UFC 103 fight card and complete line up announced for Sept. 19 in Dallas
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has confirmed the remaining under card bouts for its next major pay-per-view (PPV) event, which is scheduled for the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009.
The final 13-fight line up for UFC 103 — the promotion’s first trip Texas since UFC 69 in April 2007 — is now official (even though we’ve known about the match ups for some time now).
UFC 103 will feature a main event between Rich “Ace” Franklin and Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort at a 195-pound catchweight. Also slated for the main card is a heavyweight tilt between former PRIDE superstar Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic and surging heavyweight prospect Junior Dos Santos.
In addition, Martin Kampmann and Mike Swick will collide to determine the number one contender for Georges St. Pierre’s 170-pound title.
Here is the complete UFC 103 fight card:
Main event:
195 lbs.: Rich “Ace” Franklin (25-4) vs. Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (18-8)
Main card (Televised on PPV):
265 lbs.: Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos (8-1) vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (25-6-2)
170 lbs.: Martin “Hitman” Kampmann (15-2) vs. Mike “Quick” Swick (15-2)
170 lbs.: Josh “Kos” Koscheck (12-4) vs. Frank “Twinkle Toes” Trigg (19-6)
155 lbs.: Hermes Franca (19-7) vs. Tyson Griffin (13-2)Under card (Partially televised on Spike TV):
155 lbs.: Efrain “Hecho en Mexico” Escudero (11-0) vs. Cole “Magrino” Miller (15-3)
155 lbs.: Jim Miller (14-2) vs. Steve Lopez (12-1)
155 lbs.: Rafaello “Tractor” Oliveira (8-1) vs. Nick “The Carnie” Lentz (16-3-1)
170 lbs.: Paul “Semtex” Daley (21-8-2) vs. Brian Foster (10-3)
185 lbs.: Tomasz “The Gorilla” Drwal (16-2-1) vs. Drew “The Massacre” McFedries (8-5)
205 lbs.: Eliot “The Fire” Marshall (7-1) vs. Jason Brilz (17-1-1)
205 lbs.: Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko (22-4) vs. Igor Pokrajac (21-5)
155 lbs.: Rafael dos Anjos (11-4) vs. Rob "The Saint" Emerson (9-7)
We’re now just over two weeks away from showtime, which will have its share of storylines. Can Belfort return to form and make a run at another UFC championship? Will Dos Santos rename Mirko Filipovic "KO Cop?"
And who will be the next man to challenge uber-champion Georges St. Pierre at 170-pounds?
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