86 Card Building
Posted by Chad Edward on April 24th, 2008The UFC has announced three additional fights on 5 July’s UFC 86 card in Las Vegas.
Fighters.com’s fourth-ranked welterweight “Kos” Josh Koscheck (10-2) is set to face rugged vet “Lights Out” Chris Lytle (25-15-5).
Both fighters come off exciting TKOs in their previous bouts.
In February, Lytle ran roughshod over UFC debuting Kyle Bradley (13-5) in just 33 seconds.
“Kos” and “McLovin” Dustin Hazelett (10-4) traded evenly for a round before Koschek tagged “McLovin” with punches and kicks 1:24 into round two in March.
Hazelett’s trainer, Jorge Gurgel (12-3), will fight 6′1″ “Magrino” Cole Miller (13-3) at 86.
Miller of Georgia comes off his first UFC loss to Jeremy Stephens (13-2), a second-round TKO in January.
Gurgel won a unanimous decision over John Halverson (16-6) in March.
Rising middleweight “Cachorrao” Ricardo Almeida (9-2) will face streaking “The Predator” Patrick Cote (12-4) on the card.
Cote has won four straight, three consecutive by first-round stoppage. Most recently “The Predator” devoured Andrew McFedries (6-3) in 1:44.
Almeida returned to MMA after a four-year hiatus to submit Rob Yundt(6-1) in a guillotine choke in February. “Cachorrao” boasts wins over Fighters.com’s eighth-ranked middleweight “Grabaka Hitman” Kazuo Misaki (19-8-2) and UFC title contender Nathan Marquardt (26-7-2) in the early ’90s.
mikelowery said:
Lytle will be a good test for Kos although where does he go from there?
Gurgel - How does this guy keep making UFC main cards? If this fight is televised ill be sick.
shoemoney said:
Should be a good vegas card.