Fedor vs. Tank Abbott?, Silva-Bisping Main Eventing UFC 105 & More
Partial source: MMAweekly.com
- A decision still has not been made regarding who Fedor Emelianenko will face at Affliction: Trilogy. Affliction has still not ruled out Brett Rogers as a possibility, even though Mike Aframowitz of Strikeforce has said he won't approve him to fight on the show. Vitor Belfort also remains a possibility. The other option is Tank Abbott who wants the fight and would probably be the biggest draw in terms of ticket sales and PPV. Of course, he is in his 40s.
- Wanderlei Silva is currently in negotiations to fight Michael Bisping in the main event of UFC 105. UFC 105 takes place at Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England and will air on tape delay on SPIKE TV. After his KO loss to Dan Henderson at UFC 100, Bisping said that he wanted a top fighter for UFC 105. Dan Hardy, James Wilks and Ross Pearson are all expected to be on the UFC 105 card.
- UFC 101: Declaration takes place Aug. 8th at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, and features the following card:
MAIN PPV CARD:
* UFC Lightweight Title Bout: B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian
* Non-Title Bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Anderson Silva
* Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
* Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida
* Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino
PRELIM CARD:
* Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley
* Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard
* Alessio Sakara vs. Thales Leitis
* Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
* George Sotiropolous vs. Robert Emerson
* Danillo Villefort vs. Jesse Lennox
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