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Seth Petruzelli is expected to welcome former heavyweight Karlos Vemola to 205-pounds as the light heavyweights look for their first UFC wins when the square off at “UFC 122: Belfort vs. Okami” on November 13 in Oberhausen, Germany, MMAjunkie reports.

Petruzelli (12-5) dominated his UFC return over Ricardo Romero in July but was forced to tap to a second-round armbar to snap The Ultimate Fighter 2 castmember’s four-fight win streak, which included a 14-second TKO of Kimbo Slice.

After winning seven-straight in England to start his career, the Czech Vemola (7-1) dropped a unanimous decision to Jon Madsen in his UFC debut at July’s UFC 116.

The and-fight-card/”>UFC 122 fight card, which airs on tape-delay on Spike TV, is headlined by middleweight contenders Vitor Belfort vs. Yushin Okami.

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Pictured: Seth Petruzelli

A light heavyweight bout between Stephan Bonnar and Igor Pokrajac has been booked for The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale on December 4 in Las Vegas, according to ESPN’s Jon Anik.

Bonnar (12-7), the runner-up on the original season of The Ultimate Fighter, snapped a three-fight losing streak with a second-round TKO of Krzysztof Soszynski in the “Fight of the Night” at July’s UFC 116.

Pokrajac (22-7) kept his UFC career alive when he rebounded from back-to-back UFC losses with a first-round submission of James Irvin at UFC on Versus 2 in August.

The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale fight card airs live on Spike TV and features the finals of the upcoming season’s lightweight tournament.

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Pictured: Stephan Bonnar

The Bellator 28 fight card is now complete for September 9 in New Orleans with the additions of former IFL champ and UFC veteran Matt Horwich vs. WEC vet Eric Schambari and four-time All-American wrestling champ Eric Larkin vs. Marcus Andrusia.

The Fox Sports Net-televised Bellator 28 main card also includes Rich Clementi vs. Carey Vanier and Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Anthony Leone.

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Pictured: Eric Larkin

Chael Sonnen will get another shot at middleweight champ Anderson Silva as early as UFC 125 on Jan. 1 in Las Vegas, but the anticipated rematch could be pushed back to UFC 127, the UFC’s expected Super Bowl weekend event on Feb. 5, as Silva recovers from a rib injury.

“There’s absolutely going to be a sequel,” Sonnen said Thursday on ESPN’s MMA Live. “Part two is tentatively scheduled for New Year’s weekend. It may take place Super Bowl weekend. Either way it’ll be in Vegas. It’s gonna be a big deal.”

Sonnen promised a different outcome than their first meeting at UFC 117 in August, which saw Sonnen dominate Silva for four-and-a-half rounds only to be submitted in the closing minutes.

“Last time I defeated the myth, this time I’m gonna defeat the man. The only thing different is I’m leaving there with the belt. That’s it. We were one minute away from pulling it off. If I [had] beat him I’d have to come back and beat him again anyways. Nothing in my career has changed. I was the best fighter before that fight and I’m the best fighter after it.”

A rematch between lightweight champ Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard is also slated for early next year and could co-headline the and-fight-card/”>UFC 125 fight card, though UFC 126 is also expected for later in January in Pittsburgh.

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Pictured: Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen

Sidelined since a January loss to Rashad Evans, former light heavyweight contender Thiago Silva will soon resume training from a back injury which forced him off August’s UFC 117 and is targeting a December return to UFC action.

“This time I got hurt one week before the fight, and it was even more serious,” Silva told Tatame. “I lost the movement of my right leg, but I’m doing my recovery work now. I’m not training it all, but they say I’ll be able to train within four weeks.

“I’ll fight this year, probably in December. The division is stronger, in my opinion, it’s the most disputed on UFC. Unfortunately, my bad luck is keeping me out of it, but I deserve to conquest my space.”

After pushing his record to 13-0 with four-straight UFC wins, Silva (14-2) has lost two of his last three, rebounding from a loss to Lyoto Machida with a win over Keith Jardine last August before dropping a unanimous decision to Evans in the main event of UFC 108.

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A middleweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter 11 castmember Kyle Noke and Rob Kimmons has been added to the preliminary card of “UFC 122: Belfort vs. Okami” on November 13 in Oberhausen, Germany, MMA Weekly reports.

The Australian Noke (17-4-1) was eliminated in the quarterfinals of TUF 11 by runner-up Kris McCray, but stopped Josh Bryant in June at The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale to rebound with his third-straight win.

Kimmons (23-5) has gone 3-2 since joining the UFC in 2008, most-recently rebounding from an October loss to Jorge Rivera with a unanimous decision over Steve Steinbeiss at UFC on Versus 2 in August.

The UFC 122 fight card, which airs on tape-delay on Spike TV, is headlined by middleweight contenders Vitor Belfort vs. Yushin Okami.

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Pictured: Rob Kimmons

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A welterweight title fight between 170-pound champ Lyman Good and season two tournament winner Ben Askren has been added to Bellator 33 on October 21 in Philadelphia.

Good (10-0) hasn’t fought since winning Bellator’s inaugural welterweight tournament with three-straight wins last summer, while the wrestling standout Askren (6-0) earned the title shot with a June win over Dan Hornbuckle.

The Bellator 33 fight card is headlined by a non-title superfight between lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez and Roger Huerta.

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Pictured: Lyman Good

Joe Warren survived a first-round beating at the hands of featherweight champ Joe Soto before storming back to win the title by knocking Soto out just 33-seconds into the second in the main event of Thursday’s Bellator 27 in San Antonio.

Bellator 27 also saw bantamweights Zach Makovsky, Ed West, and Ulysses Gomez advance in the 135-pound tournament with decision wins.

The official Bellator 27 results were:

• Joe Warren def. Champ Joe Soto via knockout (strikes) – Round 2, 0:33
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• Zach Makovsky def. Nick Mamalis via unanimous decision
• Ed West def. Bryan Goldsby via unanimous decision
• Ulysses Gomez def. Travis Reddinger via split decision

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Thiago Alves will look to get back into the welterweight title hunt when he’s expected to return to action against John Howard at “UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2” on December 11 in Montreal, Canada, according to MMAjunkie.

Alves (17-7) won seven-straight before coming up short against champ Georges St-Pierre last July, then was sidelined for more than a year before dropping a rematch to fellow contender Jon Fitch in August.

Alves failed to make weight for UFC 117 and Dana White wanted Alves to move up to middleweight, but the UFC President offered him one last chance at 170-pounds.

Howard (14-5) began his UFC career with four-straight wins over the likes of Dennis Hallman and Daniel Roberts, but was battered en route to a third-round doctor’s stoppage at the hands of Jake Ellenberger last month.

The UFC 124 fight card is headlined by welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre vs. opposing TUF 12 coach Josh Koscheck.

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Pictured: Thiago Alves