September 6 2008: The UFC will be making their first appearance in Atlanta on September 6 for a pay-per-view show entitled "UFC 88: Breakthrough."
This event will be taking place at the Philips Arena and the first prelim match will take place at 8:00pm ET.
The pay-per-view show will begin airing at 10:00pm ET.
The main event will be a match-up between Rashad "Sugar" Evans and Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell. The winner of this match is likely to be the next in line for a title shot against UFC light heavyweight champion, Forrest Griffin.
It is very well known that the UFC wants Liddell to win so they can match him up with Griffin for the title at the end of the year.
This probably means that if Evans wants to win this fight against Liddell, he better knock him out or submit him, because he most likely won't get a decision in his favor if the fight goes to the judges.
Evans has a 16-0-1 record while Liddell is 21-5.
It will be the first fight of the year for both fighters.
Evans is coming off a victory over Michael Bisping and Liddell is coming off a victory over Wanderlei Silva.
The Iceman will want to keep this fight standing, but he must be able to avoid a takedown by Evans.
While Evans' stand-up is solid and improving, the edge goes to Liddell on the feet.
Liddell hits very hard and his game plan is to knock out Evans with his fists.
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