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UFC Fight Night 22 Official With Demian Maia-Alan Belcher Headlining

Filed under: UFC, NewsThe UFC and Spike TV on Monday made official the Fight Night 22 card for Sept. 15 in Austin, Texas.

Fight Night 22 will take place at the Frank Erwin Special Events Center on the University of Texas campus and will feature a mai…

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The UFC and Spike TV on Monday made official the Fight Night 22 card for Sept. 15 in Austin, Texas.

Fight Night 22 will take place at the Frank Erwin Special Events Center on the University of Texas campus and will feature a main event middleweight fight between Demian Maia and Alan Belcher and a co-main event rematch between Mac Danzig and Matt Wiman.

The main card will air live on Spike. And as has become customary, the card is expected to serve as the lead-in for the Season 12 premiere of “The Ultimate Fighter,” which features welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and Josh Koscheck as coaches.

Demian Maia Believes Bout With Alan Belcher Next

After Alan Belcher’s recent ‘dude was that a f–kin piledrive?’ victory over Patrick Cote, the rising middleweight was quick to call out champion Anderson Silva, after all, Belcher has looked pretty damn impressive lately and clearly he knows it. Will he get the winner of the upcoming August 7th Silva vs. Chael Sonnen? Well, according […]

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After Alan Belcher’s recent ‘dude was that a f–kin piledrive?’ victory over Patrick Cote, the rising middleweight was quick to call out champion Anderson Silva, after all, Belcher has looked pretty damn impressive lately and clearly he knows it. Will he get the winner of the upcoming August 7th Silva vs. Chael Sonnen? Well, according to Demian Maia, the answer is ‘negativo.’ In a recent interview with the Brazilian MMA outlet Tatame.com, the jiu-jitsu champ said this, when asked if he could be facing Belcher next.

“It seems it will happen, that’s what I heard. I haven’t signed anything yet, but I believe he will be my opponent”

“Man, I’ve seen him fighting, once he fought in the same card as I did, I saw his last fight against (Patrick) Cote, he certainly is a tough guy, one of the tops of the division. For me, it’s an excellent thing to come back with a guy from his level.”

Now it remains to be seen how Belcher feels about possibly fighting a guy who, at least for a couple of rounds, was outgunned big time by Silva (we apologize if you’ve tried to erase the memories of UFC 112 from your mind). Really, in our less than humble opinion, Belcher should welcome it; Maia may still be a ways away in the stand-up game, but just ask Sonnen what happens if he gets you to the ground. To read the entire Tatame interview head here.