We got a series of serious encounters in the MMA this month of April across May. The UFC 98 Rashad Evans vs Lyoto Machida will be happening on May 23, 2009 at 7pm PT/10pm ET. Rashad "Sugar" Evans and Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida will be fighting at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Nevada. Will the undefeated Lyoto Machida stay on his throne after the UFC 98 fight or Rashad Evans will take over?

The UFC 98 Rashad Evans vs Lyoto Machida will be live via PPV. If you would like to watch the UFC 98 live stream free video online, perhaps you may want to check out some UFC live streaming sites online. There are a bunch of them really, and you still got a plenty of time before the actual event.

Here is the UFC 98 fight card: Rashad Evans Vs. Lyoto Machida, Matt Hughes Vs. Matt Serra, Yushin Okami Vs. Dan Miller, Sean Sherk Vs. Frank Edgar, James Irvin Vs. Drew McFedries, Pat Barry Vs. Tim Hague, Phillipe Nover Vs. Kyle Bradley, Houston Alexander Vs. Andre Gusmao, Yoshiyuki Yoshida Vs. Brandon Wolff, Dave Kaplan Vs. George Roop.

It will be sweet to find out on who will reign supreme in the UFC 98. This we will know in the UFC 98 winners after the UFC 98 fight on the 23rd of May. Here is a promo video of the UFC 98 Evans vs Machida Fight in the the main event.



While I seem to pile up posts these days due to time constraints, please don't forget also the event on UFC 97 Redemption Anderson Silva Vs Thales Leites on April 18, 2009. This is another equally fantastic encounter in the MMA history and you should not miss it, just like this Evans vs Machida fight in the UFC 98.

The UFC 97 Redemption Anderson Silva Vs Thales Leites will be happening on April 18, 2009 at 7pm PT/10pm ET. Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Thales Leites will be fighting at the Centre Bell, Canada. Silva being the UFC middleweight champion will defend his crown against Thales Leites at the UFC 97 main event.

I think the UFC 97 Redemption will be an awesome event with Anderson Silva fighting at the main avent. It is said that "The pound for pound king has already defended his title more times than anyone in UFC middleweight history and will battle Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Leites - winner of five in a row." So we will see how UFC 97 fights will turn out. Let's find out at the UFC 97 winners list after April 18.

You can watch UFC 97 via Pay Per View (PPV), as per ufc.com announcement. If you would like to watch UFC 97 live stream free online, you must look for live streaming sites such as Justin TV and the like. I am pretty sure, there will be some sources out there.

Here is the UFC 97 Redemption Fight Card: Chuck Liddell Vs. Mauricio Rua, Krzysztof Soszynski Vs. Brian Stann, Cheick Kongo Vs. Antoni Hardonk, Steve Cantwell Vs. Luiz Cane, Denis Kang Vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam, Jason MacDonald Vs. Nate Quarry, David Loiseau Vs. Ed Herman, Mark Bocek Vs. David Bielkheden, Ryo Chonan Vs. TJ Grant, Sam Stout Vs. Matt Wiman .

Anyway, while we are anticipating the UFC 97 Redemption Anderson Silva Vs Thales Leites, please do check too my post on UFC Fight Night 18 Condit vs Kampmann.

UFC Fight Night 18 Condit vs Kampmann - Watch Carlos Condit Vs. Martin Kampmann during the UFC Fight Night 18 on April 1, 2009 at 8pm ET/PT. This is the first ever event to be held in Nashville, Tennessee. This UFC Fight Night will be a LIVE nationwide event on Spike TV Wednesday, April 1 at 9:00p.m. ET/PT for UFC® Fight Night™ from the Sommet Center.


If you are in Nashville, Tennessee on this event's day and got plans to watch UFC Fight Night 18 live, the venue doors will be open at 3:15 pm CT. The first bout will be happening at 4 pm CT and it will be live on television by 7pm CT - 8pm ET/PT.

The UFC Fight Night 18 Condit vs Kampmann Fight Card
Ryan Bader Vs. Carmelo Marrero
Tyson Griffin Vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Junie Browning Vs. Cole Miller
Gleison Tibau Vs. Jeremy Stephens
Ricardo Almeida Vs. Matt Horwich
Brock Larson Vs. Jesse Sanders
Jorge Rivera Vs. Nissen Osterneck
Rob Kimmons Vs. Joe Vedepo
Tim McKenzie Vs. Aaron Simpson
Steve Steinbeiss Vs. Ryan Jensen

As usual, you may also try to go over Justin TV to watch free UFC Fight Night 18 live stream online. In my case, I can't seem to have Spike TV working fine so I always end up hovering onto the former source and enjoy the show.

The 15th Annual Tampa Pro will be presented by Nike SB, Tampa, Florida on March 20 - 22, 2009. This Pro Contest also includes Tampa Am VERT Contest and there will be a free Tampa Pro 2009 webcast.

As per presented by the official 2009 Tampa Pro website, here is the Tampa Pro 2009/15th Annual Tampa Pro schedule:
Friday, March, 20th
- 9am - Doors Open
- Tickets are $5 & available at Skatepark of Tampa the day of
- Open Pro Street & Vert Practice all day
- 12pm - Team Manager/Industry VIP Street Contest
- 3pm - Am Vert Contest
- Two, 45-second runs, best counts
- Top 10 advance to Finals
- Finals
- Three, 45-second runs, best counts
- 10pm - Doors Close

Friday Night
- Czar
- 1420 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City
- Free with Plastic Skatepark Wristband
- Girls free with any Skatepark Wristband
- Doors 10:30pm
- 18 & Up

Saturday, March 21st
- 9am - Doors Open
- Tickets are $15 & available at Skatepark of Tampa & skateparkoftampa.com
- 11am - Pro Vert Contest
- 12-minute jams with five skaters each
- One intro run
- Top six advance to Finals
- Finals
- 20-minute jam
- One intro run
- Street Qualifiers Immediately Following
- Three skaters per heat (four if necessary)
- One, one-minute intro run
- Counts for 25% of score
- Three-minute jam (four if four skaters)
- Counts for 75% of score
- Top 24 advance to Semi-Finals to join previous Pro winners
- Top two Golden Tickets go straight to Finals
- 8pm - Doors Close

Saturday Night
- Ghostface & Raekwon @ The RITZ Ybor
- Skatepark of Tampa & Nike SB Present Tampa Pro Contest Party w/ Ghostface & Raekwon
- Special Guests - The BASIQS, DJ Sandman, & DJ Mega
- The RITZ Ybor, 1503 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City, 813-621-6793
- All Ages
- Tickets - $15
- Doors 8pm
- Available here and at Ticket Master

Sunday, March 22nd
- 9am - Doors Open
- Tickets are $15 & available at Skatepark of Tampa & skateparkoftampa.com
- 12pm - Pro Street Semi-Finals
- Three skaters per heat
- One, one-minute intro run
- Counts for 25% of score
- Three-minute jam
- Counts for 75% of score
- Top 10 advance to Finals to join Golden Ticket winners
- Moat Race
- Pro Street Finals
- Format same as Semi-Finals, but four-minute jam instead of three
- Silver Trucks Best Trick on Tech Center
- Giant Product Toss
- 6pm (approx.) - Awards
- Doors Close

Sunday Night
- 8pm - Contest After-Party at Rock N Sports Bar
- Upstairs Centro Ybor
- 2 for 1 drafts
- 10% off food ALL WEEK with Skatepark plastic wristband

For the official 15th Annual Tampa Pro results / Tampa Pro 2009 results, please do visit often the official website stated above. The SPoTlight Productions will be posting them full, including video coverage.

Here is a video of Kevin Benson, doing some skateboard tricks:

A few days ago, I posted about the UFC 96 Jackson vs Jardine fight and it was pretty much of an overview of the event. Well, the UFC 96 live stream video of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs Keith Jardine will be available via PPV. As not all viewers and fans got the Pay Per View subscription, there are alternatives that you may take i.e. Justin TV, SopCast or perhaps UStream and Spike TV.


Personally, I will be trying my luck at Justin TV for the UFC 96 Jackson vs Jardine live streaming on the 7th of March 2009, 7pm PT/10pm ET. The UFC 96 will be held at the Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. In case you may not be able to watch the UFC 96 fight video live, I am sure there will be a UFC 96 fight replay video at the mmashare.com. You just got to visit the site/forum and watch free UFC 96 video.