Brandon "The Assassin Baby" Moreno Scheduled for Jan Deiveson "Deus da Guerra" Figueiredo Alexandre "The Cannibal" Pantoja Askar "Bullet" Askarov Alex Perez Scheduled for Dec Brandon "Raw Dawg" Royval Matheus Nicolau Tim Elliott Amir "The Prince" Albazi Manel "Starboy" Kape Scheduled for Dec 4. Tagir Ulanbekov Zhalgas "Zhako" Zhumagulov Bruno "Bulldog" Silva , 1 NC.
Jussier Formiga Jeff "El Jefe" Molina Tyson Nam Malcolm "X" Gordon Scheduled for Feb 5. Diego Nunes Danny Roberts vs. Greg Soto Jacob Volkmann vs. Antonio McKee Takanori Gomi vs. Clay Guida Dong Hyun Kim vs. Nate Diaz Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva.
One of the up-and-comers at lbs. Aldo was originally scheduled to defend his title against Grispi at UFC , but had to pull out of the fight back in late November due to a compacted vertebrae.
With Aldo out, Dustin Poirier stepped in and took the fight against Grispi, one in which many expected Grispi to dominate. Instead it was Poirier who dictated the pace of the fight and took it to "The Fluke" in all three rounds. While one loss for the year-old Grispi is not a UFC death sentence, it certainly does not bode well for his chances of finally getting the title shot that he earned in With losses in five of his last eight fights, many viewed Saturday's contest as a must-win for the year-old Phil Baroni.
Tavares looked to be controlling the fight on the feet early before Baroni cracked him with a hard left hook. Tavares crumbled against the fence but Baroni attempted a guillotine instead of bringing more punches that could have ended the fight. Baroni was unable to finish the fight and was eventually clipped with an overhand right from Tavares that sent him crashing into the cage. Tavares pounced on him and the referee was forced to stop the fight after repeated undefended blows to the head.
It seems like only yesterday that Mike Brown was coming off of defeating Urijah Faber not once, but twice in less than a year's time, earning himself the title of the top fighter in the world at lbs. Those days may be gone. With his loss Saturday to Diego Noons, Brown has now lost three of his last five fights and did not do a great job of endearing himself to a wider fan base by losing his first fight under the UFC banner.
While Brown is in no danger of being cut from his UFC contract, he will have to start another win streak if he hopes to get himself back in the title picture. Gomi looked flustered in his third UFC fight by the chaotic, unpredictable pace and technique displayed by Clay Guida. Guida jumped out to an early one round lead before a dominant second round saw him secure a guillotine that Gomi could not escape.
Even given his tough start in the UFC, though, Gomi can survive on his past for awhile before he is in any danger of losing out on his UFC contract. After a difficult two years in and , saw the resurgence of "The Crippler" Chris Leben's career as he went including two wins in a two week timespan. Unfortunately didn't start off on quite the same level. Leben, known for having one of the toughest jaws in mixed martial arts, was stopped in the first round of his New Year's fight with Brian Stann.
Stann rocked Leben with a right hook and proceeded to finish the fight with a series of knees and punches that forced referee Josh Rosenthal to stop the fight.
Following the loss, "The Crippler" will return to his place as one of the gate-keepers at lbs. Once considered one of the hottest up-and-coming fighters in mixed martial arts, Brandon Vera has had one of the biggest falls from grace in MMA history.
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