UFC 127 Fight Card: Several Fighters Set To Make Octagon Debut In Australia

There are several fighters making their Ultimate Fighting Championship debut February 26th at the UFC 127 event in Sydney, Australia, including one of the main card competitors. See below for an introduction for each potential future superstar as these…

There are several fighters making their Ultimate Fighting Championship debut February 26th at the UFC 127 event in Sydney, Australia, including one of the main card competitors. See below for an introduction for each potential future superstar as these fighters all compete in the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization for the first time.   […]

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UFC 127 Fight Card: Several Fighters Set To Make Octagon Debut In Australia

UFC 127: Several Fighters Will Be Making Their Octagon Debut In Australia

There are several fighters making their Ultimate Fighting Championship debut February 26th at the UFC 127 event in Sydney, Australia, including one of the main card competitors. See below for an introduction for each potential future superstar as these…

There are several fighters making their Ultimate Fighting Championship debut February 26th at the UFC 127 event in Sydney, Australia, including one of the main card competitors. See below for an introduction for each potential future superstar as these fighters all compete in the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization for the first time.   […]

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UFC 127: Several Fighters Will Be Making Their Octagon Debut In Australia

UFC 127 Fight Card: 10 Early Pre-Fight Predictions from Australia

February 27th is rapidly approaching as the end date for UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch, which is headlined by a welterweight contender battle between Jon Fitch and BJ Penn at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. Topping what transpired in the MMA world over …

February 27th is rapidly approaching as the end date for UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch, which is headlined by a welterweight contender battle between Jon Fitch and BJ Penn at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. Topping what transpired in the MMA world over the last couple of weekends will be a lofty task, but […]

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UFC 127 Fight Card: 10 Early Pre-Fight Predictions from Australia

Nick Ring vs. Riki Fukuda Inked for UFC 127 February 27 in Australia

("The Promise" and "Killer Bee" will clash down under.)
CagePotato.com has learned from a source close to the fight that a middleweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter 11 standout Nick Ring (10-0) and Kazuo Misaki’s Grabaka teamma…


("The Promise" and "Killer Bee" will clash down under.)

CagePotato.com has learned from a source close to the fight that a middleweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter 11 standout Nick Ring (10-0) and Kazuo Misaki’s Grabaka teammate, Riki Fukuda (17-4) has been signed for UFC 127 February 27 in Sydney, Australia.

The fight will be the first for Ring since the undefeated Canadian notched a majority decision win over eventual TUF 11 winner Court McGee while filming the show in January. After the bout, Ring, who had been competing with a lingering knee injury, was forced to pull out of the competition due to a torn ACL which would require surgery. The favorite to win the competition, the 30-year-old has been rehabbing the joint since having it surgically repaired in April and has been training in Montreal at Tristar Gym with fellow UFC fighters, welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and longtime training partner Rory MacDonald.

Fukuda, who, like Ring,  will also be making his Octagon debut at the event down under, is the DEEP middleweight champion and has not lost since 2008. An EliteXC and DREAM veteran, his most notable victory is a unanimous decision he won over Murilo "Ninja" Rua at DREAM 8 in 2009. The 29-year-old native of Tokyo who has only been finished once in his career surprised many when he took veteran Joe Doerksen to a decision in his first bout in 2004.

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Dana White: BJ Penn Gets Jon Fitch Next

Filed under: UFC, NewsAUBURN HILLS, Mich. – On the heels of BJ Penn’s quick and decisive win over Matt Hughes at UFC 123 on Saturday night, UFC president Dana White said he’s already picked Penn’s next opponent.

After the post-fight press conference,…

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – On the heels of BJ Penn‘s quick and decisive win over Matt Hughes at UFC 123 on Saturday night, UFC president Dana White said he’s already picked Penn’s next opponent.

After the post-fight press conference, White told a small group of reporters that Penn will stay at welterweight and will next face Jon Fitch at UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia, on February 26.

“I already made the fight,” White said. “Him and Fitch in Sydney.”

With UFC 123 Win, George Sotiropoulos Draws Dennis Siver in Sydney

Filed under: UFC, NewsAUBURN HILLS, Mich. – It didn’t take long at all for George Sotiropoulos to start thinking about his next fight.

Just a few hours after submitting Joe Lauzon to open the pay-per-view portion of UFC 123 on Saturday, and only minu…

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George SotiropoulosAUBURN HILLS, Mich. – It didn’t take long at all for George Sotiropoulos to start thinking about his next fight.

Just a few hours after submitting Joe Lauzon to open the pay-per-view portion of UFC 123 on Saturday, and only minutes after learning he had an $80,000 Fight of the Night bonus to go along with his win, Sotiropoulos’ boss, UFC president Dana White, announced his next opponent.