Ultimate Fighting Championship 99 (UFC 99) :The Comeback would be held in Cologne and it’s the first ever event of UFC that will be held in Germany. It will be held on June the 13th and the main event would be the fight between Wanderlei Silva and Rich Franklin. Also, there will be a heavyweight bought between Cheick Kongo and Cain Velasquez. Cheick Kongo just replaced Heath Herring because of Herring’s illness that cancelled the fight with Cain Velasquez. It was already announced before that the two are going to be fighting each other but by May 20th, Kongo was announced to be the replacement.
The main event is between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva who are both aiming to win after their losses. Franklin had lost over Henderson while Wanderlei Silva lost over Jackson at 205 pound weight divisions for both. Now both will be fighting at 195 pounds. This is a good thing especially for Silva who plans to fight in the 185 pound division. For a man his size, walking around at over 205 pounds, the transition to 185 pounds would be hard so having a weight in between the two before he drops to 185 pounds is an ideal transition.
The main card events for the fight are:
Rich Franklin versus Wanderlei Silva on the Catchweight division of 195 lbs, Cheick Kongo versus Cain Velasquez on the Heavyweight bought, Mike Swick versus Ben Saunders on the Welterweight, Marcus Davis versus Dan Hardy also on the welterweight, Spencer Fisher versus Caol Uno on the Lightweight division and Mirko Filipovic versus Mostapha Al-turk on another Heavyweight match.
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Watch Penn vs Florian on August 8, 2009, Saturday night at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia in the main event of UFC 101. The two best 155-pound fighters in the world finally meet when UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn looks to defend his crown against number one contender Kenny Florian.
