UFC 106 Rumors/Discussion

**The HOFF** · 10-27-09, 02:09 AM

With this afternoon's shocking news that illness had forced UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar out of his UFC 106 headlining contest with top contender Shane Carwin, the UFC was announced that a rematch between light heavyweights Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz will now take top billing at the event.

**The HOFF** · 10-27-09, 02:12 AM

Tito Ortiz +135
Forrest Griffin -165

Dustin Hazelett -115
Karo Parisyan -115

Phil Baroni +155
Amir Sadollah -195

Kendall Grove +175
Jake Rosholt -215

**illmatick** · 10-27-09, 02:45 AM

lets hope we get a soft line on Sotiropoulos, by soft I mean anything less than -260

**Pabinator** · 10-27-09, 02:27 PM

This is a good time to have Kimbo fight Cyborg Santos as co-main event

**Boddhissatva** · 10-27-09, 03:05 PM

Tito is the underdog?

Hmm....

I might have to wager heavily on him.

HOpefully his back is all healed up.

**naokothewarrior** · 10-27-09, 05:08 PM

that sucks about brock... this card would be a lot more exciting with him on it...

**Pabinator** · 10-27-09, 06:30 PM

Anytime the Champs arent fighting its not as exciting as it could be. I am really not happy, and Id like to know what is wrong with that guy?

**RobbReport** · 10-27-09, 06:34 PM

Originally posted by Pabinator

Anytime the Champs arent fighting its not as exciting as it could be. I am really not happy, and Id like to know what is wrong with that guy?

he's catching up on smallville...wait till he finds out superman is not flying yet.

**The HOFF** · 10-28-09, 03:46 AM

Welterweights Anthony Johnson and Josh Koscheck are expected to co-headline UFC 106 on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas.

Sherdog.com was the first to report the bout Tuesday night and MMAWeekly.com subsequently confirmed it from sources close to the bout. Koscheck confirmed his participation on the fall card earlier via his official Twitter account.

**shantystar** · 10-28-09, 06:47 AM

I giveup betting UFC!due to match fixing rumours all the time !

**Bread** · 10-28-09, 10:01 AM

Shanty don't give up! You will win soon, I promise!

**urge2kill** · 10-29-09, 01:36 PM

I rarely see any rumors of match fixing in the UFC.

**brooks85** · 10-29-09, 02:02 PM

There is only one match that I have no doubt in my mind was fixed, penn vs pulver 2

**shady610** · 10-31-09, 05:56 AM

dont really care for this show at all.

Dont care about tito
dont care about forrest
Dont care about nogs brother

Care about the rumble/koshcheck fight

Overall thoughts, dont plan to order and would be decent amount on tito

**The HOFF** · 11-02-09, 09:28 PM

A long-rumored bout between Brazilian light heavyweights Luiz Cane (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (17-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is now official.

The UFC today announced the bout as the fifth and final contest for the main card of UFC 106.

**The HOFF** · 11-02-09, 09:29 PM

MAIN CARD

Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
Anthony Johnson vs. Josh Koscheck
Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann
Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
Brian Foster vs. Brock Larson
Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno*
Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos

* - Not officially announced

**illmatick** · 11-02-09, 09:37 PM

thank god, easily the best fight on the card, they need to switch the hazelett fight with Grove or marcus davis on the main card

**brooks85** · 11-02-09, 09:49 PM

This is going to be a good show, the maincard is going to have action in every fight, tito/forrest 2 is going to be even better than the first. I wouldn't mind seeing grove submit rosholt or sotiro put on a clinic but I think davis/saunders is going to a decision more than likely. Also look forward to seeing a healthy karo, he was like nog in his fight vs mir. I definitely wouldn't pay to go see this event tho or to even watch it for that matter.

**southmadejd** · 11-02-09, 10:15 PM

I am not sure if you guys will agree with me but I feel like Amir Sadollah is the bet on this card. I am going to go heavy on him. No way he loses to Phil Baroni and i think he will be much more careful against him so he doesn't get caught like he did in his last fight.

**illmatick** · 11-02-09, 10:18 PM

Originally posted by southmadejd

I am not sure if you guys will agree with me but I feel like Amir Sadollah is the bet on this card. I am going to go heavy on him. No way he loses to Phil Baroni and i think he will be much more careful against him so he doesn't get caught like he did in his last fight.

do it!

**brooks85** · 11-02-09, 10:28 PM

personally, no way i would touch that fight. No secret what baroni likes to do and he is going to attack just like hendricks did. And amirs striking is garbaho.

**southmadejd** · 11-02-09, 10:35 PM

Yeah but his cardio is not....personally I think he will just take this one into the 3rd round and defeat a completely exhausted Baroni.

**brooks85** · 11-02-09, 10:37 PM

thats very true and I will prolly will place a small bet on amir, just so I can fade baroni, his cardio is ALWAYS bad.

**southmadejd** · 11-02-09, 10:45 PM

yeah man, I can't see him lasting in the UFC after this fight. Also Amir has been training his stand up for awhile. I think it should be far past Baroni's stand up.

**Bread** · 11-03-09, 07:40 AM

My initial thoughts are Baroni and Davis punching right thru their opponents. And I'm a big fan of Amir and Saunders. We'll see how I bet once we get closer...

**illmatick** · 11-03-09, 01:17 PM

If baroni wins that fight I might not ever make another mma wager

I'm firm on amir, added another unit on him today at -160

**RobbReport** · 11-03-09, 03:01 PM

Amir by knockout. quote me on that whores.

**brooks85** · 11-03-09, 03:18 PM

Ill give you Amir by KO +300 or anyone else

**terpkeg** · 11-03-09, 05:08 PM

Karo has not looked like an elite fighter in years imo. Too bad i missed the opener at Haz +220. Hoping name recognition puts this back in the +, but not sure it will. Hazlett the more versatile opponent imo and Karo seems to have many health problems, both physical and mental. Would like to find some interview with him/trainers/camp and try to get an idea on how his training is progressing. Most likely a bet on Hazelett for me.

**brooks85** · 11-03-09, 06:34 PM

Depends on which karo shows up, his last fight he was very ill. A healthy karo will destroy dustin imo. His last 3 loses were tough comp stungun/alves/sanchez, all very top notch fighters. Need to find some training videos on karo.

**The HOFF** · 11-06-09, 12:44 PM

A bout between veteran Caol Uno (25-12-4 MMA, 3-4-1 UFC) and Brazilian lightweight Fabricio Camoes (10-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is now official and completes the fight card for UFC 106.

**Eccocide** · 11-10-09, 06:49 PM

Spike is airing some prelims again!!!!

Source: Spike TV to broadcast UFC 106 prelim fights, including Davis vs. Saunders

by Dann Stupp on Nov 10, 2009 at 5:50 pm ET

"For the third consecutive UFC pay-per-view event, Spike TV will air a portion of the night's preliminary card.

A source close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com that Spike TV will carry live two fights from next week's "UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II" card.

The one-hour broadcast will feature a potentially exciting welterweight contest between strikers Marcus Davis (16-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) and Ben Saunders (7-1-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), as well as a middleweight bout between Kendall Grove (10-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC) and Jake Rosholt (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

Spike TV officials could not comment on the broadcast when contacted today by MMAjunkie.com, but an official announcement is expected in the next few days.

UFC 106 takes place Nov. 21 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and features a main event (and rematch) between former UFC light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin.

The Spike TV broadcasts is expected to air live at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT).

The UFC first decided to do a Spike TV two-bout preliminary card broadcast in September for UFC 103 as part of a large promotional push to counter the night's Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel PPV boxing offering. The Spike TV special proved so successful (with 1.4 million viewers) that the UFC put together a similar broadcast preview for UFC 104, which drew another 1.4 million viewers.

Davis looks to bounce back from a hotly contested split decision loss to Dan Hardy at June's UFC 99 event in Germany. The loss snapped a two-fight win streak (which included a submission win over Paul Kelly and a split-decision win over Chris Lytle) for "The Irish Hand Grenade," who posted 11 straight wins (six in the UFC) from 2006 to 2008. His opponent, Saunders, looks to rebound from a disappointing TKO loss to Mike Swick at UFC 99. The second-round defeat was the first loss of "Killa B's" career. The American Top Team and cast member from "The Ultimate Fighter 6" product had secured seven straight victories after opening his career with back-to-back draws.

Grove, hoping to break some of his recent inconsistency, looks to rebound from a unanimous decision loss to Ricardo Almeida at UFC 101 in August. The loss curbed the momentum "The Ultimate Fighter 3" winner had gained with a split-decision win over Evan Tanner and a knockout of Jason Day in his prior two bouts. Rosholt, meanwhile, looks to build off his UFC 102 submission victory over Chris Leben. The performance, which earned Rosholt a $60,000 Submission of the Night bonus, was arguably the biggest win of his career. The three-time NCAA Division I national wrestling champion made his octagon debut earlier this year and suffered a submission loss to Dan Miller. "

**36mafia** · 11-11-09, 03:31 AM

Originally posted by Boddhissatva

Tito is the underdog?

Hmm....

I might have to wager heavily on him.

HOpefully his back is all healed up.

he hasnt fought since 08.
and since the last time these two met:
tito beat shamrock twice

, lost to liddell, draw w/ evans, and another loss to machida
griffin went 4-3, obviously won the belt for a short period of time, but those three L's all come from ko/tko.
ortiz is coming in with a 15-6 record with 8 ko/tko. but if you look at those, 3 come from shamrock, 1 from elvis sinosic (50% of losses due to KO) and a slam to evan tanner. i dont think forrests weak chin and titos mediocre punching power are going to factor in this fight. and both these guys are known for going the distance.
forest gets better as the rounds go on. griffin with get the decision victory

**Bread** · 11-11-09, 07:34 AM

LOVE the Spike airings!!