The last fight ended in a draw. Photo: Josh Hedges.
According to MMAFighting.com, the UFC has already set a date for the title rematch between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard. Maynard is responsible for the only loss on Edgar’s ledger and, in the rematch at UFC 125, the bout ended in a draw. Now they are set to do battle again, on May 28 at UFC 130 in Las Vegas.
Check out the likely card:
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Thiago Silva
Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson
Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story
Travis Browne vs. Stefan Struve
Sapo replaces Falcão
Everything was in place for Italy’s Alessio Sakara to take on Brazil’s Maiquel Falcão. However, the Chute Boxe representative ended up having to pull out due to injury and will be replaced by his compatriot Rafael Sapo, a Vinícius Draculino student currently training under Renzo Gracie. The fight will take place March 3 at UFC on Versus 3. Check out the likely card:
Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann
C.B. Dollaway vs. Mark Muñoz
Alessio Sakara vs. Rafael Sapo
Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page
Thiago Tavares vs. Shane Roller
Takeya Mizugaki vs. Francisco Rivera
Igor Pokrajac vs. Todd Brown
Rousimar “Toquinho” vs. Alexandre “Cacareco”
Steve Cantwell vs. Cyrille Diabaté
Matt Brown vs. Matt Riddle
Erik Koch vs. Cub Swanson
Rob Kimmons vs. Dongi Yang
Nate Diaz gets back in the saddle
After dropping his UFC 125 fight to Korea’s Dong Hyun Kim, Nate Diaz needs to win to keep his place in the promotion safe. His chance at redemption will come April 30 in Canada at UFC 129. His opponent will be local fighter Rory McDonald. Check out the card:
St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields
Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida
Phil Davis vs. Matt Hamill
Mark Bocek vs. Ben Henderson
Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts
Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald
Brian Foster vs. Sean Pierson
John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson
Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin
Ivan Menjivar vs. Charlie Valencia
Jason MacDonald vs. Ryan Jensen