Fight Night 11 on 09/20/2007

According to the Fight Network you can expect Fight Night 11 on 09/20.

According to sources, Din Thomas will meet Spencer Fisher on the show. It will be the lead-in to the premier of TUF 6.

I also mentioned the other day that Chris Leben could meet Mike Swick on the show as well.

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A couple of rumored UFC bouts

These both come from UFCJunkie.com

I'm putting it behind the cut cause I'm cool that way.



First is a rumored bout between 2 former castmates from the first season of the Ultimate Fighter. The bout as rumored by UFC Junkie would pit Mike "Quick" Swick against Chris "The Crippler" Leben and it could possibly headline a Fight Night 11 show which would air in either August or September. This would be a rematch of a bout that took place before either man was on TUF where Leben got a second round KO.
There had been talk of Swick dropping down to Welterweight after his loss to Yushin Okami at UFC 69 back in April though if he were to fight Leben next it most certainly would be at Middleweight.
Leben is coming off of a loss to Kalib Starnes at UFC 71 in May and has lost 3 of his last 4 fights in the UFC, with a loss to Anderson Silva at Fight Night 5 and Jason MacDonald at UFC 66 being the other two.

The other bout would be at UFC 76 which is scheduled for 9/22 in Anaheim. It is yet another rumored bout for Diego Sanchez.

Rumors first had Sanchez fighting Pride veteran Hayato "Mach" Sakurai at UFC 74 in August. Then earlier this week sherdog quoted an anonimous source as saying that B.J. Penn would be fighting Sanchez in August. However, Penn's camp denied any knowledge of that happening and the website updated their story to reflect it.

So who is the next rumored opponent for Sanchez who is coming off a loss to Josh Koscheck at UFC 69? There is talk that it would be rising contender Jon Fitch who is on a 6-fight win streak in the UFC with his most recent victory over Roan Carneiro at Fight Night 10 on 6/12 of this year.

I guess I've heard and even passed on so many stories concerning the next fight for Diego Sanchez that I'll believe it when I see it announced.

However, if these 2 bouts come to pass, I will be one happy man. I am a fan of Swick, and while Leben isn't my favorite fighter in the world he does have skills. As for Fitch and Sanchez, well everyone should know by now that I am a huge fan of Jon Fitch. Thus, seeing him take a step up in competition would interest me greatly.

I should mention that not too long ago it was rumored that we might get Fitch and Karo Parisyan down the line. While I'd also love to see that fight, I'll take any Fitch fight I can get at this point.

Time will tell if either of these fights comes to pass. However, in my case there is a little hope even if it is tempered.

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Early Friday 05/25 MMA Newsbits

You can read Jens Pulver's reaction to this week's TUF and all other episodes over at Inside Fighting.com

More behind the cut.



Chris "The Crippler" Leben is looking to bounce back from losses in 2 of his last 3 fights.

MMAWeekly has a recap of the Pre-fight UFC 71 Conference...here

Jason Probst of UFC.com breaks down the fight between Liddell and Jackson. This is really the only fight we on the CARE show found worthy of breaking down.

As a reminder, if you're brave enough...you can submit UFC 71 picks right here picks can be submitted right up until the start of the first preliminary fight.

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Rumor: Upcoming Fights in UFC

A couple of rumors I thought I'd pass along.

UFCJunkie.com reports that Chris Leben is scheduled to fight Kalib Starnes on a UFC show in May.

Sherdog.com's Josh Gross
wrote this in response to a mailbag question regarding Brandon Vera.

I do have it on good authority, though, that Vera will fight Jake O’Brien. All signs point to the UFC doing anything it can to leave a black mark on Vera
as he appears headed in another direction.

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