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Dan Miller Replaces Injured "Cacareco", Faces Palhares at UFC 134
Dan Miller (13-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has replaced injured Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira (18-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and now meets fellow middleweight Rousimar Palhares (12-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) at UFC 134 in Brazil.
UFC officials today announced the change but didn't disclose Ferreira's injury.
UFC 134, first announced as "UFC: Rio," takes place Aug. 27 at HSBC Arena in Rio De Janeiro.
The pay-per-view headliner features a middleweight title fight between reigning champ Anderson Silva and challenger Yushin Okami. Miller vs. Palhares is expected to be part of a preliminary card that streams on Facebook.
Although long rumored, Ferreira vs. Palhares was never officially announced for the card.
Miller nearly was cut from the UFC following consecutive decision losses to a murders' row of UFC middleweights: Chael Sonnen, Demian Maia and Michael Bisping. However, the AMA Fight Club fighter rebounded with late-notice wins against John Salter and Joe Doerksen. However, his comeback trail hit a roadblock with a decision loss to Nate Marquardt earlier this year.
Palhares, meanwhile, is building momentum after a pivotal setback against Marquardt at UFC Fight Night 22. After the loss, the submission specialist took on Dave Branch at UFC on Versus 3 and tapped him out in the second round with a kneebar. It was his fourth win in five UFC fights. In fact, in a seven-fight UFC career, the Brazilian Top Team fighter has been stopped only by top-tier competitors Marquardt and Dan Henderson.
The latest UFC 134 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
David Mitchell vs. Paulo Thiago
PRELIMINARY CARD
Erick Silva vs. Mike Swick
Yuri Alcantara vs. Antonio Carvalho
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Dan Miller vs. Rousimar Palhares
Dan Miller (13-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has replaced injured Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira (18-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and now meets fellow middleweight Rousimar Palhares (12-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) at UFC 134 in Brazil.
UFC officials today announced the change but didn't disclose Ferreira's injury.
UFC 134, first announced as "UFC: Rio," takes place Aug. 27 at HSBC Arena in Rio De Janeiro.
The pay-per-view headliner features a middleweight title fight between reigning champ Anderson Silva and challenger Yushin Okami. Miller vs. Palhares is expected to be part of a preliminary card that streams on Facebook.
Although long rumored, Ferreira vs. Palhares was never officially announced for the card.
Miller nearly was cut from the UFC following consecutive decision losses to a murders' row of UFC middleweights: Chael Sonnen, Demian Maia and Michael Bisping. However, the AMA Fight Club fighter rebounded with late-notice wins against John Salter and Joe Doerksen. However, his comeback trail hit a roadblock with a decision loss to Nate Marquardt earlier this year.
Palhares, meanwhile, is building momentum after a pivotal setback against Marquardt at UFC Fight Night 22. After the loss, the submission specialist took on Dave Branch at UFC on Versus 3 and tapped him out in the second round with a kneebar. It was his fourth win in five UFC fights. In fact, in a seven-fight UFC career, the Brazilian Top Team fighter has been stopped only by top-tier competitors Marquardt and Dan Henderson.
The latest UFC 134 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
David Mitchell vs. Paulo Thiago
PRELIMINARY CARD
Erick Silva vs. Mike Swick
Yuri Alcantara vs. Antonio Carvalho
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Dan Miller vs. Rousimar Palhares
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
David Mitchell vs. Paulo Thiago
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos*
Dan Miller vs. Rousimar Palhares
Felipe Arantes vs. Yuri Alcantara
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Raphael Assuncao vs. Johnny Eduard
updated goin down next week
Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
David Mitchell vs. Paulo Thiago
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos*
Dan Miller vs. Rousimar Palhares
Felipe Arantes vs. Yuri Alcantara
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Raphael Assuncao vs. Johnny Eduard
updated goin down next week
erryone made weight
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Anderson Silva (184) vs. Yushin Okami (183)
Forrest Griffin (205) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (205)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (243) vs. Brendan Schaub (247)
Luiz Cane (204) vs. Stanislav Nedkov (203)
Edson Barboza (155) vs. Ross Pearson (155)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Spencer Fisher (156) vs. Thiago Tavares (156)
Dan Miller (184) vs. Rousimar Palhares (185)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
David Mitchell (171) vs. Paulo Thiago (169)
Raphael Assuncao (134) vs. Johnny Eduard (135)
Erick Silva (169) vs. Luis Ramos (171)
Felipe Arantes (145) vs. Yuri Alcantara (144)
Yves Jabouin (135) vs. Ian Loveland (135)
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Champ Anderson Silva (184) vs. Yushin Okami (183)
Forrest Griffin (205) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (205)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (243) vs. Brendan Schaub (247)
Luiz Cane (204) vs. Stanislav Nedkov (203)
Edson Barboza (155) vs. Ross Pearson (155)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Spencer Fisher (156) vs. Thiago Tavares (156)
Dan Miller (184) vs. Rousimar Palhares (185)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
David Mitchell (171) vs. Paulo Thiago (169)
Raphael Assuncao (134) vs. Johnny Eduard (135)
Erick Silva (169) vs. Luis Ramos (171)
Felipe Arantes (145) vs. Yuri Alcantara (144)
Yves Jabouin (135) vs. Ian Loveland (135)
I hope Nog pulls off a crazy sub and takes Schaub's limb home with him
I hope Shogun knocks Forrest out so crazy he runs from the cage again
I hope Anderson does some amazing KO we never saw before and end up watching on youtube like 50 times
The great thing is all those hopes are definite possibilities
I hope Shogun knocks Forrest out so crazy he runs from the cage again
I hope Anderson does some amazing KO we never saw before and end up watching on youtube like 50 times
The great thing is all those hopes are definite possibilities
