What UFC 95 (not UFC 97, as the video up above says) lacks in star-power, it may make up in sheer action. There are definitely some interesting match-ups on the card. Besides Sanchez-Stevenson, which could determine who gets a shot at the 155-pound title after Kenny Florian, here’s what else is going on:
Main card:
Lightweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson
Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Wilson Gouveia (a couple of top middleweights)
Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Chael Sonnen (these guys are top middleweights too. Makes you wonder if the victor of one of these fights gets Anderson Silva next if Thales Leites doesn’t win the title)
Welterweight bout: Dan Hardy vs. Rory Markham
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paulo Thiago (can Kos keep climbing the WW ladder after his loss to GSP, or will newcomer Thiago be the spoiler?)
Preliminary card:
Lightweight bout: Brian Cobb vs. Terry Etim
Heavyweight bout: Junior dos Santos vs. Stefan Struve (Struve comes highly-touted, both in stand-up and on the ground. Can he deliver?)
Heavyweight bout: Mike Ciesnolevicz vs. Neil Grove (Former IFL and Miletich-trained Mike C makes his UFC debut)
Lightweight bout: Per Eklund vs. Evan Dunham
Welterweight bout: Troy Mandaloniz vs. Paul Kelly
What I really want to know is if Diego is going to bring Dan Quinn, the 4-4-1Stevia master, to the weigh-ins and to his corner at the fight. He’s definitely got Diego under his spell in this video:
