UFC Fight Night 18 card and rumors for Nashville, Tenn., April 1

by MMAmania.com on Dec 7, 2008 11:27 PM EST

Event: UFC Fight Night 18
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET on Spike TV
Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Main event:

170 lbs.: Carlos Condit (22-4) vs. Martin Kampmann (14-2)

Main card (Televised):

155 lbs.: Gleison Tibau (16-6) vs. Jeremy Stephens (14-4)
205 lbs.: Ryan Bader (8-0) vs. Carmelo Marrero (10-2)
155 lbs.: Junie Browning (3-0) vs. Cole Miller (14-3)

Under card (May not be broadcast):

155 lbs.: Tyson Griffin (12-2) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (11-3)
185 lbs.: Ricardo Almeida (9-3) vs. Matt Horwich (23-11-1)
170 lbs.: Brock Larson (24-2) vs. Jesse Sanders (20-4)
185 lbs.: Nissen Osterneck (5-1) vs. Jorge Rivera (15-7)
185 lbs.: Rob Kimmons (21-4) vs. Joe Vedepo (7-2)
185 lbs.: Tim McKenzie (12-5) vs. Aaron Simpson (4-0)
185 lbs.: Ryan Jensen (13-5) vs. Steve Steinbeiss (4-2)

All fights made official by UFC.com.

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i hope junie jumps in the cage after efrain wins again lol, the efrain can just tap him again. 2 wins in 1 nigght lol

by ufcfanatic23 on Jan 12, 2009 11:05 PM EST reply actions

Too bad Efrain wont win..

by Synyster [[2009 Year of Gegard Mousasi]] on Jan 14, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions

Thats what i was saying till Efrain got injured

by belfort_fan on Mar 18, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Junie will probly be built up to be the next UFC poster boy in about a year or two, just as Forest was and we all seen what happend to Forest! Couldnt even defend his belt once LOL.

by c-one on Jan 19, 2009 1:12 AM EST up reply actions

I doubt it, seems more like Dana White is trying to get rid of Junie just like “JT Money” by giving him some competition he isn’t ready for. People say Junie looked extremely good in his fight against Kaplan, but I think it is more of a fact that Kaplan looked TERRIBLE in that fight. I predict Cole to strike with Junie until he gets frustrated and then finish him with a submission.

by E30kaiser on Feb 3, 2009 11:03 AM EST up reply actions

You think Forrest is a joke because he got beat by a fighter like Rashad Evans?

Come on, dude…

by Dustomatic on Mar 31, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Get some Wrecking Machine!!!!
How many chances will Melvin “Teabag Boy” be given by Dana?wtf

by DirtbagHtr on Jan 15, 2009 1:11 PM EST reply actions

Probaly as many as it takes to make him a title holder, he is all drama, and that sells tickets. He’ll be given weak or hurt fighters to insure the big " W " for Dana’s teabag boy good old Junie big mouth brownie. I hope he chokes himself on a chicken bone.

by c-one on Jan 19, 2009 1:23 AM EST up reply actions

Im really looking forward to the Bader Marrero fight. Shoud be pretty good.

by belfort_fan on Mar 18, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions

If Melvin Guillard and Junie Browning win their fights I’d like to see them in the cage imagine all the bad boy hype.

I’d also like to see a rematch between Efrain Escudero and Junie Browning. Browning had very weak cardio going into his semi against Efrain and I’d think it would be a different Junie in a rematch. I think the UFC will build both fighters up first however, I think they learned from the Danzic vs Guida fight.

by wolfman on Jan 19, 2009 5:27 AM EST reply actions

You know Dana will save this fight till he can build it up. But as far as Junie winning the next time around I dont think so . Junie’s time has come and gone they can both only get better. Also that fight should have been all Junie but he beat himself he lost before he enterd the octagone Junie wasnt there mentaly he’s just like one of my fighters good as hell but isnt there mentally YET!!!!!!!!

by c-one on Jan 21, 2009 12:16 AM EST up reply actions

Hello from Norway!

Sorry for jumping in like this, but we just have two quick question regarding fight night 18, 1) the date say saturday april 1, but saturday is april 4th and april 1th is a wensday, what is corect? and 2) what arena will this be held?

AS you figure, we will be in town on one of the dates.

All the best from Norway

by vikingsontourdotcom on Jan 26, 2009 3:57 PM EST reply actions

If I’m not mistaken fight night is usually on wednsday in California but I’ll check later tommorow and post it.

by c-one on Jan 27, 2009 1:42 AM EST up reply actions

I know Rob Kimmons will be on this card.

by Sik Jitz on Jan 29, 2009 11:04 AM EST reply actions

Yeah because you saw him name right above.

by belfort_fan on Mar 18, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s a wednesday since it’s a card shown right before the premiere of the ultimate fighter.

by Jaskier on Feb 3, 2009 8:46 AM EST reply actions

Junie and Efrain have very tough fights here. I don’t know if it’d be consider an upset when both guys get finished. I think Heathen will come out on fire and TKO Efrain in the 2nd, and Cole is SO much better than Junie in everything, and he has an insane reach advantage over him. With Junie’s sub game being his best asset, the Miller brothers (Cole and Micah) jitz are far beyong his. Junie will get either sub’d or TKO’d. Its Cole’s choice.

Funny too, how these guys get hard fights, and Bader gets Caramel Marrelo and Philipe gets Kyle Bradley (0-2 in UFC).

And WHY THE HELL is Ricardo Almeida/Horwich fight shown over Tyson Griffin?

by Synyster [[2009 Year of Gegard Mousasi]] on Feb 10, 2009 8:57 AM EST reply actions

Why in the world isn’t Tyson Griffin on the televised program??? He’s so exciting to watch!

by DavidAT on Mar 1, 2009 5:38 PM EST reply actions

way fight nights been going prolly get too see all the fights anyways

by TheMuth on Mar 9, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

Free fights and then I believe the first Ultimate Fighter of USA vs UK is on right after with more fights for guys to make the show.

by DF on Mar 13, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions

those stupid F’s at UFC.com dont even have Condit in there fighter database yet. How pathetic

by naturalist on Mar 15, 2009 1:38 AM EDT reply actions

Dont need to be DUMBASS!! Dont u see his picture up here on top of the page and his name here u DUMB MOFO? !

by pokerplayer on Mar 24, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

wouldnt that be ridiculous if this event isnt even real, just a big april fools joke

by chabbeth on Mar 27, 2009 11:32 PM EDT reply actions

Get Junie the fuck off the main card…dude is a scrub…Almedia’s on the card as well as Tyson Griffin…thats fuckin crazy to put Junie on there!

by tha-roc on Mar 29, 2009 1:28 PM EDT reply actions

i just noticed on ufc.com they moved the griffin/dos anos fight to televised, instead of tibau/stephens. much better imo.

by ufc4life on Mar 31, 2009 10:48 AM EDT reply actions

easy picks, great fights.

Condit- Unanimous Dec

Stephens- Submission

Bader- Knockout

Browning- Knockout!!!!!!!!!

by Alex on Mar 31, 2009 1:15 PM EDT reply actions

I think they need to show the Jesse Sanders vs. Brock Larson. It Sanders debut fight. He is an animal. And he is from my hometown, Oskaloosa,IA. Yeah Yeah.

by James on Apr 1, 2009 5:18 PM EDT reply actions