Demian Maia confirmed as Vitor Belfort’s replacement

With Vitor Belfort having to pull out of UFC 112 due to a shoulder injury, the UFC were starting to sweat on a replacement. Speculation even loomed that a match with current UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva may even be pulled from UFC 112 altogether.

Today however, UFC officials announced that Demian Maia will be replacing Belfort and the fight will still be for the Middleweight belt. Maia is coming fresh off a victory at UFC 109 against Dan Miller.

The only fight Chuck Liddel ever turned down

UFC President Dana White says Chuck Liddell has only turned down one opponent in his career: Matt Lindland.But that’s not something Lindland should brag about. According to White, when Liddell was approached a few years ago about fighting Lindland, he said he didn’t want to do it because he didn’t see Lindland as a challenging opponent.”Chuck never turns down fights,”said White, when asked if Liddell declined to fight Lyoto Machida. “From the day we bought this company, and before, he doesn’t turn