With Fabio Maldonado and Big Nog stepping-in Dana White declares "We are back on track"
Posted on September 13, 2012, 09:41 AM by Anton Gurevich
"We're back on track. Anderson Silva wasn't scheduled to fight at all. I called him today, and he's shooting a commercial in Brazil. Anderson Silva steps up, and Stephan Bonnar wants to fight him. The Teixeira vs. Maldonado fight comes together, and then Nogueira was standing right there with Anderson shooting the commercial with him, and he said he wanted to fight, too.
This is old-school UFC," White said. "A card is in jeopardy, but guys that are world champions and superstars stepped up and jumped in and saved the card. This is why the fans love this sport and why we went on a 12-year run without canceling an event." - USAToday.com
Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White seemed satisfied with his promotion's ability to rebuild the injury-struck UFC 153 fight card. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will return for the first time since the famous encounter with Frank Mir, testing his veteran skills against Dave Herman in main card action. Glover Teixeira will face Fabio Maldonado, adding the final piece of the puzzle to what has formed up as a solid pay-per-view line-up.
UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar now features a six-fight main card that airs on pay-per-view. Four undercard bouts will be aired LIVE on FX, and three via a free stream on Facebook.
UFC 153 is scheduled to take place on October 13th, at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Comments
Yes, UFC 153 is definitely back on track.
yeah good stuff to hear. the aldo edgar situation was a major let-down
I picked this up as total sarcasm... Goes to show!!
So gld it's back to a great card!
I took a day off work for this event.
- When I heard Koch was out and Aldo Edgar was made I was super hyped!
- When I heard Aldo was out I was super bummed!
- Reading this I;m back to being glad I took the day off
this is not something to be joking about
In other words : "**** you Jones"
Not as good as Aldo Edgar, but not a bad event at all, Maldonado VS Teixeira should be like fireworks.
Brazillians and Bonnar to the rescue!
Doubtful, but I hope they still do rampage vs. teixeira sometime in the future
cough cough, make Shogun Rampage now... cough cough
Arianne and Britney to the rescue, It would be great to see both of them on the cages doing stuff..
Stoked to see maldonado fight, hes got sick boxing
This whole injury thing in the ufc is getting me bored. I don't get as exited by ufc events as I used to. Maybe this guys will get injured too... Who knows?
Back on track my A$$. These fights pale in comparison to those that are cancelled due to injury. The UFC has a much bigger problem here, the injury epidemic. Time to do some serious investigating and punish any who fall short of a real "injury".
Better for those real fighters who are HUNGRY, which you hardly ever see anymore.
Man, what's happening to the UFC? I haven't bought a ppv in sometime now. Am was really exited about this one.