UFC 117 ‘SILVA vs SONNEN’ took place on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The Main Event featured UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Anderson Silva defending his belt against number one contender – Chael Sonnen, plus Jon Fitch taking on Thiago Alves, and Matt Hughes submitting Ricardo Almeida.

Main event:

Anderson Silva defeats Chael Sonnen via Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 5

Main card (Televised):

Matt Hughes defeats Ricardo Almeida via Submission (North South Choke) Round 1
Junior Dos Santos defeats Roy Nelson via Unanimous Decision
Jon Fitch defeats Thiago Alves via Unanimous Decision
Clay Guida defeats Rafael Dos Anjos via Submission (Injury) Round 3

Preliminary card(May not be broadcast):

Tim Boetsch defeats Todd Brown via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Dennis “Superman” Hallman defeats Ben Saunders via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Rick “Horror” Story defeats Dustin “McLovin” Hazelett via technical knockout (strikes) at 1:15 of round two
Johny Hendricks defeats Charlie Brenneman via technical knockout (strikes) at 0:40 of round two
Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve defeats Christian Morecraft via technical knockout (strikes) at 0:22 of round two
Phil Davis defeats Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Check out all you can handle UFC 117 news and rumors and Official UFC 117 Website.

UFC 111 ‘ST-PIERRE vs HARDY’ is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Main Event will feature UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre taking on Dan Hardy plusFrank Mir vs. Shane Carwin.

Main event:

UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre vs. Dan Hardy

Main card (Televised):

Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin
Martin Kampmann vs. Ben Saunders
Jim Miller vs. Mark Bocek
Nate Diaz vs. Rory Markham

Under card (May not be broadcast):

Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Fabricio Camoes
Jared Hamman vs. Rodney Wallace
Rousimar Palhares vs. Tomasz Drwal
Matthew Riddle vs. Ricardo Funch

Check out all you can handle UFC 111 news and rumors and Official UFC 111 Website.

Jon Fitch talks about his fight at UFC 107 against Mike Pierce and how he needs to stop letting his fights go to judges’ decisions.

Main Card:

UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn defeated Diego Sanchez via TKO (Doctors Stoppage; Cut) Round 5
Frank Mir defeated Cheick Kongo via Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
Kenny Florian defeated Clay Guida via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
Jon Fitch defeated Mike Pierce via Unanimous Decision

Preliminary Card:

Stefan Struve defeated Paul Buentello via Majority Decision
Alan Belcher defeated Wilson Gouveia via TKO (referee stoppage due to strikes) at 3:02, Round 1
Matt Wiman defeated Shane Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)
Johnny Hendricks defeated Ricardo Funch via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25)
Rousimar Palhares defeated Lucio Linhares via Submission (heel hook) at 3:21, Round 2
DaMarques Johnson defeated Edgar Garcia via Submission (triangle choke) at 4:03, Round 1
TJ Grant defeated Kevin Burns via TKO (referee stoppage) at 4:57, Round 1

It seems that 2009 was the year of injuries and letdowns for the UFC and fans. Almost every card had some last-minute alteration to it. Here are our picks for the top 10 letdowns of UFC fight cards in 2009.

10. UFC 98 – Frank Mir vs Brock Lesnar

What Happened: Mir pulled out due to a back surgery. Fortunately, the fight was rescheduled to UFC 100.

Disappointment Level: “Low” The only annoying thing about this rescheduling was waiting two months for a better event.

9. UFC 108 – Gabriel Gonzaga vs Junior Dos Santos

What Happened: Gonzaga pulled out due to a staph infection. The fight has been rescheduled to an unknown date.

Disappointment Level: “Low to moderate” Santos looked great against Cro Cop and it would’ve been awesome to see his skills against a contender like Gonzaga. Other than that, it’s not a fight to lose sleep over.

UPDATE - Dos Santos is facing Gilbert Yvel at UFC 108

8. UFC 99 – Cain Velasquez vs Heath Herring

What Happened: Heath canceled due to an injury. Cheick Kongo stepped in a few weeks before the fight with little time to train and was beaten by unanimous decision.

Disappointment Level: “Moderate” At this point, people were more interested in this rising star than they were the matchup. We were just as satisfied seeing Cain maul Kongo.

7. UFC 107 – Thiago Alves vs Jon Fitch 2

What Happened: Alves pulled out due to an injury. Mike Pierce stepped in and is scheduled to fight Fitch at UFC 107.

Disappointment Level: “Annoying” Fortunately, Alves pulled out when UFC 105 and 106 were back to back. A lot of the disappointment was lost in the chaos of those two fights but once those fights were done, people realized just how great this fight could’ve been.

6. UFC 108 – Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Cain Velasquez

What Happened: Nogueira backed down due to a staph infection. The fight was canceled from the 108 fight card and it is unknown if the fight will occur.

Disappointment Level: “Obnoxious” Everyone has their eyes on Cain and wants to see what he’s made of. We also just saw Nogueira put on an impressive show against Couture at UFC 105. This seemed a perfect matchup for the winner of the Lesnar/Carwin bout (more on that later), until our dreams got smashed.

5. UFC 106 – Tito Ortiz vs Mark Coleman

What Happened: Coleman withdrew due to a knee injury (which spurred comments from Tito and then a backlash from Coleman). Forrest Griffin took Coleman’s place and beat Ortiz by a split decision.

Disappointment Level: “Sigh…” This was Ortiz’s return. What better than two former champs who’ve been around since the early days going at it? Ah yes, the smack talk. And the talk was great… until Coleman pulled the plug.

4. UFC 109 – Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort

What Happened: Silva canceled due to an elbow injury but reports and interviews might point that his elbows were fine and he was disinterested in fighting Belfort. It’s speculated that neither fighter will appear on the UFC 109 card.

Disappointment Level: “Wha-what?” People just want to see Anderson fight again. After his display at UFC 101 against Forrest Griffin, it put him at a level people didn’t realize he was on. Getting hyped up for a Silva fight just to have it fall off saddens an MMA fan’s heart.

3. UFC 108 – Lyoto Machida vs Mauricio “Shogun” Rua 2

What Happened: After an extremely controversial decision, Dana White claimed that a rematch would happen as soon as possible. Unfortunately, Machida had a hand injury and the fight had to be postponed to an unknown date.

Disappointment Level: “Frustrating” The nuisance spurs mostly from the original fight rather than the setback. But still. We finally see Machida’s weak side without anything to show for it. Let’s get this over with and see who’s gonna take it.

2. UFC 106 – Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin

What Happened: Lesnar withdrew from the fight due to an illness he originally thought was swine flu. They tried to reschedule the fight for UFC 108 but after further testing, it was discovered that Lesnar had a hole in his intestine and would not be able to fight for a long time. Dana White hyped it up even more, saying Lesnar may never be able to fight again. Now it’s rumored that he’ll be healed in time for a fight in July, 2010.

Disappointment Level: “Aw, come on!” We were loving Carwin’s mockery of Lesnar so much, we started to get lost in it. Wondering what he’d say next to get at Brock. Then all of a sudden, the line is cut and we’re left with an unknown return.

1. UFC 108 – Rashad Evans vs Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

What Happened: The biggest letdown of the year, if not longer. Rampage wanted to film his new A-Team movie and asked to push the fight back, which caused Dana White to retort. Because of this, Rampage decided he was going to withdraw from the UFC and that was that. After months of mockery, the fight was rescheduled to have Rashad face Thiago Silva instead. A few weeks later, Rampage came back and said he’d honor his original contract continue fighting.

Disappointment Level: “Are you kidding me!?” We endure the standoff after Rampage beat Wanderlei Silva at UFC 92. Then we sit through an entire season of the Ultimate Fighter where they go at it every episode. And then… it’s gone. It doesn’t get much worse than that.

Bonus! 0. DMX vs Eric Martinez

What Happened: It’s rumored that DMX’s manager tried to arrange the fight so that DMX would win. When it wouldn’t go down, DMX pulled out because of “safety reasons.” Now they have Coolio taking his place. Even better.

Disappointment Level: “Who cares?” Either way we’re gonna watch a washed-up rapper from the 90’s make a fool out of himself. What more could we want?

UFC 107 ‘PENN vs SANCHEZ’ takes place on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV) at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Main event:

BJ Penn vs. Diego Sanchez  – UFC Lightweight Championship Bout

Main Card (Televised):

Frank Mir (12-4) vs. Cheick Kongo (14-5-1)
Kenny “Ken Flo” Florian (11-4) vs. Clay “The Carpenter” Guida (25-10)
Jon Fitch vs. Mike Pierce
Paul Buentello vs. Stefan Struve

Preliminary Card (May not be broadcast):

Wilson Gouveia (12-6) vs. Alan Belcher (14-6)
Matt Wiman vs. Shane Nelson
Ricardo Funch (7-0) vs. Johny Hendricks (6-0)
Rousimar Palhares vs. Lucio Linhares
DaMarques Johnson vs. Edgar Garcia
Kevin Burns (7-3) vs. TJ Grant (14-3)

Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre will put his belt on the line against number one contender Jon Fitch at UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on August 9.

St-Pierre of Fitch:

“He’s a very, very tough guy, I’m gonna have to train hard and be very well prepared because he may be my toughest fight yet.”

Jon Fitch:

“The whole goal is to get the belt and be in the position where guys can’t duck me, run away, or say they don’t want to fight me, if I have the belt, there’s no excuse, and if you say you’re the best, then we’re gonna fight. This is gonna be a tough fight, but I’m gonna make sure I’m sharp that night, and wherever the fight needs to go, that’s fine with me.”

UFC 87 also features heavyweight Brock Lesnar taking on a soon to be named opponent. Lesnar was originally scheduled to face UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman, but a knee injury has forced ‘The Hammer’ to withdraw from the show.

In other action, a lightweight eliminator match between Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta to determine the top seed in the 155-pound division.

Check out the most recent rumored UFC 87 fight card here.

During Post UFC 82 Conference Dana White said:

“This kid, in my opinion…he has the Chuck Liddell mentality. This kid will fight anyone, anywhere… He’s definitely paid his dues. He is in line for a title shot once this whole Matt Serra and Georges St. Pierre thing gets figured out.“

Furthermore, with his win over Chris Wilson, Jon Fitch tied Royce Gracie’s 1993-94 streak of eight-consecutive victories in the Octagon, which hadn’t been matched since.

Matt Serra and Georges St. Pierre are set to fight on April 19th at UFC 83, to view the complete fight card, click here.

Jon Fitch  recently confirmed the fight between Chis Wilson on his official website. Jon Fitch (15-2) is a top welterweight contender, he is on a 14-fight win streak and most recently defeated Diego Sanchez at UFC 76 in September. A win at UFC 82 should put Fitch in line for the next title shot… after Matt Serra and Georges St. Pierre slug it out at UFC 83 on April 19 in Montreal.

Don’t expect this fight to be easy for Fitch, Chris Wilson (13-3) is no stepping stone. He is an International Fight League (IFL) and Bodog Fight veteran and was a former striking coach at Team Quest. He is currently on a four-fight win streak.

UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” features UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva vs. PRIDE Middleweight Champion Dan Henderson in the night’s main event, as well as other great fighters, Yushin Okami, Josh Koscheck and Evan Tanner. UFC 82 takes place March 1 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

For the full UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” fight card, click here, for other UFC 82 related news, click here.

Date: Saturday, March 1, 2008, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio

“On Saturday, March 1, one of the biggest questions in all of mixed martial arts will be answered – who is the greatest middleweight fighter in the world? UFC® Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva will take on PRIDE 185 lb. champion Dan Henderson in a pivotal battle to determine the undisputed king of the middleweights.”

Main Event:

Anderson Silva (20-4) vs. Dan Henderson (22-6) for the Undisputed UFC Middleweight Champion

Main card (televised):

Cheick Kongo (11-3-1) vs. Heath Herring (27-13)
Evan Tanner (32-6) vs. Yushin Okami (21-4)
Alessio Sakara (12-6) vs. Chris Leben (17-4)
Jon Fitch (15-2) vs. Chris Wilson (23-3)

Preliminary card (may not be broadcasted):

Andrei Arlovski (11-5) vs. Jake O’Brien (10-0)
Luke Cummo (6-4) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (11-3)
Josh Koscheck (9-2) vs. Dustin Hazelett (10-3)
Diego Sanchez (17-2) vs. David Bielkheden (12-5)
Jorge Gurgel (11-3) vs. John Halverson (16-5)

Fight card complete. All fights officially confirmed by UFC.com.

For more coverage of UFC 82:”Pride of a Champion” click here.