UFC Fight Night 17 fight card and rumors from Tampa, Florida, February 7

by MMAmania.com on Oct 24, 2008 10:45 PM EDT

Event: UFC Fight Night 17
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2008, at 9 p.m. ET on Spike TV
Location: University of Southern Florida (USF) Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida

Main event:

155 lbs.: Joe Lauzon (17-4) vs. Jeremy Stephens

Main card:

265 lbs.: Cain Velasquez (4-0) vs. Denis Stojnic (5-1)
155 lbs.: Mac Danzig (18-5-1) vs. Josh Neer (24-7-1)
170 lbs.: Anthony Johnson (6-2) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (14-4)

Under card:

155 lbs.: Kurt Pellegrino (12-4) vs. Rob Emerson (8-6)
185 lbs.: Dan Miller vs. Jake Rosholt (5-0)
155 lbs.: Matt Grice (9-1) vs. Matt Veach
155 lbs.: Gleison Tibau (15-6) vs. Rich Clementi (32-13-1)
185 lbs.: Nick Catone (5-0) vs. Derek Downey (10-3)
170 lbs.: Matt Riddle vs. Steve Bruno

All fights confirmed by UFC.com.

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This card is already looking pretty good to me. cant wait to see what other fights get added to it.

by belfort_fan on Nov 25, 2008 9:44 PM EST reply actions

This card is shaping up pretty good. if you put in a decent main event it would be great for a free card.

by DB on Nov 26, 2008 12:18 PM EST reply actions

im gonna whoop neers ass

by Mac Danzig on Nov 29, 2008 8:29 AM EST reply actions

Shure you are , I seen your last bout . Next time wear your running shoes in the octagone and will remember to bring a pillow .

by c-one on Nov 29, 2008 11:59 PM EST up reply actions

Woa dude. is that really Mac Danzig?

by Junie Browning on Dec 16, 2008 1:17 PM EST up reply actions

is that really Junie?

by Efrain Escudero on Jan 30, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions

CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HIM HIT THE FLOOR!!!

by HEATH on Jan 3, 2009 8:43 PM EST up reply actions

diaz vs. guida main event = awesome card.

by classicwater on Dec 3, 2008 5:12 PM EST reply actions

Definitely gonna be a crazy fight between these 2 crazy bastards hard to say who will win….but i will take my boy Clay on this one, probably will go to judges scorecard tho!!!

by Mitch on Dec 9, 2008 12:49 AM EST up reply actions

hopefully my first MMA/UFC event. i live in daytona beach, so hopefully we get more of these.

by synyster on Dec 14, 2008 6:37 PM EST reply actions

So I got my tickets to this. Should be a solid night of fights. I’m not going to complain about which fight wont be televised, cuz I’m going to see them all! lol. first time for that.

by Synyster [[2009 Year of Gegard Mousasi]] on Jan 12, 2009 1:37 AM EST up reply actions

This is just crazy. Look at this schedule

12/27 UFC Ultimate – Most Rediculous Card
1/3 – Off
1/10 – Off
1/17 – Franklin vs. Henderson
1/24 – Arlovski vs. Fedor
1/31 – GSP vs. Penn
2/7 – FN 17 with a solid card already.

Is that really five MONSTER MMA events in 7 weeks? I think my brain is starting to salivate.

by RyGuy on Dec 16, 2008 10:23 AM EST reply actions

Plus the Penn/St Pierre TV shows every week of the wonth to hold us over til Franklin/Hendo

by ( (Adam G) ) on Jan 6, 2009 6:46 PM EST up reply actions

also clementi is fighting gleison tibau
some great matches

by bryant on Dec 18, 2008 6:57 PM EST reply actions

Jake Rosholt has just been added to this card as well but I am not sure who he is fighting.

by OSU_1685 on Dec 18, 2008 7:51 PM EST reply actions

imo the undercard is way better than the main card, pelligrino is always fun to watch, miller vs rosholt should be entertaining, anthony johnson is fighting a striker so that should be a crazy ko, and tibau vs clementi is a huge lightweight fight

by gabe on Jan 8, 2009 7:52 PM EST reply actions

Matt Grice is back in action finally

by austin broussard on Jan 12, 2009 4:43 PM EST reply actions

Yeah… his last fight with Jason Black was FOTN right? Even his first fight (even though he got choked out from never tapping) was good. I wonder if he will fight anymore in the UFC since he’s now a cop.

by AC on Jan 30, 2009 12:19 PM EST up reply actions