Ultimate Fighting championship (UFC) has corroborated the remaining under card bouts for its future leading pay-per-view (PPV) outcome, which is scheduled for the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009.
The final 13 contend line up for UFC 103 - the promotion's first trip Texas since UFC 69 in April 2007 - is now official (even though we've known about the match ups for some time now).
UFC 103 will feature a main result between Rich "Ace" Franklin and Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort at a 195-pound catchweight. Also slated for the main card is a behemoth joust 'tween former PRIDE sensation Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic and rough behemoth candidate Junior Dos Santos.
In accession, Martin Kampmann and Mike Swick will collide to see the number 1 contender for Georges St. Pierre's 170-pound title.
Here is the complete UFC 103 conflict card:
main event:
195 lbs.: Rich "Ace" Franklin (25-4) vs. Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (18-8)
main card (Televised on PPV):
265 lbs.: Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos (8-1) vs. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (25-6-2) 170 lbs.: Martin "Hitman" Kampmann (15-2) vs. Mike "Quick" Swick (15-2) 170 lbs.: Josh "Kos" Koscheck (12-4) vs. Frank "Twinkle Toes" Trigg (19-6) 155 lbs.: Hermes Franca (19-7) vs. Tyson Griffin (13-2)
Under card (Partially televised on Spike TV):
155 lbs.: Efrain "Hecho en Mexico" Escudero (11-0) vs. Cole "Magrino" Miller (15-3) 155 lbs.: Jim Miller (14-2) vs. Steve Lopez (12-1) 155 lbs.: Rafaello "Tractor" Oliveira (8-1) vs. Nick "The Carnie" Lentz (16-3-1) 170 lbs.: Paul "Semtex" Daley (21-8-2) vs. Brian Foster (10-3) 185 lbs.: Tomasz "The Gorilla" Drwal (16-2-1) vs. Drew "The Massacre" McFedries (8-5) 205 lbs.: Eliot "The Fire" Marshall (7-1) vs. Jason Brilz (17-1-1) 205 lbs.: Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko (22-4) vs. Igor Pokrajac (21-5) 155 lbs.: Rafael dos Anjos (11-4) vs. Rob "The Saint" Emerson (9-7)
Remember that MMAVines.com will supply LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round reporting of UFC 103, beginning with the PPV telecast at 10 p.m. ET. In addition, we will render up-to-the-minute quick results of all the under card action on fight night.
We're now but over 1 week outside from showtime, which will have its share of storylines. Can Belfort render to form and give a run at some other UFC championship? Will Dos Santos rename Mirko Filipovic "KO Cop?"
And who will be the following man to challenge genius Georges St. Pierre at 170 lb?
Feel free to share your thoughts and predictions on "Franklin vs. Belfort" in the comments section below. And Remember that MMAvines.com will be the spot for the latest news and result-related highlights ahead, during and afterwards the result.
The final 13 contend line up for UFC 103 - the promotion's first trip Texas since UFC 69 in April 2007 - is now official (even though we've known about the match ups for some time now).
UFC 103 will feature a main result between Rich "Ace" Franklin and Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort at a 195-pound catchweight. Also slated for the main card is a behemoth joust 'tween former PRIDE sensation Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic and rough behemoth candidate Junior Dos Santos.
In accession, Martin Kampmann and Mike Swick will collide to see the number 1 contender for Georges St. Pierre's 170-pound title.
Here is the complete UFC 103 conflict card:
main event:
195 lbs.: Rich "Ace" Franklin (25-4) vs. Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (18-8)
main card (Televised on PPV):
265 lbs.: Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos (8-1) vs. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (25-6-2) 170 lbs.: Martin "Hitman" Kampmann (15-2) vs. Mike "Quick" Swick (15-2) 170 lbs.: Josh "Kos" Koscheck (12-4) vs. Frank "Twinkle Toes" Trigg (19-6) 155 lbs.: Hermes Franca (19-7) vs. Tyson Griffin (13-2)
Under card (Partially televised on Spike TV):
155 lbs.: Efrain "Hecho en Mexico" Escudero (11-0) vs. Cole "Magrino" Miller (15-3) 155 lbs.: Jim Miller (14-2) vs. Steve Lopez (12-1) 155 lbs.: Rafaello "Tractor" Oliveira (8-1) vs. Nick "The Carnie" Lentz (16-3-1) 170 lbs.: Paul "Semtex" Daley (21-8-2) vs. Brian Foster (10-3) 185 lbs.: Tomasz "The Gorilla" Drwal (16-2-1) vs. Drew "The Massacre" McFedries (8-5) 205 lbs.: Eliot "The Fire" Marshall (7-1) vs. Jason Brilz (17-1-1) 205 lbs.: Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko (22-4) vs. Igor Pokrajac (21-5) 155 lbs.: Rafael dos Anjos (11-4) vs. Rob "The Saint" Emerson (9-7)
Remember that MMAVines.com will supply LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round reporting of UFC 103, beginning with the PPV telecast at 10 p.m. ET. In addition, we will render up-to-the-minute quick results of all the under card action on fight night.
We're now but over 1 week outside from showtime, which will have its share of storylines. Can Belfort render to form and give a run at some other UFC championship? Will Dos Santos rename Mirko Filipovic "KO Cop?"
And who will be the following man to challenge genius Georges St. Pierre at 170 lb?
Feel free to share your thoughts and predictions on "Franklin vs. Belfort" in the comments section below. And Remember that MMAvines.com will be the spot for the latest news and result-related highlights ahead, during and afterwards the result.
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