Saturday, June 13 12:00 pm PT: Refresh this page for live round-by-round results for UFC 99 in
Cologne, Germany. I'll say it: we're just killing time until Tim Sylvia and Ray Mercer make a little bit of sports history later
tonight.
Saturday, June 13 10:05 am PT: The UFC’s 17th foreign-territory event -- 18 if you count Alabama -- has an abnormally early start time of 3 p.m. ET/noon PT today. Refresh this page for live results and a reliably American attitude of condescension toward German culture. (Play-by-play unlaced with bozo observations available now at Der Sherdoggen.)
Saturday, June 13 8:34 am PT: Haven’t we all wondered what would happen if a caveman got into a fight with a high school math teacher? And isn’t time we found out?
Wanderlei Silva will be looking to stall a career slide Saturday when he faces former middleweight champion Rich Franklin in a 195-pound catch-weight bout. His brawl-and-maul style is in interesting contrast to Franklin’s slightly more conservative, academic approach. Silva is probably a fair amount better on the ground, but could have trouble keeping it there. Franklin’s chin is unquestionably in better shape. Silva is 32. Franklin is nearly 35. It’s impossible to believe.
Saturday, June 13 8:23 am PT: Cain Velasquez has logged less than three years and only five bouts as a professional, but he’ll enter the Octagon Saturday as a favorite over 19-fight veteran Cheick Kongo. Why? More tools in the shed. If he’s in trouble standing, he can take it to the mat, where others have controlled Kongo before.
But pressure can make men out of monsters. Kongo is a brick with arms, his ground game is much improved since a decision loss to Heath Herring, and has knees exactly as damaging as you’d expect from a 6-foot-4, 230-pound kickboxer. Whoever wins is still likely to see a doctor.
Saturday, June 13 4:50 am PT: Again, upon popular request, here are the Sherdog Radio Network's roundtable picks for UFC 99: The Comeback.
There's still time to slip in some last minute bets, and plenty of time throughout the day to mock the horrible blown and busted picks of the SRN.
Will TJ De Santis cut into my pick 'em lead on the back of Denis Stojnic? Will Jeff Sherwood's old pal Caol Uno come through in the clutch with a W, and maybe give Jeff a pair of the new Nike 10ACs? These quasi-interesting questions and others will be answered in the hours to come.
Saturday, June 13 1:06 am PT: Because we’re paying $44.95 for answers -- more if they come in high-definition.
Has “Cro Cop’s” new knee made him a new man?
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic entered the UFC in 2007 with the reputation of a very dangerous man that engendered sympathy for his opponents. He exited that same year engendering sympathy only for himself.
He went 1-2, beating only a low-watt Eddie Sanchez before losing to Cheick Kongo (decision) and Gabriel Gonzaga (knocked into oblivion). After mixed success returning to Japan, Filipovic underwent knee surgery to repair nagging injuries. He now claims to be as motivated and capable as when he pillaged a Pride open-weight tournament in 2006. We’ll see.
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