Cage Face

Tickets for UFC 112: "Invincible," which is slated for the Concert Arena, Ferrari World, Yas Island In Abu Dhabi on April 10, will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010.

The event will new feature Anderson "The Spider" Silva defending this Middleweight Championship against Demian Maia.  BJ Penn, putting his belt on the line against Frankie Edgar and a battle of Legends Matt Hughes vs Renzo Gracie.

Demian Maia will replace Vitor Belfort at UFC 112.  Recently Belfort was force to withdraw from the championship bout due to a shoulder injury.  Since that breaking news, Vitor has undergone surgery and is currently recovering.

This is what Maia had to say of his great opportunity: "I knew about it last night. I still can't believe it. My manager called me and they asked if I wanted to fight for the belt. I said ‘of course, you don't even have to ask it'.... I'll have time to prepare an strategy. I'm coming from a heavy training camp and I'm in a fight rhythm. I'll let my body rest this week and I'll start the training next week.... I'll go train boxing with Luis Carlos Dorea (Nogueira brothers Boxing coach) for sure. My physical preparation wlll be with (Rafael) Alejarra.... If I say to you that I'm gonna exchange with him I'll be lying. It's the same thing if I say he'll go to the ground with me. But I'll go to this fight ready for everything. It's a title fight and the title always was my dream. I imagined having this title shot a year ago, but I had two more fights and God, for one reason, gave it to me now."

Today Kevin Lole of Yahoo! tweets Breaking News that Vitor Belfort injured his shoulder and is out of the title fight against Anderson Silva. Look that this news was also confirmed by Dana White.

Wow! What can we expect to happen next? Does Chael Sonnen get his shot?  We have to wait and see.

by Marcos Villegas

Las Vegas, NV-Randy Couture, the timeless legend of the octagon etched another chapter in his storied hall of fame career as he bested and ultimately choked out Mark "The Hammer" Coleman via rear naked choke in the second round of their UFC 109 main event. The two former UFC heavyweight champions had been itching for over a decade to finally see who was the better of the two. Though both fighters are in the twilight of their careers Couture is the rare gem that can still give fighters twenty years his junior a run for their money. He started the bout almost immediately landing stiff jabs that sent the former Pride GP winner's head bouncing back. Coleman did not look good as if aging in the cage, keeping his head straight up like a chicken each time he would get hit or step back in a attempt to strafe Couture's advances. Coleman ate all of Randy's best shots and was never knocked down, displaying an iron chin. He was able to get off two hooks that momentarily held back Couture, but the pressure would prove to much as Couture would force Coleman into the cage dishing out nasty uppers from the clinch. He would work dirty boxing tactics the rest of the first round, with Coleman seemingly having no answer to what was being thrown at him. The second round might have been the last of Coleman's UFC Career and certainly was the last of the fight. Couture secured a Greco body lock and took the fight to the ground. He took his opponents back and slapped a rear naked choke that put Coleman on his way to an appointment with the sandman.

Another top rank AKA product goes down to a surging Paulo Thiago. In his debut Thiago, caught Josh Koshcheck with a surprising upper cut and left hook combination to end the fight, last night he showed off his ground skill by ending Swick's night with a Darsce Choke.

This what Thiago had to say about his victory: "I'm very, very happy with this victory. Mike Swick is a very tough guya and I knew it was going to be a tough fight. Mike Swick has a big career with the UFC so it's normal that people were going to think he would win. But I trained very hard, day and night. People should expect my next fight to be even better performance and continued improvement but yes, [back to work on Monday]."

Thiago is now 13 -1 (he is 2-1 against AKA fighters), where does this put him in the Welterweight division.  Could he face the winner of Koshcheck vs Daley?

Chael Sonnen came into the cage last night and dominated Nate Marquardt, who was favorite to win the fight and get his long awaited rematch with Anderson Silva.  Sonnen used his superior wrestling skills to keep Marquardt on the ground, nutrualizing Marquardt striking weapons. After a three round war and surviving a couple of submission attempt by Nate, Sonnen earn a unanimous decision and a shot at the title.

Here is what Chael had to say about his fight and possibly face Anderson Silva for the title:

UFC 109  RESULTS: