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UFC 99: Todd Duffee vs Mustapha Al Turk

Undefeated American Top Team (ATT) heavyweight Todd Duffee (4-0) will make his much anticipated debut inside the Octagon when he faces UFC sophomore Mustapha Al Turk (6-4) at UFC 99 from the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on June 13 according to InTheGuard.TV.

Duffee is coming off an impressive second round TKO of Brazilian roadblock Assuerio Silva at Jungle Fight 11 last September. The 23-year old University of Georgia student has ended all four of his professional fights by way of (T)KO.

Al Turk — who fights out of the famous London Shoot gym in the United Kingdom — came up short in his debut against Cheick Kongo at UFC 92 after a successful run in Europe on the Cage Rage circuit. In fact, he has six wins in seven attempts for the promotion and was riding a two-fight win streak before getting dismantled at "The Ultimate 2008".

He is a pretty well-rounded fighter with serviceable boxing and solid grappling skills -– good enough to earn him the British Cage Rage heavyweight title.

UFC 99 is expected to be headlined by former middleweight champion Rich "Ace" Franklin taking on ex-PRIDE smashing machine Wanderlei Silva in his middleweight debut. Heath Herring and Cain Velasquez as well as Mike Swick and Ben Saunders are also expected to hook 'em up.

For more on UFC 99 click here.

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Shaping up to be a good card….hope it’s free…Wandy vs Rich well worth the card itself.

by Robert(1) on Feb 28, 2009 2:13 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

This fight better be on the undercard. Todd Duffee was supposedly way out shape and on short notice before he beat up Silva so much props. Hopefully he gets Turk out of here.

by NameNotRequired on Feb 28, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

great card. Questionable fight!

by john on Feb 28, 2009 5:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Im not sure what to think about this fight

by JayZ on Feb 28, 2009 3:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I was all exited to see AlTurk in the ufc but he had a shitty showing against Kongo.

by belfort_fan on Feb 28, 2009 3:58 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Never seen Duffee fight but sounds like another decent young HW for the UFC? Last year at this time we were all complaining how thin the talent was in the HW division, thanks UFC.

by Beaver on Feb 28, 2009 5:30 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

in fairness,kongo is a very tough fighter to debut against in the ufc,however,al turk is very strong and talented.I have seen him live a few times in cage-rage,an he hardly showed any of his potential against kongo,hopefully he will here!!

by bons on Feb 28, 2009 11:14 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

i got a couple of chipped teeth from todd duffee from when we were in elementary school. i’m really glad to see him succeeding in what he’s doin.

by nastyn8 on Mar 14, 2009 9:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Todd Duffee is the shit. Seriously he’s amazing. Sorry Turk but there’s just no way.

by Bekah on Jun 8, 2009 11:55 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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