UFC Comes To Memphis

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UFC® action comes to Memphis - Penn and Sanchez battle for the lightweight title on Saturday, December 12 - Tickets On Sale Next Week Tickets on sale this week for The Ultimate Fighter® Finale - Live in Las Vegas on Saturday, December 5 at the Palms Resort & Casino Get closer to the action with the new UFC® iPhone app - available now in the iTunes App Store UFC.com - Cain Velasquez Pre-Fight Interview (Video) ---------------------------------

Unbeaten at 155 pounds for nearly eight years, BJ Penn has ruled the lightweight division with an iron fist, finishing top contenders Joe Stevenson, Sean Sherk, and Kenny Florian along the way. “The Prodigy” will face a challenger as willing as he is to leave it all on the line in The Ultimate Fighter® season one winner Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez, who has reinvented himself as a relentless cardio machine that won’t stop moving forward until he wears the UFC championship belt around his waist.

Plus, former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir returns to the Octagon to begin his quest for a third title, and to move back up the ladder in one of the sport’s toughest divisions. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace will have to survive the ferocious striking attack of French contender Cheick Kongo, who knows that a win over a superstar like Mir will move him closer to his first title opportunity.

UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez – Saturday, December 12th, live on Pay-Per-View from Memphis, Tennessee.

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Unbeaten at 155 pounds for nearly eight years, BJ Penn has ruled the lightweight division with an iron fist, finishing top contenders Joe Stevenson, Sean Sherk, and Kenny Florian along the way. “The Prodigy” will face a challenger as willing as he is to leave it all on the line in The Ultimate Fighter® season one winner Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez, who has reinvented himself as a relentless cardio machine that won’t stop moving forward until he wears the UFC championship belt around his waist.

Plus, former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir returns to the Octagon to begin his quest for a third title, and to move back up the ladder in one of the sport’s toughest divisions. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace will have to survive the ferocious striking attack of French contender Cheick Kongo, who knows that a win over a superstar like Mir will move him closer to his first title opportunity.

UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez – Saturday, December 12th, live on Pay-Per-View from Memphis, Tennessee.

 

BJ Penn

The Prodigy

5' 9" (175 cm)

155 (70 kg)

14-5-1

Diego Sanchez

Nightmare

5' 11" (180 cm)

155 (70 kg)

23-2-0

Frank Mir

 

6' 3" (191 cm)

240 (109 kg)

12-4-0

Cheick Kongo

 

6' 4" (193 cm)

240 (109 kg)

24-5-1

Jon Fitch

 

6' 0" (183 cm)

170 (77 kg)

23-3-0, 1 NC

Mike Pierce

 

5' 8" (173 cm)

170 (77 kg)

9-2-0

Kenny Florian

KenFlo

5' 10" (178 cm)

155 (70 kg)

13-4-0

Clay Guida

The Carpenter

5' 7" (170 cm)

155 (70 kg)

25-7-0

Paul Buentello

The Headhunter

6' 2" (188 cm)

235 (107 kg)

27-10-0

Stefan Struve

Skyscraper

6' 11" (211 cm)

238 (108 kg)

22-3-0

Alan Belcher

The Talent

6' 2" (188 cm)

185 (84 kg)

13-5-0

Wilson Gouveia

 

6' 1" (185 cm)

185 (84 kg)

12-6-0

May not be broadcast. Click for details.

Matt Wiman

Handsome

5' 10" (178 cm)

155 (70 kg)

10-5-0

Shane Nelson

Sugar

5' 9" (175 cm)

155 (70 kg)

13-4-0

May not be broadcast. Click for details.

Johny Hendricks

 

5' 9" (175 cm)

170 (77 kg)

6-0-0

Ricardo Funch

 

n/a

170 (77 kg)

May not be broadcast. Click for details.

Rousimar Palhares

Toquinho

5' 8" (173 cm)

185 (84 kg)

18-2-0

Lucio Linhares

 

n/a

185 (84 kg)

May not be broadcast. Click for details.

DaMarques Johnson

 

6' 1" (185 cm)

170 (77 kg)

14-7-0

Edgar Garcia

 

5' 11" (180 cm)

170 (77 kg)

7-1-0

May not be broadcast. Click for details.

Kevin Burns

 

5' 11" (180 cm)

170 (77 kg)

8-3-0

TJ Grant

 

5' 10" (178 cm)

170 (77 kg)

14-3-0

May not be broadcast. Click for details