The upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event dubbed “UFC on Fox 2” has undergone a major change, as Filipino-American Mark “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Muñoz is pulled off the fight card due to injury. His opponent Chael Sonnen will face English middleweight contender Michael Bisping instead.
This was announced by UFC president Dana White recently. Supposedly, the winner of the Muñoz – Sonnen bout will face Anderson Silva for the UFC Middleweight title in a proposed stadium-sized UFC event in Sao Paolo, Brazil, while Bisping and Damian Maia will headline the third installment of the UFC on Fox series. Now, Maia will fight Chris Weidman to complete the 3-fight card.
Meanwhile, the main event featuring former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and Phil Davis will go on as scheduled. Balls (SkyCable Channel 34), the home of the UFC in the Philippines, will broadcast the event on January 29 at 11:30am.
The orthodox Evans, 16-1-1, is currently riding a three-fight win streak, including a second-round technical knockout victory over Tito Ortiz in August last year. Davis, 9-0, on the other hand, considers Evans as his toughest competitor so far. The two fighters were previously scheduled to headline UFC 133 but David suffered a knee injury and pulled out of the fight with Ortiz sliding in to take his spot.
Top middleweights Sonnen and Bisping are both known for their gift of gab. Both fighters already produced notable soundbites in the run-up to the fight. Fans expect fireworks in and out of the Octagon.“I am going to knock the teeth out of this snot nosed Brit who calls himself royalty, who calls himself a Count,” Sonnen said.
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