Nogueira vs. Velasquez headliner, Evans vs. Silva announced for UFC 108

By MMAEdition on Nov 10, 2009 with Comments 0

With the loss of a planned main event between UFC middleweight champion
Anderson Silva and challenger Vitor Belfort, the UFC will instead pit
former UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and undefeated
contender Cain Velasquez (7-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in the main event of UFC 108.

The UFC today officially announced the rumored fight, as well as a co-headliner between former champ Rashad Evans (13-1-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC) and Thiago Silva (14-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC).

UFC 108 takes place Jan. 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and airs on pay-per-view.