Omigawa and ”Kid” Yamamoto set for UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort

Japanese MMA veterans Michihiro Omigawa and Norifumi ”Kid” Yamamoto are set to feature at UFC 126 on February 5th 2011. Omigawa was initially rumoured to make his return to the UFC around March, but has now officially been announced to take on Chad Mendes sooner than expected. 

Meanwhile Norifumi ”Kid” Yamamoto will also be looking to impress at UFC 126, where he will take on Demetrious Johnson in his UFC debut, in a bantamweight affair. Omigawa and Yamamoto are slated for the preliminary card, but if there is a live prelims special on Spike TV for UFC 126 these two bouts will be likely to get the slot.

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Current UFC 126 card looks like this: 

Main Card

Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort (middleweight Championship bout) 

Forrest Griffin vs Rich Franklin 

Jake Ellenberger vs Carlos Eduardo Rocha 

Jon Jones vs Ryan Bader 

Miguel Torres vs Antonio Banuelos 

Preliminary Card

Sam Stout vs Paul Kelly 

Chad Mendes vs Michihiro Omigawa 

Paul Taylor vs Gabe Ruediger 

Norifumi ”Kid” Yamamoto vs Demetrious Johnson 

Mike Pierce vs Kenny Robinson