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UFC

UFC 84: Ill Will (5/24/08)

Main Card:

B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk - UFC Lightweight Title
Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine
Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida
Thiago Silva vs. Antonio Mendes
Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic

Preliminary Fights:

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Ivan Salaverry vs. Rousimar Palhares
Dong-Hyun Kim vs. Jason Tan
Terry Etim vs. Rich Clementi
Shane Carwin vs. Christian Wellisch
Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Jon Koppenhaver

UFC 85: Bedlam (6/7/08)

Main Card:

Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves
Fabricio Werdum vs. Brandon Vera
Michael Bisping vs. Jason Day
Rashad Evans vs. James Irvin
Marcus Davis vs. Mike Swick

Preliminary Bouts:

Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
Martin Kampmann vs. Jorge Rivera
Ryo Chonan vs. Roan Carneiro
Thiago Tavares vs. Matt Wiman
Luis Cane vs. Jason Lambert
Jess Liaudin vs. Paul Taylor
Neil Wain vs. Antoni Hardonk
Paul Kelly vs. TBA

The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale (6/21/08)

Evan Tanner vs. Kendall Grove
Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti
Josh Burkman vs. Dustin Hazelett
Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens
Marvin Eastman vs. Drew McFedries
Dean Lister vs. Jeremy Horn
Rob Yundt vs. TBA
Matt Arroyo vs. TBA
Matthew Riddle vs. TBA

UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin (7/5/08)

Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin - UFC Light Heavyweight Title
Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Lytle
Joe Stevenson vs. Gleison Tibau
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Justin Buchholz vs. Corey Hill
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins
Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
Steve Bruno vs. Chris Wilson

UFC 87 (8/9/08)

Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Coleman
Roger Huerta vs. Kenny Florian

WEC

WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver (6/1/08)

Main Card:

Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver - WEC Featherweight Title
Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda - WEC Bantamweight Title
Rob McCullough vs. Kenneth Alexander
Mark Munoz vs. Chuck Grigsby

Preliminary Bouts:

Jeff Curran vs. Mike Brown
Jose Aldo vs. Alexandre Franca Nogueira
Richard Crunkilton vs. Donald Cerrone
Chase Beebe vs. Will Ribeiro
Tim McKenzie vs. Eric Schambari
Alex Serdyukov vs. Luis Sapo
Charlie Valencia vs. Dominick Cruz

Elite XC

EliteXC: Primetime (5/31/08)

Main Card:

Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson
Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith - EliteXC Middleweight Title
Gina Carano vs. Kaitlin Young
Phil Baroni vs. Joe Villasenor
Jon Murphy vs. Brett Rogers

Preliminary Bouts:

Nick Serra vs. Matt Makowski
Chris Liguori vs. Jim Bova
Wilson Reis vs. Justin Robbins
James Jones vs. Calvin Kattar
Carlton Haselrig vs. Bryan Vetell
Zach Makovsky vs. Andre Soares
Mike Groves vs. Joe Sampieri

EliteXC (6/14/08)

K.J. Noons vs. Yves Edwards - EliteXC Lightweight Title
Nick Diaz vs. Muhsin Corbbrey
Murilo Rua vs. Tony Bonello
Rafael Feijao vs. Wayne Cole
Dave Herman vs. Ron Waterman

IFL

IFL: Connecticut (5/16/08)

Roy Nelson vs. Brad Imes - IFL Heavyweight Title
Ryan McGivern vs. Dan Miller - IFL Middleweight Title
Ryan Schultz vs. Deividas Taurosevicius - IFL Lightweight Title
Matt Horwich vs. Joey Guel
Frank Latina vs. John Franchi
Danillo Villefort vs. Mike Massenzio
Lamont Lister vs. Aaron Stark
Nick Calandrino vs. John Howard
Josh Souder vs. Zac George

IFL (7/08)

Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexandre Ferreira - IFL Light Heavyweight Title

Strikeforce

Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson (6/2/08)

Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson - Strikeforce Lightweight Title
Frank Trigg vs. Evangelista Santos
Bobby Southworth vs. Anthony Ruiz
Elaina Maxwell vs. Meisha Tate
Jose Palacios vs. Bobby Stack
Travis Johnson vs. TBA

TKO

TKO 34: Bosse vs. Sims (6/7/08)

Wes Sims vs. Steve Bosse
Adrian Wooley vs. Danny Martinez - TKO Bantamweight Title
Yannick Galipeau vs. Stephane Dube
Ben Greer vs. Thierry Quenneville
Stephane Vigneault vs. Yaotzin Mesa
Guido Carlo vs. Kristof Midoux
Gregory Milliard vs. Tom Murphy
Jordan Mein vs. Yves Lemelin
Jeff Harrison vs. Tim Wadsworth
Syd Barnier vs. Mark Fraser
Mike Ricci vs. Stephane Chretien

DREAM

DREAM 4 (6/15/08)

Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata
Mirko Filipovic vs. Jerome LeBanner
Norifumi Yamamoto vs. TBA
Jason Miller vs. TBA
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. TBA
Gegard Mousasi vs. TBA
Zelg Gelasic vs. TBA
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. TBA
Ronaldo Souza vs. TBA
Dong Sik Yoon vs. TBA
Taiei Kin vs. TBA

DREAM 5 (7/21/08)

Hayato Sakurai vs. Nick Diaz
Eddie Alvarez vs. TBA
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. TBA
Caol Uno vs. TBA
Shinya Aoki/Katsuhiko Nagata vs. TBA

World Victory Road

Sengoku II (5/18/08)

Josh Barnett vs. Jeff Monson
Kevin Randleman vs. Ryo Kawamura
Roger Gracie vs. Yuki Kondo
Jorge Santiago vs. Yuki Sasaki
Mike Pyle vs. Dan Hornbuckle
Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa
Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Kwang Hee Lee
Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Jim York

Sengoku III (6/8/08)

Nick Thompson vs. Michael Costa
Takanori Gomi vs. TBA
Hidehiko Yoshida vs. TBA
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. TBA
Marcio Cruz vs. TBA
Rodrigo Damm vs. TBA
Fabio Silva vs. TBA

Shooto

Shooto: Grapplingman 07 (5/18/08)

Kenichiro Togashi vs. Yutaka Ueda
Daisuke Matsumoto vs. Kazuhiro Ito
Takeshi Okada vs. Katsuhisa Akasaki
Makoto Akazawa vs. Takumi Ota
Tatsuro Kamei vs. Jun Nagasoe
Keita Yoshida vs. Shunsuke Nomura
Teppei Masuda vs. Yoshitaka Aki

Shooto: GIG North II (5/25/08)

Daisuke Ishizawa vs. Tomonori Taniguchi
Hidekazu Asakura vs. Kunio Nakajima
Akihito Adachi vs. Nobuyasu Fujikawa
Hayato Sato vs. Fumihiro Kitahara
Tatsuya Yamamoto vs. Yusuke Sato
Yoshiki Noguchi vs. Hiroki Kuga
Toshihiko Yokoyama vs. Mitsuru Kobayashi

Pancrase

Pancrase: 2008 Shining Tour 4 (5/25/08)

Daisuke Hanazawa vs. Takefumi Hanai
Kenji Takeshida vs. Soyu Tanabe
Shuji Morikawa vs. Masahiro Toryu
Takashi Hasegawa vs. Kenji Shimada
Kiichi Kunimoto vs. Yu Shiori
Nobuhiro Yamauchi vs. Isao Hirose

Pancrase: 2008 Shining Tour 5 (6/1/08)

Takafumi Ito vs. Shinsuke Shoji
Tomoki Murayama vs. Ranki Kawana
Seiya Kawahara vs. Masaki Yaniagawa
Izuru Takeuchi vs. TBA
Kenji Arai vs. TBA
Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. TBA

DEEP

DEEP 35: Three Championships (5/19/08)

Masakazu Imanari vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima - DEEP Featherweight Title
Kazunori Yokota vs. Sung Hwan Pang - DEEP Lightweight Title
Ryuta Sakurai vs. Young Choi
Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Hiroki Nagaoka
Koichiro Matsumoto vs. Yuki Ito
Katsunori Kikuno vs. Seigo Inoue
Yuya Shirai vs. TBA
Daijiro Matsui vs. TBA
Yuichi Nakanishi vs. TBA
Riki Fukuda vs. TBA

Adrenaline MMA

Adrenaline MMA (6/14/08)

Main Card:

Jeff Monson vs. Mike Russow
Daiju Takase vs. Terry Martin
Alberto Crane vs. Clay French
Tony Fryklund vs. Brian Gassaway
Jeff Cox vs. Bart Palaszewski
Taiwan Howard vs. Rory Markham
James Giboo vs. Mark Miller
Herc Hayes vs. Kerry Schall
Rob Kimmons vs. Hector Urbina
Aaron Rosa vs. Ron Fields

Preliminary Bouts:

Dom O’Grady vs. Mike Stumpf
Joe Jordan vs. Ryan Williams
Christian Reynosa vs. Josh Hosman

Affliction

Affliction: Banned (7/16/08)

Main Card:

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
Mike Whitehead vs. Renato Sobral
Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello
Ben Rothwell vs. TBA

Preliminary Bouts:

Mark Hominick vs. Savant Young
Justin Levens vs. Ray Lazama
Mike Pyle vs. Brett Cooper
J.J. Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight

Maximum Fighting Championship

MFC 17: Hostile Takeover (7/25/08)

Ryan Ford vs. Matt Veach - MFC Welterweight Title

Global Fighting

Global Fighting (6/21/08)

Kevin Randleman vs. Jeff Monson
Murilo Bustamante vs. Josh Haynes
Sergio Moraes vs. TBA
Chris Clodfelter vs. TBA
Milton Vieira vs. TBA
Lynn Alvarez vs. TBA
Phil Cardella vs. TBA

X-1

X-1: Legends (5/16/08)

Hans Marrero vs Egan Inoue
Chad Reiner vs. Brandon Wolff
Shane Nelson vs. Ray Cooper
Michael Brightmon vs. Kolo Koka
Dylan Clay vs. Ronald Jhun
Tyson Nam vs. Kana Hyatt
Tony Giraldi vs. Danny Steele

King of the Cage

KOTC: Opposing Force (5/15/08)

Aaron Wetherspoon vs. Anthony Lapsley
Joe Camacho vs. Buddy Clinton
Rick Legere vs. Daniel Hernandez
Mike Guymon vs. TBA

KOTC: Reckless (5/17/08)

Ryan Diaz vs. Abel Cullum - KOTC Flyweight Title
Sam Ortiz vs. TBA
Jimmy Mills vs. TBA
Brock Kerry vs. TBA
John Brown vs. TBA
Josh Barnes vs. TBA
Mike Perez vs. TBA
Chris Gates vs. TBA
Jarret Becks vs. TBA

KOTC: Rising Stars (5/24/08)

Bubba McDaniel vs. TBA

KOTC: Smashing Machine (5/31/08)

Floyd Sword vs. TBA
Donald Sanchez vs. TBA
Jason Keith vs. TBA

KOTC: Settlement (6/13/08)

Lazar Stojadinovic vs. Matt Jaggers - KOTC Bantamweight Title
Brad Burrick vs. Troy King