Official UFC 100 card announced

[CPT]

The UFC officially announced this week that UFC 100 will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on July 11, 2009.

They have already announced several fights, with a few more rumours flying around. I'm not sure how many (if any) of these fights are official, but here's a report from MMA Junkie.

With the official announcement of UFC 100 just 24 hours old, the organization is busy adding bouts to the landmark event.

According to a report from Fiveouncesofpain.com, welterweights Jonathan Goulet (22-10 MMA, 4-4 UFC) and Dong Hyun Kim (11-1-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will face off, as will lightweights Matt Grice (9-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) and Shannon Gugerty (11-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

UFC 100 is scheduled for July 11 in Las Vegas.

Goulet suffered a disappointing 33-second defeat at the hands of Mike Swick in December 2008. The quick defeat put an end to a three-fight win streak for the Canadian veteran, including two bouts in the UFC.

Kim was last in action in a razor-thin split-decision loss to Karo Parisyan at January's UFC 94. The defeat was the first loss of the Korean's near-five-year career.

Grice will be appearing for the first time since an exciting, albeit hotly protested loss to UFC newcomer Matt Veach in February's "UFC Fight Night 17: Lauzon vs. Stephens." The bout was the first action for Grice following a 14-month layoff that allowed the 27-year-old to complete police academy training.

Gugerty will be looking to bounce back from a October 2008 submission loss to Spencer Fisher at UFC 90. The defeat snapped an eight-fight winning streak for Gugerty, including a submission win over Dale Hartt in his UFC debut.

With the additions to the card, UFC 100 now includes:

* Champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Frank Mir (heavyweight title unification)
* Champ Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (for welterweight title)
* Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
* Jonathan Goulet vs. Dong Hyun Kim
* Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

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I've also heard talk of Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman, Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien, and Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago being on this card.

If those 3 fights do in fact make it, the card will be just about full, and we probably shouldn't expect any more big fights either way.

So, if the card ends up like this, what do you guys think? Will you be satisfied with this card for the big UFC 100 show?

I think it's pretty damn good. Lesnar vs. Mir II is huge obviously, as is GSP vs. Alves. Henderson vs. Bisping is a decent fight, but I expect to be a lot more interested in it by the time TUF 9 is finished. I'm also very excited to see the debut of Akiyama in the UFC, and seeing Jon Jones in action is always welcome. Fitch vs. Thiago is another pretty good fight that makes sense for both guys. I never really wanted to see Mark Coleman fight again, so I could do without that fight, though I do like Bonnar.

[cowboyronnie]

Those three top fights are awesome. Those are A-class title fights. Bisping vs Henderson...I guess I'm not that interested in either guy unless they push the pace, which is unlikely. Bad matching.

Akiyama is such an awesome signing. Belcher's going to get his ass handed to him. His stand-up is primed to be exposed. I'd love to see him mouth-off like Leben did in advance of Anderson.

Grice and Guggerty and Jake O'Brien and Paulo Thiago...not to mention Coleman. The undercard is meh at best. Jones is the only guy with real excitement behind him (rightfully, a ton of it!). Though Kim's fight against War Machine was an equally exciting rookie fight.

Paulo Thiago is a total can opponent. I'm not sure why Fitch isn't being given someone better. Are they still punishing ATT? If Fitch has been training his MT as hard as reported, he needs to display that with a quick and brutal finish. There's no way he can lose this.

[jTF2]

2 mega fights and 2 headliner fights, what's not to like!

[sh00n]

That card is huge. Can't wait to see Jones again, too.

[El Hardee]

Bisping doesnt deserve to be a headliner on this card, neither does Belcher. They are both fun to watch but havent earned their bones just yet, as Ronnie said Belcher is coming out to get his arm broke, but the Bisping fight will be much more competitive. Why cant we get BJ and KenFlo on this card, or maybe Maia/Marquadt to really make the 100 special.

[cowboyronnie]

BIsping - Dendo will be the culmination of TUF + he's arguably the most fan-followed fighter in the sport thanks to the UK. Gotta be on the maincard, like it or not.

Belcher's getting KOd. Right cross in the second round.

[damo[23]]

As it stands its an awesome card, but if they get Jones on I'll be estatic. Coleman vs Bonnar would be a nice touch, while probably not the best fight in the world I think it could be entertaining.

Its damn well more than I was expecting for UFC100, two proper title fights alone, and one extremely anticipated one [tbh the swap of 98 and 100 prob is better lol]

[cowboyronnie]

Bonnar - Coleman has significance, if nothing else.

[CPT]

BJ has that Hawaii sand all up in his vag and can't be bothered to defend the LW title until August at the earliest. I like the guy as a fighter, but it's getting to the point where we should start talking about stripping him or making an interim champ. It will be about 15 months between defenses by August, and there's no guarantee he even defends on that card, I just know he's not defending at UFC 100 or earlier.

I have no problem with Bisping vs. Hendo being the 3rd fight from the top on a card, even one as big as UFC 100. Like him or not, Bisping is a star, or at least he will be after TUF, and Henderson is still Henderson. Plus it's for a crack at Silva's title.

Maia vs. Marquardt would be awesome, but they will probably save that for another event if they do it at all. I'd like to see Maia take another step up in competition, but Marquardt just might be too much for him to handle. I'd prefer to see him take on Anderson Silva down the road as an undefeated BJJ wizard. I guess he should have to beat a guy like Marquardt to get a shot at Silva, but I just don't want to see him get derailed by a guy who Silva has already beaten.

Bonnar vs. Coleman will be billed as two of the most important figures in UFC history fighting for their future or something like that. Personally I'd like to see Coleman fight Matt Hamill, but I'm just a sucker for stupid **** like The Hammer vs. The Hammer.

[cowboyronnie]

UFC 100
July 11 -- Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas

Current official lineup:

Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves
Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Jonathan Goulet
CB Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

[cowboyronnie]

Jones is a super exciting prospect - O'Brien's coming down from 240, apparently, to LHW. Cool.

[Nemesis21]

Mir over Lesnar Sumb.
Alves over GSP KO
Henderson over Bisping Dec. (going with the American)
Belcher over Akiyama Dec.
Goulet over Hyun Kim Sumb
Dollaway over Lawlor Dec.
Gugerty over Grice Dec.
Jones vs O'Brien KO

[Cammo101]

I hope they induct some people in the UFC hall of fame. Frye, Liddell, Hughes, Ortiz, and Tanner would have to be the short list.

[Cammo101]

Mir over Lesnar Sumb.
Alves over GSP KO
Henderson over Bisping Dec. (going with the American)
Belcher over Akiyama Dec.
Goulet over Hyun Kim Sumb
Dollaway over Lawlor Dec.
Gugerty over Grice Dec.
Jones vs O'Brien KO

Still a long ways out, but if I had to guess...

Brock over Mir by KO
GSP over Alves by GNP Stoppage
Akiyama over Belcher by Decision
Kim over Goulet by decision
Dolloway over Lawlor by Submission
Grice over Gugerty by KO
Jones over O'Brien by KO

[cowboyronnie]

Kim and Akiyama - losses? Are you sure? Sure sure??

Interesting GSP vs Alves prediction, I'll give you that. I think Thiago is too mechanical a striker, though. GSP will come in able to survive the stand-up, and will eventually get him to the ground where he'll smash him.

[Nemesis21]

Kim and Akiyama - losses? Are you sure? Sure sure??

Interesting GSP vs Alves prediction, I'll give you that. I think Thiago is too mechanical a striker, though. GSP will come in able to survive the stand-up, and will eventually get him to the ground where he'll smash him.

actually those were iffy pics for me, I've seen Goulet and Belcher fight. Haven't seen Kim or Akiyama.

[CPT]

Here is the official card.

MAIN CARD

* Champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Frank Mir (heavyweight title unification)
* Champ Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (for welterweight title)
* Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
* Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman
* Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
* Jonathan Goulet vs. Dong Hyun Kim
* Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
* C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
* Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

Now we can finally talk about the card as it is, instead of speculating on what may or may not be on there. This is what we're getting for UFC 100.

Personally, I like it, but I would like to see a few more of the preliminary fights. The recent addition of Danzig vs. Miller is a nice little scrap that I would really like to see. Likewise for Goulet vs. KDH. And who doesn't want to see Jon Jones in action after his last performance?

I can't say I would knock any of the main card fights off though. Maybe Fitch vs. Thiago. That fight is too important to be on the preliminary card though. I feel like some of these fights would be better off on another show, because with two 5 round title fights, I don't know how many prelims we will get to see.

[Shaazzam]

Here is the official card.

MAIN CARD

* Champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Frank Mir (heavyweight title unification)
* Champ Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (for welterweight title)
* Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
* Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman
* Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
* Jonathan Goulet vs. Dong Hyun Kim
* Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
* C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
* Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

Now we can finally talk about the card as it is, instead of speculating on what may or may not be on there. This is what we're getting for UFC 100.

Personally, I like it, but I would like to see a few more of the preliminary fights. The recent addition of Danzig vs. Miller is a nice little scrap that I would really like to see. Likewise for Goulet vs. KDH. And who doesn't want to see Jon Jones in action after his last performance?

I can't say I would knock any of the main card fights off though. Maybe Fitch vs. Thiago. That fight is too important to be on the preliminary card though. I feel like some of these fights would be better off on another show, because with two 5 round title fights, I don't know how many prelims we will get to see.

Is any chance they extend the running time of the show?

[CPT]

Here is the official card.

MAIN CARD

* Champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Frank Mir (heavyweight title unification)
* Champ Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (for welterweight title)
* Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
* Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman
* Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
* Jonathan Goulet vs. Dong Hyun Kim
* Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
* C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
* Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

Now we can finally talk about the card as it is, instead of speculating on what may or may not be on there. This is what we're getting for UFC 100.

Personally, I like it, but I would like to see a few more of the preliminary fights. The recent addition of Danzig vs. Miller is a nice little scrap that I would really like to see. Likewise for Goulet vs. KDH. And who doesn't want to see Jon Jones in action after his last performance?

I can't say I would knock any of the main card fights off though. Maybe Fitch vs. Thiago. That fight is too important to be on the preliminary card though. I feel like some of these fights would be better off on another show, because with two 5 round title fights, I don't know how many prelims we will get to see.

Is any chance they extend the running time of the show?

I was wondering that myself. Maybe go to 4 hours. I think that's about the max a US audience could handle. Not that that's a bad thing, but people who watch Japanese shows are used to broadcasts that go like 5 hours with that damn intermission.

I think if they extended, we would probably end up getting Bonnar vs. Coleman anyway. Maybe one other fight.

I think it would be cool if they offered a special, where you can see the prelims live for an extra $5-$10, or even free, as a thank you to the fans. Still have the regular 3 hour main card for the people who are only interested in that (the vast majority), but offer a longer broadcast as an option for hardcore fans.

[El Hardee]

I heard a rumor that the fighter bonuses for this might be 100 grand, the bonus is a big thing to the lower paid fighters, expect some fireworks on the undercards.