After losing to Travis Browne at UFC 145, heavyweight Strikeforce veteran Chad “Grave Digger” Griggs has verbally agreed to drop to the sunshine heavyweight division. Welcoming him at 205 pounds can be Browne’s teammate, pedigreed wrestler Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis. The 2 have verbally agreed to satisfy on the UFC on FOX event in August.
Mitrione, Lauzon, Brits Added to August Card updated May 9
Two heavyweight bouts has been verbally agreed to for August 4 on the Staples Center. Englishmen Oli Thompson and 0 0 1 Phil De Fries 1 will clash in L. a., while their countryman Rob “The Bear” Broughton will fight TUF standout 2 2 3 3 4 Matt Mitrione 4 .
update: a light-weight scrap between two always-entertaining fighters have been verbally agreed to, as 5 5 6 Joe Lauzon 6 and 7 7 8 Terry Etim 8 will test their slick submission skills against each other.
Darth vs. the Dragon, Heavyweights Heat Up August updated April 30
Coming off of back-to-back wins over 9 9 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 Jason Brilz 3 and Quinton Jackson, Ryan “Darth” Bader has verbally agreed to stand former light heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida at 4 4 5 5 6 UFC on Fox < 6 /a>August 4.
update: Two big guys coming off of giant wins have also agreed to switch that evening as heavyweight 7 7 8 8 9 9 0 Ben Rothwell 0 takes on Travis “Hapa” Browne. Rothwell earned the KO of the Night bonus while Browne scored Submission of the Night last week at UFC 145.
Lombard Draws Stann for First UFC Bout in August updated April 29
Following the hot signing of international star Hector Lombard to a 1 UFC 1 contract,
the organization today announced that the previous Cuban Olympian, who’s
currently sporting a 25 fight unbeaten streak in MMA, will make his
Octagon debut this August in L. a. against middleweight contender 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 Brian Stann 7 .
A date and venue for the bout would be announced shortly.