LAS VEGAS – The rematch is happening.
At Saturday night’s UFC 143 post-fight press conference, UFC president
Dana White confirmed that both UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and his nemesis Chael Sonnen
have verbally agreed to meet in Brazil on an as-yet-undetermined date
in June.
Silva was in Las Vegas for Saturday’s fight card, and White said an agreement was reached during the event.
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LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s “UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit” event drew a reported
10,040 attendees and generated a live gate of $2.3 million.
UFC president Dana White revealed the figures at the evening’s post-event press conference, which MMAjunkie.com attended.
Featuring an interim welterweight title contest between former WEC
titleholder Carlos Condit and former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz, UFC
143 marked the company’s first 2012 event in Las Vegas.
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LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s “UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit” event drew a reported
10,040 attendees and generated a live gate of $2.3 million.
UFC president Dana White revealed the figures at the evening’s post-event press conference, which MMAjunkie.com attended.
Featuring an interim welterweight title contest between former WEC
titleholder Carlos Condit and former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz, UFC
143 marked the company’s first 2012 event in Las Vegas.
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LAS VEGAS – Stephen Thompson, Dustin Poirier, Fabricio Werdum and Roy Nelson each earned
$65,000 fight-night bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s UFC 143 event.
Thompson earned the night’s “Knockout of the Night” award, Poirier
picked up the “Submission of the Night” bonus, and Werdum and Nelson
earned “Fight of the Night” honors.
MMAjunkie.com learned of the bonus winners and award amounts at UFC 143′s post-fight press conference.
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