Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Dustin Hazelett isn't a young man who loves chaos in his life. He's analytical, a technician. But after the last month and a half, the Kentucky native got a crash course in craziness as a participant in two of the more bizarre fight events in recent memory.
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Rashad Evans pushed all the right buttons during his feud with Quinton Jackson on season 10 of "The Ultimate Fighter." Evans relentlessly criticized his fellow "TUF" coach, which made for good TV and sparked plenty of interest in seeing the two square off in the octagon.
So, of course, Evans steps in to the main event of UFC 108 Saturday night in Las Vegas against Thiago Silva.
The Evans-Jackson bout is just one on a long list of fights that, for one reason or another, has failed to come together for the UFC over the past several months. But in our official event preview, MMAjunkie.com's Steve Sievert explains why the bout still has some significance and could lead to an eventual Evans vs. Jackson matchup.
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After seven years of studying the craft, former UFC fighter and "The
Ultimate Fighter 6" semifinalist Matt Arroyo earned his black belt in
Brazilian jiu jitsu.
The 27-year-old fighter today told MMAjunkie.com he received the belt in a recent ceremony.
The honor came from his longtime instructor, Rob Kahn, the head of the
Florida-based Gracie Tampa camp who earned his own black belt from
grappling and MMA legend Royce Gracie.
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Obviously, this is just a minute detail, but it did strike me as a little weird when I caught an error in the UFC 108 trailer.
Skip ahead to about 35 seconds into the trailer as the announcer addresses Dustin Hazelett, saying, “whose five wins in the UFC have all come by spectacular submission.” Well, that’s not really true.
Hazelett’s 4-of-5 in that respect. He’s finished with a submission in his last four UFC victories, and there’s no doubt that they’ve been spectacular (especially the most recent two), but his UFC debut against Diego Saraiva was a Unanimous Decision victory.
Not that it’s a huge gaffe, but it’s a little weird for the UFC to let something like that slip through screening (then again, they’re not exactly iron-clad when it comes to containing information).
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Thiago Alves apparently has gotten his wish and will get a rematch with Jon Fitch.
Alves (16-6 MMA, 9-3 UFC), who originally was expected to fight Ricardo Almeida at UFC 111, instead has agreed to fight Fitch (21-3 MMA, 11-1 UFC) at the March event.
Sources close to both competitors told MMAjunkie.com verbal agreements are in place for the welterweight matchup, though bout agreements have not been signed.
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Weigh-ins for next month's UFC Fight Night 20 event take place Sunday, Jan. 10, at the Patriot Center on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
The same venue hosts the following night's Spike TV-broadcast event, which features a headliner of Nate Diaz vs. Gray Maynard and three other televised bouts.
The weigh-ins begin at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT), and doors open at 3 p.m.
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