Once again we have the basic information for such a popular event now a days. The Ultimate Fighting Championship is coming once again on its 103rd edition and is not going to be less exciting than the previous ones. This time is coming with more interesting fights and everyone is waiting the main fight between the North American Rich Franklin and the Brazilian Vitor Belfort.
This time the venue for the fight will be held on September 19th, 2009 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center.
There are until now, some changes in the Fight Card. Is important to know them because this time we have many changes.
• It was announced on July 20, 2009 that Rich Franklin will headline UFC 103 against Dan Henderson. However, on July 31, 2009 it was announced that Vitor Belfort would take Henderson’s place.
• A previously announced bout featuring Steve Steinbeiss has been moved to UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard. A previously announced bout featuring Aaron Simpson was moved to UFC 102.
• An injury has forced Matt Wiman out of a bout with Rafael dos Anjos. Rob Emerson will be filling in.
• A knee injury has forced Thiago Tavares out of his bout with Jim Miller and will be replaced by UFC newcomer Steve Lopez
• An injured back has forced Dan Lauzon out of his bout with Rafaello Oliveira and will be replaced by Nik Lentz.
• An injury has forced Mike Swick out of his bout with Martin Kampmann, Paul Daley will move up from the undercard to face Kampmann.
• Rick Story will replace Paul Daley in the undercard bout against newcomer Brian Foster.
We also have here the list of the fights for the night. The night looks interesting and there is good material to watch. The fight between Franklin and Belfort is hot and I think that Franklin has better odds to win this one.
Main card
Catchweight (195 lb) bout: (USA) Rich Franklin vs. (BRA) Vitor Belfort
Heavyweight bout: (CRO) Mirko Filipovi? vs. (BRA) Junior dos Santos
Welterweight bout: (USA) Mike Swick vs. (DEN) Martin Kampmann
Welterweight bout: (USA) Josh Koscheck vs. (USA) Frank Trigg
Lightweight bout: (USA) Tyson Griffin vs. (BRA) Hermes Franca
Preliminary card
Lightweight bout: (MEX) Efrain Escudero vs. (USA) Cole Miller
Welterweight bout: (UK) Paul Daley vs. (USA) Brian Foster
Middleweight bout: (USA) Drew McFedries vs. (POL) Tomasz Drwal
Light Heavyweight bout: (USA) Eliot Marshall vs. (USA) Jason Brilz
Light Heavyweight bout: (BEL) Vladimir Matyushenko vs. (CRO) Igor Pokrajac
Lightweight bout: (USA) Rob Emerson vs. (BRA) Rafael dos Anjos
Richard Franklin and American Fighter President Jeff Adler created The Keep It In The Ring Foundation to advocate non-violence and build character in youth. This is done through after school sports, martial arts, and life skills programs. His nickname “Ace” comes from his resemblance to Jim Carrey, who played the character Ace Ventura. Joe Rogan once called him “An angry Jim Carrey”. Franklin made his acting debut in a film called Cyborg Soldier where he plays an escaped super soldier and partners with Tiffani Thiessen.
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