Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Lightweight prospects Steve Lopez and Nik Lentz will step into the Octagon for the first time on September 19th, as they replace the injured Thiago Tavares and Dan Lauzon, respectively, on the UFC 103 card at Dallas’ American Airlines Center.UFC News Credit: UFC.com
Drew McFedries (8-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC) returns from his swift 37-second knockout of Xavier Foupa-Pokam at UFC 98 and to meet fellow middleweight Tomasz Drwal (16-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) at UFC 103 in September.
On Monday a source close to the negotiations told MMAjunkie.com that McFedries had been added to the card, and an additional representative [...]
Though the event still not yet been officially announced, UFC 103 will reportedly feature a must-win lightweight contest between Rafael dos Anjos (11-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) and Matt Wiman (10-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC).
InTheGuard.tv is reporting both fighters have finalized bout agreements for the contest. Initial attempts by MMAjunkie.com to reach the fighters for confirmation were [...]
A lightweight bout between Hermes Franca (19-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Tyson Griffin (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) will take place in September at UFC 103.
Sources close to the fighters told MMAjunkie.com that bout agreements have not been signed but both competitors have verbally agreed to the fight.
The Sept. 19 fight will take place on the [...]