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Ricardo Almeida vs Matt Horwich to collide at UFC Fight Night 18

Ricardo Almeida vs Matt Horwich UFC 90

Ricardo Almeida (9-3) will return to action against former IFL middleweight champion Matt Horwich (23-11-1) at UFC Fight Night 18 in Nashville, Tenn., on April 1.

The 185-pound tilt was supposed to go down at UFC 90: "Silva vs. Cote" in October 2008; however, an injury forced "Big Dog" off the card. "Suave" remained on the card and gave last minute replacement Dan Miller all he could handle, but he eventually lost the bout via a hard-fought unanimous decision.

Almeida could have very well found himself in the main event of the UFC 90 card in a title match against Anderson Silva had things gone his way against Patrick Cote at UFC 86: "Jackson vs. Griffin" in July of last year. However, the Brazilian dropped a razor thin split decision, snapping a seven-fight win streak.

The Hamilton, N.J., resident now appears fit to get back in the thick of things and re-establish himself as a top contender in the division to start his 2009 fight campaign.

Horwich –- the first-ever IFL middleweight champion -– is a mixed martial arts veteran who was on a roll before losing his title to Ryan McGivern via unanimous decision earlier last year. "Suave" rebounded with a unanimous decision win over Joey Guel three months later to get back to his winning ways.

This will be his sophomore effort inside the Octagon ... and yet another daunting task.

UFC Fight Night 18 will serve as the lead-in to The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 on Spike TV. The event has yet to be announced or made official; however, two lightweight bouts are also rumored for the show, including a match up between TUF 8 lightweight winner Efrain Escuedero taking on Jeremy Stephens and Junie Browning challenging Cole Miller.

Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more announcements and news surrounding UFC Fight Night 18.

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pretty good card soo far i think!

by matthew on Jan 8, 2009 10:58 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Mania: Please do me a favor and stop calling this borderline retard “Suave”….! PLEASE STOP IT!!!! lol

NOt to make fun, but you guys cant tell me that Horowitz is RIGHT in the head. Seems a lil off to me! Does he still make his entrances carrying a bible?

I want to see Almeida face off against some of the other Jits Wizards that fight in the UFC middleweight division.

I am dying to see a ground war between Almeida and:
THales
Maia
hell Almeida would probably the only opponent to get me to watch a Dean Lister fight

by john on Jan 9, 2009 11:39 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

YAWN

by deadgrassinyard on Jan 9, 2009 2:43 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I think TUF 8 loses on this card. Lil Heathen and Magrino by TKO.

by Synyster [[2009 Year of Gegard Mousasi]] on Jan 8, 2009 11:01 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I’m not too excited about Almeida/Horwich. Thats a pretty creepy picture of Suave…

by Synyster [[2009 Year of Gegard Mousasi]] on Jan 8, 2009 11:02 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

almeida will be just like gurgel and be yet another under-achiever in the ufc. (let the hate begin)

by bradpittfightclub on Jan 8, 2009 11:03 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

uh-oh, suave shaved his head…
i fear he’s lost the source of his powers

by connor on Jan 8, 2009 11:14 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

lame to have Suave as a name when you’re not even a latino.. Horwich looked horrible on his feet against Miller and he won’t have any success against Hicardo on the feet so this should be an easy W for Mr.Almeida..

by RoB on Jan 8, 2009 11:23 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Read the title to the article over and over again. Sound right? Nope.. get it right.

by Dave on Jan 9, 2009 12:04 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Easy win for Almeida.

by Lester the Pimp on Jan 9, 2009 7:50 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Wow… Great card here. This should be a decently entertaining fight.

by Luppers on Jan 9, 2009 8:23 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Ricardo Almeida should be in the Main card. These Ultimate fighters have done nothing for the sport. Ricardo is a BJJ world Champion. King of Pancrease, he placed many times in Abu Dhabi. He won all his fights in Pride fc. Come on who the F**k is Junie Browning ..

by me on Feb 26, 2009 10:41 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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