Report: UFC 150 to Take Place in Denver

The UFC returns to Denver on August 11 to host the landmark UFC 150, according to the UFC’s website. As of now, only two fights have been slated for the card. Luiz Cane makes his middleweight debut against Yushin Okami, who is of the top-ranked f…

The UFC returns to Denver on August 11 to host the landmark UFC 150, according to the UFC’s website.

As of now, only two fights have been slated for the card.

Luiz Cane makes his middleweight debut against Yushin Okami, who is of the top-ranked fighters in that division.

Cane will drop weight after a loss by TKO against Stanislav Nedkov at UFC 134. The drop should be a welcome change for Cane, who had enjoyed an 8-0-0-1 NC record before joining the UFC as a light heavyweight, where his record in the organization has been 4-4-0.

Okami will also look for a victory to put a halt to his two-loss streak against Anderson Silva and, more recently, Tim Boetsch at UFC 144 this February.

Lightweights Thiago Tavares and Dennis Hallman will also fight in a bout that had originally been scheduled for UFC on FOX 3 on May 5.

Both fighters will be coming off of wins before their long rests. Tavares defeated Sam Stout at UFC 142 in January and Hallman won against John Makdessi in December at UFC 140.

This will also be Hallman’s first official bout as a lightweight in since 2001, when he fought for the UFC lightweight title against Jens Pulver. While Hallman attempted to cut from welterweight to lightweight for his last fight in 2011, he missed weight and instead fought at a catchweight.

According to The Denver Post, UFC officials have said that a rematch between Frankie Edgar and Benson Henderson for the lightweight title is in the works, though the bout is not yet official.

Edgar lost the belt to Henderson at UFC 144 in a close but unanimous decision that won the “Fight of the Night” award. Since then, Edgar has made it clear that he wants a rematch, despite UFC president Dana White’s attempts to persuade Edgar to drop to 145.

The UFC has a long history in Denver, and this milestone event will mark 19 years since UFC 1 took place in the Mile High City.

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