UFC Mega Fight Announcement List, Cain Out & Dos Santos Upset

Added on Dec 31, 2010 by John Petit in

UFC & MMA

The flood gate has opened for 2011, and the UFC has almost been constantly announcing new fights. Instead of doing 30 stories, here are the announcements in a ‘machine-gun like’ fashion, and I broke them down event by event.

UFC126 February 5, 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada

Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Demetirous Johnson

Michihiro Omigawa vs. Chad Mendes

UFC On Vs. 3 March 3, 2011 Louisville, Kentucky

Rousimar Palhares vs. Alexandre Ferreira

UFC 127 February 27, 2011 Sydney, Australia

Ross Pearson Vs. Spencer Fisher

UFC 128: March 19, 2011 Newark, New Jersey

Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus

Dan Miller vs. David Branch

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub

Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland

Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani

Ultimate Fight Night 24 March 26, 2011 Seattle, Washington

Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani

Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier

Velasquez Out, Dos Santos Furious

Cain Velasquez has pulled out of his first title defense against Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos with a shoulder injury, and the news gets worse. Cain could be out for 6-8 months. There has been no explanation for the injury as he is out of camp, and walked out of the Octagon with the title while barely breaking a sweat. Well, Dos Santos is furious with the news, as he needs to fight. Check out this Quote from Brazilian website Port De Vale Tudo:

“I’m really outraged. How does a person leaves a fight versus Brock Lesnar in perfect physical condition and then get hurt without being in training? The last news I heard about Velasquez, he was riding in Mexico. How did he get injured? I’m in the best moment of my career, training heavily and working hard to put on the fight of my life, and all of a sudden, this is postponed for eight months. That’s unfair. I’m five months without fighting, fighting is my life, not just because I love doing it, but also because I need to fight for a living. I don’t make as much money as the top fighters, so I really need to work. Of course it would be fantastic to face Velasquez at ‘UFC Rio’ in August, but I can’t keep myself one year away from the Octagon only waiting for his recovering. so I do think what would be most fair, would be Dana gives me the opportunity to fight for an interim belt.”