– Bout agreements have been distributed and signed for Eliot Marshall to face Jason Brilz at UFC 103. Here is the updated card for UFC 103, which will take place on September 19th from the American Airlines Center in Dallas:
* Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin
* Junior Dos Santos vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic
* Martin Kampmann vs. Mike Swick
* Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg
* Hermes Franca vs. Tyson Griffin
* Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller
* Sean Sherk vs. Gleison Tibau +
* Eliot Marshall vs. Jason Brilz +
* Tomasz Drwal vs. Drew McFedries +
* Rafael dos Anjos vs. Matt Wiman +
+ – Not officially announced by the UFC.
– Mirko Cro Cop recently spoke to Nokaut.com and had the following to say about his return to UFC:
“I’m pleased with my return to UFC, the only global MMA organization. Unfortunately, every other organization is far beyond UFC. DREAM cannot compete with Americans in sports or financial terms. The UFC has succeeded to become in this sport what PRIDE used to be, maybe even more than that. I will always be grateful to the Japanese fans, that is the country where I became famous as a fighter. But the offer I got from Dream was not a challenge for me. I’m sorry that UFC and DREAM argued over me. There was a lot of noise over nothing, I was even called a liar, and I read supposed statement by Dana White that I called him 600 times. Exact number of my calls was zero. I texted him once and that’s all. I wouldn’t call anyone 600 times, even if my life depends on that. I don’t want to be presented in such a degrading way.”
