Lorenzo Fertitta seems to be confirming fights left and right.
In a Q&A with fans on Twitter, the Zuffa and UFC CEO confirmed a pair of important summer bouts, including a showdown between former heavyweight champions Cain Velasquez and Frank Mir, and the rubber match between legendary light heavyweights Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin.
Mir, who is riding a three-fight win streak, has steadily climbed back into title contention. He horrified fans at UFC 140 by breaking the arm of former Pride heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Meanwhile, Velasquez is looking to rebound after getting knocked out in 64 seconds by Junior Dos Santos at UFC on Fox.
Along with losing the heavyweight title, the loss to Dos Santos marked the first time Velasquez had ever been defeated in his professional career.
Rumored for July 4th weekend, the six-year rivalry between Ortiz and Griffin will finally come to an end.
Ortiz, who is coming off back to back losses to Rashad Evans and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, has already gone on record in saying this will be the final bout of his MMA career.
Even though he hasn’t made any direct statements, Griffin could be looking to wrap up his career as well.
A little over a week out from his August 2011 bout with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Griffin wrote an article for Yahoo! Sports explaining his long and winding career.
It quit being fun when I realized I wasn’t getting better. I’m plateauing or almost getting worse sometimes. One of the essential elements to have in this is your perceived expectation of the future, and I’m a painful realist, so I realized that I’m not going to get better; this is it. It’s only gonna get worse from here on and you fight as much as you can, you fight until you don’t have it anymore, and then you fight a couple of more times after that.
Ortiz drew first blood in the rivalry by defeating Griffin at UFC 59. Griffin returned the favor in November 2009 at UFC 106.
Both bouts between the two light heavyweights have gone the distance and ended in a split decision.
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