UFC 121 is rearing its heavyweight head as the official poster was released today. Rumored fight card thus far is:
Main card:
Champ Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez (for heavyweight title)
Martin Kampmann vs. Jake Shields
Diego Sanchez vs. Paulo Thiago
Matt Hamill vs. Tito Ortiz
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Brendan Schaub
Under card:
Ryan Jensen vs. Court McGee
Todd Duffee vs. Jon Madsen
Patrick Cote vs. Tom Lawlor
Sam Stout vs. Paul Taylor
Mike Guymon vs. Daniel Roberts
Chris Camozzi vs. Dongi Yang

UFC matchmaker Joe Silva is pulling out all the stops for the promotion’s upcoming event in Anaheim, California on October 23. UFC 121 is tentatively scheduled to have a headlining fight between heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar and contender Cain Velasquez but an excellent supporting cast has been forming over the past couple weeks.
News comes today by way of MMAFighting.com that former light heavyweight champ Tito Ortiz will face Matt Hamill in a main card fight while Sportsnet.ca says rising heavyweight star Brendan Schaub is now set to battle Gabriel Gonzaga.
With …

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