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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC's first trip to Indiana is set, as the organization today officially announced UFC 119, coming to the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on September 25.
Headlined by a heavyweight rematch between Frank Mir and Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira, today's announcement also confirmed a light heavyweight co-main event between Nogueira's twin brother Antonio Rogerio and Ryan Bader, as well as an Ultimate Fighter season 4 finals rematch between Chris Lytle and Matt Serra.
"Ever since Frank Mir beat Nogueira for the heavyweight title in 2008, 'Minotauro' has asked me for this rematch because he wants to prove that the first fight was a fluke," UFC President Dana White said in today's release. "On Sept. 25, he gets his wish, and I don't think there's any fighter more motivated than he is to even the score.
"As for Frank Mir, he wants to get back in the title picture, and if I know him, he was the first man to knock Nogueira out at UFC 92, and now he'll want to be the first man to make him tap out."
Penick's Analysis: This card overall is fairly strong, and though it doesn't have that marquee main event that many others have, there should be a lot of exciting action on the card with the fights that are lined up. In addition to these three the main card should also have an excellent lightweight fight between Evan Dunham and a returning Sean Sherk, as well as a very exciting lightweight fight between Melvin Guillard and Jeremy Stephens. Fans in Indianapolis should be in for a great night of fights, regardless.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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