In March, the UFC makes its first-ever trip to Seattle, and a highly anticipated featherweight rematch will be featured on the evening's main card.UFC executives today announced that UFC Fight Night 24 takes place March 26 at Key Arena in Seattle and airs on Spike TV.
While the card is expected to be headlined by a light heavyweight contest between Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Tito Ortiz, Leonard Garcia (15-6-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) vs. Nam Phan (16-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC) II is the first fight officially announced for the event.
Both the event and the rematch were previously reported by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
Garcia and Phan previously met on the main card of December's The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale event, where "Bad Boy" was awarded a split-decision victory that had many MMA fans and observers up in arms.
Following the result, both fighters remained confident they deserved the victory.
"The first round was mine," Garcia told MMAjunkie.com. "I landed the harder shots. He landed maybe 10 or 11 punches in the first round, and I landed like 30 or 40. My technique's a little bit different than his. I throw everything into every punch, and he tries to stay clean and do small increment punches.
"Mine looks a little more wild, but I definitely did more damage."
Phan, meanwhile, told MMAjunkie.com Radio that he won all three rounds.
"You've still got to land those punches," he said. "Most of the time he hit air."
On March 24 (hopefully) the argument will be laid to rest.
The latest rumored card for UFC Fight Night 24 includes:
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz*
- Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson*
- Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan
- John Hathaway vs. Kris McCray*
- Duane "Bang" Ludwig vs. Amir Sadollah*
- Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow*
- Mario Miranda vs. Aaron Simpson*
- Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft*
- Michael McDonald vs. Nick Pace*
- Dennis Hallman vs. T.J. Waldburger*
- Alex Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier*
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