UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz Live on PC
Watch UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz Live Stream is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 6, 2011 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This event was expected to feature Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones’ first title defense against former Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans. But during his win over Mauricio Rua, Jones tore a ligament in his right hand, which was expected to keep him sidelined until late 2011.. Not willing to wait, Evans accepted a fight against Phil Davis. However, Jones later found out that he would no longer require surgery and now is expected to make his first title defense against Quinton Jackson on September 24, 2011 at UFC 135. UFC 133 Live stream.
On July 12, Phil Davis pulled out of his main event bout with Rashad Evans due to a knee injury suffered during training. Tito Ortiz was offered to step in as Davis’ replacement but initially declined. Evans was rumored to face Lyoto Machida, in a rematch of their bout at UFC 98. Machida’s camp verbally accepted the fight. However, when UFC President Dana White called Machida’s camp again to confirm the fight, the camp said Machida would fight only if he received higher pay, which White declined. In the meanwhile, Tito Ortiz reconsidered the offer and will now replace Davis. UFC 133 Live stream.
Nick Pace was originally slated to take on Michael McDonald at this event, before McDonald was pulled to replace Norifumi Yamamoto for a UFC 130 bout with Chris Cariaso. Ivan Menjivar would later step in to face Pace at this event.
A bout between Featherweight Champion José Aldo and Chad Mendes was previously rumored to take place at this event. However, Aldo is expected to be out until October recovering from injuries and Mendes will remain on the card and face Rani Yahya.
Riki Fukuda was scheduled to take on Rafael Natal, but was forced out of the bout due to an injury suffered to his left knee in a car accident and has been replaced by Costantinos Philippou.
Vladimir Matyushenko was originally scheduled to face Alexander Gustafsson. Matyushenko, however, pulled out of the bout on July 13, 2011 due to an injury and was replaced by Matt Hamill.
Antônio Rogério Nogueira was expected to face Rich Franklin, but pulled out of the bout on July 16, 2011 due to a shoulder injury. The UFC offered Franklin a fight with Gustafsson but Franklin declined citing that he only wants big name opponents and was pulled from the card as well.
Jorge Rivera was originally scheduled to face Alessio Sakara. However, on July 25, Rivera announced that Sakara was no longer in the fight due to a torn ACL. The UFC quickly announced that Costantinos Philippou will be pulled from his bout with Rafael Natal on the same card and will now face Rivera. Natal will now face Strikeforce, and The Ultimate Fighter veteran, Paul Bradley.
UFC 133 Live stream will feature two preliminary fights live on Spike TV.
Official fight card
Main card
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Rashad Evans vs. United States Tito Ortiz
Middleweight bout: Brazil Vitor Belfort vs. Japan Yoshihiro Akiyama
Welterweight bout: United States Dennis Hallman vs. United States Brian Ebersole
Middleweight bout: United States Jorge Rivera vs. Cyprus Costantinos Philippou
Welterweight bout: Canada Rory MacDonald vs. United States Mike Pyle
Preliminary card (televised)
Light Heavyweight bout: United States Matt Hamill vs. Sweden Alexander Gustafsson
Featherweight bout: United States Chad Mendes vs. Brazil Rani Yahya
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Bantamweight bout: Canada Ivan Menjivar vs. United States Nick Pace
Welterweight bout: United States Johny Hendricks vs. United States Mike Pierce
Featherweight bout: United States Mike Brown vs. United States Nam Phan
Middleweight bout: Brazil Rafael Natal vs. United States Paul Bradley
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