Author: John Morgan [kingofabuelos]

Replays of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first event ever broadcast on Versus, “UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones,” re-air this week on the cable channel.

Replay dates currently listed on the cable channel’s official website
include tonight at 9 p.m. ET and Wednesday night at both 6 p.m. ET.
Check your local listings for additional replays.

The event initially aired this past Sunday night and took place at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – UFC president Dana White has seen his share of
potential competitors fall by the wayside.

PRIDE was purchased. The IFL, EliteXC and Affliction all went belly up.

And though Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has always insisted his
organization has learned from the mistakes of those that came before
him, UFC president Dana White on Sunday said it won’t matter.
Strikeforce – and more importantly, Showtime – are in White’s sights,
and he plans on taking them down.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – While the UFC will remain firmly in the MMA
spotlight for the next 10 days with two more shows on the horizon, that
focus will briefly shift in April for Strikeforce’s second-ever
CBS-broadcast event.

Headlining the April 17 “Strikeforce: Nashville” card is Strikeforce
middleweight champ Jake Shields as he meets former UFC star Dan
Henderson.

Following Sunday night’s post-UFC on Versus 1 press conference, UFC
president Dana White said he’s not very fond of the matchup, but he is
keeping an eye on Shields.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – While the UFC put on another entertaining card on
Sunday night with UFC on Versus 1, one of the most-discussed stories of
the past week has been the potential involvement of Rich Franklin in the
upcoming season of “The Ultimate Fighter 11.”

While UFC president Dana White went out of his way to squash initial
reports of an issue with Tito Ortiz during the show’s now-complete
filming, on Sunday night he softened his stance just a bit.

While White refused to address the situation head-on, he did suggest there may be more to the story than
he’s willing to divulge.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The UFC’s first-ever event on Versus, “UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones” drew a sell-out crowd of 6,443 attendees for a live gate of $568,125 according to UFC president Dana White.

The March 21 event, which featured a light heavyweight main event between rising star Jon Jones and perennial contender Brandon Vera, took place at the 1STBANK Center, a building previously known as the Broomfiled Events Center, in Broomfield (near Denver), Colo., and aired live.

The evening’s co-feature saw another rising star, Junior Dos Santos, earn a knockout win over Gabriel Gonzaga.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The UFC’s first-ever event on Versus, “UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones” drew a sell-out crowd of 6,443 attendees for a live gate of $568,125 according to UFC president Dana White.

The March 21 event, which featured a light heavyweight main event
between rising star Jon Jones and perennial contender Brandon Vera,
took place at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo., and aired live.

The evening’s co-feature saw another rising star, Junior Dos Santos, earn a knockout win over Gabriel Gonzaga.