Rashad Evans and Thiago Silva train for their upcoming fight at UFC 108 on January, 2nd. The fight will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas NV.

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The full trailer for UFC 108: Evans vs Silva. Also on the card, Paul Daley takes on Dustin Hazelett and undefeated Junior Dos Santos goes up against Gilbert Yvel.

Considering how many fighters have dropped out of this card, the UFC still pulled together an amazing trailer.

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 108: ‘EVANS vs SILVA’ is scheduled for Saturday, January 2, 2010 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV. The Main Event will feature Rashad Evans taking on Thiago Silva plus Carlos Condit vs Paul Daley and Joe Lauzon vs Sam Sout.

UFC 108: ‘EVANS vs SILVA’ is scheduled for Saturday, January 2, 2010 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV. The Main Event will feature Rashad Evans taking on Thiago Silva plus Carlos Condit vs Paul Daley and Joe Lauzon vs Sam Sout.

Main event:

Rashad Evans (13-1-1) vs. Thiago Silva (14-1)

Main card:

Carlos Condit (24-5) vs. Paul Daley (22-8-2)
Joe Lauzon (18-4) vs. Sam Stout (20-5-1)
Tyson Griffin (14-2) vs. Jim Miller (15-2)
Junior Dos Santos (10-1) vs. Gilbert Yvel (36-13-1)

Preliminary card (May not be televised):

Sean Sherk (33-4-1) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (9-2)
Cole Miller (15-4) VS. Dan Lauzon (12-2)
Martin Kampmann (15-3) vs. Rory Markham (16-5)
Vladimir Matyushenko (23-4-0) vs. Steve Cantwell (7-3-0)
Mark Munoz (6-1) vs. Ryan Jensen (14-5)
Mike Pyle (19-6-1) vs. Jake Ellenberger (21-5)

Check out all you can handle UFC 108 news and rumors and Official UFC 108 Website.

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 Sherdog.com, undefeated Thiago Silva will fight Antonio Mendes at UFC 84: “Ill Will” at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 24.

Silva (12-0) was originally booked to face Rashad Evans; however, an injury to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua promoted “Sugar” to the main event against Chuck Liddell at UFC 85 on June 7.

Mendes (14-2) is on an 11-fight win streak, competing primarily in Europe. His last fight was in M-1 against Kiril Sidelnikov which Mendes won due to doctor stoppage(cut).

For the most recent UFC 84: “Ill Will” fight card click here.

We’ll see if he[Thiago Silva] gets passed the first line of defense.

Date: Saturday, November 17 at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: The Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

“On Saturday, November 17 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, hugely popular light heavyweight contenders Michael “The Count” Bisping and “Sugar” Rashad Evans will put their undefeated records on the line in the main event of UFC 78: VALIDATION. This will be the first time in history that two winners of Ultimate Fighter Reality series will meet inside the octagon. In an ultra-competitive light heavyweight division ruled by UFC Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, this fight will have massive implications for both of these world-class athletes.”

Main event:

205 lbs: Rashad Evans (10-0-1) vs. Michael Bisping (14-0)

Main card (televised):

205 lbs: Houston Alexander (8-1) vs. Thiago Silva (11-0)
185 lbs: Ed Herman (13-5) vs. Joe Doerksen (39-10)
170 lbs: Karo Parisyan (17-4) vs. Ryo Chonan (14-7)
155 lbs: Frank Edgar (7-0) vs. Spencer Fisher (20-3)

Under card (may not be broadcasted):

170 lbs: Thiago Alves (12-3) vs. Chris Lytle (24-14-5)
155 lbs: Joe Lauzon (15-3) vs. Jason Reinhardt (18-0)
155 lbs: Marcus Aurelio (14-5) vs. Luke Caudillo (12-8)
170 lbs: Tamdan McCrory (8-0) vs. Akihiro Gono (27-12-1)

Official Website: 78.UFC.com
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