by Author+Fighter on May 10, 2012
CageNetwork Exclusive 5/10/12: Everyone’s favorite UFC President Dana White has now confirmed that the lightweight title rematch between Benson Henderson (current champion) and former titleholder Frankie Edgar will be the headline fight at UFC 150. It’s going down August 11 in Denver, Colorado. Henderson most recently won the title from the New Jersey native at UFC 144, in a unanimous decision. We all thought that he’d be facing WEC champ Anthony “Showtime” Petti however Edgar scored the right to his rematch. Stay tuned.
by Author+Fighter on May 10, 2012
CageNetwork 5/9/2011: The July 21 card in Calgary will see UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, left, from Brazil, square off with opponent Erik Koch. Ticket sales are on fire and expected to sell out, further showing off the international spectacle that is MMA.
“I never count my chickens before they hatch. We’ve made sure we’ve done all of our homework to hopefully have a sellout, but we’ll have to wait and see,” UFC director of Canadian operations Tom Wright said Wednesday.
To put things in prospective of how big the sport is getting in Canada: UFC 129, the company’s debut in Toronto last year, sold 42,000 tickets on opening day on the way to a record attendance of 55,724.
by Author+Fighter on May 10, 2012
Here’s some later afternoon news for Joe Lauzon fans. He will finally get the chance to fight Terry Etim in August in a free to watch fight hosted by Fox 4. The fight will be held in Los Angeles.
He’s quoted as saying: “I was supposed to fight Terry Etim once upon a time… in Boston at UFC 118. I trained really hard because I knew it was going to be a tough fight… but the fight didn’t happen. Terry pulled out of the fight with a broken rib and I ended up fighting Gabe Ruediger instead. The stars have aligned though and it looks the fight will happen after all,” – Lauzon.
The last time we saw Joe was in UFC 144 when he was dealt a massive knockout to former WEC champion Anthony Pettis. Etin also lost his last fight which took place in January for UFC 142. Always follow more news at CageNetwork.com
