Undefeated Russian fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov has verbally agreed to make his UFC debut against powerful wrestler Kamal ‘Prince of Persia' Shalorus January 20 in Nashville," said UFC President Dana White.
It is rumored that verbal agreements are now in place for a fight between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Stephan Bonnar for some time in 2012.
Bonnar requested this fight via his twitter account following his most recent victory over Kyle Kingsbury at UFC 139 this past weekend.
"The Polish Experiment" Krzysztof Soszynski will step into the octagon against Igor Pokrajac on December 10 at UFC 140 in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian, Soszynski, will look to keep his win streak alive with a key victory against Pokrajac. His record is 6-2 within the UFC, with 3 of his 8 fights picking up "Fight Night" Bonuses.
Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis has not fought in the UFC since back in March where he beat Antônio Rogério Nogueira to extend his unbeaten streak to nine. He came in to the UFC in February of 2010 and has since beat the likes of Brian Stann, Alexander Gustafsson, Rodney Wallace, Tim Boetsch and the above mentioned "Little Nog".
It looks like Jason "Mayhem" Miller has his game-plan set for his fight against Michael Bisping at The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale on Dec. 3 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Above are tweets from Rick Story's twitter account earlier today. He not only disclosed that he fought through injury during his loss to Martin Kampmann, but that he also just signed a 4-fight deal with the UFC.
It is expected to be announced in the next few days that Mark Munoz will face off against Chael Sonnen for the number one contender status in the middleweight division. This fight is expected to headline the UFC on Fox 2 card on Jan. 28 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
I was listening to MMAJunkie Radio this morning and the fellas were chatting with Mike Dolce about a possible fight between Martin Kampmann and Thiago Alves. It wasn't even an hour later that Damon Martin of MMAWeekly.com broke the news that the two were lined up for an un-named card on March 3, 2012.
This past weekend the UFC invaded San Jose, California for the first time in organization history for UFC 139. The fight card featured a main event for the ages with Dan Henderson defeating Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in a five round war. With the co-main event being just as entertaining, as Wanderlei Silva punished Cung Le to bring himself back to his winning ways.
