Nine explosive fights added to Philadelphia's "Declaration" card by UFC
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - Amber Potter  

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The UFC have officially added nine exciting fights to next month’s UFC 101 card set to take place in Philadelphia on August 8th, an event that is headlined by the lightweight title bout between B.J. Penn and Kenny Florian.

Added to the card is former UFC middleweight contender, Thales Leites who will take on Italian boxer, Allessio Sakara, while “Ultimate Fighter” season three middleweight winner, Kendall Grove takes on Ricardo Almeida also in the 185 pound division.

The event will see a whole host of other past “Ultimate Fighter” contestants compete, including season seven winner, Amir Sadollah who will make his official UFC debut after a string of injuries.

Here’s a list of the full nine bouts that have been added:

Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida
Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley
Tamden McCrory vs. John Howard
Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara
Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
George Sotiropoulos vs. Robert Emerson
Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort

Despite being the co-main event of the evening, the fight between middleweight champion, Anderson Silva and former 205 pound king, Forrest Griffin is bound to attract the most attention with this being “The Spiders” toughest test to date.


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