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 UFC Fight Night 22 official with Maia vs. Belcher, Wiman vs. Danzig II co-headlinersAs expected UFC Fight Night 22 takes place Sept. 15, and the Spike TV-televised event airs live from the 16,000-seat Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
Spike TV officials today announced the event.
And as expected, UFC Fight Night 22, which precedes the debut episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 12," features a middleweight headliner between contenders Demian Maia and Alan Belcher, and Matt Wiman and Mac Danzig rematch in the night's co-headliner.
In June MMAjunkie.com first reported the host site, which becomes the third Texas venue to host a UFC show.
The Frank Erwin Center is located on the University of Texas campus and is home to the UT men's and women's basketball teams.
Maia (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC), who previously stopped the likes of Chael Sonnen and Nate Quarry, fights for the first time since a failed title bid against champion Anderson Silva. Maia suffered a decision loss in the headliner of April's UFC 112 event and now has lost two of his past three fights, which included a quick first-round knockout to Nate Marquardt this past August.
His new opponent, Belcher (16-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC), took his latest step toward title contention with a second-round submission victory over grappling ace Patrick Cote at UFC 113 in May. The Muay Thai fighter and Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt is now 4-1 over his past five fights, and the lone loss came via close split-decision to Yoshihiro Akiyama. During his recent hot streak, he's won four consecutive fight-night bonuses (two for "Fight of the Night" and two for "Submission of the Night").
Wiman (12-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) and Danzig (19-8-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC), meanwhile, rematch after a controversial stoppage in their first meeting at UFC 115 in June. There, Wiman earned a submission victory via guillotine choke. After Danzig struggled to free himself, referee Yves Lavigne thought the fighter had gone unconscious halted the bout. Danzig immediately protested, and UFC officials promised an immediate rematch.
Danzig, who defeated Tommy Speer to win "The Ultimate Fighter 6," has struggled since his reality-show turn. After building on his first UFC victory with a submission win over Mark Bocek, the Los Angeles-based fighter dropped consecutive fights to Clay Guida, Josh Neer and Jim Miller before saving his octagon job with a win over Justin Buchholz at UFC 109 in February.
Wiman, meanwhile, earned his second consecutive octagon victory with the win over Danzig. Prior to the June fight, he bested Shane Nelson by unanimous decision at UFC 107. The recent wins reversed a two-fight slide with losses to Miller and Sam Stout at UFC Fight Night 16 and UFC 97, respectively.
The UFC twice has visited Texas. The first trip was for UFC 69, which took place in April 2007 and drew 12,516 paid attendees for a $2,817,200 live gate at Houston's Toyota Center. Its second took place more than two years later with this past September's UFC 103 event, which drew a reported 17,428 attendees for an estimated $2.4 million take at Dallas' American Airlines Center.
The latest UFC Fight Night 22 card now includes:
* Alan Belcher vs. Demian Maia
* Mac Danzig vs. Matt Wiman
* Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau*
* Cole Miller vs. Ross Pearson*
* Efrain Escudero vs. John Gunderson*
* Nick Catone vs. Tomsz Drwal*
* Jared Hamman vs. Kyle Kingsbury*Source: http://mmajunkie.com/news/19902/ufc-fig ... liners.mma
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