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UFC 77: Jason Black vs. Matt Grice

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Abraham Lincoln with rabies, er, Jason Black (21-3-1) will return to the Octagon against fellow lightweight Matt Grice (8-1) at UFC 77 on October 20 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

This latest news comes via a MySpace message from Grice and confirmation from MMAWeekly.com.

Black ran into a buzz saw in his Octagon debut against Thiago Tavares at UFC Fight Night (UFN) 10, succumbing to a triangle choke midway through round two. He is an experienced fighter with most of his appearances in smaller promotions, as well as a handful of bouts in PRIDE FC, prior to joining the UFC.

During the weigh-ins for UFN 10, Black was so emaciated (and was sporting some old school chops) that UFC matchmaker Joe Silva quipped that he looked like Lincoln with rabies.

Grice -- a four-time Oklahoma State high school wrestling champion -- also dropped his first fight inside the Octagon to Terry Etim via guillotine choke at UFC 70 back in April. "The Wolverine" was doing well early in the fight but slipped up and simply got caught.

To check out the latest rumored UFC 77 fight card click here.

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I hope Black really shows his stuff in this fight. Last fight he took last minute, cut a lot of weight in a few days, and it definitely showed. I wanna see if this Myth that is Jason Black really holds true…

by Luppers on Aug 11, 2007 9:45 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Joe Rogan said alot of good things about Black and he’s usually right on the money. Hope to see a good fight

by jjdnb on Aug 11, 2007 12:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jason Black looks like Wolverine in that picture. Should be a good scrap, hopefully with Black winning.

by Josh Man on Aug 11, 2007 4:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I am from cincinnati area and UFC 77 is starting to look like a week card. I went to ufc 68 in columbus and this card has no star power except rich and silva. What happened to tito and rashad? Not sure if I will pay to go see this.

by cmac on Aug 11, 2007 10:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Black will prob win this one.

by Thor1982 on Aug 12, 2007 12:24 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Matt Grice looked good in his fight against Terry Etim, especially up unil he got cought in the guillatine. He was beating Etim down!

by ViolentMike on Aug 14, 2007 9:56 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

“Joe Rogan said alot of good things about Black and he’s usually right on the money. Hope to see a good fight”

Rogan also said lots of good things about grice before his last fight, where grice being uncautious rendered him nearly unconcious. “always be closing” or in this case finishing… it should be a good fight… either way.

by triumph on Oct 11, 2007 5:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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