Is 2012 the Year of Rivalry’s, Rematches and Rubbermatches?

by 420mike on Jan 5, 2012 7:51 PM EST

Strikeforce is putting together Ronda Rousey vs Meisha Tate at their March 3rd event. This Rivalry got heated up pretty quick and we are likely gonna see it (Unlike 2011) along with many other Rivalry’s, Rematches and Rubbermatches that are already scheduled, in the works, or 1-2 fights away from happening sometime in 2012.

Fights that are Scheduled

· Rousey vs Tate (March 3rd) for the Strikeforce 135lbs Womens Championship

· Faber vs Cruz 3 (Sometime in June) they are scheduled to coach against each other in The Ultimate Fighter’s debut on FX, and Square off after the 12 week live season

· Vitor Belfort vs Wanderlei Silva 2 (June/July) they are Scheduled to coach on the first international “Ultimate Fighter” with TUF Brazil, its not confirmed if they will fight at the end of the season but that is probably because Vitor has a fight on the 14th

Fights that are in the works (or that make sense)

· Forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz 3- They are both coming off losses, Ortiz is lobbying for this to be his last fight and Griffin has said he’ll do it if people will pay to see it.

· Lyoto Machida vs Shogun Rua 3-again both of these guys are coming off losses and with a UFC stadium show in the works for summer in Brazil it makes perfest sense.

· Miguel Torres vs Brian Bowles 2 and again both of these guys are coming off losses (Torres was more of a loss of pride), and both guys they lost too went on too challenge for the title immediately after so this could be a title eliminator.

Fights that are 1-2 fights away from Happening

· Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen 2- If Sonnen gets Past Munoz on Jan. 28th then its On like Donkey Kong

· Jon Jones vs Rashad Evans- Same deal as Above, if Evans can beat Davis on Jan. 28th this fight will finally happen!

· Nick Diaz vs GSP- If Diaz beats Condit he would be the man holding the strap when GSP returns (As long as GSP’s Rehab is Successful)

· Ben Henderson vs Anthony Pettis 2- Fighting on the same card and if they both win we could see Ben Henderson vs Anthony Pettis 2 for the UFC Lightweight Title

So In Total that’s 7 Rematches that are possible and 3 of them are Rubbermatches. Then 3 new and not so new (Jones vs Evans) Rivalry’s, which means there could be a Lot of Drama in 2012

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Of your list, Belfort/Wand is the fight that sticks out the most as the “oh god why, there is no need for this” rematch.

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by *Californication* on Jan 5, 2012 8:02 PM EST reply actions

Speed Kills

In this case hand speed kills Wandy

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by wolfman13 on Jan 5, 2012 8:08 PM EST up reply actions

lol if wandy beats him by lack of title/name depth he could one win away from Anderson

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by Lesnar's striking coach on Jan 5, 2012 8:33 PM EST up reply actions

Silva A.

would also kill Silva W.

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by wolfman13 on Jan 5, 2012 8:41 PM EST up reply actions

+1

You would have to outright hate wandy to want this fight to happen.

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by goldmouth on Jan 5, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions

I want to see Faber v Torres eventually, still hoping for that

Forrest v Tito 3 is a bit irrelevant. Tito had the second fight in the palm of his hand and had a Houston Alexander v Kimbo 1st round moment in the 3rd round of his rematch with Forrest. Ridiculous.

Bring on Rashad v Bones. Sooner the better.

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by grapplefan on Jan 6, 2012 7:09 AM EST reply actions

Today's Torres has nothing for Faber

by unambig on Jan 6, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions

Machida/Shogun 3?

I’ve never heard of people wanting to see that fight.

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by ViolentMike on Jan 6, 2012 9:54 AM EST reply actions

I think it should have read...

Fights that are in the works (or that make sense to me)

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by Ulf Murphy on Jan 6, 2012 10:06 AM EST up reply actions

That's exactly

Right!!

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by 420mike on Jan 6, 2012 11:26 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Yea, no way in hell do I want to see Machida / Shogun 3, why? Shogun / Rampage 2, is awesomeness, and Machida can fight anyone else, why waste him on Shogun?

Machida should fight Davis / Gustafusson or Bader next, why not? Let these young guys learn how beastly the Dragon is.

by p123 on Jan 7, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions

Haha nice pointing it out.

I had notice it was quite some but not all these.

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by Chorongota on Jan 6, 2012 12:33 PM EST reply actions

There is no way Pettis is ahead of Diaz

The only thing that makes sense is to have Nate Diaz fight the winner of Pettis and Lauzon. Especially if the winner is Pettis, he has a bit more momentum than Lauzon. But I wouldnt count J-Lau out.

by CageNerd on Jan 6, 2012 2:39 PM EST reply actions