UFC 113 ‘MACHIDA vs SHOGUN 2′ is scheduled for Saturday, April 10, 2010 at Concert Arena, Ferrari World, Yas Island In Abu Dhabi on April 10. The Main Event will feature UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida taking on Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, also on the fight card, Josh Koschek will battle Paul Daley.

At UFC 104 last October, UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida and challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua engaged in a five round war that divided the mixed martial arts world when the unanimous decision verdict was rendered in Machida’s favor.

On Saturday, May 8, these two warriors will have a chance to do it again and erase any doubt as to who is the best 205-pound fighter in the world, and both are vowing to take matters out of the judges’ hands and into their own when The Ultimate Fighting Championship heads back to Montreal for UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2, live from the Bell Centre and only on Pay-Per-View.

Main event:

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua

Main card (Televised):

Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Patrick Cote vs. Alan Belcher
Tim Credeur vs. Tom Lawlor

Under card (May not be broadcast):

Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet
TJ Grant vs. Johny Hendricks

Check out all you can handle UFC 113 news and rumors and Official UFC 113 Website.

Rashad Evans talks about his upcoming fight against Thiago Silva at UFC 108, Tito Ortiz’s fight against Forrest Griffin at UFC 106 and Rampage’s return to the UFC. He admits that Machida messed him up “real bad” and that he would fight differently if he gets another shot at the title.

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?

Main event:

Lyoto Machida defeats Mauricio “Shogun” Rua via unanimous decision

Main card (Televised):

Cain Velasquez defeats Ben Rothwell via TKO (Strikes) Round 2
Gleison Tibau defeats Josh Neer via Unanimous Decision
Joe Stevenson defeats Spencer Fisher via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Anthony Johnson defeats Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Ryan “Darth” Bader defeats Eric “Red” Schafer via unanimous decision

Under card (May not be broadcast):

Pat Barry defeats Antoni Hardonk via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Chael Sonnen defeats Yushin Okami via unanimous decision
Jorge  Rivera defeats Rob Kimmons via technical knockout (strikes) in round three
Kyle Kingsbury defeats Razak Al-Hassan via split decision
Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve defeats Chase Gormley via submission (triangle choke) in round one

Lyoto Machida (14-0) defeats “Sugar” Rashad Evans by KO (Punches) – Round 2 @ 3:57 – Machida becomes new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
Matt Hughes defeats Matt Serra by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Drew McFedries defeats Xavier Foupa-Pokam by TKO (Strikes) – Round 1 @ 0:37
Chael Sonnen defeats Dan Miller by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Frank Edgar defeats Sean Sherk by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Brock Larson defeats Chris Wilson via Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) – Round 1
Tim Hague defeats Pat Barry via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – Round 1
Kyle Bradley defeats Phillipe Nover by TKO (Strikes) – Round 1
Krzysztof Soszynski defeats Andre Gusmao by TKO (Strikes) – Round 1
Yoshiyuki Yoshida defeats Brandon Wolff via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – Round 1
David Kaplan defeats George Roop by Unanimous Decision

Wanderlei Silva Post Fight Interview:

Lyoto Machida and Wanderlei Silva Post Conference Interviews:

Click on the banner to see the results for UFC 84: “Ill Will”:

B.J. Penn def.Sean Sherk via TKO Round 3
Wanderlei Silva def. Keith Jardine via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Goran Reljic def. Wilson Gouveia via TKO (Strikes) Round 2
Lyoto Machida def. Tito Ortiz via Unanimous Decision
Thiago Silva def. Antonio Mendes via Submission (Strikes) Round 1
Rousimar Palhares def. Ivan Salaverry via submission (armbar) in round one
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Kazuhiro Nakamura via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Rich Clementi def. Terry Etim via unanimous decision
Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Jon Koppenhaver via submission (anaconda choke) in round one
Dong Hyun Kim def. Jason Tan via technical knockout (strikes) in round three
Shane Carwin def. Christian Wellisch via knockout in round one

UFC 84: “Ill Will” is happening at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday(tonight)., May 24 at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV).

Here are the official weight-in results:

Note: Fighters are allowed to weigh one pound more than the division limit in non-title fights.

B.J. Penn (155 lbs.) vs. Sean Sherk (155 lbs.)
Wanderlei Silva (205 lbs.) vs. Keith Jardine (205 lbs.)
Goran Reljic (205 lbs.) vs. Wilson Gouveia (205 lbs.)
Tito Ortiz (205 lbs.) vs. Lyoto Machida (203 lbs.)
Thiago Silva (205 lbs.) vs. Antonio Mendes (203 lbs.)
Rousimar Palhares (185 lbs.) vs. Ivan Salaverry (185 lbs.)
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (204 lbs.) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (206 lbs.)
Terry Etim (155 lbs.) vs. Rich Clementi (155 lbs.)
Jon Koppenhaver (170 lbs.) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (170 lbs.)
Dong Hyun Kim (171 lbs.) vs. Jason Tan (170 lbs.)
Shane Carwin (252 lbs.) vs. Christian Wellisch (230lbs lbs.)

* All fighters made weight without incident.

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Weight-ins:

Tito Ortiz and the t-shirt:

According to TheFightNetwork, the former UFC light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz confirmed he will face Lyoto Machida (12-0) at a UFC event on Saturday, May 24 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas at UFC 84. This will be the final fight of his UFC contract. No word whether or not Ortiz is planning to stay with UFC after his final bout.

Quote:

“I was expecting a bigger fight. I think the fans were expecting a bigger fight, I got pressed into it, and all of a sudden, it’s all over the Internet that Tito Ortiz won’t fight Machida. I’m just looking to get my final fight over with the UFC.”