UFC on Versus 4

[Kemal]

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Main card


Welterweight bout: Nate Marquardt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Marquardt) vs. Rick Story
Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheick_Kongo) vs. Pat Barry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Barry_(martial_artist))
Welterweight bout: Matt Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Brown_(fighter)) vs. John Howard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_(fighter))
Heavyweight bout: Matt Mitrione (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Mitrione) vs. Christian Morecraft

Preliminary card


Featherweight bout: Tyson Griffin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Griffin) vs. Manvel Gamburyan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manvel_Gamburyan)
Featherweight bout: Joe Stevenson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Stevenson) vs. Javier Vazquez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Vazquez_(fighter))
Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lauzon) vs. Curt Warburton
Welterweight bout: Rich Attonito (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Attonito) vs. Daniel Roberts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Roberts_(fighter))
Welterweight bout: Charlie Brenneman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brenneman) vs. TJ Grant
Lightweight bout: Nik Lentz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Lentz) vs. Charles Oliveira (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Oliveira)
Featherweight bout: Ricardo Lamas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Lamas) vs. Matt Grice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Grice)
Lightweight bout: Michael Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(fighter)) vs. Edward Faaloloto

[GnP]

leuke card :)

[basblue]

Hoop dat Kongo weer eens gaat vlammen.

[Kemal]

Joe Stevenson on Hatred of Javier Vazquez: 'I Really Will Break Something' (http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/06/20/joe-stevenson-on-hatred-of-javier-vazquez-i-really-will-break/)

[Kemal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toiNI6eoJ3E

[Slome]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Marquardtstory_crop_650x440.jpg

The entire preliminary card will be streamed on Facebook.

[Kemal]

UFC on Versus 4 to Feature Eight Prelim Fights Live on Facebook

It's been six months since the UFC began experimenting with preliminary card fights on Facebook (http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/Facebook/), and on Sunday it will set a new high-water mark.

The promotion on Monday announced (http://www.ufc.com/event/UFCLive4/watch) that all eight undercard fights for the upcoming UFC on Versus 4 (http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/UFConVersus4/) show will stream live on the social networking site. Just last week, with UFC 131, the promotion set a new best with six prelims streaming on Facebook.

This will mark the 11th consecutive fight card that the UFC has streamed fights for free at Facebook, and it will be the fifth consecutive show the promotion has provided a way for fans to see each fight on the card live.

UFC on Versus 4 will feature a four-fight main card that airs live on the Versus cable channel, the second of the UFC's four-fight 2011 deal with the channel. The Facebook live stream is scheduled to begin at 4:55 p.m. Eastern. The main card starts at 9 p.m. Eastern on Versus. Versus will also again produce a live pre-fight preview show and post-fight analysis show before and after the main card featuring Todd Harris, UFC light heavyweight Stephan Bonnar and MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani.

To gain access to the fights, viewers must "like" the UFC on Facebook. As of Monday evening, the UFC has more than 5.7 million fans at the site.

The "main" and "co-main" events of the Facebook prelims are featherweight bouts featuring a pair of former lightweights dropping down – both looking to snap out of disastrous three-fight losing skids.

Tyson Griffin (http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/TysonGriffin/) (14-5, 7-5 UFC) returns to featherweight for the first time since the early part of his career to face Manny Gamburyan (http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/MannyGamburyan/) (11-5, 2-3 UFC), who fights for the first time since a knockout loss to featherweight champion Jose Aldo last November in a WEC title fight. Griffin has split decision losses to Evan Dunham and Nik Lentz in the last year, plus a quick first-round knockout loss to Takanori Gomi last August on Versus. Gamburyan fights in the UFC for the first time in two years after dropping to featherweight and sliding over to the WEC, where he went 3-0 before his loss to Aldo.

And Joe Stevenson (http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/JoeStevenson/) (31-13, 8-7 UFC), the Season 2 welterweight winner of "The Ultimate Fighter," goes for his first win since October 2009 when he takes on Javier Vazquez (http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/JavierVazquez/) (15-5), who makes his UFC debut after going 2-3 in the WEC. Stevenson has dropped decisions to George Sotiropoulos and Danny Castillo, and was knocked out by Mac Danzig in December. Stevenson is 3-6 since challenging BJ Penn for the lightweight title at UFC 80 three and a half years ago, including the loss to Penn. Monday, on "The MMA Hour (http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/TheMMAHour/)," Stevenson talked about his dislike (http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/06/20/joe-stevenson-on-hatred-of-javier-vazquez-i-really-will-break/) of Vazquez and why he dropped to featherweight.

The Facebook prelims stream opens with a lightweight bout between TUF 12 runner-up Michael Johnson, fighting for the first time since losing to Jonathan Brookins in December on the show's finale, against Edward Faaloto, who makes his UFC debut after a loss in his WEC debut last November.

Nik Lentz (21-3-2, 5-0-1 UFC) tries to remain unbeaten in the UFC against submission specialist Charles Oliveira in a lightweight bout.

Rich Attonito drops from middleweight after a loss to Dave Branch in December to make his welterweight debut against Daniel Roberts, who lost to Claude Patrick at UFC 129 in April. Attonito was original scheduled to face Matt Brown, but an injury to Martin Kampmann forced him out of a fight with John Howard, and Brown moved up the card for that fight. Roberts stepped in to face Attonito.

Other bouts include a featherweight contest between Ricardo Lamas and Matt Grice, a welterweight bout between Charlie Brenneman and TJ Grant, and Joe Lauzon returns for the first time since a UFC 123 loss in November to Sotiropoulos to face England's Curt Warburton.

The UFC began streaming preliminary fights in January with its Fight for the Troops 2 show at Fort Hood, Texas. Since then, the promotion has included free Facebook fights for each event, regardless of the main card's platform – be it on pay-per-view, Spike or Versus.

UFC on Versus 4 takes place Sunday at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, and will be the promotion's first event in the Pennsylvania city. The card features a main event between Nate Marquardt and Rick Story – with Marquardt making his welterweight debut and Story fighting on short notice after a win just a month prior against Thiago Alves at UFC 130. Marquardt was scheduled to face Anthony Johnson, but an injury forced Johnson off the card.

And in a pair of heavyweight bouts, kickboxing specialists Pat Barry and Cheick Kongo clash, and Matt Mitrione looks to stay unbeaten against Christian Morecraft, whose last win sent Mitrione friend and training partner Sean McCorkle packing from the UFC.

[SjorsWilms]

Wat is het verschil tussen een UFC event en UFC Versus?

[superfreak]

Geen PPV en minder verdienen dus.

Ben benieuwd naar Nata op 170.

[SjorsWilms]

Geen PPV en minder verdienen dus.

Ben benieuwd naar Nata op 170.

Dus als een UFC event geen ppv heeft dan wordt het UFC versus genoemt?

[Shikoku]

Dus als een UFC event geen ppv heeft dan wordt het UFC versus genoemt?

Nee Versus is gewoon een tv kanaal in de VS waar de UFC een contract mee heeft om een x aantal events op uit te zenden. Net zoals de fight nights en the ultimate fighter op Spike. (Oftewel UFC krijgt een vaste gage voor het event en het tv kanaal vangt geld via irritante reclame waar iedereen zich aan doodergert.)

[SjorsWilms]

Nee Versus is gewoon een tv kanaal in de VS waar de UFC een contract mee heeft om een x aantal events op uit te zenden. Net zoals de fight nights en the ultimate fighter op Spike. (Oftewel UFC krijgt een vaste gage voor het event en het tv kanaal vangt geld via irritante reclame waar iedereen zich aan doodergert.)

Ok, helder. Thx.

[Kemal]

T.J. Grant vs. Charlie Brenneman UFC on Versus 4 Fight Scrapped Due to Illness

An illness has forced T.J. Grant (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/tj/grant/655/) out of his scheduled UFC (http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc) on Versus 4 bout this weekend, knocking a welterweight matchup with Charlie Brenneman (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/charlie/brenneman/1478/) off the card.

The UFC confirmed Grant's withdrawal on Wednesday.

Grant was coming off a UFC 124 decision loss at the hands of Ricardo Almeida (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/ricardo/almeida/287/) last December. Though he's 16-5, he's lost three of his last five bouts, alternating losses and wins. He was originally slated to fight Matt Riddle in the event, but an injury knocked Riddle from the card, and Brenneman stepped in to replace him.

The New Jersey-based Brenneman was hoping to build on the momentum he earned during a January decision victory over Amilcar Alves (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/amilcar/alves/1561/). There was no word on whether the UFC tried to find a replacement for Brenneman on short notice, but it would have been a tough task with just four days until the event.

Brenneman is 13-2 overall and 2-1 in the UFC.

UFC on Versus 4 takes place on Sunday from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. In the main event, Nate Marquardt (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/nate/marquardt/372/) faces surging Rick Story (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/rick/story/669/) in a key welterweight division scrap.

With Grant-Brenneman scrapped, the event will go off with 11 total fights.

[redjuh]

dikke card hoor!

[Kemal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qYMV86YDec

http://www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?114895-Nate-Marquardt-Out-of-UFC-on-Versus-Replaced-by-Charlie-Brenneman

[Kemal]

UFC on Versus 4 Weigh-In Results

Here are the UFC on Versus 4 (http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/UFC+on+Versus+4/) weigh-in results of Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/cheick/kongo/238/) and the rest of the UFC Live card taking place Sunday, June 26 at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

The event was originally scheduled to be headlined by Nate Marquardt (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/nate/marquardt/372/) vs. Rick Story (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/rick/story/669/), but was changed on the day of the weigh-ins to Barry vs. Kongo. With Marquardt out of the UFC (http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/06/25/dana-white-cuts-nate-marquardt-from-ufc/), Charlie Brenneman (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/charlie/brenneman/1478/) made weight Saturday and will step in to face Story.

Below are the UFC (http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc) Live weigh-in results, courtesy of UFC.com (http://www.ufc.com/news/Official-UFC-Live-on-Versus-Weigh-In-Results).

Versus Bouts - 9:00p.m. ET
Pat Barry (243) vs. Cheick Kongo (234.4)
Rick Story (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/rick/story/669/) (170.4) vs. Charlie Brenneman (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/charlie/brenneman/1478/) (170.6)
John Howard (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/john/howard/646/) (170.2) vs. Matt Brown (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/matt/brown/432/) (170)
Christian Morecraft (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/christian/morecraft/1558/) (261.4) vs. Matt Mitrione (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/matt/mitrione/1163/) (261.1)

Preliminary Bouts on Facebook - 5:55p.m. ET
Manny Gamburyan (145.8) vs. Tyson Griffin (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/tyson/griffin/519/) (145.8)
Javier Vazquez (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/javier/vazquez/1093/) (145.8) vs. Joe Stevenson (146)
Curt Warburton (155.6) vs. Joe Lauzon (156)
Rich Attonito (170) vs. Daniel Roberts (170.6)
Charles Oliveira (153.8) vs. Nik Lentz (155.6)
Matt Grice (145.2) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145.4)
Edward Faaloloto (155.4) vs. Michael Johnson (155.2)