UFC 107 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 12 or 19, 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee at the FedExForum.


Background

On October 21, it was announced that a previous matchup between welterweight contenders Thiago Alves and Paulo Thiago had been changed to Alves vs. Jon Fitch because Fitch's opponent for UFC 106, Ricardo Almeida suffered an injury. Paulo Thiago fought on UFC 106 on 21st November against UFC newcomer Jacob Volkmann and won the fight by Unanimous decision.

It was then announced on October 30, that Fitch would again be without an opponent as Alves was forced to withdraw because of a posterior cruciate ligament tear. It was later announced that Jon Fitch will face Mike Pierce at UFC 107.

Paul Buentello was scheduled to face Todd Duffee on the card, but an injury has forced Duffee to pull out. Buentello will now face Stefan Struve.


Official Fight Card

Main Card

* Lightweight Championship bout: United States BJ Penn (c) vs. United States Diego Sanchez
* Heavyweight bout: United States Frank Mir vs. France Cheick Kongo
* Welterweight bout: United States Jon Fitch vs. United States Mike Pierce
* Lightweight bout: United States Kenny Florian vs. United States Clay Guida
* Heavyweight bout: United States Paul Buentello vs. Netherlands Stefan Struve

Preliminary Card

* Middleweight bout: United States Alan Belcher vs. Brazil Wilson Gouveia
* Lightweight bout: United States Matt Wiman vs. United States Shane Nelson
* Welterweight bout: United States Johny Hendricks vs. Brazil Ricardo Funch
* Middleweight bout: Brazil Rousimar Palhares vs. Brazil Lucio Linhares
* Welterweight bout: United States DaMarques Johnson vs. Mexico Edgar Garcia
* Welterweight bout: United States Kevin Burns vs. Canada TJ Grant

Yea, UFC Primetime is back. Gonna be a great buildup with the TUF season and the crap after Jardine/Rampage fight.

Rashad Evans confirms UFC 107 bout with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is off

The speculation is over.

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (30-7 MMA, 5-1 UFC) will not be fighting Rashad Evans (13-1-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC) at UFC 107 in December.

While the potential for Jackson to withdraw from the event has been discussed for weeks, Evans today confirmed in an interview with Bruce Buffer that the fight has been delayed until at least 2010.

The interview aired on today's episode of "It's Time" on the Sherdog Radio Network.

"It's definitely off for the 12th," Evans said. "It's just disappointing because as a fighter you get your mind wrapped around when you're going to have to fight. Then you kind of just gear up toward it and put everything in place for that time. You take care of a lot of things you need to take care of so when you're in camp you don't have to worry about it. To find out its not going to be happening when you want it to happen is always a little bit of a letdown."

While multiple outlets have reported on the potential for Jackson to take on the role of B.A. Baracus in a feature version of "The A-Team," Evans said until recently he believed it wasn't going to happen.

"I heard a little bit about it at the last UFC, 102, and (UFC president) Dana (White) said he was working to resolve the issue, and he was pretty confident that he was going to have some kind of resolution by the end of the week," Evans said. "But then things must have took a turn for the worse and it wasn't going to be resolved. The end result was him definitely pulling out."

While White made his feelings on the subject obvious at a pre-UFC 102 press conference, Evans echoed the sentiments that fighters should stick to what they do best.

"I would stick with my obligations to do the fight (if I was in the same situation)," Evans said. "I know that he has an amazing opportunity to do this acting role, but then at the same time, at the end of the day he's still going to be just a fighter. He's not going to be an actor."

As opposing coaches on the upcoming tenth season of "The Ultimate Fighter," Evans and Jackson were supposed to clash at the conclusion of the series. Evans said he still believes his next fight will be with Jackson, he's just not sure when it will be.

"I'm pretty positive that it's going to be my next fight," Evans said. "They haven't nailed down any dates, but they did say it was going to be after the New Year. I think they were waiting to speak with Quinton's guys and find out exactly when exactly he feels he should be ready. They just want to get it done and over with, and they're just trying to work with him and see what they can do."

With the official removal of Evans vs. Jackson from the card, UFC 107 now includes:

* Champ B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez (for lightweight title)*
* Cheick Kongo vs. Frank Mir*
* Thiago Alves vs. Paulo Thiago*

I hope to see another great KO for Todd Duffee, I think that he can defeat lesnar easily.

First post updated