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[Lionheart]

Shamrock-Lashley Signed for Jones Jr. Card

Why Ken ,why!!?

Ken Shamrock will not rest on his laurels.

With only five weeks rest, the UFC Hall of Famer will face fellow WWE pro wrestler Bobby Lashley in a headlining heavyweight bout for the Roy Jones Jr.-helmed Squared Ring Promotion’s “March Badness” on March 21 at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, Fla. The event, which plans to alternate between boxing and MMA bouts, will also telecast on live pay-per-view.

Shamrock’s manager, Rod Donohoo, confirmed that contracts for the clash between veteran and newcomer were signed on Monday. BloodyElbow.com and Figure4online.com reported the bout first.

Shamrock, who turned 45 on Feb. 13, picked up a quick win over super heavyweight Ross Clifton at Wargods “Valentine’s Eve Massacre” on Feb. 14 in Fresno, Calif. Shamrock also co-promoted the event.

Though outweighed by some 175 pounds, Shamrock dropped the 380-pound Clifton with an opening right and maneuvered to the armbar finish with ease. It was Shamrock’s first victory in three years and five fights.

Shamrock will have another bulky opponent to contend with in Lashley, a formidable 6-foot-3 specimen carrying around 265 pounds of pure muscle. Shamrock doesn’t seem fazed though.

“Ken was definitely interested in this bout because he gets to face a guy bigger than himself, who’s in great shape as well,” Donohoo told Sherdog.com.

Lashley, 32, hopes to build his resume towards a heavyweight title bout, much in the way former WWE champion Brock Lesnar (3-1) toppled Randy Couture at UFC 91 last November to grasp that promotion’s coveted title.

Though a novice in MMA –- Lashley has one fight under his belt –- the Colorado resident won’t come in empty-handed.

Lashley was a three-time NAIA National Champion at 177 pounds, a four-time All-American, a three-time National Amateur Wrestling Champion, a two-time Armed Forces Champion and a 2002 Silver Medalist at the Military World Championship, according to the NAIA Web site.

Having recently pledged his allegiance to American Top Team, Lashley made a speedy MMA debut last December for the Mixed Fighting Alliance in Miami, stifling Joshua Franklin in only 41 seconds with a TKO stoppage via a cut from elbows in the guard.

Squared Ring Promotions “March Badness”
March 21
Pensacola Civic Center
Pensacola, Fla.

Ken Shamrock vs. Bobby Lashley
Seth Petruzelli vs. Doug Marshall
Roy Nelson vs. Jeff Monson

 

[Lionheart]

Couture-Nogueira Slated for August

A clash between former UFC and Pride heavyweight champions has been agreed upon, at least in principle, to take place inside the Octagon sometime in August.

Six-time UFC champion Randy Couture confirmed to Sherdog.com on Thursday that he’d verbally agreed to face Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in a UFC 101 matchup, which was first reported by MMAWeekly.com. Couture’s camp received word on Saturday that the vaunted Brazilian has accepted the bout as well.

Couture had previously turned down an offer to fight Nogueira earlier this year to undergo elbow surgery in January for an old injury.

Bout agreements for the anticipated heavyweight fight still remain to be signed, while Couture will have a host of projects to juggle with the fight, including a major motion picture role in “The Expendables,” which will shoot from March to May in Brazil and Louisiana. Couture will star alongside Sylvester Stallone, who wrote and will also direct the film that includes an assemblage of action star greats from Jet Li to Jason Statham, as well as recent Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke.

Couture will also shoot a role in the film “Warrior,” directed by Gavin O’Connor, sometime this summer.

Couture (16-9) dropped his third heavyweight title to Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 in Las Vegas last November, after the 2000 NCAA wrestling champion clipped the 45-year-old fighter with a right and sent him to the canvas. The matchup had been competitive up until that point, though Lesnar had nearly 50 pounds on Couture.

During his 12-year professional career, Couture also earned three UFC titles at light heavyweight, including an interim championship against former 205-pound champ Chuck Liddell. Couture holds wins over notables Liddell, Vitor Belfort, Kevin Randleman, and Tim Sylvia.

Nogueira (31-5-1), who blazed through Pride’s heavyweight ranks until three ill-fated meetings with No. 1 world-ranked Fedor Emelianenko, will also be on the rebound.

The 32-year-old jiu-jitsu black belt was stopped for the first time ever with a second-round technical knockout at the hands of Frank Mir in their interim title bout at UFC 92 last December. Mir will meet champion Lesnar to unify the two belts at UFC 98 on May 23 in Las Vegas.

Outside of Emelianenko and Mir, only Dan Henderson and Josh Barnett can lay claim to victory over the revered Brazilian.

Couture travels to Germany this week to take part in a press conference for UFC 99, the promotion’s first foray into the country. UFC 99 will be held at the Lanxess Arena on June 13 in Cologne. The German-speaking Couture, who spent the majority of his four-year Army career there, was considered to headline the card, although his prior film engagements prevented his participation.

 

[Tech]

 

[JS316]

Rogers vs Fedor...

who you guys got?

 

[jnutz19]

WOW!!!!! now that was a knockout. hell i thought Arlovski was better then that.

 

[JS316]

^^Arlovski didn't look as in good shape as usual. Still every time some1 tags his jaw he crumbles.

 

[JS316]

Rogers vs Fedor...

who you guys got?

Wow!! Major surprise.

 

[Rageking]

Wow!! Major surprise.

:iorofl:

 

[PrinceVegeta]

UFC 111 happened yesterday, watching it right now, good card!

 

[Lionheart]

 

[Pickle]

bump for fedor vs werdum on june 26.

 

[_ROBERTiNHO_]

bump for fedor vs werdum on june 26.

Fabricio Werdum trained Cro Cop some years ago. He's a JJ expert, but I think he has no chances against Fedor.

 

[Natzo]

speaking of Mirko Cro Cop.

the guy is going to fight in UFC 115, one of my favourite fighters! wanna see him kicking pat barry's ass!

 

[Pickle]

bump for fedor werdum

 

[Pickle]

fedor lost!

 

[Pickle]

bump for updates. anyone heard anything on fedors next fight? I think his plan was originally 2 more fights on exsisting contract werdum and overeem and then jump to ufc. I seriously doubt he will ever get to ufc and even if he does whos he fight, if he gets a good win next it will mean little because i doubt he'll get an immediate rematch with werdurm and hes not getting overeem after a loss like he had.

rough top 10 ufc rankings
1. lesnar
2.velasquez
3. Junior Dos Santos
4. Carwin
5. Mir
6. Nogeirra
7.Big Country
8. Gonzaga
9. Kongo
10. Cro Cop

i assume carwin will fight winner of big country vs dos santos and take on the winner of lesnar velasquez.

mir is fighting nogerria again.

If fedor makes it over White has already said hes not as good as mir does that mean he has a fight with crocop ? or someone outside of the top 10?

 

[Rageking]

bump for updates. anyone heard anything on fedors next fight? I think his plan was originally 2 more fights on exsisting contract werdum and overeem and then jump to ufc. I seriously doubt he will ever get to ufc and even if he does whos he fight, if he gets a good win next it will mean little because i doubt he'll get an immediate rematch with werdurm and hes not getting overeem after a loss like he had.

rough top 10 ufc rankings
1. lesnar
2.velasquez
3. Junior Dos Santos
4. Carwin
5. Mir
6. Nogeirra
7.Big Country
8. Gonzaga
9. Kongo
10. Cro Cop

i assume carwin will fight winner of big country vs dos santos and take on the winner of lesnar velasquez.

mir is fighting nogerria again.

If fedor makes it over White has already said hes not as good as mir does that mean he has a fight with crocop ? or someone outside of the top 10?

fedor would not join if he was going to be matched up with scrubs.
white is trying to kill his rep after one fluke loss, but he still knows fedor would dominated all of that top 10, and he would be scared shitless of a lesnar fedor fight

 

[Pickle]

fedor would not join if he was going to be matched up with scrubs.
white is trying to kill his rep after one fluke loss, but he still knows fedor would dominated all of that top 10, and he would be scared shitless of a lesnar fedor fight

from the time frame till he can jump, id be happy if he came over and got a shot at winner of mir vs nogeirra with that as the number 1 contender fight to whoevers the champion at the time.

 

[Pickle]

btw, my bad the winner of dos santos and big country has been granted a title fight. I guess carwin wont fight until the winner of big nog and mir pans out. or maybe carwin will have a fight against cro cop (wishful thinking) crocop by left shin to the head (further wishful thinking)

 

[Lionheart]

I saw a article about Werdum not wanting to fight Overeem ,but instead go for rematch against Fedor.If its true ,i bet Overeem is mad as hell.