UFC makes Nate Quarry vs Jorge Rivera and Yushin Okami vs Lucio Linhares official for Fight Night 21
by Jesse Holland on Feb 4, 2010 1:20 PM EST
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently bolstered the already-stacked fight card for its Fight Night 21 event going down on March 31 from the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, March 31.
Completing the main card line up will be former TUF veteran and surgically repaired middleweight Nate Quarry (12-3), who looks to get back into the 185-pound title hunt against longtime Octagon veteran Jorge Rivera (17-7).
"The Rock" outlasted Tim Creduer in a "Crazy" back-and-forth war of attrition at UFC Fight Night 19 last September while "El Conquistador" stopped Rob Kimmons at UFC 104 back in October. Both fighters are riding two-fight winning streaks.
In preliminary card action, one-time middleweight juggernaut Yushin Okami (23-5) is hoping to rebound from a surprising loss to Chael Sonnen at last October's UFC 104 event when he takes on the dangerous Lucio Linhares (13-5).
"Thunder" had won nine out of ten fights heading into "Machida vs. Shogun;" however, he was thoroughly handled by the surging wrestler en route to a unanimous decision loss.
Like Okami, Linhares is trying to right the ship this March after falling to grappling guru Rousimar Palhares via sneaky heel hook at last month's UFC 107 event. "Spartan" is hoping to avoid an 0-2 start under the Zuffa banner.
UFC Fight Night 21 will feature a main event with perennial lightweight contender Kenny "KenFlo" Florian welcoming Japanese superstar "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi to the UFC for the first time in his career.
In addition, Ultimate Fighter 10 Champion Roy "Big Country" Nelson tries to keep his momentum going against the up-and-coming Stefan "Hightower" Struve.
For more on UFC Fight Night 21 click here.
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I'm loving this card
Good additions. March is such a stacked month of fights. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for no injuries. Rivera by tko. I don’t know much about Linhares. Off to youtube I go.
The one and only Smitty...
Is it just me?
or are the upcoming Fight Nights cards 10X better than the recent PPV cards?
"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie
Rivera has some
"You can deal with UFC, I know that they have flexible contract system. All these talks about "strict" contract terms with signing with UFC, come ONLY from Vadim Finkelstein, who wants to push his owns business projects through Fedor's fights" -- Aleksander Emelianenko
by Synyster_08 on Feb 4, 2010 2:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Sorry supid iTouch made me post prematurely
Anyways, rivera has has some sucres recently but for the most part has choked against decent comp. I just watched his fight on my newly bought UFC 104 DVD (which, btw, Shogun still beat Machida) and he looked pretty good, ESP in the ground and pound.
Quarry on the other hand has equal if not more powr than Jorge and definitkey a better chin. We seen Tim tag him wth 3 good stots in a row, only to have Quarry drop him immediately with a one-shot counter
My pediction is a late 1st rnd tko for the Rock
"You can deal with UFC, I know that they have flexible contract system. All these talks about "strict" contract terms with signing with UFC, come ONLY from Vadim Finkelstein, who wants to push his owns business projects through Fedor's fights" -- Aleksander Emelianenko
by Synyster_08 on Feb 4, 2010 2:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
SHOGUN IS THE REAL LHW CHAMPION! PREACH ON SYN! PREACH IT BROTHER!
"Wanderlei Silva; hallowed be thy name." - Genesis 50:27
by O damn he got caught on Feb 4, 2010 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
I say fuck that. So many of those rounds were draws in my eyes. Close decision that could go either way imo. No one was robbed. Matt Hamil was robbed in England. Shogun lost a close decision.
If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you
Hamill wasn't robbed
it was close, but Bisping was landing a BUNCH of strikes in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, and Hamill never did anything with takedowns.. If Bisping wasn’t hitting him, then Hamil would have won on takedowns, but since he just let him back up and never passed or got to dominant position, not to mention didn’t land any decent ground and pound, he lost the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Close, but watch it again with the mindset that Bisping won, and you should be able to see it. I do that alot with split decisions.
I rewatched Neer-Nate, for example, because I couldnt see how someone scored that a split decision. when i watched it, i had a mindset of someone thinking Neer won, and I actually gave Neer 2 rounds, for him winning the beginning of each round. Just watch fights thinking the other guy will win, and you can sometimes see it. I didn’t see it with Machida-Shogun.
"You can deal with UFC, I know that they have flexible contract system. All these talks about "strict" contract terms with signing with UFC, come ONLY from Vadim Finkelstein, who wants to push his owns business projects through Fedor's fights" -- Aleksander Emelianenko
war Nate Quarry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldnt mind seeing Nate “The Rock” Quarry Knockout Rivera. Okami is kinda boring sometimes. dont know about this Linhares never seen a fight.
by bubblebeejackson on Feb 4, 2010 1:44 PM EST reply actions
lost to palhares a month or so ago
Fedor played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
AMERICA.....FUCK YEAH
what a great fight card
Just shows the depth the UFC has. wish the fight nights were a little closer together though.
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