UFC 106 was looking fairly bleak after main event fighter (and current champ) Brock Lesnar pulled out of his scheduled title defense against Shane Carwin. Lesnar is supposedly ill (although tooting his own horn at Vikings games) and he may meet Carwin now at the UFC’s annual NYE show on January 2nd, 2010 at 108. With that being the case, original co-main event Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin has been promoted to 106’s main event.
After the switcheroo was announced, it left fans wondering how the organization would fill the main …

Yesterday we broke down the UFC 104 under card matches but this Friday we’re now shifting our focus to the pay-per-view portion of the evening.
Champ Lyoto Machida meets former PRIDE star Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in tomorrow’s headlining fight and a Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell heavyweight tilt handles co-main event duties.
Here we go…
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Lyoto Machida (15-0) vs. Mauricio Rua (21-3): These two Brazilian light heavyweights face off this weekend with the champ’s belt on the line. Although Rua used to be a PRIDE star, he has had a lackluster move from …