Cagewriter - UFC

Cagewriter

Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:15 pm EDT

UFC road show: Montreal out, Portland in

By Kevin Iole

Though UFC president Dana White had held open the possibility of another fight in Montreal before the end of the year, he dashed Canadian fans' dreams on Thursday when he said UFC 91 will be on Nov. 15 in Portland, Ore.

White confirmed that lightweights Kenny Florian and Joe "Daddy" Stevenson will meet on that card.

He would not comment on other fights on the card, though he did say the anticipated welterweight title fight between champion Georges St. Pierre and lightweight champion B.J. Penn would be moved to Super Bowl weekend on Jan. 31, 2009, in Las Vegas.

"We have nothing but big fights left for the rest of the year, but this is so crazy because there are so many of them," White said. "We're going to have a retreat on Monday to figure this all out."

Light heavyweight Wanderlei Silva, one of the UFC's most popular fighters, said on Aug. 8 at a UFC Fight Club gathering that he would be fighting at UFC 92 on Dec. 27 in Las Vegas. White, though, said "He might not be on that card, though. But I really don't know for sure now. But I'm thinking he's not going to be on that at this point."

The UFC's schedule for the rest of the year includes UFC 88 in Atlanta on Sept. 6, Ultimate Fight Night on Sept. 17 in Omaha, Neb., UFC 89 on Oct. 18 in Birmingham, England, UFC 90 on Oct. 25 in Chicago, UFC 91 on Nov. 15 in Portland, Ore., The Ultimate Fighter Finale on Dec. 13 in Las Vegas and UFC 92 on Dec. 27 in Las Vegas.

digg delicious
more

43 Comments

Post a Comment
  1. chano
    1. Posted by chano Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:02 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I dont care where its at i just want to see GSP and PENN go at it!
  2. Wreckinball
    2. Posted by Wreckinball Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:43 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Amen! I wouldn't care if they fought at Wal-mart.
  3. Johnny
    3. Posted by Johnny Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:39 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    What happened to GSP vs. BJ in Hawaii?? I've read that the UFC has been working on a deal with the Hawaii State Athletic Commision. That would be sick to see BJ fight in his own backyard. I am a fan of both fighters, but GSP got to fight is Canada. It's only fair to let BJ contend for the belt on his turf.
  4. jtakeo11
    4. Posted by jtakeo11 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:43 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    BJ is gonna whoop on St. Pierre and I will laugh
  5. BOSS
    5. Posted by BOSS Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:32 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    i hope gsp doesnt fight penn in canada. whats the deal, does he get to fight every other fight in his backyard? oh well, doesnt matter. penn is gonna whoop that a$s no matter where they fight.
  6. TS
    6. Posted by TS Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:57 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I'm sure they'll be back in America's hat soon enough. GSP is so good it's almost not fair to give him a home field too often.
    I was hoping they were going to match up Wandy with Loyota. Loyota's pretty boring to watch but Wandy brings it every time so it would be interesting to see how he handled Wandy's pressure.
    I think the only way Cote makes it through that fight is to run. He'll get caught I have to think.
  7. The Great White
    7. Posted by The Great White Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:27 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    forky, you shouldn't have said that! Any minute JTAKEO is going to come in here and start trashing Kflo. Oh God, I can hear his little girl fingers typing now!!!!!!
    Seriously, the 23" reach and t-rex arms was funny tho!!
  8. BOSS
    8. Posted by BOSS Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:32 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    nobody can stop penn at lightweight. hell, the welterweight champ wont even beat him. id like to see faber put on some weight and fight bj penn. i think that would be awesome.
  9. ketchup sandwich
    9. Posted by ketchup sandwich Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:41 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I feel for KFlo...that guy deserves a title shot. It sucks he will have to wait so long to get it. If he would lose to Joe S., wil KFlo still get the chance at the title when the Penn/GSP thing is settled?
  10. Cody
    10. Posted by Cody Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:29 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I'll be at the Portland Event for sure. Portland is kind of a neat place and I'm glad that I won't have to fly around to see my first UFC event. Hell the cost of a flight alone pays for the ticket.
  11. Clint
    11. Posted by Clint Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:27 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I think the UFC is betting we will all buy the next two PPV's and then January PPV will be huge! I have bought just about all of them but it might be time to start going somewhere for some of the lesser cards...i.e. the next two!
  12. slowroll
    12. Posted by slowroll Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:42 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Amen MMaster. None of the cards ever live up to billing. Lesnar v. Herring was a piece of crap. Big fella has no game. Had the mount and back a couple of times and had no idea what to do with it. I think the new and improved, motivated, bj will give gsp a problem, but if it goes 5 rounds it goes to gsp.
  13. Brandi
    13. Posted by Brandi Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:03 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Can't wait. Portland is my hometown. GSP vs PENN? I'd have to say GSP. Sorry BJ. But Brock would whoop all of ya. I miss the old UFC when there were no weight classes.
  14. garyt
    14. Posted by garyt Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I agree Unwrecked. Cote/Spider is a joke. I wouldn't mind seeing Spider/Bisping, but I would still say that the Spider mops the floor with any middle weight. However; now that the middle and LHW's from WEC are folding into the UFC it does make things interesting. Paulo Filo, and Chael Sonnen could give any current UFC middle weights a run for their money, except for Silva of course. As much as I love Couture, and would pay to see him vs. Fedor I think he gets beat badly in that fight, just too much age and ring rust at this point.
  15. garyt
    15. Posted by garyt Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Does anyone have any ideas, or heard any rumors about who Wanderlei may be fighting next? I have been searching for any info and I haven't seen anything.
  16. garyt
    16. Posted by garyt Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Does anyone have any ideas, or heard any rumors about who Wandelei may be fighting next?
  17. garyt
    17. Posted by garyt Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    sorry, Wanderlei, sp
  18. j!
    18. Posted by j! Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:38 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Shiet! I wanted to the GSP/Penn fight to be at the end of the year, I guess Nog/Mir and GSP/Penn on the same card is too much for the UFC. Well there goes my Vegas plans for my birthday. Now it's Vegas for the Superbowl!
  19. Clint
    19. Posted by Clint Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:27 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Im not sure why these upcoming PPV's are so weak. It seems like all the UFC has been putting out is PPV. I usually buy the PPV and watch it. There is a restaurant right near my house that gets the UFC PPV's, I think I am going to start going there and spend a minimum of $10 on food (hot wings) and watch the fights. I'm not big watching them with a ton of loud people, but the product is not there.
  20. Wreckinball
    20. Posted by Wreckinball Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:43 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    The cards are weak because it's nothing more than a marketing ploy. If they put two or three big fights on the same card, they have to follow it with something stronger. If they don't, nobody buys the weaker PPV. Come on guys, Lorenzo, Frank and Dana have million dollar homes to pay for.
  21. I think your a hater
    21. Posted by I think your a hater Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:17 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I am from America and don't reserve the right to hate French People in Montreal, Quebec. Speak for yourself unwrecked! UFC 83 in Montreal was GREAT!
  22. AFMMA60
    22. Posted by AFMMA60 Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:47 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    only in a perfect world would that happen, but honestly, i'd love to see Wandy fight either Rampage or Hendo again, it sounds like Shogun and rampage will fight when rampage is cleared, but who knows, i just think wandy beating machida, even though they said they wouldn't fight because of their friendship, would be a lot better than machida fight chuck or forrest, cuz he's so boring, but a good fighter, hopefully Wandy just ends up fighting another contender.
  23. Boychuk
    23. Posted by Boychuk Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:57 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Bj penn is a much differnt fighter at 170 than at 155. He is not nearly as effective with the extra 15 lbs on him. GSP vs Penn will be a good fight but I like GSP. Plus BJ should clean out 155 first
  24. MS
    24. Posted by MS Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:17 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Chack won't get past Rashad.

Cagewriter

Add to My Yahoo! RSS

Steve Cofield

Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield. Email him, and follow him on Twitter.

Contributors:
Maggie Hendricks, Zak Jensen,

Related Photo Gallery

More MMA Photos »

Y! Sports Blogs

Cagewriter Recent Readers

(provided by MyBlogLog)