While the recently-reported rematch between Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves has yet to be confirmed for the pay-per-view event, a heavyweight showdown between veteran Paul Buentello and prospect Todd Duffee was announced for the UFC 107 main card.

The UFC 107 fight card now includes:

MAIN CARD

• B.J. Penn (c) vs. Diego Sanchez
  UFC Lightweight Championship
• Cheick Kongo vs. Frank Mir
• Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch
• Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida
• Paul Buentello vs. Todd Duffee

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia
• Shane Nelson vs. Matt Wiman
• Ricardo Funch vs. Johny Hendricks
• Lucio Linhares vs. Rousimar Palhares
• Edgar Garcia vs. DaMarques Johnson
• Kevin Burns vs. T.J. Grant

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Pictured: Shane Nelson

A cut that required stitches forced Emerson out of his scheduled UFC 101 preliminary card fight against George Sotiropoulos, with George Roop tapped to replace Emerson and fight Sotiropoulos at the August 8 event in Philadelphia.

Wiman has withdrawn from his UFC 103 fight against Rafael dos Anjos after suffering a knee injury, with Emerson booked to replace Wiman and take on dos Anjos on September 19 in Dallas.

Both injuries and replacements were reported by MMAjunkie on Thursday.

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[Pictured: Matt Wiman]

InTheGuard.tv first reported the matchup on Friday.

Wiman (6-3) was knocked out by a Spencer Fisher flying knee in his UFC debut at UFC 60 in mid-2006 but was still cast for The Ultimate Fighter 5. On the show, Wiman was eliminated in the quarterfinals by eventual finalist Manny Gamburyan. At the Finale “Handsome” defeat Brian Geraghty, which started a four-fight win streak that also included UFC victories over Michihiro Omigawa, Justin Buchholz, and Thiago Tavares. Wiman was unable to find success in his two most-recent fights against Jim Miller and Sam Stout, suffering unanimous decision losses in both bouts.

Dos Anjos (11-4), who came to the UFC with an 11-2 record after competing almost exclusively in Brazil, was knocked out by Jeremy Stephens in the third-round of his UFC debut in November then suffered a unanimous decision loss to Tyson Griffin at UFC Fight Night 18 in April.

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Junior dos Santos is expected to co-headline UFC 103 alongside a main event featuring Rich Franklin against an opponent to-be-announced. Mike Swick vs. Martin Kampmann, Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg, and Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller are also rumored for the card.

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[Pictured: Matt Wiman]

Chuck Liddell

• UFC 97 drew an official attendance of 21,451 for a live gate of $4.9 million. If confirmed, the crowd would be the largest in North American MMA history.
• Sam Stout’s unanimous decision victory over Matt Wiman was “Fight of the Night”, Krzysztof Soszynski’s first-round kimura submission of Brian Stann was “Submission of the Night”, and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua’s first-round TKO of Chuck Liddell earned “Knockout of the Night”. Stout, Wiman, Soszynski, and Rua each earned $70,000 for their UFC 97 performances.
• If Georges St-Pierre defeats Thiago Alves in July he could fight Anderson Silva in Toronto.
• Chuck Liddell is done fighting, according to UFC president Dana White, who effectively announced the former UFC light heavyweight champion’s retirement and confirmed he’ll instead assume a new role with the company.
• White said he wasn’t sure if David Loiseau will get another opportunity in the UFC, but that he is a really nice guy and he’ll consult Joe Silva before making a decision on Loiseau’s future with the promotion.
• White also said that Cheick Kongo is a serious contender for the heavyweight belt and is in the mix for a future title shot.
• Sam Stout said he arrived at the arena at 5pm and basically did a six hour warmup after his fight was pushed back from the first fight of the event to the next-to-last bout.

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

Anderson Silva defeated Thales Leites via unanimous decision in the UFC 97 main event on Saturday in Montreal, Canada in a fight that will be remembered as one of the most uneventful in UFC history. In the co-headliner, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua likely retired Chuck Liddell with a first-round knockout.

The event’s official results were:

• Anderson Silva (c) def. Thales Leites via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 50-46)
  UFC Middleweight Championship
• Sam Stout def. Matt Wiman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Chuck Liddell via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:28
• Krzysztof Soszynski def. Brian Stann via submission (kimura) — Round 1, 3:53
• Cheick Kongo def. Antoni Hardonk via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 2:29
• Luis Cane def. Steve Cantwell via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
• Denis Kang def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Nate Quarry def. Jason MacDonald via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:27
• Ed Herman def. David Loiseau via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
• Mark Bocek def. David Bielkheden via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 4:57
• TJ Grant def. Ryo Chonan via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
• Eliot Marshall def. Vinicius Magalhaes via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

For complete UFC 97: Redemption play-by-play click here to check out our UFC 97 live blog replay.

The 12-bout event will get underway at 7:30pm ET with a 7-fight unaired preliminary card followed by 5 televised bouts, including Silva-Leites and Liddell-Rua.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Anderson Silva (c) def. Thales Leites via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 50-46)
  UFC Middleweight Championship
• Sam Stout def. Matt Wiman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Chuck Liddell via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:28
• Krzysztof Soszynski def. Brian Stann via submission (kimura) — Round 1, 3:53
• Cheick Kongo def. Antoni Hardonk via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 2:29
• Luis Cane def. Steve Cantwell via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
• Denis Kang def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Nate Quarry def. Jason MacDonald via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:27
• Ed Herman def. David Loiseau via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
• Mark Bocek def. David Bielkheden via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 4:57
• TJ Grant def. Ryo Chonan via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
• Eliot Marshall def. Vinicius Magalhaes via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

PLAY-BY-PLAY

• 185: Anderson Silva (c) (182) vs. Thales Leites (185)
  UFC Middleweight Championship
• 205 Chuck Liddell (206) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (206)
• 265: Cheick Kongo (232) vs. Antoni Hardonk (249)
• 205: Luis Cane (206) vs. Steve Cantwell (205)
• 205: Krzysztof Soszynski (204) vs. Brian Stann (206)

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-televised)

• 185: Vinicius Magalhaes (204) vs. Eliot Marshall (205)
• 185: Xavier Foupa-Pokam (185) vs. Denis Kang (185)
• 185: Jason MacDonald (186) vs. Nate Quarry (186)
• 185: Ed Herman (186) vs. David Loiseau (185)
• 155: David Bielkheden (157) vs. Mark Bocek (154)
• 170: Ryo Chonan (171) vs. T.J. Grant (169)
• 155: Sam Stout (155) vs. Matt Wiman (155)

Note: Non-championship fighters can weigh-in one pound over their respective weight class limit.

Houston Alexander

Houston Alexander vs. Andre Gusmao, Matt Wiman vs. Sam Stout, and Derek Downey vs. Nick Catone have been revealed for upcoming UFC cards over the last 24 hours:

• Light heavyweights Houston Alexander and Andre Gusmao will clash at UFC 98 on May 23rd in Las Vegas. After back-to-back knockout wins over Keith Jardine and Alessio Sakara to start his UFC career Alexander (8-4) has dropped three-straight to Thiago Silva, James Irvin, and Eric Schafer. Gusmao (5-1), a veteran of the IFL, lost to Jon Jones via unanimous decision in his UFC debut in August. The loser of this matchup will almost assuredly be cut by the UFC, at least temporarily.
• Lightweights Matt Wiman and Sam Stout will square off at UFC 97 on April 18th in Montreal. After dropping his UFC debut to Spencer Fisher Wiman (10-4) won four-straight bouts before losing via unanimous decision to Jim Miller in December. Stout has loss three of his last four UFC bouts, picking up a victory over Per Eklund early last year while losing fights to Spencer Fisher, Rich Clementi, and Terry Etim.
• Nick Catone finally has an opponent for his UFC debut as he’ll take on newcomer Derek Downey in place of an injured Amir Sadollah at UFC Fight Night 17 on February 7th. Downey is 10-3 as a professional while Catone brings an undefeated 5-0 mark into the bout.

Steve Cantwell submits Razak Al-Hassan at UFC Fight Night 16

Josh Koscheck, Steve Cantwell, Jim Miller, and Matt Wiman each received a $30,000 “fight night” bonus for their efforts at UFC Fight Night 16 “UFC Fight For The Troops”, which took place last night at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina and aired live on Spike TV.

In the headline bout, welterweight contender Josh Koscheck scored a highlight reel knockout of Yoshiyuki Yoshida to capture “Knockout of the Night” honors, stunning his opponent with a straight right then sealing the deal with another right hand that put Yoshida out cold on the canvas. The third knockout of Koscheck’s 15-fight career and his most brutal to date capped the 10-bout event.

Steve Cantwell, the WEC’s final light heavyweight champion, looked impressive in his UFC debut, submitting previously unbeaten Razak Al-Hassan with a gruesome first-round armbar to earn “Submission of the Night”. With a tight armbar already secure, Cantwell looked to elicit the tap out by further extending the extremity to one of the most extreme angles ever seen in the octagon, but Al-Hassan refused to tap forcing the referee to intervene after Al-Hassan’s arm had been broken.

“Fight of the Night” went to lightweights Jim Miller and Matt Wiman, who kicked off the Spike TV broadcast with a standup brawl. Despite accepting the fight on short notice, Miller blasted Wiman with strikes for three-full rounds but was unable to finish him off while Wiman was able to survive Miller’s striking and submission attempts to make it to the final bell.

For a complete recap of UFC Fight Night 16 “UFC Fight For The Troops” click here.

Josh Koscheck and Yoshiyuki Weigh-In For UFC Fight Night 16

UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fight for the Troops welterweight headliners Josh Koscheck (171) and Yoshiyuki Yoshida (171) successfully weighed in for their main event bout today at the Sports USA Bar near Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

The remainder of the ten-bout, Spike TV-broadcast card also successfully made weight, including main event participants Jonathan Goulet (171) and Mike Swick (171), Razak Al-Hassan (205) and Steve Cantwell (206), and Matt Wiman (156) and Jim Miller (156).

The event, which will serve as a fundraiser for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, takes place at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

The full UFC Fight Night 16 weigh-in results included:

• 170: Josh Koscheck (171) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (171)
• 170: Jonathan Goulet (171) vs. Mike Swick (171)
• 205: Razak Al-Hassan (205) vs. Steve Cantwell (206)
• 155: Matt Wiman (156) vs. Jim Miller (156)
• 173: Brodie Farber (174) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (173.5)
• 170: Johnny Rees (169) vs. Steve Bruno (171)
• 170: Brandon Wolff (170) vs. Ben Saunders (170)
• 185: Nate Loughran (185) vs. Tim Credeur (186)
• 155: Dale Hartt (156) vs. Corey Hill (155)
• HWT: Justin McCully (228) vs. Eddie Sanchez (246)