The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first trip to Memphis, Tennessee featured many impressive and dominant performances at UFC 107 and the promotion will look to continue its success in 2010 despite countless injuries that have sidelined its top stars.
In the wake of Saturday’s event, MMARising.com’s Mike Miller takes a look back at the night’s action. From BJ Penn’s successful title defence to others who did not live up to their potential, Mike gives his take on the real winners and losers from UFC 107 with five key thoughts.
Potentially the greatest event to ever take place in mixed martial arts, the blockbuster New Year’s Eve K-1 Dynamite!! “Power of Courage 2009” card will feature at least half a dozen “DREAM vs Sengoku” superfights. Six additional fights were officially announced today.
With less than one week before the event, former MFC Light Heavyweight Champion Trevor Prangley has withdrawn from a featured December 19th middleweight bout with former EliteXC Middleweight Champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler due to an undisclosed injury. Lawler will remain on the Showtime-aired Strikeforce: “Evolution” card.
After former IFL standout Rory Markham was forced to withdraw from his UFC 108 welterweight bout with top contender Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann, Minnesota Mixed Martial Arts Academy prospect Jacob “Christmas” Volkmann is now expected to step up to face Kampmann.
Jewels showcased many of their top stars this past Friday at “Sixth Ring” in Japan, but one familiar face was missing from the card. Former DEEP Women’s Lightweight (106-Pound) Champion Hisae Watanabe was unable to participate due to a broken foot suffered in training.
The embattled January 2nd UFC 108 card has suffered yet another loss, as hard-hitting welterweight Rory Markham has been forced to withdraw from his bout with Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann after suffering an Achilles tendon injury in training.
Memphis, Tennessee welcomed the Ultimate Fighting Championship for the first time tonight at UFC 107: “Penn vs Sanchez,” which featured a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between “The Prodigy” BJ Penn and Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez in the night’s main event.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship comes to Memphis, Tennessee for the first time later tonight and brings a decent card for UFC 107: “Penn vs Sanchez,” which is headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between champion “The Prodigy” BJ Penn and explosive challenger Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez.