Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Tweeto Ortiz is out, Franklin will fight Chuck Liddell!


Well, it's official......Tweeto Ortiz is a bitch!  He's officially out of his bout with Chuck Liddell. 

Former Middleweight Champ, Rich Franklin will fight Chuck Liddell at UFC 115.

Las Vegas, NV – “Fans and media have been asking me for weeks what is happening on The Ultimate Fighter Season 11, saying things like ‘is Tito off the show, is Chuck fighting Rich.’ Today, I’m officially announcing that Chuck Liddell will fight Rich Franklin at UFC 115. I wish I could tell you why, but everyone’s just going to have to watch The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 on Spike TV. What I can say is that these are two UFC legends, and they give everything they have in every second of a fight. Both of these guys are looking to get back to the top of the light heavyweight division. Liddell and Franklin at 205 pounds is going to be a war, and I can’t wait to do our first UFC event ever in Vancouver,” said UFC President Dana White.

Former WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit faces hometown fighter Rory MacDonald in the final fight for the televised portion of the pay-per-view.

Heavyweights Ben Rothwell and Gilbert Yvel will battle on the undercard, as well as former "Ultimate Fighter" winner Mac Danzig against Matt Wiman. "Ultimate Fighter Season 9" winner James Wilks takes on Peter Sobotta, as well as Canadian Claude Patrick against Ricardo Funch. The final fight announced on Monday pits Xtreme Couture fighter Mike Pyle against Jesse Lennox in a welterweight contest.

UFC 115 will take place at General Motors Place in Vancouver on Saturday, June 12.

(some text and info gathered from mmaweekly)

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