UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen is to be on August 7, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, United States. The event will be the first that the UFC has hosted in Northern California.
UFC President Dana White announced via ESPN on Jim Rome is Burning that Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva would face Chael Sonnen on August 7 after having choice words for the champion. The winner will face Vitor Belfort in a matchup currently targeted for November.
White has threatened to cut Silva from the UFC if he fights the same way he did in his last bout in Abu Dhabi. “I’m telling you right now, if he ever acts like that again in the ring, I will cut him,” said White. “I don’t care if he’s the pound for pound best fighter in the world. I don’t care if he’s the middleweight champion.”
A match up between Joey Beltran and Matt Mitrione was rumored to be in the works and is now expected to take place at UFC 119.
UFC 117 Fight card
Main Card
- Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
- Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves
- Clay Guida vs. Rafael Dos Anjos
- Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida
- Roy Nelson vs. Junior Dos Santos
Preliminary Card
- Thiago Silva vs. Tim Boetsch
- Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story
- Stefan Struve vs. Christian Morecraft
- Johny Hendricks vs. Charlie Brenneman
- Ben Saunders vs. Dennis Hallman
- Rodney Wallace vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Sourced from Wikipedia.com
UFC 117 Fight Card…
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