UFC 118
| UFC 118 | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 28, 2010 | |||
| Venue | TD Garden | |||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |||
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UFC 118 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 28, 2010 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[1]. The third UFC fan Expo is also expected to coincide with this event [2]
Background
UFC President Dana White announced via Twitter that the UFC would have either UFC 117 or UFC 118 in Boston and with UFC 117 being confirmed three weeks prior in Oakland, California, it is presumed this will be 118. Alessio Sakara and Nate Marquardt were originally set to face each other at UFC 116, but the fight was cancelled due to the death of Sakara's father. Strangely, they are both fighting on this card, but with different opponents.
White confirmed on ESPN MMA Live on May 27th that Randy Couture and James Toney will indeed fight at UFC 118. No further details were announced. White was asked on the show: "How close are you to confirming this fight?" To which White replied "I think we just did!"
Bouts currently rumored to be in the works for the event include:
- Joe Lauzon vs. Terry Etim[3]
- Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares[4]
- Andre Winner vs. Nik Lentz[5]
- Marcus Davis vs. Nate Diaz[6]
- Mike Pierce vs. Amilcar Alves[7]
Announced matchups
The following fights have been reported as finalized by reliable sources, but have yet to be officially announced at ufc.com
- Lightweight Championship bout:
Frankie Edgar (c) vs. B.J. Penn[8] - Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. James Toney [9][10]
- Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard[11]
- Welterweight bout:
Nick Osipczak vs. Greg Soto[12] - Middleweight bout: Jorge Rivera vs.
Alessio Sakara[13] - Middleweight bout: Phil Baroni vs. John Salter[14]
References
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- ^ "UFC 118 Fight Card and Rumors". mmafrenzy.com. 2010-04-15.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=mmajunkie-UFC_Fan_Expo_UFC_118_Boston
- ^ http://www.fightersonlymagazine.co.uk/news/viewarticle.php?id=4418
- ^ http://twitter.com/ShowdownJoe/status/13392328880/
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/19004/andre-winner-meets-nik-lentz-at-augusts-ufc-118-in-boston.mma
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/19110/marcus-davis-could-draw-nate-diaz-at-ufc-118-if-commission-issues-resolved.mma
- ^ http://www.joeshowradio.com/archive/old.php?id=20100601-Mike-Pierce-Amilcar-Alves-Added-to-UFC-118-Card
- ^ http://www.fightersonlymagazine.co.uk/news/viewarticle.php?id=4332
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/18852/randy-couture-vs-james-toney-targeted-for-augusts-ufc-118-in-boston.mma
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/19530/dana-white-says-randy-couture-vs-james-toney-still-a-go-for-ufc-118.mma
- ^ "Kenny Florian vs Gray Maynard signed for UFC 118 in Boston on Aug. 28". mmamania.com. 2010-05-06.
- ^ "UFC 118: Nick Osipczak vs Greg Soto signed for Boston on August 28". mmamania.com. 2010-05-05.
- ^ "Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara targeted for August's UFC 118 in Boston". MMAjunkie.com. 2010-05-04.
- ^ "BARONI VS. SALTER SET FOR UFC 118 IN BOSTON". mmaweekly.com. 2010-05-30.
