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UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez Date: Feb 21, 2010 Location: Sydney, Australia Venue: Acer Arena Broadcast: Pay-per-view |
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Velasquez and Nogueira were originally slated to fight at UFC 108 but a staph infection sidelined Rodrigo Nogueira from trainign, causing him to withdraw from the fight.
This fight is very important for both fighters in order to move up the HW ladder for a title shot. Nogueira is coming off a very impressive unanimous deicsion win over Randy Couture at UFC 102. While Velasquez also looked superb, showing off his dominant wrestling and ground & pound with a second round stoppage over Ben Rothwell at UFC 104.
Plus, UK superstar Michael “The Count” Bisping hopes to spoil the middleweight debut of the legendary ‘Axe Murderer’, Wanderlei Silva. UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez, Saturday, February 20, from the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia and live on ONE.
MAIN CARD
* Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez
* Michael Bisping vs. Wanderlei Silva
* George Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Stevenson
* Ryan Bader vs. Keith Jardine
* Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Ben Rothwell
PRELIMINARY CARD
* Chris Haseman vs. Elvis Sinosic
* Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski*
* C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic*
* Brian Foster vs. Chris Lytle*
* James Te Huna vs. Igor Pokrajac*
UFC 110 Fight Results
James Te Huna def. Igor Pokrajac via TKO (strikes) Round 3, 3:26
C.B. Dollaway def. Goran Reljic via unan dec (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Chris Lytle def. Brian Foster via submission (knee-bar) Round 1, 1:41
Krzysztof Soszynski def. Stephan Bonnar via TKO (cut) Round 3, 1:04
Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic def. Anthony Perosh via TKO (cut) Round 2, 5:00
Ryan Bader def. Keith Jardine via KO (punch) – Round 3, 2:10
George Sotiropoulos def. Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Wanderlei Silva def. Michael Bisping via unanimous decision
Cain Velasquez def. Minotauro Nogueira via KO round 1