The UFC announced several bouts Tuesday for upcoming cards in Las Vegas and Dublin, Ireland.
Touted MMA veteran
Denis Kang will make his UFC debut Jan. 17 against
Alan Belcher. The middleweight bout will be on the UFC 93 main card, which is headlined by
Rich Franklin vs.
Dan Henderson and
Mark Coleman vs.
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
Also made official Tuesday for UFC 93 at the O2 Dublin were a welterweight fight between
Marcus Davis and
Chris Lytle and a middleweight matchup between
Rousimar Palhares and
Jeremy Horn.
For UFC 94 on Jan. 31 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the UFC confirmed that
Stephan Bonnar will return to the Octagon against prospect
Jon Jones. Three fights were added to the prelim card:
Thiago Tavares vs.
Manny Gamburyan,
Jake O'Brien vs.
Christian Wellisch, and
Matt Arroyo vs. Dan Cramer.
Jan. 17 -- O2 Dublin in Dublin, Ireland
Main Card:
Rich Franklin (No. 2 MW) vs.
Dan Henderson (No. 7 MW)
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs.
Mark Coleman
Denis Kang vs.
Alan Belcher
Marcus Davis vs.
Chris Lytle
Rousimar Palhares vs.
Jeremy Horn
Prelims:
Tomasz Drwal vs.
Ivan Serati
John Hathaway vs.
Thomas Egan
Andre Gusmao vs.
Antonio Mendes
Nate Mohr vs.
Dennis Siver
Jan. 31 -- MGM Grand in Las Vegas
Current Lineup:
Georges St. Pierre (No. 1 WW, No. 2 PFP) vs.
B.J. Penn (No. 1 LW, No. 4 PFP)
Lyoto Machida (No. 4 LHW) vs.
Thiago Silva (No. 8 LHW)
Karo Parisyan (No. 9 WW) vs.
Dong Hyun Kim
Stephan Bonnar vs.
Jon Jones
Manny Gamburyan vs.
Thiago Tavares
Jake O'Brien vs.
Christian Wellisch
Matt Arroyo vs. Dan Cramer
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