Josh Koscheck and
Anthony Johnson have verbally agreed to fight each other at
UFC 106 on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas, Sherdog.com has learned from a source close to the bout.
Koscheck announced Tuesday on his Twitter account that he would be fighting Nov. 21 in Las Vegas in a co-main event fight.
“I got some big fight news for me,” he wrote. “I am fighting nov 21 in Vegas. Co main event!!! Haha it's on baby!!!!”
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Anthony Johnson.
Following
Brock Lesnar’s withdrawal from his title defense against Shane Carwin, the scheduled UFC 106 co-main event,
Tito Ortiz vs.
Forrest Griffin, became the main event. Reports surfaced later that the UFC was looking to bolster the card with a new co-main, and that now appears to be the case with Koscheck-Johnson.
Koscheck stopped
Frank Trigg at UFC 103 in September to rebound from an upset loss to
Paulo Thiago in February. Sherdog.com’s No. 5-ranked welterweight, he has 11 UFC wins and four losses. Johnson, 8-2, has won three straight in the Octagon. Most recently he stopped Yoshiyuki Yoshida on Oct. 24.
Jeff Sherwood and Greg Savage contributed to this report, which was updated at 2:11 a.m. EST with Johnson as Koscheck's opponent.
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