Last week, the UFC announced it's plans for Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones' next title defense. Coming off his one-sided, own-toe-breaking demolition of Chael Sonnen at UFC 159, Jones will face Swedish striker Alexander Gustafsson in the main event of UFC 165. Gus is coming off a unanimous decision victory over former champ Mauricio Rua back at UFC on Fox 5. The fight will go down on September 21 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada.
On Wednesday, TVA Sports reported that the event picked up an exciting Bantamweight fight:
Nancy Audet @naaudet
Le combattant Ivan Menjivar va affronter Norifumi Yamamoto lors du UFC 165 a Toronto a appris @TVASports #ufc
10:00 PM - 19 Jun 2013
Ivan Menjivar is coming off a first round submission loss to Urijah Faber at UFC 157. He's currently ranked at #10 in the 135 lb. division and has gone 4-2 in the UFC. Norifumi Yamamoto hasn't fared nearly as well. He came to the UFC with a lot of hype from his resume in Japan, but has lost all three of his fights with the North American promotion. Chances are that this will be his last shot for success in the UFC.
I thought kid got cut ? If he didn't glad hope he can get the w in devastating fashion like he used to ... Man that guy was a fucking warrior and fun to watch ,
Not sure why they'd even bother giving KID another chance. He is completely finished as a serious contender and this card isn't in Japan so he's not going to draw anything.
Trying out for the Japanese wrestling team killed KID's career. The time off, arm injury, and major knee injury he went through added quite a few miles to his body. He can't explode like he used to with one leg.