Author: MMA Fighting Newswire

According to a Tweet from ONE FC, former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski will fight at ONE FC: Pride of a Nation on Aug. 31 in Manila, Philippines. This bout marks the fourth meeting between the two fighters.

Arlovski was originally scheduled to face Soa Palelei at the late August show, but according to Palelei on his Twitter account, the fight fell through when he declined to sign a five-fight contract with the East Asian promotion.

Sylvia, 36, recently campaigned for a return to the UFC and was initally tapped to face Daniel Cormier in the Strikeforce grand prix’s final Strikeforce bout, but that plan was ultimately nixed by Zuffa executives. Sylvia is 7-3 in his MMA career since leaving the UFC.

Arlovski, 33, is riding a two-fight win streak since being bounced from Strikeforce. He is 4-4 since leaving the UFC.

The two former champions faced each other three times previously under the UFC banner: UFC 51, UFC 59 and UFC 61. Sylvia lost the first bout by submission and won the subsequent two meetings, first by TKO and ultimately by decision in their most-recent fight.

CALGARY — Michael Bisping discusses Anderson Silva’s opponents, Hector Lombard’s height, if Lombard deserves a title shot with a win at UFC 149, and more during the UFC 149 Q and A on Friday afternoon.

CALGARY — UFC president Dana White met with the media after the UFC 149 pre-fight press conference. Watch below to hear him talk about the recent rash of injuries, the UFC 148 PPV buy rate, how close they are putting an event in France and much more.

Donald Cerrone quickly got his wish for UFC 150.

A day after tweeting for someone to “step up,” Cerrone will square off against Melvin Guillard in the co-main event in Denver, according to the UFC.

UFC 150, which is headlined by the rematch between Benson Henderson and Frankie Edgar, will be on Aug. 11 at the Pepsi Center.

Cerrone has won seven of his past eight fights, while Guillard has lost two of his past three fights.

The Korean Zombie called out his next desired opponent on Friday and it’s none other than UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. “I want Jose Aldo,” Chan Sung Jung Tweeted. “I will end his reign as a champion.”

Jung, 25, most recently competed at UFC on FUEL TV 3 where he bested fellow contender Dustin Poirier in one of the best fights of the year at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va. UFC President Dana White initially suggested Jung was potentially in the running for a title shot against Aldo, but later stated he was the clear cut top contender.

Even if Jung gets his desired match-up with Aldo for a UFC title, there are two clear obstacles in his way.

Aldo, 25, was originally scheduled to face Erik Koch at UFC 149 next month in Calgary, Canada, but was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury. However, the fight itself has not been scrapped. Aldo is still expected to face Koch at an undetermined date in the future.

Aldo last competed at UFC 142 in January of this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he defeated Chad Mendes in the first round of their bout by TKO.

If Jung were to receive a title shot without taking an additional bout between now, and whenever Aldo and Koch eventually face one another, he will be the first fighter to earn the opportunity based on a win from a main event on the UFC on FUEL TV series.

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LAS VEGAS — Watch below as MMAFighting.com’s Dave Doyle and Ariel Helwani attempt to preview Saturday night’s UFC 146 … until Ben Fowlkes crashed the party.

They break down all the top storylines on the all-heavyweight main card and predict who will leave the Octagon with a victory at the highly anticipated event..