Previously reported visa issues will prevent Mostapha Al Turk from fighting Rolles Gracie this Saturday at UFC 109, but Joey Beltran has been tapped to fight the fellow newcomer Gracie at the February 6 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas.
The Ultimate Fighter 10 castmember Jon Madsen was also under consideration for the bout, but the UFC withdrew the offer earlier today, according to Around the Octagon.
Beltran (10-3) has won 6 of his last 7 bouts, including a second-round knockout of UFC veteran Houston Alexander is mid-January that apparently earned him a UFC contract.
Gracie (3-0) remained undefeated with a first-round submission of Peter Graham in September in his most-recent bout, his third-straight first-round submission victory to start his MMA career, which began in 2007.
“UFC 109: Relentless” is headlined by a matchup between UFC hall of famers Randy Couture and Mark Coleman and also features Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen, Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago, Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller, and Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg.
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Pictured: Rolles Gracie
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Either fighter should give Gracie a shot to show what he’s got…
Go Madsen!!! He is a South Dakota boy!
Suitable replacement(s) imo.
And it’s sad to say, but with a name like Mostapha Al Turk you might want to get your visa issues taken care of well in advance of a visit to the USA.
^^^Truth.
I was recently talking to a cook friend of mine over at the Stratosphere, and she was saying that a well-respected new pastry chef that was hired from Egypt to work on the event crunch they’re having over there is having He11a fierce visa issues because of his Middle Eastern name.
Sad but true…
I’m sure the panty bomber didn’t help any of that.
go gracie… too bad they wont show the fight, cause it a prelim…lame and very weak !!!
If the other fights are stopped early there is always a chance. I forgot which PPV it was but almost all matches ended early and they showed all of the fights. That was a great night.
108 had nearly all the fights. I’m trying to remember the one that we got to see them all, though.
I believe it was one were we got to see some of the premlims on spike also
When Serra KO’s Twinle Toes in minute one, they’ll show the Gracie fight…
heehee
hey thats true, they should show it anyways on spike tv from 9-10, well they better, its a gracie…
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