UFC 99 the comeback- fight card and official line up

March 31, 2009 · Posted in MMA, Sport, UFC · 1 Comment

Event – UFC 99 The comeback
Date – June 13th 2009
Time – 8pm UK time
Venue – Lanxess Arena, Germany
Televised – Setanta Sports 1

Main event
Rich Franklin Vs. Wanderlei Silva – Catch weight 195lbs
Co main event
Cain Velasquez Vs. Cheick Kongo – Heavyweight (updated Heath Herring pulled out through illness)
Televised bouts
Mike Swick Vs. Ben Saunders – Middleweight
Marcus Davis Vs. Dan Hardy – Middleweight
Spencer Fisher Vs. Caol Uno – Welterweight
Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Mostapha Al Turk – Heavyweight (Mirko Cro Cop’s return to UFC)

May not be televised

Terry Etim Vs. Justin Buchholz – Lightweight
Dennis Siver Vs. Dale Hartt – Welterweight
Paul Taylor Vs. Peter Sobotta – Middleweight
Denis Stojnic Vs. Stefan Struve – Heavyweight
John Hathaway Vs. Rick Story – Middleweight
Paul Kelly Vs. Rolando Delgado – Lightweight

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F1 preview for Sepang, Malaysia grand prix

March 31, 2009 · Posted in F1, Sport · Comment

Break down of F1 after the first race and what to look out for for the next round in Sepang, Malaysia

Driver – Lewis Hamilton
Nationality – British
Team – McLaren
Car number – 1
Points so far – 6 points
Last five race results: 3rd / 5th / 1st / 12th / 3rd

Driver – Heikki Kovalainen
Nationality – Finnish
Team – McLaren
Car number – 2
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – R / 7th / R / R / 10th

Driver – Felipe Massa
Nationality – Brazilian
Team – Ferrari
Car number – 3
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – R / 1st / 2nd / 7th / 13th

Driver – Kimi Raikkonen
Nationality – Finnish
Team – Ferrari
Car number – 4
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – 16th / 3rd / 3rd / 3rd / 15th

Driver – Robert Kubica
Nationality – Polish
Team – BMW
Car number – 5
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – 11th / 6th / 2nd / 11th / 3rd

Driver – Nick Heidfeld
Nationality -German
Team – BMW
Car number – 6
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – 10th / 10th / 5th / 9th / 6th

Driver – Fernando Alonso
Nationality – Spanish
Team – Renault
Car number – 7
Points so far – 4
Last five race results – 5th / 2nd / 4th / 1st / 1st

Driver – Nelson Piquet Jr
Nationality – Brazilian
Team – Renault
Car number – 8
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – R / R / 8th / 4th / R

Driver – Jarno Trulli
Nationality – Italian
Team – Toyota
Car number – 9
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – 12th / 8th / R / 5th / R

Driver – Timo Glock
Nationality – German
Team – Toyota
Car number – 10
Points so far – 5
Last five race results – 4th / 6th / 7th / R / 4th

Driver – Sebastien Bourdais
Nationality – French
Team – Torro Rosso
Car number – 11
Points so far – 1
Last five race results – 8th / 14th / 13th / 10th / 12th

Driver – Sebastien Buemi
Nationality – Cech
Team – Torro Rosso
Car number – 12
Points so far – 2
Last five race results – 7th

Driver – Mark Webber
Nationality – Australian
Team – Red Bull
Car number – 13
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – 13th / 9th / 14th / 8th / R

Driver – Sebastian Vettel
Nationality – German
Team – Red Bull
Car number – 14
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – 14th / 4th / 9th / 6th / 5th

Driver – Nico Rosberg
Nationality – German
Team – Williams
Car number – 15
Points so far – 3
Last five race results – 6th / 12th / 15th / 11th / 2nd

Driver – Kazuki Nakajima
Nationality – Japanese
Team – Williams
Car number – 16
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – R / 17th / 12th / 15th / 12th

Driver – Adrian Sutil
Nationality – German
Team – Force India
Car number – 20
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – 9th / 16th / R / R / R

Driver – Giancarlo Fisichella
Nationality – Italian
Team – Force India
Car number – 21
Points so far – 0
Last five race results – 11th / 18th / 17th / R / 14th

Driver – Jensen Button
Nationality – British
Team – Brawn GP
Car number – 22
Points so far – 10
Last five race results – 1st / 13th / 16th / 14th / 9th

Driver – Rubens Barrichello
Nationality – Brazilian
Team – Brawn GP
Car number – 23
Points so far – 8
Last five race results – 2nd / 15th / 11th / 13th / R

Prediciton – Jensen Button win with the Brawns appearing to have the edge and Button having the edge over his team mate Rubens Barrichello. Trulli to shine again at what appears his favourite track. Looks like it could be another disappointing weekend for Ferrari.

Guide -
R = Retired

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Fair play at its best?

March 31, 2009 · Posted in Football, Sport, Video · Comment

Fair play at its best??

From the Romanian league Rapid Bucharest play Otelul Galati, the referee gives a very questionable penalty and then Rapid’s forward corrects the ref and Rapid’s forward then knocks it out for a goal kick.

Just a bit of background Rapid were winning 2-0 when the dubious decision was made

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UFC daily update and news

March 30, 2009 · Posted in MMA, Sport, UFC, Video · 3 Comments

With UFC 97 down the line in 2 weeks, it is now about time the rumour ran for UFC 100, UFC 101 and UFC 102.

So the rumors are now hotting up from broadcasters to bloggers.

UFC 101 –
It seems more and more likely that now the signings has happened BJ Penn will defend his welterweight title against Kenflo Ken Florian. BJ Penn last fight was “grease gate” against Georges St Pierre at UFC 94. Kenny Florian last fight was at UFC 91 against Joe Stevenson, which was all the way back in November. Kenny Florian starts training at Greg Jackson’s camp with GSP in a few days in the first of April until the event on the 8th of August.

It may also see the return of the two light heavyweight losers Forrest Griffin and Thiago Silva, it is likely this will be the co main event of the evening. Forrest last fought against Rashad Evans when he lost his title defence at UFC 92 and Silva returns to the Octagon after his lose Lyoto Machida in late January at UFC 94.

Another big fight proposed is Matt Hamill Vs Bradon Vera, it is being deemed as the fight between the worst celebraters of UFC, Hamill returns from a brutal head kick at UFC against Mark Munoz who is trains with Vera. Brandon Vera returns from his return to top form from UFC 96. Vera looked like he wanted to Hamill after the post match interview.

Proposed UFC 101 card is -
Penn vs Florian – Welterweight
Griffin Vs Silva – Light Heavyweight
Matt Hamill VS Brandon Vera – Light Heavyweight

Other rumoured bouts -
Kurt Pellegrino vs Josh Neer
Thiago Tavares vs Melvin Guillard
Kendall Grove vs Wilson Gouveia or Nate Marquardt
Matthew Riddle vs Dan Cramer
Danillo Villefort vs Jesse Lennox

The newest rumour to do the rounds for UFC 102 is that Damian Maia is set to fight the winner from UFC 97 title battle between champion and soon to be record holder Anderson Silva against submission specialist Thales Leites.

Dana White talks about how boxing is shaken up from the effects of UFC and MMA and how HBO have taken to UFC style intros and fighters breakdown before the fight…must admit boxing needs to step out of the dark days and move towards the light -