By Kat
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For one of the hottest events in Canada this year, UFC 149 Calgary sure knows how to make headlines even before the first ticket is officially sold.
UFC 149 tickets don’t go on sale til late next week and the official lineup hasn’t been finalized yet, but the fight card for UFC 149 in Calgary got another shakeup this week when it was announced that current light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones would not face challenger Dan Henderson at UFC 149, despite UFC President Dana White penning the bout for Calgary a few weeks ago. In place of the Jones/Henderson bout will instead be the original headline fight between featherweight champ Jose Aldo and Erik Koch.
Toronto Sun: Jones out, Aldo in UFC 149 main event
In addition to the flip-flop regarding the Jones and Aldo fights, reports today also indicated that local Edmonton fighter Ryan “Big Deal” Jimmo (16-1 record) will also be added to the UFC 149 fight card and will take on Australian Anthony Perosh (13-6 record) in a battle of light-heavyweights. Jimmo’s appearance in his home province will mark his Octagon debut and he is coming off a 16-fight win streak. Perosh has won three straight bouts.
Also confirmed this week was a bout between light heavyweights Thiago Silva and Maurico “Shogun” Rua would be included in the fight card. (Article: MMAJunkie.com)
While the fight card is still yet to be formally announced, the tentative lineup is as follows:
UFC Featherweight Championship bout:
Jose Aldo vs.
Erik Koch *
Light Heavyweight bout:
Middleweight bout:Michael Bisping vs.
Heavyweight bout:Cheick Kongo
Welterweight bout:Yoshihiro Akiyama)
Light Heavyweight bout:Anthony Perosh vs.
Ryan Jimmo *
Featherweight bout:
Middleweight bout:
Bantamweight bout:
Lightweight bout:Anton Kuivanen
*= not yet confirmed
(courtesy mmajunkie.com and wikipedia.org)
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