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Jorge Gurgel vs. Aaron Riley Slated For UFC 91

By: Kris Karkoski | Oct 10, 2008

Jorge Gurgel Lightweights Jorge Gurgel (12-4) and Aaron Riley (24-10-1) will square off at UFC 91 "Couture vs. Lesnar" on November 15th in Las Vegas, according to MMA Junkie .

After earning "Fight of the Night" honors for his unanimous decision win over Diego Saraiva at UFC 73 last July, Gurgel, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and cast member on The Ultimate Fighter 2, has dropped two of his last three fights, sandwiching a win over John Halverson with losses to Alvin Robinson and Cole Miller.

Riley returns to the UFC after being out of the octagon for nearly three years, last appearing at UFC Fight Night 3 in early-2006 losing to Spencer Fisher. After leaving, Riley lost back-to-back matchups with notables Eddie Alvarez and Ryan Schultz, but most-recently earned unanimous decision victories over Thiago Minu and Steve Claveau.

UFC 91 takes place on November 15th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and features a heavyweight championship main event as Randy Couture returns to the octagon to face Brock Lesnar. The rumored card for the pay-per-view event also includes Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson, Demian Maia vs. Nate Quarry, Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory, Nick Catone vs. Amir Sadollah, Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Josh Hendricks, and Jeremy Stephens vs. Rafael dos Anjos.

For more on UFC 91 check out the MMAFrenzy.com MMA rumors section.

10 Comments»

  • justin said:

    This fight will definitely be on the under card and likely won’t air, unless they have a lot of stopped fights. I still would like to see it, I like Gurgel even though he’s been disappointing since TUF.

  • B said:

    what is with all of theses homos painting there toe nails? i just dont get it

  • gunslinger said:

    i agree justin gurgel is a guy who i have liked since tuf 2…..he is such a a hardworker and has such a big heart and is the definition of gameness

  • dee said:

    he can only train fighters he can t fight to siow for a lightweight

  • gunslinger said:

    ya my new avatar is up ya…every bow to the greatness that is future lw ufc champ gray the bully maynard

  • surfingk5 said:

    Jorge bores me. So much talent and attitude and doesn’t bring it home.

  • surfingk5 said:

    cute GS

  • gunslinger said:

    cute???

  • surfingk5 said:

    your “avatar” i need to figure mine out. any suggestions?

  • surfingk5 said:

    found it

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