UFC 153 - Card Updates

[keithlewis]

Fresh off his impressive UFC debut win over Kyle Kingsbury, explosive light heavyweight Glover Teixeira will next take on former champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at UFC 153, just announced for October 13th in Brazil.

City, venue, and ticket on-sale details will be announced in the coming weeks on ufc.com.

[keithlewis]

UFC 153
October 13, 2012
Brazil


Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira
Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira vs. TBA
Rony Jason vs. TBA


Wednesday at the Instituto Reacao in Rocinha, the first winners of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil, Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira and Rony Jason, participated in the inaugural “UFC Day” and also announced that they will compete in their first post-TUF bouts at UFC 153 on October 13th.

Opponents for Ferreira, TUF Brazil's middleweight winner, and Jason, the reality series' featherweight winner, along with site and ticket information, will be announced shortly.


http://www.ufc.com

[BreakingBacks]

UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo (21-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and challenger Erik Koch (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) will meet at UFC 153 in Brazil.


UFC 153
October 13, 2012
HSBC Arena
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Jose Aldo vs. Erik Koch (UFC Featherweight Championship)
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira
Reza Madadi vs. Cristiano Marcello
Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira vs. TBA
Rony Jason vs. TBA


Source - http://mmajunkie.com/event/954/ufc-153.mma

[keithlewis]

Verbal agreements are in for two top middleweights to go to war in Brazil - Vitor Belfort and Alan Belcher will meet at UFC 153 in a match-up both had lobbied for via social media in recent days.

After winning it all in the first ever Brazilian Ultimate Fighter competition, Rony Jason now takes on the hard-hitting Sam Sicilia in a featherweight bout in his home country on October 13th. "I hope I can please the crowd on the 13th, that is a very special day for me," said Jason. "At the next UFC Rio, you will see Jason the striker and finisher.” Both fighters have verbally agreed to the bout.

TUF Brazil standouts Sergio Moraes and Renee Forte will also fight at the event; their opponents will be named in coming days.


www.ufc.com

[keithlewis]

UFC 153
October 13, 2012
HSBC Arena
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Jose Aldo vs. Erik Koch (UFC Featherweight Championship)
Alan Belcher vs. Vitor Belfort
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira
Rony "Jason" Mariano Bezerra vs. Sam Sicilia
Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira vs. TBA
Sergio Moraes vs. Renee Forte
Reza Madadi vs. Cristiano Marcello
Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva
Diego Brandao vs. Joey Gambino

[keithlewis]

The full UFC 153 fight card has been announced in advance of Thursday's ticket on-sale date. Heavyweight Gabriel “Napão” Gonzaga, a native Brazilian who now lives and trains in Western Massachusetts, will return to his homeland to welcome knockout artist Geronimo “Mondragon” dos Santos to the UFC

TUF Brasil's Francisco "Massaranduba" Trinaldo, who competed on the show at middleweight, returns to his natural weight class of 155 pounds to take on Gleison Tibau, a UFC veteran who will enter the Octagon for the 17th time in October. Plus Luiz "Banha" Cane will get a second chance to score a UFC win in Rio as he meets TUF 11's Chris Camozzi at middleweight.


Main Card:

Jose Aldo vs. Erik Koch - UFC featherweight title bout
Alan Belcher vs. Vitor Belfort
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira
Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva
Demian Maia vs. Rick Story


Preliminary Card:

Rony "Jason" Mariano Bezerra vs. Sam Sicilia
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Geronimo Dos Santos
Diego Brandao vs. Joey Gambino
Gleison Tibau vs. Francisco Trinaldo
Renee Forte vs. Sergio Moraes
Chris Camozzi vs. Luiz Cane
Reza Madadi vs. Cristiano Marcello