The UFC has announced that Ortiz and Nogueira have both verbally agreed to the fight, which will take place at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
Ortiz vs. Nogueira was originally slated to be the main event of the UFC Fight Night in March, but Ortiz had to pull out of the fight with an injury. Nogueira stayed on the card and ended up losing to Ortiz’s replacement, Phil Davis. Since then Ortiz has pulled off an upset win over Ryan Bader at UFC 132 and then a loss to Rashad Evans at UFC 133.
Nogueira is on a two-fight losing streak and is in desperate need of a win. Ortiz revitalized his career by defeating Bader, but he’s in need of a win, too: The upset over Bader is Ortiz’s only victory in his last seven fights.
The UFC 140 fight card also features Nogueira’s twin brother, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, in a fight with Frank Mir. Other fights slated for the card include Rory MacDonald vs. Brian Ebersole, Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi, Rich Attonito vs. Claude Patrick and Mitch Clarke vs. John Cholish. There’s no word yet on what the UFC 140 main event will be.
If you believe what Vladimir Matyushenko (25-5) and Jason Brilz (18-3-1) are saying ahead of their fight at UFC 129 this Saturday night, this is one wrestler-versus-wrestler match-up that will look like anything but.
Matyushenko – a former Belarusian …
If you believe what Vladimir Matyushenko (25-5) and Jason Brilz (18-3-1) are saying ahead of their fight at UFC 129 this Saturday night, this is one wrestler-versus-wrestler match-up that will look like anything but.
Matyushenko – a former Belarusian national team member – claims that he plans to use his wrestling skills mostly to stay off the mat, and his reasoning is fairly simple.
“I’ve been working on my stand-up skills for a little while now and honestly I’d like to show off a little bit in front of the fans,” Matyushenko told MMA Fighting. “And I know my friends and my fans are expecting it.”
Brilz, who’s been out of action since losing a very close split decision to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira last May, seems to be keeping his approach even simpler.
Filed under: UFC, NewsTwo veterans in need of a win will meet in Philadelphia in August, when Rich Franklin and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira meet up at UFC 133.
The UFC confirmed that fight — along with a welterweight bout pitting Brian Ebersole against …
MMA Fighting recently spoke to UFC light heavyweight prospect Phil Davis about last month’s win over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. “Mr. Wonderful” addressed some of the criticism he received after the fight, why he wasn’t bothered by it, the injuries he dealt with going into the fight, when he would like to fight and his ongoing feud with Octagon Girl Chandella Powell.
MMA Fighting recently spoke to UFC light heavyweight prospect Phil Davis about last month’s win over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. “Mr. Wonderful” addressed some of the criticism he received after the fight, why he wasn’t bothered by it, the injuries he dealt with going into the fight, when he would like to fight and his ongoing feud with Octagon Girl Chandella Powell.
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SEATTLE – To put things in perspective, here’s what Phil Davis did at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night: he stepped up and took a much tougher fight than the one he was originally slated for, much sooner than he was originally train…
SEATTLE – To put things in perspective, here’s what Phil Davis did at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night: he stepped up and took a much tougher fight than the one he was originally slated for, much sooner than he was originally training for. Then he won a clear-cut, if not spectacular unanimous decision over an MMA vet with nearly three times as much experience as him in the cage.
To understand the boos from the crowd and the mild disappointment from fans, we should also probably mention what he didn’t do: walk on water.
Maybe Davis was a victim of the UFC’s hype machine, or maybe the specter of new light heavyweight champ Jon Jones still loomed too largely in too many minds on Saturday night. Whatever the cause, in victory Davis found out that it’s not quite enough to be merely very, very good when people, rather rightly or wrongly, expect you to be incredible.
Tito Ortiz will return to the Octagon at UFC 140 in December, taking on Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
If you believe what 
Two veterans in need of a win will meet in Philadelphia in August, when 