Aldo vs Edgar
Overeem vs Bigfoot
Nog vs Evans
Fitch vs Maia
McCall vs Benavidez

FX Prelims:
Hieron vs Silva
Dunham vs Tibau
Green vs Volkmann
TBA

Then 3 low level fights on the FB prelims.

 

[Felsh]

Quality over quantity, in this case anyway.

Really excited to see how Erick Silva comes back.

 

[kmill]

Quality over quantity, in this case anyway.

Really excited to see how Erick Silva comes back.

He'll probably look awesome against Hieron. Won't have to worry about being taken down, so he'll be really open and bold with his striking.

 

[Felsh]

He'll probably look awesome against Hieron. Won't have to worry about being taken down, so he'll be really open and bold with his striking.

Hieron will/could be a quality win, for sure.
That fight with Ellenberger was close.

 

[J0N0]

Such a good card, one of the best for a couple of years on paper

 

[metal7555]

Isn't it 9 now? Thought Francisco Rivera/Edwin Figueroa was put on 156 as well?

 

[mccallievols]

who cares how it's filled out, the top 6 fights are fantastic

best ppv on paper in awhile

 

[BionicCommando]

Isn't it 9 now? Thought Francisco Rivera/Edwin Figueroa was put on 156 as well?

This one too.



They'll probably add one or two more fights and be done with it. All they need really are 9 fights (5 for PPV and 4 for FX).

 

[bobsky]

Im liking every single fight announce apart from Volkmann

Amazing card on paper so far

 

[benjaminbuttons]

hopefully they throw some more of the SF guys that they didnt put on the last card on 156.

what will likely end up happening is the rest of the fights will be loser get cut match ups just like they did for the Fox 6 card with Stumpf/Krauss, Thoresen/Mitchell and Cedenblad/Natal.

with all the SF guys coming in they need to put on some of those fights and weed out the lesser fighters.

 

[Cygnus-X]

Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar
Rashad Evans vs. Lil Nog
Overeem vs. Bigfoot
Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia
Erick Silva vs. Jay Hieron
Ian McCall vs. Joseph Benavidez
Evan Dunham vs. Gleison Tibau
Bobby Green vs. Jacob Volkmann

Holy shit, that card has quietly become a monster.

 

[Felsh]

Just noticed the "Brazil vs." trend.

Best card (on paper) in a while.
Aldo/Edgar is getting underrated imo. A year ago this would be considered a super-fight, and Edgar arguably won his last fight against Bendo.

 

[gopackgo555]

8 fights and its 10x better than 157

 

[aquamanpunch]

Unreal fucking card. DAMN.

 

[hot carl]

i think its pretty good, but i dont expect rashad and lil nog to be all that competitive, but id be happy if i was wrong and nog koed rashad.

ive been a nog fan for years, but he has certainly slowed down teh last few years, and i think that rashad will win rather easily.

 

[Geordie "Shadow" Munro]

That's a pretty sick card for 8 fights so far.