Ultimate Fight Night 7: 12/13/2006

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Wednesday brings us Ultimate Fight Night 7, the latest iteration of the free Ultimate Fighting MMA events on Spike TV.

Here's the full card:

1. Diego Sanchez (16-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) vs. Joe Riggs (25-8 MMA, 4-3 UFC)

2. Jeff Joslin (5-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Josh Koscheck (7-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC)

3. Drew Fickett (27-4 UFC, 3-2 UFC) vs. Karo Parisyan (15-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC)

4. Marcus Davis (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Shonie Carter (34-15-7 MMA, 3-2 UFC)

5. Victor Valimaki (8-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. David Heath (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC)

6. Alan Belcher (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Jorge Santiago (11-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC)

7. Dave Menne (39-14-2 MMA, 2-3 UFC) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC)

8. Keita Nakamura (13-0-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Brock Larson (18-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC)

9. Logan Clark (3-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Steve Byrnes (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)

Or check out the card with some more details on the UFC website.

Some of these fights should be really, really good. Sanchez vs Riggs is highly anticipated as a pretty serious test for Diego. We should see if Koschek's development has continued and if he's ready to take the next step to a more serious fight. And the Fickett / Parisyan fight should be the best of the night, two great young fighters trying to take their game to the next level.


I'll have my usual round of predictions posted sometime today, but if you're interested in trying your own hand at calling all the fights, check out this free UFN:7 prediction contest at UFCJunkie.com: winner gets an autographed 8x10 photo of UFC middleweight Rich Franklin.

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I pick Sanchez, Koscheck and Parisyan but that's no surprise.

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Betting lines are out:

Shonie Carter vs Marcus Davis
Shonie Carter -139
Marcus Davis +129

David Heath vs Victor Valimaki
David Heath -171
Victor Valimaki +161

Jorge Santiago vs Alan Belcher
Jorge Santiago -137
Alan Belcher +127

Luigi Fioravanti vs Dave Menne
Luigi Fioravanti -397
Dave Menne +367

Diego Sanchez vs Joe Riggs
Diego Sanchez -415
Joe Riggs +375

Josh Koscheck vs Jeff Joslin
Josh Koscheck -325
Jeff Joslin +295

Karo Parisyan vs Drew Fickett
Karo Parisyan -396
Drew Fickett +356

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I've been really impressed by Koscheck's improvement. I wouldn't be surprised if he was better than Diego within a year.

[DonkeyKongSr]

My picks (I'm relaly just guessing on the last few because I've never seen them before):

1. Diego Sanchez
2. Josh Koscheck
3. Karo Parisyan
4. Marcus Davis
5. David Heath
6. Jorge Santiago
7. Luigi Fioravanti
8. Keita Nakamura
9. Steve Byrnes

[kgrad5]

Jeff Joslin is really good. Don't underestimate him. I say joslin will take fight 2. (as an aside, I participated in the beginner Gi division of Joslins Grappling tourney this year, 205 pounds if anyone else was there [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img])

[DonkeyKongSr]

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Jeff Joslin is really good. Don't underestimate him. I say joslin will take fight 2. (as an aside, I participated in the beginner Gi division of Joslins Grappling tourney this year, 205 pounds if anyone else was there [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img])

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Yeah, I don't really know anything about Joslin. I just know I used to hate Koscheck's fighting, but he really, really has impressed lately now that he learned how to fight instead of just wrestle and stall.

[moayer]

i'll take riggs +375!

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For those interested, my full card predictions are up. Rather than duplicate it here, since its quite long, you can see them all at http://ufcjunkie.com/

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Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler on right now, crazy standup fight.