UFC 140 is starting to look a lot like Christmas for Canadian MMA fans as a few more of our favorite fighters were added and confirmed for the December 10th card at the Air Canada Center in Toronto.
It is extremely exciting to see rising star Rory MacDonald added to the card, although I hoped for a bigger step up for “Ares.” He will be facing Brian Ebersole.
Montreal’s John Makdessi is healthy and set to face Dennis Hallman and Mississauga veteran Claude Patrick gets a date with Rich Attonito.
Other Canadians rumoured and likely to be on the card are Mark Hominick, Mark Bocek and Krzysztof Soszynski.
Two incredible main card bouts have been verbally confirmed with Tito Ortiz vs. Rogerio Nogueira and Frank Mir vs. Minotauro Nogueira II.
I had a chance to speak to some jiu-jitsu fighters and fans at the Bravado BJJ Open this past weekend about who they would like to see at UFC 140 and you can watch it on “The Submission,” my web cast attached with this article.
Fights Confirmed for UFC 140:
Notables:
Tito Ortiz vs. Rogerio Nogueira (verbal agreement)
Frank Mir vs. Minotauro Nogueira (verbal agreement)
Canadians:
Rory MacDonald vs. Brian Ebersole
John Makdessi vs. Dennis Hallman
Claude Patrick vs. Rich Attonito
Mitch Clarke vs. John Cholish
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