Dan Henderson vs. UFC champion Quinton Jackson
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will make his first title defense against PRIDE FC middleweight and welterweight champion Dan Henderson at UFC 75 in London, England, on September 8.
| UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion
Date: Sept. 8, 2007 UFC 75, “Champion vs. Champion” on September 8th, features Quentin “Rampage” Jackson defending his UFC Lt.Heavyweight Title against Pride Superman Dan Henderson. |
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Rampage is hard at work trainingfor another huge fight of his career against Dan Hendersoncurrent Pride Fighting light heavyweight champ.
Preparing to face Jackson, Henderson knows that, if he wins thisfight, it will make him the true world champion and do somethingthat nobody else has ever done, Dan “Hollywood” Henderson(22-5-0) has two championship belts now, so why not make itthree?
UFC 75 also includes a battle of two world class strikers whenCroCop takes on Cheick Kongo. CroCop will be coming back after atough loss to Gonzaga and lots of MMA “experts” claim he’s lostthe fire. Can the 3-1 underdog Kongo take him out?
Mirko “Cro Cop” returns to the Octagon following his first UFCloss to Brazil’s Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 70 in Manchester,England. The fearsome kickboxer turned mixed martial artist wasthe 2006 PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix Champion and was expectedby many to defeat Gonzaga en route to a mega-fight with RandyCouture for the heavyweight title at UFC 74 in August. Instead,Gonzaga turned the tables on “Cro Cop” and caught him with aright leg kick to the head, sending him to the canvas in astunning upset nine seconds before the end of the first round.”Cro Cop” now goes back to England in an attempt to defeat Kongoand start a new reign of terror in the heavyweight division.
Kongo, like Cro Cop, is a kickboxer turned mixed martial artist.Not much was known of the 6’4″ 240-pound Parisian when he madehis UFC 61 debut in July of 2006 against Gilbert Aldana. He hadan impressive record and a stellar reputation as a kickboxer,but many wondered if he could compete in the MMA arena. Heanswered that question quickly as he halted the rugged Aldana inthe first round. Kongo then jumped back and scored another firstround stoppage
at UFC 62, this one over Christian Wellisch. At UFC 70, Kongotriumphed with a majority decision over popular Brazilianheavyweight Assuerio Silva, scoring his third win in the UFC.
Matt Hamill is already getting lots of bettors attention, butmost fans still see Bisping as an easy winner.
UFC 75 will be the promotion’s third event of the year inEurope, following UFC 70 in Manchester, England and UFC 72 inBelfast, Ireland.
Odds for UFC 75 have been posted already. The fight will be heldon Saturday, September 8th in London England.
UFC 75 – Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Dan Henderson odds
Odds from Gamblerspalace.com
Jackson -155
Henderson +125
UFC 75 “Championvs. Champion” Fight Card
MAIN CARD
PRIDE champion Dan Henderson vs. UFC champion QuintonJackson (for both light heavyweight belts)
Marcus Davis vs. Paul Taylor (swing bout)
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Cheick Kongo
Michael Bisping vs. Matt Hamill
Houston Alexander vs. Alessio Sakara
UNDERCARD
Terry Etim vs. Gleison Tibau
Jess Liaudin vs. Anthony Torres
Tomasz Drwal vs. Thiago Silva
Dennis Siver vs. Naoyuki Kotani
UFC 75 Results
UFC Winners:
- Jess Liaudin defeated Anthony Torres byTKO at 4:10 of RD 1
- Dennis Siver defeated Naoyuki Kotani by KO at 2:04 ofRD 2
- Thiago Silva defeated Tomasz Drwal by TKO at 4:23 ofRD 2
- Gleison Tibau defeated Terry Etim by Unanimous Decision
- Houston Alexander defeated Alessio Sakara by TKO at1:01 of RD 1
- Marcus Davis defeated Paul Taylor by Arm Bar at 4:14of RD 1
- Cheick Kongo defeated Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic byUnanimous Decision
- Michael Bisping defeated Matt Hamill by Split Decision
- Quinton “Rampage” Jackson defeated Dan Henderson byUnanimous Decision