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DALLAS – Efrain Escudero fought through his opponent’s reach advantage and flattened Cole Miller with a stunning first-round knockout, and Tomasz Drwal’s middleweight debut was a successful one as he stopped hard-hitting Drew McFedries via second-round submission. The two fights were part of a first-ever Spike TV-televised preliminary card that served as a lead-in for the [...] UFC newcomer Nik Lentz (16-3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his promotion debut as a replacement for injured Dan Lauzon (12-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and will meet Rafaello Oliveira (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at UFC 103. The change was first reported by fiveknuckles.com, citing a source close to Lentz. UFC 103, which features a main event of [...] Former UFC heavyweight contender Vladimir Matyushenko (22-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is the latest UFC veteran to return to the organization, as “The Janitor” will now face Croatian light heavyweight Igor Pokrajac (21-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at UFC 103. The UFC today announced the addition to the September event, as well as confirming two previously rumored bouts [...] A day after the Ultimate Fighting Championship bumped a Tyson Griffin (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) vs. Hermes Franca (19-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) bout to the preliminary card, the organization has returned the lightweight matchup to the UFC 103 main card. On the official fight card on UFC.com, Griffin vs. Franca has been promoted, and a lightweight [...] Despite five wins in his past six fights and a total of five Fight of the Night awards during his eight-fight UFC career, Tyson Griffin (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has been demoted to the un-aired preliminary card of UFC 103. The Xtreme Couture fighter, who’s slated to fight former top UFC lightweight contender Hermes Franca (19-7 [...] While speculation is running rampant that UFC 103’s headlining bout between Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson may be in line for an update, MMAjunkie.com has learned from Franklin’s camp that the UFC has yet to negotiate with “Ace” for a different bout. Franklin and Henderson [...] UFC lightweight Matt Wiman (10-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will have to put on hold his attempt to break back into the win column; a knee injury has forced the 25-year-old out of a proposed contest at UFC 103. Wiman was expected to face Rafael dos Anjos (11-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) at the Sept. 19 event, but [...] 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 [...] |
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