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Some fights were announced over the past few days as well as a change in a lightweight bout scheduled for UFC 104.
According to a report on Inside Fights, the recently reacquired, Phil Baroni will face off against TUF season 7 winner, Amir Sadollah at UFC 106.
Baroni last appearance inside the octagon was at UFC 51where he lost to fellow NY native, Pete Sell via third round submission.
Since then, Baroni has bounced around. He has fought for Pride, EliteXC and Strikeforce. His record stands at an unimpressive 13-11 but don't let that fool you as Baroni always comes to fight.
Known as "The NY Bad Ass", Baroni possesses amazing power in his hands but despite having a great physique, he always seems to have poor conditioning.
Sadollah had his first fight since defeating CB Dollaway at The Ultimate Fighter Finale 7, at UFC 102 against Johny Hendricks.
Sadollah had been sidelined with various injuries and had been sidelined over year before meeting Hendricks. Unfortunately for Sadollah, the bout only lasted 29 seconds as Hendricks knocked him down to the canvas and followed up with a series of punches that seemed to have missed their mark. World renowned referee, Dan Miragliotta halted the bout even though Sadollah seemed to be completely fine.
UFC 106 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 21st. The main event will feature tow of the biggest fighters in MMA as UFC heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar defends his title against Shane Carwin. UFC 106 will mark the return of Tito Ortiz as he takes on 44 year old Mark Coleman.
The Ultimate Fighter season 9 lightweight winner, Ross Pearson will get to fight in front of his hometown British fans as he takes on the always tough Aaron Riley at UFC 105. Pearson defeated Andre Winner to capture the six figure contract. Riley was victorious at UFC 101 against Shane Nelson. The two had squared off once before at UFC 96 with Nelson taking home a controversial knockout win in just 44 seconds. Nelson had knocked Riley down and was awarded the victory after another early stoppage due to a bad decision made by the referee. For more information on this fight go to MMA Weekly.
Fighter's Only is reporting that recently signed, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, the smaller twin brother of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, will make his debut at UFC 105 on November 14th in Manchester, England. The UFC has not named an opponent as of yet. Lil' Nog has fought for Pride, Affliction and Sengoku. He is currently riding a five fight win streak. Rogerio has defeated Dan Henderson, Vladimir Matyushenko and Strikeforce heavyweight champion, Alistair Overeem.
Sean Sherk has been forced to pull out of his lightweight bout with Gleison Tibau at UFC 104 due to a should injury he suffered during training according to Sherdog. The former lightweight champion will be replaced by Josh Neer. Neer recently lost a unanimous decision to Kurt Pellegrino at UFC 101 in August. Tibau was last seen losing a split decision to Melvin Guillard at The Ultimate Fighter Finale 9. UFC 104 will take place on October 24th from Los Angeles, California. The main event will have Lyoto Machida making his first defense of the light heavyweight title he won at UFC 98 against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
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