Greg Savage of Sherdog.com is reporting that former Pride lightweight Marcus Aurelio will debut for the UFC in August at UFC 74 against Clay Guida.
Aurelio will clearly be the favorite in this fight against Guida. However, based off his performance against Tyson Griffin at UFC 72 I think Guida will make this a very competitive fight.
The UFC has confirmed the main televised portion of the UFC 72: Victory card set for June 16 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland.
The main event will be Rich Franklin vs. Yushin Okami. Also, Forrest Griffin will take on Hector “Sick Dog” Ramirez, Jason MacDonald vs. Rory Singer, and Tyson Griffin vs. Clay Guida.
Interestingly, a fifth bout for the telecast has not been designated. The UFC traditionally has always televised at least five bouts per PPV telecast. Perhaps they will be selecting the best match from the preliminary portion of the card which includes bouts between Jake O’Brien vs. Tom Murphy, Ed Herman vs. Scott Smith, Marcus Davis vs. Jason Tan, Eddie Sanchez vs. Colin Robinson, and Dustin Hazelett vs. Steve Lynch.
