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Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir May 23 at the MGM Grand |
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MMA News Written by Arnold Lim - The Sushiboy
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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 |
The UFC made it official today and the headliner at UFC 98 will feature the unification of the heavyweight titles as UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar faces UFC Interim Heavyweight champion Frank Mir.
The event will take place in Las Vegas and feature a co-main event of Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra. Lesnar is coming into the bout on the strength of an impressive victory over Randy Couture to snatch the heavyweight championship from the fan favorite. Mir had his most impressive performance to date dominating former Pride heavyweight champion Rodrigo Nogueria en route to taking the Interim heavyweight championship.
The full card is as follows.
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
Yushi Okami vs. Dan Miller
Sean Sherk vs. Frankie Edgar
James Irvin vs. Drew McFedries
Phillipe Nover vs. Kyle Bradley
Pat Barry vs. Tim Hague
Houston Alexander vs. Andre Gusmao
Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Brandon Wolff
Dave Kaplan vs. George Roop |