George St-Pierre’s manager Shari Spencer noted on Monday’s edition of Sherdog’s Beatdown Radio that GSP will likely take on BJ Penn on Jan. 31, 2009 in Las Vegas.”That’s my understanding,” Spencer said. “I know Dana [White] has been announcing it publicly. We haven’t officially signed a bout agreement, but everything is pointing toward Jan. 31 in Vegas against BJ Penn.”
Source: MMAfighting.com
On August 27, 2000, Pride 10: Return of the Warriors took place Saitama, Japan. Kazushi Sakuraba defeated Renzo Gracie via a technical submission by kimura in the main event. Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Ken Shamrock after Shamrock’s corner threw in the towel and Wanderlei Silva knocked out Guy Mezger. Other bouts saw:
Vitor Belfort defeat Daijiro Matsui via decision
Ricco Rodriguez defeat Takayuki Okada via choke
Gilbert Yvel defeat Gary Goodridge via a head kick
Mark Kerr defeat Igor Borisov via neck crank
Igor Vovchanchyn defeat Enson Inoue via TKO
Ryan Gracie defeat Tokimitsu Ishizawa via TKO
Masaaki Satake defeat Kazunari Murakami via TKO
“We’re not looking past Patrick Cote, but I think we’ll take one step at a time and see what happens. If a Chuck Liddell fight came up, we’d take it.”
–Ed Soares, manager of Anderson Silva, talking to MMAweekly.com
On August 25, 2007 Randy Couture defeated Gabriel Gonzaga and Georges St. Pierre defeated Josh Koscheck at UFC 74.
On August 25, 2007 Randy Couture defeated Gabriel Gonzaga and Georges St. Pierre defeated Josh Koscheck at UFC 74.
Georges St Pierre will face BJ Penn at UFC 93 on January 31
James Lee has withdrawn from his scheduled Sept. 6 bout with Tim Boetsch at UFC 88 and will be replaced by Mike Patt. Lee sustained a bicep tear during training.
Source: Fox
