The UFC made a long-expected August event in Oakland, California official today, with the announcement of UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen, scheduled for August 7th at the Oracle Arena. Along with the headlining middleweight title fight between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen, seven additional fights were confirmed. Here's how the card's looking so far:
Anderson Silva (26-4) -500 vs. Chael Sonnen (24-10-1) +350
Matt Hughes (44-7) vs. Ricardo Almeida (12-3)
Thiago Alves (16-6) -140 vs. Jon Fitch (22-3) +115 *
Junior dos Santos (11-1) vs. Roy Nelson (15-4) *
Rafael dos Anjos (14-4) vs. Clay Guida (26-11)
Thiago Silva (14-2) vs. Tim Boetsch (11-3)
Dennis Hallman (41-13-2) vs. Ben Saunders (8-2-2)
Dustin Hazelett (14-5) vs. Rick Story (10-3)
Johny Hendricks (8-0) vs. Charlie Brenneman (12-1)
Rodney Wallace (9-2) vs. Stanislav Nedkov (11-0)
*not yet announced
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