At UFC 118, Frankie Edgar will make his first title defense of the UFC Lightweight Championship.
Looking to get back his crown is former champion B.J. Penn who was defeated by Edgar at UFC 112.
The best light-heavyweight MMA fighter in the Strikeforce organization is set to make his first title defense this 9 in the main event of Strikeforce: Houston.
Rafael “Feijão” Cavalcante hopes to win away the title from Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal.
At WEC 50, the most awaited rematch between Dominick “Dominator” Cruz and Joseph “Joe B-Wan Kenobi” Benavidez will happen.
This will also be Cruz’ first defense of his WEC Bantamweight Championship title.
The two previously met at WEC 42 in which Cruz handed Benavidez his first career loss and was named as “Fight of the Night”.
At UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko, Jon “Bones” Jones returns to the Octagon in his second consecutive UFC on Versus headliner against Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko.
He previously defeated Brandon “The Truth Vera” at the first showing of the Ultimate Fighting Championship on VERSUS at UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones last March 21, 2010.
The two will meet at the Light Heavyweight limit.
UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko will be held on August 1, 2010 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California, USA.
On July 31, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz will get his chance to avenge his loss to Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez in a rematch.
Diaz was knocked down by Marquez twice in the 9th round of their first matchup last February 28, 2009 to lose via TKO and relinquish his lightweight titles.
That bout was named as Fight of the Year” for 2009 by Ring magazine and ESPN.com.
At UFC 117, Anderson Silva returns to the Octagon to defend his UFC Middleweight title.
He is also set to disprove critics that he is more of a clown than a fighter after a so-so performance against Demian Maia at UFC 112.
The Spider will face the trash-talking politician Chael Sonnen.
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