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According to MMAWeekly, former UFC middleweight champion Rich “Ace” Franklin will likely take on Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99 on June 13 from the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
Two have agreed to fight each other, but it has yet to be made official by the UFC.
Also in a recent video interview with the Croatian news site Dnevnik.hr,
Mirko Cro Cop states he is in talks with the UFC for a possible fight
with UFC legend Randy Couture at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany
Interviewer: How is your knee?
Cro Cop: Well every thing is all right. They didn’t amputate my leg so
I guess the operation was a success. (Joking) I’m satisfied with the
recovery. Its getting better every day. I’m doing some light work.
Interviewer: You’re doing some weight work/upper body work at the moment?
Cro Cop: That’s right. I’m mostly working from my back. I cant use my legs. I plan to start boxing in April.
I was better prepared than your average knee reconstruction patient.
I was putting of the operation for quite some time and in the mean time
was doing the required exercise for recovery. So my comeback will be
ahead of schedule. Six days after my operation I was already doing some
exercises. I plan to be using both my hands and legs in sparing and
ground work in May.
Interviewer: Where will you make your comeback?
There is a great possibility that I will be fighting for the UFC in
Cologne, Germany. I don’t know my opponent yet. But I’m very confident
that we’ll come to an agreement with the UFC and that I’ll fight for
them in June. There are other offers on the table also.
Interviewer: Do you have any idea as to who you’ll face?
I’ve heard that I could be facing Randy Couture. That would a great.
Then again its not up to me or him but management so we’ll have to wait
and see. But I’m sure he’d also be interested in that fight.
I’d most prefer to be a free agent and fight up to six times a year but that is unlikely
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