Minotauro and Minotouro ready for Mir and Ortiz at UFC 140

		13/09/2011 07:51
Rodrigo and Rogerio Nogueira has been called up to get into action on the same night for the first time in UFC. The athletes, who has fought five times on the same event (with seven wins and three loses), faces Frank Mir and Tito Ortiz, respectively, at UFC 140, on December 10th, and their coach, Luiz Carlos Dorea, is excited about it. “With Rodrigo and Rogerio fighting together it’s twice as exciting… It’ll be one of the best cards of the year”, claims the Boxing coach, confident of Rodrigo’s win after he has knocked out Brendan Schaub in UFC Rio. “It’s a completely different story now, he’s 100%”, guarantees, reminding about the previous loss of the heavyweight fighter to Frank Mir in UFC 92, when he was knocked out. “He got healed from the injuries, he’s a completely new athlete now… This rematch has been wanted by all Brazilians. It’ll be a great fight, everything we were hoping for”. Tito Ortiz vs. Rogerio Nogueira has been schedule for last year, but an injury prevented the American fighter to actually attend to their meeting. Recently, the Brazilian athlete had to cancel another bout, this time against Rich Franklin due to an injury, but the coach guarantees he’ll be ready to go. “Tito is a great athlete and it’ll be a very good fight. Rogerio was doing great for his bout with Rich Franklin, but unfortunately got injured… The fans are really longing to see this fight”, concludes Dorea. source:Tatame