UFC Results

With only a few days remaining, UFC 109 is drawing more and more attention of the fans with its strong and varied match-ups. The event named “UFC 109: Relentless” is scheduled to take place on February 6, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. A day before, on February 5th, the official weigh-ins is scheduled to take place t the same place. This event doesn’t cost the fans a single buck as it is free and open to all. Weigh-ins will start at 4 p.m. PT.

UFC 109 is a pay-per-view event and it features a main-event between Mark Coleman and Randy Couture. Generally, UFC authorities arrange a special Q&A session conducted by the popular UFC broadcaster Mike Goldberg on the day of weigh-ins. But this session is open only to the members of the UFC Fight Club, the official fan club of the organization. This year also there will be a similar event to entertain the fans and it will take place from 2-3 p.m. PT. But UFC is yet to announce the name of the UFC fighter who will take part in the session. There will be 11matches taking place in “UFC 109: Relentless”. The event will be aired by Spike TV. It includes 5 Main Card matches and 2 Preliminary card matches. The other 4 matches are so far planned to be kept un-aired. The match card of UFC 109is as follows:

MAIN CARD
* Mark Coleman vs. Randy Couture
* Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
* Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago
* Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller
* Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
* Justin Buchholz vs. Mac Danzig
* Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres

PRELIMINARY CARD (Un-aired)
* Rob Emerson vs. Phillipe Nover
* Phil Davis vs. Brian Stann
* Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer
* Rolles Gracie vs. Mostapha Al Turk

If things don’t take any drastic turn, recent UFC signee Phil Davis is scheduled to make his organizational debut on February 6 in “UFC 109: relentless”. This former collegiate wrestling standout is booked in a matchup against Brian Stann for a preliminary card bout. The UFC authorities were in a bit of disagreement initially on whether to put Davis in that matchup or not but recently have made it official; the match is on at the Mandalay bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Davis, a former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion, looks like a great prospect for the business. This youngster turned pro in 2008 after he emerged as the four-time All-American and 2008 Division I national champion at Penn State. He prides an impressive 116-20 career record that includes a 26-1 mark in his senior year, when he won the national championship at 197 pounds. In his 14 month pro MMA career, he has posted an admirable 4-0 victory record. Earlier he participated in promotions like Palace Fighting Championship, Ultimate Warrior Challenge and earned a lot of respect from the masters of the game. This young fighter is now trains at the Alliance Training Center in San Diego and the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California.

Stann, meanwhile, is looking forward to create a two match winning streak. Stann, a 27-year-old decorated U.S. Marine Corps captain, was considered one of the WEC’s most marketed fighters. But his recent records were not good enough to create a mark as he lost his final WEC match against Steve Cantwell. This former WEC Light Heavyweight Champion’s debut in UFC was not a perfect one either; he started with a defeat against Krzysztof Soszynski. But since then, Stann came back stronger with an impressive victory against UFC newcomer Rodney Wallace recently in a unanimous decision.

The body contact games like boxing and Mixed Martial Arts are getting more and more dangerous each day and the increasing list of injuries and early retirements is enough establish this point. The MMA universe has recently been torn apart with a number of injuries and in order to add some insult to injury, the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has recently issued a medical suspension that includes the names of nine “World Extreme Cagefighting” performers. The list contains the name of Jamie Varner; the headliner from past Sunday’s “WEC 46” along with eight other fighters. According to the CSAC authorities, these fighters won’t be able to compete until they are declared fit.

The injuries of some fighters are a bit serious. The suspensions on fighters like Dave Jansen, Mackens Semerzier, Akitoshi Tamura and George Roop are limited to two months; but five key stars of the brand may well be out for the next six months. Jamie Varner, Charlie Valencia, Kamal Shalorus, Will Campuzano and Coty Wheeler are each suspended until June 2010 as they are suffering from a variety of threatening injuries. WEC 46 was held at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California on January 10. In the main event of that show, Varner was defeated by Ben Henderson who became the first ever Unified WEC Lightweight Champion. But the match also cost Varner a 180 day suspension as he had some injuries on his right knee and foot. He must be cleared by the doctors before being licensed again. Varner was out of the ring most of 2009 with a left-foot injury and broken hand and it seems that 2010 won’t be much different either.

Valencia, on the other hand, was suspended for up to six months with a probably-fractured left elbow after his three-round bout with Japanese import Akitoshi Tamura. The complete list of suspensions is as follows:

* Jamie Varner: suspended for 180 days or until cleared by physician for right foot and right knee
* Kamal Shalorus: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for left thumb fracture
* Dave Jansen: suspended 60 days or until cleared by physician for face and right-ear laceration
* Mackens Semerizer: suspended 60 days with a right eyelid laceration
* Charlie Valencia: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for possible left-elbow fracture
* Akitoshi Tamura: suspended 60 days or until cleared by physician for left-eyelid laceration
* George Roop: suspended 60 days for facial laceration
* Will Campuzano: suspended 180 days or until cleared by physician for left-shoulder strain
* Coty Wheeler: suspended 180 days for possible orbital fracture and nose fracture