Thursday, 7 March 2013

A busy day of fight announcements for the UFC

UFC matchmakers extraordinaire Joe Silva and Sean Shelby have been on overdrive today, announcing a plethora of new fights. Listed below in chronological order;

Joseph Benavidez (17-3) vs Darren Uyenoyama (8-3) at UFC on FOX 7

Erik Perez (13-4) vs Johnny Bedford (19-9) at UFC 159

UFC 161

Renan Barao (30-1-1) vs Eddie Wineland (20-8-1) for the Interim Bantamweight Title
Stipe Miocic (9-1) vs Soa Palelei (18-3) 
Pat Barry (8-5)  vs Shawn Jordan (14-4) 
Jake Shields (27-6-1-1) vs Tyron Woodley (11-1) 

UFC 162

Anderson Silva (33-4) vs Chris Weidman (9-0) for the Middleweight Title
Roger Gracie (6-1) vs Tim Kennedy (14-4) 
Mark Munoz (12-3) vs Tim Boetsch (16-5) 
Thiago Silva (14-3-2) vs Rafael 'Feijao' Cavalcante (11-3-1)

In related news, Alistair Overeem is injured and out of his UFC 160 bout with former Heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos. According to Ariel Helwani, Mark Hunt has proclaimed that he "is down" to fight Dos Santos at UFC 160.

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