emfleek
1/15/09 9:10:26AM
Okay, so after nearly 3 months of drafting, we've finally completed our draft. Please note that everyone involved in the draft put tons of effort into solidifying their cards. All we ask is that you take the time to look over each card and then post a message with your vote for "Best Card". It's fairly simple.
Thanks to everyone involved. I know it took forever and I'm sorry about that...next time the limit will more than likely be 12 people...possibly 10.
PLEASE VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CARD!!!
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CARD #1
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
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MAIN CARD
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson (29-7-0) -vs- Melvin Manhoef (23-5-1)
LIGHTWEIGHT
Joachim 'Hellboy' Hansen (19-7-1) -vs- Nathan Diaz (10-2-0)
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Joe 'Daddy' Stevenson (29-9-0) -vs- Frank 'Twinkle Toes' Trigg (18-6-0)
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Chris 'The Crippler' Leben (18-5-0) -vs- Murilo 'Ninja' Rua (16-9-1)
PRELIMINARY BOUTS:
FEATHERWEIGHT
Joe 'J-Lau' Lauzon (17-4-0) -vs- Dan 'The Upgrade' Lauzon (11-2-0)
HEAVYWEIGHT
Cain Velasquez (4-0-0) -vs- Matt Hamill (5-2-0)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
James 'The Sandman' Irvin (14-5-0) -vs- Marvin 'The Beastman' Eastman (15-9-1)
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Kendall 'Da Spyder' Grove (9-5-0) -vs- Matt Riddle (1-0-0)
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RING GIRL: Kaley Cuoco
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CARD #2
A Night of the Fighters You Love To Hate
HEAVYWEIGHT
Fedor vs. Tito Ortiz
Brett Rogers vs. Dave "Pee Wee" Herman
Paul Buentello vs. Gilbert Yvel
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
"King" Mo Lawal vs. Rafeal "Feijao" Cavalcante
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Robbie Lawler vs. Paulo Filho
WELTERWEIGHT
Rory Markham vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
LIGHTWEIGHT
Sean Sherk vs. Gray Maynard
Satoru Kitaoka vs. Sergey Golyaev
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RING GIRL: Alyssa Milano
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CARD #3
MIDDLEWEIGHT
George St. Pierre -vs- Nate Marquardt
LIGHTWEIGHT
Kenny Florian -vs- Nick Diaz
HEAVYWEIGHT
Gabriel Gonzaga -vs- Ben Rothwell
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Wilson Gouveia -vs- Stephan Bonnar
WELTERWEIGHT
Marcus Davis -vs- Chris Wilson
HEAVYWEIGHT
Satoshi Ishii -vs- Bobby Lashley
MIDDLEWEIGHT
CB Dolloway -vs- Dan Miller
LIGHTWEIGHT
Donald Cerrone -vs- Spencer Fisher
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RING GIRL: Vanessa Zotth
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CARD #4
MAIN CARD:
HEAVYWEIGHT
Don "The Predator" Frye (19-7-1-1) vs Tank Abbott (9-14-0)
WELTERWEIGHT
Martin "Hitman" Kampmann (17-3-0) vs Jason "Mayhem" Miller (21-6-0)
MIDDLWEIGHT
Nate "Rock" Quarry (10-3-0) vs Denis Kang (31-10-1-2)
HEAVYWEIGHT
Mirko Cro-Cop (23-6-2-1) vs Sokoudjou (5-3-0)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Dan "Hollywood" Henderson (24-7-0) vs Kevin "The Monster" Randleman (17-12-0)
PRELIMINARY BOUTS:
LIGHTWEIGHT
Mac Danzig (19-5-1) vs Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett (21-14-2)
WELTERWEIGHT
Pat Miletich (29-7-2) vs Mike "Quicksand" Pyle (19-5-1)
FEATHERWEIGHT
Jens "Lil Evil" Pulver (21-10-1) vs Manny Tapia (10-1-1)
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RING GIRL: Megan Fox
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CARD #5
WELTERWEIGHT (Main Event)
BJ Penn v Thiago Alves
LIGHTWEIGHT (Co-Main Event)
Shinya Aoki v Roger Huerta
FEATHERWEIGHT (WEC FW Title Match)
Mike Brown v Mark Hominick
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Matt Lindland v Ryan Bader
HEAVYWEIGHT
Antoni Hardonk v Pat Barry
PRELIMINARY BOUTS:
WELTERWEIGHT
Ben Saunders v Paul Daley
HEAVYWEIGHT
Neil Grove v Pedro Rizzo
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Vinny Magalhaes v Jon Jones
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RING GIRL: Elisha Cuthbert
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CARD #6
BATTLE OF THE AGES 2009
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (Main Event)
Andrei Arlovski vs Chuck Liddell
HEAVYWEIGHT
Ken Shamrock vs Gary Goodridge
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Frank Shamrock vs Joey Villasenor
HEAVYWEIGHT
Roy Nelson vs Fabricio Werdum
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Dan Hardy vs Takanori Gomi
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Jason McDonald Vs Scott Smith
WELTERWEIGHT
Kazuo Misaki vs Hayato Sakurai
LIGHTWEIGHT
Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Rodrigo Damm
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RING GIRL: Megan Fox
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CARD #7
FEATHERWEIGHT GRAND PRIX OPENING ROUND:
1. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto (17-1-0) vs. LC Davis (12-1-0)
2. Masakazu "Ashikan Judan" Imanari (15-6-1) vs. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue (15-3-0)
3. Urjiah "California Kid" Faber (21-2-0) vs. Hatsu Hioki (17-3-2)
4. Wagnney Fabiano (11-1-0) vs. Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia (12-3-0)
WELTERWEIGHT:
Paul "Relentless" Taylor (9-4-1) vs. Hiromitsu Miura (9-5-0)
LIGHTWEIGHT:
Jim Miller (13-1-0) vs. Josh "The Dentist" Neer (24-7-1)
FEATHERWEIGHT GP SEMIFINALS:
5. The Winner of Yamamoto/Davis vs. The Winner of Imanari/Inoue
6. The Winner of Faber/Hioki vs. The Winner of Fabiano/Garcia
HEAVYWEIGHT:
Tim "The Maine-iac" Sylvia (24-5-0) vs. Semmy "Hightower" Schilt (26-14-1)
MIDDLEWEIGHT:
Patrick "The Predator" Cote (13-5-0) vs. Demian Maia (9-0-0)
FEATHERWEIGHT GP FINAL:
Winner of Match 5 vs. Winner of Match 6
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RING GIRL: The Lady of Rage
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CARD #8
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Wanderlei Silva vs Rich Franklin
WELTERWEIGHT
Karo Parysian vs Jon Fitch
Ryo Chonnan vs Carlos Condit
HEAVYWEIGHT
Shane Carwin vs Cheick Kongo
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Ricardo Almeida vs Travis Lutter
PRELIMINARY BOUTS:
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Ed Herman vs Jason Day
LIGHTWEIGHT
Bart Palaszewski vs Kurt Pellegrino
Rich Clementi vs Yves Edwards
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RING GIRL: Vida Guerra
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CARD #9
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (Main Event)
Lyoto Machida v. Brandon Vera
LIGHTWEIGHT
Eddie Alvarez v. Tyson Griffin
HEAVYWEIGHT
Mark Hunt v. Junior Dos Santos
MIDDLWEIGHT
Yoshihiro Akiyama v. Tim Boetsch
PRELIMINARY BOUTS:
LIGHTWEIGHT
Vitor "Shaolin" Riberio v. Eiji Mitsouka
LIGHTWEIGHT
Hermes Franca v. Terry Etim
LIGHTWEIGHT
Jorge Masvidal v. Caol Uno
WELTERWEIGHT
Akihiro Gono v. Kevin Burns
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CARD #10
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (Main Event)
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort
MIDDLEWEIGHT (Co-Main Event)
David "The Crow" Loiseau vs Michael "The Count" Bisping
HEAVYWEIGHT
Frank Mir vs Heath "Texas Crazy Horse" Herring
WELTERWEIGHT
Anthony "Rumble" Johnson vs Chris "Lights Out" Lytle
LIGHTWEIGHT
Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard vs Junie Browning
PRELIMINARY BOUTS:
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Thiago Silva vs Luis "Banha" Arthur Cane
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Mustapha al Turk vs Krzysztof "The Polish Experiment" Soszynski
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Benji "Razor" Radach vs Terry Martin
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RING GIRL: Jessica Alba
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CARD #11
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Cung Le vs Ronald Souza
HEAVYWEIGHT
Roger Gracie vs Robert Drysdale
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Rashad Evans vs Houston Alexander
BANTAMWEIGHT
Tara LaRosa vs Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos
LIGHTWEIGHT
KJ Noons vs Efrain Escudero
PRELIMINARY BOUTS:
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Nick Catone vs Phillipe Nover
HEAVYWEIGHT
Stefan Struve vs Sergei Kharitonov
WELTERWEIGHT
Brock Larson vs Ryan Ford
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RING GIRL: Denise Milani
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CARD #12
YFC 1: Clear and Present Danger
HEAVYWEIGHT (Main Event - Title Match)
Former UFC HW champion Josh "The Babyface Assassin" Barnett
23-5 6'3" 250 lbs
vs.
Last (only) EliteXC HW champion Antonio "Junior" Silva
12-1 6'4" 300 lbs
BANTAMWEIGHT (Co-Main Event - Title Match)
Shooto Featherwieght Champion Masakatsu Ueda
8-0-2 5'8"
vs
WEC Bantamwieght Champion Miguel Torres
35-1 5'9"
HEAVYWEIGHT (#1 Contender Tournement)
Japanese fan favorite Bob "The Beast" Sapp
10-3-1 6'5" 350 lbs
vs
Youtube street fighting legend Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson
3-1 6'2" 235 lbs
Former WEC LHW champion Brian "All American" Stann
6-1 6'1" 220 lbs
vs
Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz
4-2 6'4" 232 lbs
Winner of each fight will fight later in the night for the nuber one contender of the HW spot.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Former UFC LHW champion Forrest Griffin
16-5 6'3"
vs
Former UFC HW champion Mark "The Hammer" Coleman
15-8 6'1"
WELTERWEIGHT (New York bad blood grudge match)
Former UFC Welterwieght champion Matt "The Terror" Serra
9-5 5'6"
vs
Phil "New York Bad Ass" Baroni
13-10 5'11"
MIDDLEWEIGHT
UFC middlewieght contender Yushin "Thunder" Okami
23-4 6'2"
vs
TUF winner Amir Sadollah
1-0 5'11"
LIGHTWEIGHT
Former Shooto WW champion Tatsuya "Crusher" Kawajiri
22-5-2 5'7"
vs
UFC welterwight contender "Spartan"George Sotiropoulos
9-2 5'10"
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RING GIRL: Adriana Lima
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CARD #13
PRELIMINARY BOUTS
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Jake Roshalt 6'1''/ 185lbs (5-0-0) vs Hector "Shango" Lombard 5'9''/ 185lbs (17-2-1)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Steve "The Robot" Cantwell 6'2''/ 205lbs (7-1-0) vs Glover Teixeira 5'10''/ 205lbs (6-2-0)
LIGHTWEIGHT
Jeremy "Lil Heathen" Stephens 5'9''/ 155lbs (14-3-0) vs Chris "The Polish Hammer" Horodecki 5'9''/ 155lbs
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Dean "The Boogeyman" Lister 6'1''/ 185lbs vs Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares 5'8''/ 185lbs (8-2-0)
MAIN CARD
WELTERWEIGHT
Mike "Quick" Swick 6'1''/ 170lbs (12-2-0) vs Dustin "McLovin" Hazelett 6'1''/ 170lbs (12-4-0)
LIGHTWEIGHT
Hero's MW Champion Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante 5'7''/ 155lbs (14-2-1) vs WEC LW Champion Jamie "C-4" Varner 5'8''/ 155lbs (15-2-0)
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Goran Reljic 6'3''/ 185lbs (8-0-0) vs Sengoku MW GP Champion Jorge Santiago 6'1''/ 185lbs (21-7-0)
HEAVYWEIGHT (Main Event)
UFC HW Champion Brock Lesnar 6'2''/ 265lbs (3-1-0) vs Aleksander Emelianenko 6'6''/ 253lbs (14-3-0)
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CARD #14
MAIN CARD
HEAVYWEIGHT
Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira -vs- Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko -vs- Gegard "Young Vagabond" Mousasi
WELTERWEIGHT
Josh "KOS" Koscheck -vs- Clay "The Carpenter" Guida
LIGHTWEIGHT
Nick "The Goat" Thompson -vs- Josh "The Punk" Thomson
HEAVYWEIGHT
Jerome "Jeronimo" LeBanner -vs- Badr "The Golden Boy" Hari
PRELIMINARY BOUTS
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Zelg "Benkei" Galesic -vs- Chael Sonnen
LIGHTWEIGHT
Jose Also -vs- Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Xavier "Professor X" Foupa-Pokam -vs- Kala "Kolohe" Hose
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RING GIRL: Jelena Jensen
Quick Question. On card 11 you have Phillipe Nover going up 2 weight classes. I thought that was against the rules?
Phil Baroni was never a UFC MW champion.
emfleek
1/15/09 9:48:31AM
Posted by Rabi
Quick Question. On card 11 you have Phillipe Nover going up 2 weight classes. I thought that was against the rules?
To answer your question...
Phillipe normally fights under the welterweight class but because The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir only had an opening for lightweights and light-heavyweights he had to cut weight to be able to participate. In the preliminary round, Phillipe defeated Joe Duarte with a rear naked choke in the second round. Dana White is always quoted on saying that Nover reminds him of "a young Georges St. Pierre". On episode 8, he was chosen to fight Dave Kaplan of Team Mir. Nover defeated Kaplan with again another rear naked choke then proclaimed himself as the toughest registered nurse in the planet. In the same episode Dana White mentions that Nover reminds him of a young Georges St. Pierre.[4] Phillipe defeated George Roop in the semi-finals via a Kimura lock. Phillipe lost in the Ultimate Finale on December 13, 2008 to Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision.
RING GIRL: Kelly Cuoco
If you're talking about who I think you're talking about, her first name is Kaley, not Kelly.
emfleek
1/15/09 9:55:58AM
I'm gonna go with Card #5.
Wallass
1/15/09 10:29:45AM
10, 8 and 4 would be my top three. Good cards from everyone though. Good work guys.
king_katool
1/15/09 12:08:50PM
Posted by Wallass
10, 8 and 4 would be my top three. Good cards from everyone though. Good work guys.
just to make it clear to everyone, was that top 3 in order?
EDIT: 10, wow alot of DREAM matchs in this one for sure
casey64
1/15/09 12:54:38PM
Card #10 would be amazing.
Basshandsome
1/15/09 3:03:41PM
Awesome cards to everyone! I know how long these things can take and it looks like everyone put some effort into them and it shows. Anyways, my top three are:
1st: Card #8
2nd: Card #12
3rd: Card #10
Good luck!
StorminYourman
1/15/09 3:17:30PM
Not voteing for mine I go lucky #13,Lucky #7 was really close though.
All the others are awsome though but this one has some really banging match-ups/Well done!
emfleek
1/15/09 3:40:07PM
I officially suck at this.
king_katool
1/15/09 4:03:34PM
can we have some kinda rule either put down 1 card or number your picks, trying to keep count and kinda unsure about a few of them
coldchillin
1/15/09 5:26:46PM
I participated in the last draft, so I made sure to thoroughly read each card because I know the work that went into making the cards.
My vote is for card #10.
D0wnUnd6e6r
1/15/09 5:46:08PM
Posted by emfleek
I officially suck at this.
i feel ya, havent got a vote yet either

came in 2nd when our camp did our fantasy draft though
Playground_Samurai
1/15/09 6:16:00PM
I'm going with 10 although Cane vs. Silva should definatly be on the main card over Browning vs. Guillard. 5 was a very very close second place.
Wolfenstein
1/15/09 6:34:59PM
I like the title :Clear and Present Danger, definetely best card name.
I'm going with #13...
Cantwell vs Texiera
Swick vs Hazelett
GZ vs Varner
Lister vs Palhares
Reljic vs Santiago
Lesnar vs Aleks
All really evenly matched fights that would be super-exciting. I would definetely pay for a card like that.
I choose Card #5
But, props to Card #3 too!