UFC 155 - Card Updates

[keithlewis]

Christmas will have to wait a little longer for fans of Chael Sonnen, as the loquacious middleweight contender announced on FUEL TV's UFC Tonight Tuesday that he will be returning to light heavyweight on December 29th to face former 205-pound champion Forrest Griffin. the bout is a rematch of a 2003 IFC bout won by Griffin via submission.

"Many years ago I fought with a gentleman and I lost," said Sonnen on UFC Tonight. "I became a fan of him, I saw him win a championship, I saw him etch his name in stone as a Hall of Famer, he is the one guy Jon Jones hasn’t beat. And, on December 29th, Forrest Griffin and I will figure this out."

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[keithlewis]

Two of the lightweight division's top talents will meet in Las Vegas on December 29, as former world title challenger Gray Maynard and the consistently exciting Joe Lauzon have verbally agreed to square off in what promises to be an all-action fight that will close out 2012 in style.


UFC 155: dos Santos vs. Velasquez
December 29, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada


Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez
Chael Sonnen vs. Forrest Griffin
Joe Lauzon vs. Gray Maynard

[keithlewis]

Top-five ranked middleweights Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch and Chris "The All-American: Weidman have verbally agreed to fight at UFC 155 December 29th in Las Vegas.

"I think I’m the number-one contender in the division but with Anderson not fighting for the rest of 2012, I want to stay busy and keep getting better," said Weidman. "I think I’m the best middleweight in the world and I’m going to prove it against another top contender.”

Besides the heavyweight title fight expected to take place at UFC 155, another heavyweight match-up will go down as 9-1 Phil De Fries takes on 5-1 Matt Mitrione. Verbal agreements are in for that bout as well.


UFC 155: dos Santos vs. Velasquez
December 29, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada


Junior dos Santos (15-1) vs. Cain Velasquez (10-1) - UFC Heavyweight Title Bout
Chael Sonnen (27-12-1) vs. Forrest Griffin (19-7)
Chris Weidman (9-0) vs. Tim Boetsch (16-4)
Joe Lauzon (22-7) vs. Gray Maynard (11-1)
Matt Mitrione (5-1) vs. Phil DeFries (9-1)

[keithlewis]

Fan favorite "The Crippler" will grace the Octagon again before 2013 as Chris Leben has verbally agreed to face powerful Brit-based brawler Karlos Vemola at UFC 155. Vemola has finished his opponents in all nine of his wins, with eight of those coming in the first round and five in the first minute.

[keithlewis]

A middleweight rematch between Yushin Okami and Alan Belcher has been booked for UFC 155, promotion officials announced Thursday night.

UFC 155 takes place Dec. 29 at a to-be-named venue in Las Vegas and is expected to be headlined by a heavyweight championship rematch between reigning belt holder Junior dos Santos and ex-titlist Cain Velasquez. The evening's pay-per-view card will also see Chael Sonnen return to the light heavyweight division to take on former 205-pound pacesetter Forrest Griffin, while middleweight contenders Tim Boetsch and Chris Weidman do battle at 185 pounds.

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