claxp94 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Oh boy, here we go WAR Rodrigo!!! A rematch between heavyweights Frank Mir (13-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-6-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) headlines September's UFC 119 event. UFC president Dana White today confirmed the fight with MMAFighting.com, and MMAjunkie.com (http://www.mmajunkie.com) has confirmed the booking with a source close to one of the fighters. An official announcement of the fight and event is expected as soon as this week. UFC 119 takes place Sept. 25 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Nogueira vs. Mir II, of course, wasn't the first choice for the UFC 119 headliner. As MMAjunkie.com first reported, UFC officials planned to have UFC 116's main-event winner (champ Brock Lesnar and interim champ Shane Carwin) fight top contender Cain Velasquez at UFC 119. However, Lesnar, who earned a second-round submission win, and his wife are expecting the birth of a child in the next few weeks. Additionally, the booking would have required an abbreviated fight camp for the now-undisputed champ, who returned from a yearlong layoff (diverticulitis) for the fight. Mir, of course, won the first meeting with Nogueira with an impressive second-round knockout at UFC 92 in December 2008. Only after the fight did we learn that Nogueira was slowed by staph-infection recovery and a knee injury. Still, Nogueira praised his opponent's performance and said he was surprised by Mir's noticeably improved striking skills. Mir is just 1-2 since that big win, which marked Nogueira's first stoppage loss, with knockout losses to Lesnar and Carwin and a submission win over Cheick Kongo. The Carwin loss, which came at UFC 111 in March with an interim title on the line, marks his most recent outing. Nogueira, meanwhile, also is coming off a loss. In February, he was stunned by a first-round knockout at the hands of Velasquez. The former PRIDE star set up the No. 1 contender's bout after earning a decision victory over Randy Couture this past August. For more on UFC 119, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/19858/frank-mir-vs-antonio-rodrigo-nogueira-ii-headlines-ufc-119-in-indianapolis.mma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossles Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Apparently lil nog is on this card as well vs bader, so it will be funny to see a co main/main event with identical looking fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigo_Carpathian Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 If lil nog is fighting bader, who is rampage fighting?......Forrest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaySmartGE Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Looks like UFC 119 is going to be awesome too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTech Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I could see this being Nogs retirement fight. Getting ko'ed by Cain "hands of foam" Velasquez doesnt mean that Cain suddenly developed scary power, it means that Nogs chin finally ran out. Mir by KO in the 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT_Chaos Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Although I have nothing against either of them, I'm thinking both of Nog's are taking a nap at 119. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESNAR_P4P_BEST Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 looks like another easy win for mir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BjPencil_ Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Its about time Bader gets some real competition. Bader via 2nd round KO. Oh yea and i guarantee Melvin guillard vs Jeremy Stephens will be FOTN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones_Kongo Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Awesome, UFC 92 was the first card I watched, so it will be great to see this rematch. I think that Mir will take a first or second round KO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptawesome Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 this sounds great. i see this fight being more of a war between the too if both are healthy. big nog just didnt look himself in that fight agasint mir. time for some payback!!! and it will be awesome to see bader fight some awesome competition. if bader wins where do you guys think that puts him at in the division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2587 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 big nog and lil nog by arm bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarDawg Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Big Nogs got this fight man i see him winning by submission or decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimbos_last_slice Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 cant wait this is gonna be a good ppv i'll be pullin for the Nogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUSMMA Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 This is a bad matchup for me because i like both these fighters, but a loss will be devastating for them. Im gonna have tosay that Mir will win, purely because of his striking. Nog's hasn't looked all that great lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pain101 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Expect Nog to skip on any exchanges and look for the clinch and take down immediately....If Nog gets Mir down, Mir may as well be in the middle of the atlantic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryKUTFO Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Mir by sub... yep im going for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morad Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 mir nor nogueria arent main event fighters anymore. sounds like a good card (and i travel to most), but the main event is lacking my interest due to their irrelevance in the HW division. Either way, we all watch just the same, but others wont care and will cost the UFC $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigo_Carpathian Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 looks like another easy win for mir ^^^^^this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP24 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 looks like another easy win for mir Nog wants this... Not an "easy win" this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCGOD1 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 nog got this one .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingVic85 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Nog's BJJ is a little better but it wont matter because Mir's sub defense is good enough to keep him out of trouble and standing up he's gonna pick nog apart. Nog is just too slow and cant take a punch anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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