Everything is ready in Memphis for UFC-107, the organization's last event in 2009. At the show, the main fight of the night will be the fight for the lightweight title, where the Hawaiian B.J. Penn will defend his belt against the American Diego Sanchez.
“I’m looking forward to defending the title. I know the type of athlete he is Diego Sanchez and that's why I'm training a lot. This will be a great test”, said the champion B.J. Penn.
“I always wanted to face the best fighters. I've been working hard for this and finally I'm going to fight for the title. I'm training like never before and I expect a war inside the octagon”, said the challenger Diego Sanchez.
In the preliminary fights, four Brazilians will be in action. Wilson Gouveia will face the American Alan belcher. Richard Funch will make his debut for the organization against the undefeated John hendricks and the Brazilians Rousimar Toquinho and Lucio Linhares face each other in the middleweight category. Check out the full card.
Main card:
- B.J. Penn will face Diego Sanchez;
- Frank mir will face Cheick Kongo;
– Kenny “Ken Flo” Florian will face Clay guida;
– Jon Fitch will face Mike Pierce;
– Paul Buentello will face Stefan struve;
Preliminary fights:
– Wilson Gouveia will face Alan belcher;
- Matt wiman will face Shane Nelson;
- Richard Funch will face John hendricks;
– Rousimar Palhares will face Lucio Linhares;
– DaMarques Johnson will face Edgar Garcia;
– Kevin Burns will face TJ Grant.
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