UFC Fight Night 13: Match-up Heaven for MMA Fans
Denver – Good morning, everybody! Today is the day many of you mixed martial arts (MMA) fans have been waiting a long time for: UFC Fight Night on SpikeTV! Deaf light-heavyweight fighter, Matt Hamill, faces a tough test tonight – but you can still meet him after the fight! Stay tuned for more information on meeting Hamill.
SpikeTV and UFC team up tonight to present UFC Fight Night, featuring light-heavyweight (155-pounds) title-contender, Kenny Florian, facing upcoming and rising star, Joe Lauzon. Read more about Florian’s fight with Lauzon here.
In the welterweight (170-pounds) division, long-time MMA stalwart, Karo Parisyan, faces a tough fight tonight against Thiago Alves. Both fighters have impressive resumes as Parisyan has fought a certifiable “Who’s Who” of MMA; Alves also has wins against a few big-name fighters in the UFC, although not to the extent of Parisyan. With a win tonight, Parisyan may be next in line for a title shot in the welterweight division. Read more about Parisyan’s fight with Alves here.
Long-time MMA veteran, Kurt Pellegrino takes on fellow lightweight (155-pounds) fighter, Nate Diaz (younger brother of Nick). If experience won fights, Pellegrino might have an advantage, but sharing a pedigree with one of MMA’s most notorious and well-rounded fighters has to help Nate Diaz somehow. This should be an interesting fight as age faces youth, and an experienced fighter matches wits with a young, hungry fighter. Read more about this fight here.
In one of the most anticipated fights of tonight’s UFC Fight Night, long-time MMA light-heavyweight beast, James Irvin, faces his toughest test yet against fast-rising star, Houston Alexander. If Irvin is the skilled technical striker, then Alexander is the polished street-fighter. Both fighters have knock-out power, and tonight’s fight will probably end with a KO. Read more about their fight, described here as, “The Perfect Storm.”
And now to Matt Hamill’s light-heavyweight match against Tim Boetsch tonight. Hamill was originally scheduled to fight Stephan Bonnar until Bonnar withdrew after suffering a knee injury. His replacement, Boetsch, destroyed David Heath two months ago with a first-round win. Hamill is a wrestling legend and faces a tough challenge in Boetsch.
Click here to see the rest of the fights on tonight’s SpikeTV’s UFC Fight Night 13 card.
Paotie’s PostScript: For those of you who are in Colorado such as myself, you can meet Matt Hamill tonight at a local restaurant. He apparently will not arrive until after 10 PM local time as his web site reported.
Doors open to the Broomfield Event Center at 2:00 PM – with the first fight scheduled at 2:45 PM local time. SpikeTV’s telecast begins at 5:00 PM local (MST) time.
Also, a new season of “The Ultimate Fighter” (TUF) begins tonight after UFC Fight Night. There is a new format this year as TUF alum, Forrest Griffin, coaches one team whilst light-heavyweight champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, will coach the other team. UFC President Dana White has a “shocking” new development for this season’s TUF.
Enjoy the fights.
Paotie
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I got the DVR fired up…
Go Hamill!!!!!
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hey Paotie….thanks for the heads up, my hubby kiss fist you!! He’s a UFC nut and watches UFC or Soccer anytime (he’s watching Arsenal/Liverpool right now!! pffffttt but that leaves me free time to do my thing. Too bad we’re east of Colorado and can’t be there to meet Matt.
Sorry, Paotie! BQQ-HQQ!
I am interested neither MMA nor wrestling. As long as Hamill is deaf, I’ll root for him no matter what. Of course, I’m biased for being a loyal deaf person who favors *any* famous deaf people that compete in any advanced-level sports.
I do not care if Hamill does not use his sign language or oral, as long as he breaks through for involving any high-level sports. Honestly, I wish that he could compete in the Olympic trials this Summer. However, I think he’s a professional competitor.
Look at Heather Whitestone and Marlee Maltin….I’ve rooted for both of them for entering any competitions against the hearing people. I thought it was a great example.
We are all human being, right?
whooooo hooooooo….6-1 for Matt the HAMMER!!! way to go!!
Yep. Watched it. Though Matt looked like he got winded down near the end of the 1st round in trying to do all the boxing. The 2nd he just went for his patented “ground and pound” and the guy on the bottom couldn’t do anything. The ref had to interfere and Matt was the winner.
He used some ASL, sparingly I should say, but with Matt’s “gloves” on his hands he was talking more than he did signing afterwards with Rogan in the ring.