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The Future Favourites of the UFC
The fighters who made the UFC what it is today are all reaching the peaks of their careers. Randy Couture was defeated a few weeks back for his heavyweight title, and he is currently 45-years-old.
Chuck Liddell got knocked-out in his last fight, a fight many people thought he would win. Finally, Tito Ortiz, a fighter who is still in his prime at only 33-years-old but with a baby coming into the house and the fact that he is currently all-over the place in contract terms could we see Tito fight in the next year?
Who will replace these fighters as the ones that continue to promote the business and bring in the big numbers at PPV events? There are many possibilities, but I have come up with a list of a few people who could bring the UFC the big numbers in the future.
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva is an obvious choice. He has stated that he will retire in 2009, but if the man continues to fight, he could be the bread winner for the UFC. Anderson has a great fanbase, he is an amazing fighter, and he still could potentially conquer the light-heavyweight division before moving back down to middleweight for a final title defence.
If Anderson Silva insists on retiring next year though, the UFC could still have a major final fight on its hands if they worked at it. I do believe a GSP, Anderson Silva fight could, if worked right, bring in over a million PPV buys. One million is a lot of people, but if promoted right this fight could have a lot of potential.
Georges St. Pierre
He went through a little rough patch but he has regained the UFC Welterweight World Championship and he will be defending it at the end of January. GSP is an obviously the man that draws most of the viewers from Canada when his fights are on.
Just take, for example, his fight with Matt Serra (second time), that fight is one of the highest grossing PPV shows for the UFC. It sold appx. 650,000 easily putting the show in the UFC’s top five.
B.J. Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre could be a massively sold fight. The UFC are already promoting it with the fighters making visits to Toronto and various other places in Canada and the US.
Once that fight is all said and done though, and providing GSP wins the UFC should set up a fight between him and Anderson Silva as stated above. To be honest, the UFC welterweight division sucks right now, so a fight with Silva could be the only way around it for a few more months.
Forrest Griffin
Forrest is a cool guy; he had one of the greatest MMA fights in history when he won The Ultimate Fighter and he is the current Light-Heavyweight Champion. He has a challenge at UFC 92 in the undefeated Rashad Evans.
If Forrest could beat Rashad Evans and retain the title, he could go on to bigger things. The UFC need to start promoting Griffin in the mainstream media so they get his name out there and in turn he will bring in the big numbers for future UFC events. There is no doubt in my mind that Forrest could be one of the major names in MMA within the next five years.
For Forrest Griffin to be that major name though, he would have to beat the already established ones. If the UFC could get a fight set-up between Griffin and Henderson, that could do well amongst the already established MMA fans but a fight between Griffin and Liddell could bring in some new fans and hopefully get them hooked on this amazing sport.
Another possibility would be to bring Tito Ortiz back and let him have a shot at Griffin. Once again that fight could bring in some new fans and if Griffin beats him those new fans could have found a favourite fighter leading to bigger numbers at UFC events.
Others
Of course there are many other fighters which could become amazing stars with the right promotion and a fair share of good fighting. Some that come to mind are Rashad Evans, Amir Sadollah, Lyoto Machida, and Junie Browning.
The reason I picked Junie right there was because he has potential despite his craziness. Junie did bring in quite a lot of viewers to the show with his violence in the opening episodes.
If you think I missed anyone or have your own opinion leave a comment for us to take a look at!
Dana White: Anderson Silva Could Not Find His Rhythm
“A lot of people thought he was playing and goofing around but that’s not his personality. Guys come out sometimes and they’re not in their rhythm. For some reason, they can’t pull the trigger and I think that’s what happened to Anderson tonight. What else am I supposed to believe? Am I supposed to believe that he came out to not throw one punch or not do anything for three rounds? I don’t believe that. I’ve known this guy for over two years, he’s anything but disrespectful.”
Anderson Silva retained his middleweight title this weekend after Patrick Cote got injured in the third round. Silva’s first two rounds were not what UFC fans are used to seeing from him. Silva was avoiding the fight with Patrick Cote for a majority of the first two rounds, connecting the Canadian with only a few good shots. The above quote is from UFC President Dana White on ESPNRadio1100’s post fight radio show.
Does Patrick Cote deserve a rematch against Anderson Silva?
MMA-Live readers, vote on whether or not Cote should get a title re-match.
Does Patrick Cote deserve a rematch against Anderson Silva?
- Yes (69%, 70 Votes)
- No (31%, 32 Votes)
Total Voters: 102
Loading ...UFC 90: Anderson Silva Vs. Patrick Cote Weigh-in Results
UFC 90 is tomorrow night. The UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva will be defending his title against Canadian Patrick Cote. Today was the day for the fighters on the card to weigh-in and all did succesfully in the end. Josh Burkman was 2 pounds over his welterweight limit but after his given one hour he returned to make weight. All fights will go on as scheduled.
Here are the weigh-in results:
Main Card:
Anderson Silva (184 lbs) vs. Patrick Cote (183 lbs) Middleweight Championship
Josh Koscheck (170 lbs) vs. Thiago Alves (171 lbs)
Fabricio Werdum (256 lbs) vs. Junior dos Santos (234 lbs)
Sean Sherk (156 lbs) vs. Tyson Griffin (155 lbs)
Rich Clementi (156 lbs) vs. Gray Maynard (155 lbs)
Preliminary Bouts:
Thales Leites (186 lbs) vs. Drew McFedries (186 lbs)
Spencer Fisher (155 lbs) vs. Shannon Gugerty (156 lbs)
Dan Miller (185 lbs) vs. Matt Horwich (186 lbs)
Hermes Franca (156 lbs) vs. Marcus Aurelio (156 lbs)
Josh Burkman (173 lbs) vs. Pete Sell (170 lbs)
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Patrick Cote is Confident About Silva Fight
“Even with a rough start in the UFC, I’ve always believed in myself and I came back strong and right now I have a UFC title fight…And the other thing is, I’m not intimidated by Anderson Silva. I respect him a lot, but you know, he’s a man made out of flesh and bone like me, so I ain’t scared of him at all.
“I just have to execute our game plan the day of the fight. It’s going to be a very hard fight, but we’re very confident that we are going to win. I will knock him out. He’s the best fighter in the world, so it’s going to be very good to be world champion and to have a win against the best fighter in the world at the same time.”
Never before have I seen so much confidence in a guy stepping into the ring with the worlds greatest MMA fighter. This Saturday at UFC 90 Canadian Patrick Cote will be in Chicago to take on Brazilian Anderson Silva, Silva is currently considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Could Cote defeat him though? Could Cote put an end to one of the greatest fighters in history? Only time will tell. The event will be live on PPV this Saturday night.
Anderson Silva Will Retire Within the Year
Anderson Silva
“I’ll retire next year, I already gave my all. I don’t need to prove anything for anyone and within one year I’ll put my gloves aside.”
UFC Middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva is looking to retire within the next year he told SporTV today. Hopefully for fans this was just a little joke by Silva with the cable channel or maybe it is true. The number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world may be retiring soon. He has had a lot of the spotlight recently with his move up to light-heavyweight where he defeated James Irvin. Silva has also cleared out the middleweight division during his reign as champion. The middleweight championship will be on the line at UFC 90 when he defends the title against Canadian Patrick Cote.
UFC Fight Night 14: 3.8 Million viewers peak
UFC Fight Night 14, a late counter to Affliction Banned got a 2.1 viewers rating which works out to be an average of 3.1 million viewers.
The peak viewing time was during Anderson Silva’s debut at light-heavyweight where he knocked James Irvin out in just a minute (1:01). The fight drew 3.8 Million viewers.
Men aged between 18 and 49 accounted for 1,550,000 million viewers according to MMAJunkie.
UFC Fight Night 14: Fight Bonuses
UFC Fight Night 24 had some very interesting fights. Only 3 of them were worth a Fight Night bonus though.
Each of the four fighters who earned one of the bonuses got an extra $25,000 pay on top of their salaries. The official salaries have not yet been released, that could be a few days from now. They will be right here on MMA-Live when they are released.
Here are the fight bonus winners for you:
Fight of the Night: Frank Edgar vs. Hermes Franca
Submission of the Night: CB Dollaway
Knockout of the Night: Rory Markham
Anderson Silva Victorious at 205lbs
Anderson Silva, the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world mad his move up to light-heavyweight last night. His first opponent at the new weight was James “The Sandman” Irvin.
James Irvin was coming fresh off of his 8 second win against Houston Alexander at the last fight night, Fight Night 13.
Anderson Silva proved to MMA fans that he is one of the best around. He caught a kick of James Irvin’s just a minute in and followed through with a right hook. It was lights out for Irvin just a minute and one second into the fight.
Surely Anderson Silva can go further in his quest up the light-heavyweight division but first he will be re-defending his middleweight championship. Most likely against Yushin Okami sometime around UFC 90.
UFC Fight Night 14: Official Resullts
Anderson “Spider” Silva defeats James “The Sandman” Irvin via KO (Punches) 1:01 into round one.
Brandon Vera defeats Reese Andy via unanimous decision (30-27; 30-27; 29-28).
Frankie Edgar defeats Hermes Franca via unanimous decision (30-27; 30-27; 30-27).
Cain Velasquez defeats Jake O’Brien via (T)KO 2:02 of round one.
Kevin Burns defeats Anthony Johnson 3:35 via (T)KO 3:35 of round 3
CB Dollaway defeats Jesse Taylor 3:58 round one via submission (Peruvian necktie)