The day of a historic night has arrived! The XNUMXth edition of the UFC takes place today in Las Vegas. On the card, two title fights and a Brazilian in action.
In the welterweight title fight, Thiago "Pitbull" Alves face the current champion, Georges St Pierre.
“He (Pitbull) is a monster, a machine, the most serious threat to GSP,” said president Dana White, about the fight for the welterweight belt. The top hat also stated that GSP, if he wins, could become the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
"Anderson Silva It's the best in the world. I'm 100% sure about this. But if Georges St-Pierre beats Thiago Alves, he could take that job,” he said.
For the heavyweight title, the expected rematch between Brock Lesnar, current champion, and Frank mir, interim champion, will face each other to unify the organization's belts. In the first duel, Mir submitted Lesnar with a footlock at UFC-81.
Another Brazilian on the card, Paulo thiago will try for his second victory in Ultimate against the dangerous Jon Fitch. Check out the full card:
Main Card
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank mir (heavyweight title fight)
Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (welterweight title fight)
Jon Fitch vs. Paulo thiago
Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan belcher
Preliminary Card
Mark Coleman vs. Stephan bonnar
Mac Danzig Vs. Jim Miller
Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
CB Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty
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