UFC News: Two bouts added to UFC 116

Brendan Schaub (5-1) will meet Chris Tuchscherer (18-2) at UFC 116, according to MMAJunkie.com. Another fight is also in the works, as a fight between Nate Marquardt (29-9-2) and Alessio Sakara (15-7) is in the works for the UFC 116 PPV card. The news was first reported by MMA reporter Joe Ferraro and MMAJunkie.com confirms that bout agreements are in the process of being finalized. UFC 116 takes place on July 3rd from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The expected fight card is below:

- Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin (Heavyweight title-unification bout)
- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva
- Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos
- Cheick Kongo vs. Roy Nelson
- Nate Marquardt vs. Alessio Sakara
- Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
- Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
- Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle
- Kendall Grove vs. TBA
- Goran Reljic vs. TBA

Quick Hit: This card is looking better and better with every new fight announced. I’m really looking forward to the Bonner/Soszynski rematch and the Kongo/Nelson bout. Those two are very interesting. And of course, Lesnar vs. Carwin.