<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>ED HERMAN VS. DEMIAN MAIA CONFIRMED FOR UFC 83 Monday, March 10, 2008 - by MMAWeekly.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Monday announced the final bout for its upcoming UFC 83 event in Montreal. Ultimate Fighter veteran Ed Herman will face highly touted grappler Demian Maia. Herman lost in the finals of season three of The Ultimate Fighter to Kendall Grove then dropped a bout to Jason MacDonald before running up a three-fight win streak. He defeated highly touted striker Scott Smith and then veteran fighter Joe Doerksen in his most recent performances. Undefeated as a professional mixed martial artist, Maia is regarded as one of the best grapplers to recently enter the UFC. He verified as much in his Octagon debut when he submitted Ryan Jensen at UFC 77 in Cincinnati. The fight card for the UFC’s Canadian debut now stands at 11 bouts. Current UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra will face interim titleholder Georges St. Pierre in a unification bout in the main event at the 21,000-plus seat Bell Centre. UFC 83 Bouts (officially announced): -Matt Serra vs. Georges St. Pierre -Rich Franklin vs. Travis Lutter -Nate Quarry vs. Kalib Starnes -Michael Bisping vs. Charles McCarthy -Mac Danzig vs. Mark Bocek -Jason MacDonald vs. Joe Doerksen -Sam Stout vs. Rich Clementi -Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Jonathan Goulet -Alan Belcher vs. Jason Day -Cain Velasquez vs. Brad Morris -Ed Herman vs. Demian Maia</div> guess the UFC has so many guys ready and eager to fight, they're stacking the cards... Gotta love it. gonn have to start taping UFC unleashed as the undercards fights will probably show up on there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Thiago Silva to face Antonio Mendes at UFC 84 March 11, 2008 By: Sam Cupitt Category: UFC 84, Thiago Silva Thiago Silva (12-0) is now set to face UFC newcomer, Antonio Mendes (14-2) at UFC 84 according to Sherdog.com. Silva was originally meant to fight Rashad Evans at the May 24th card but when Mauricio Rua had to pull out of his scheduled fight with Chuck Liddell in June due to a knee injury, Evans stepped into his place. The undefeated Brazilian, who last fought at UFC 78: Validation, in which he scored a first round TKO over Houston Alexander, will now take on a fellow Brazilian in the form of Antonio Mendes. Mendes went 9-0 in 2007 and fights out of Europe Top Team. UFC 84 is headlined by a lightweight title clash between UFC lightweight champion, B.J. Penn and former UFC lightweight champion, Sean Sherk. Intriguing light heavyweight matches between Tito Ortiz and Lyoto Machida as well as Keith Jardine vs. Wanderlei Silva will serve as co-main events.</div> I wonder if this fight is now off the main card since Rashard is fighting Chuck at UFC 85?
