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UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will make his Octagon debut at UFC 129 as expected, the UFC announced on Thursday while confirming six additional matchups for the April 30 event in Toronto, which is headlined by welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields.
With a win over George Roop at Saturday’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2, Mark Hominick will earn the shot at Aldo, the final WEC title-holder who has won 11-straight over the likes of former champs Urijah Faber and Mike Brown.
The latest UFC 129 fight card features:
MAIN CARD
- Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields
UFC Welterweight Championship - Champ Jose Aldo vs. TBA (Mark Hominick with win on Jan. 22)
UFC Featherweight Championship - Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida*
- Phil Davis vs. Matt Hamill
- Ben Henderson vs. Mark Bocek
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Brian Foster vs. Sean Pierson
- Charlie Valencia vs. Ivan Menjivar
- Jason MacDonald vs. Ryan Jensen
- John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson
- Rory MacDonald vs. Nate Diaz*
- Daniel Roberts vs. Claude Patrick*
- Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin*
* Not officially announced
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Good to see Aldo get back fairly soon. That definitely helps this card a bit since it needs another marquee bout. Either way, it’ll no doubt be a successful event but I wonder who will face Aldo if Hominick loses. Any suggestions?
Dustin Porier, don’t know if he’s really earned it though.
Wow what a card this is, i want to see all the prelims too.
Same here. It’s going to be an awesome night in T.O.!
woah! stacked card.
Man- I watched Faber vs Aldo last night…5 round fight, went the distance, but man o man Aldo has THE best leg kicks in MMA. If he ever lands a clean head kick to someone’s temple…may be the first mortality in ufc, lol. seriously though, no wonder Faber went to a different weight class. Aldo has to be cosidered in the same realm of a GSP or Anderson Silva. No he hasn’t been doing his thing as long or has defended the belt like they have, but that much pure talent can’t be dismissed. Extremely calculated, technical, raw power, size and strength, Truly amazing capabilities…especially considering the kind of athlete Urijah is. Don’t see this kid losing his belt any time soon.
Agree, this is one stacked card.
Is someone kidding me? GSP and Jose Aldo on the same card!! With Couture/Machida, Benderson/Bocek, Hamill/Davis! I am so stoked for this.
I see both champions retaining, no matter who they put in there with Aldo. And if I had to pick I’d say Machida, Bocek, and Hamill.
I know right?!?! ridonkulous card. I like Machida and Hamill too. Haven’t yet decided on the bocek-bendo fight just yet…If I had to lean one way it would prob hesitantly be towards Bocek. I see Henderson is slight odds favourite though.
Henderson is the favorite, but IMO people underestimate Bocek.
i didn’t think this fight card needed another headliner. I didn’t realize that Couture vs Machida wasn’t good enough. But hey we’ve all got opinions. This is going to be a great fight card. Looking forward to seeing Aldo against some ufc competition. He’s going to be fun to watch for a long time i think.
I think the card would have been fine without another co-main event but considering it will be the first event in Toronto and the biggest UFC event ever, atleast in terms of attendance, another title fight/marquee fight will definitely be good.
Im calling it now. Randy couture TKO 2nd round.
dude! u r out of your mind
Awesome card, can’t wait to see Aldo’s ufc debut, also looking forward to the rory macdonald-Diaz fight. I hope Randy wins but I don’t like his chances against machida.
WOW, sweet card
2 belts in one night? That never happened in UFC history before.
UFC 112: Silva/Maia and Penn/Edgar 1
UFC 111: St.Pierre/Hardy and Mir/Carwin (Interim title)
UFC 100: St.Pierre/Alves and Mir/Lesnar
UFC 92: Griffin/Evans and Mir/Nogueira (Interim title)
UFC 73: Silva/Quarry and Sherk/Franca (Franca got a title shot? Wow…)
UFC 65: Sylvia/Monson and St.Pierre/Hughes
UFC 64: Franklin/Silva 1 and Sherk/Florian
UFC 53: Tanner/Franklin and Arlovski/Eilers (Interim title)
UFC 52: Hughes/Trigg and Couture/Liddell
UFC 46: Hughes/Penn and Couture/Belfort
UFC 44: Sylvia/McGee and Ortiz/Couture
UFC 41: Penn/Uno and Rodriguez/Sylvia
UFC 40: Hughes/Castillo and Ortiz/Shamrock
UFC 36: Hughes/Sakurai and Barnett/Couture
UFC 35: Menne/Bustamante and Pulver/Penn
UFC 34: Newton/Hughes and Couture/Rizzo
UFC 33: Menne/Castillo, Liddell/Bustamante, and Ortiz/Matyushenko
UFC 31: Miletich/Newton and Couture/Rizzo
UFC 30: Pulver/Uno and Ortiz/Tanner
UFC 29: Miletich/Yamamoto and Ortiz/Kondo
UFC 26: Miletich/Alessio and Randleman/Rizzo
UFC Brazil: Miletich/Burnett and Shamrock/Lober
UFC Japan: Shamrock/Jackson and Couture/Smith
73 was silva vs marquardt not quarry
Well aside from those times, never before.