I'm sure there has already been a thread on this on the past few days, but too lazy to hunt. Several fighters already have bouts announced (Melendez, Cormier, Woodley, Green, Vallie-Flagg, Mein, Lawler, Fodor, Hirota). What about the debut matchups for the others that have been confirmed for the UFC. My order of preference: LHW Gegard Mousasi = Phil Davis, winner of Evans/Nogueira, Teixeira or Bader assuming they both win. Gian Villante = Cody Donovan, winner of Prado/Alcantara MW Luke Rockhold = Costa Phillippou, Belcher/Boetsch/Munoz Jacare Souza = winner of Lombard/Okami (though timing probably not right), Jake Shields Tim Kennedy = Brian Stann, Chris Leben, Tom Lawlor Roger Gracie = Francis Carmont Lorenz Larkin = winner of Markes/Craig, or Belcher/Boetsch/Munoz WW Tarec Saffiedine = John Hathaway, Mike Pierce, winner of Kim/Bahadurzada Roger Bowling = Claude Patrick, Brian Ebersole, Seth Baczynski Jason High = Sergio Moraes, winner of Mills/Riddle LW Pat Healy = Jamie Varner, winner of Grant/Wiman, winner of Tibau/Dunham Josh Thomson = Melvin Guillard, George Sotiropoulos, Mark Bocek Ryan Couture = Ramsey Nijem, Ross Pearson, winner of Sass/Castillo K.J. Noons = Anthony Njokuani, Tony Ferguson, Michael Johnson Adriano Martins = Rustam Khabilov, Abel Trujillo, Myles Jury FW Kurt Holobaugh = Sam Sicilia, Maximo Blanco, Steven Siler
The word "Debutantes" will forever be associated to Ed Powers to me...I was the local smut peddler back in my youth since we had satellite lol.
yea... the fact that you're calling all the Strikeforce fighters girls kinda negates all the hard work you did in making this thread..
Ok, i'll play. LHW Gegard Mousasi vs Shogun Gian Villante vs Igor Pokrajac MW Luke Rockhold vs Chris Weidman Jacare Souza vs Costa Philippou Tim Kennedy vs Bisping (after he loses to Vitor) or Jake Shields Roger Gracie vs Francis Carmont Lorenz Larkin vs Brad Tavares WW Tarec Saffiedine vs Mike Pierce Roger Bowling vs Mike Swick Jason High vs Aaron Simpson LW Pat Healy vs Wiman/Grant winner or Dunham/Tibau winner Josh Thomson vs Nate Diaz Ryan Couture vs Mike Rio K.J. Noons vs Henry Martinez (Showcase fight for KJ)
Overall, I like it. But for Safferdine I think those match ups are a little low following the win over Marquardt, I'd like to see him fight one of the losers from Condit/Rory or Burger/Hendrix. Just my opinion.
