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10-30-2010, 01:38 PM
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|  First UFC Featherweight fight will be Leonard Garcia vs. Tyler Toner, TUF 12 Finale
Leonard Garcia Meets Tyler Toner At TUF 12 Finale On Dec 4
Posted on October 30, 2010 by Damon Martin
The influx of the WEC into the UFC will begin before 2010 is over as featherweights Leonard Garcia and Tyler Toner have agreed to meet at the “Ultimate Fighter” season 12 finale show on Dec 4.
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The fight was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the situation on Saturday, with verbal agreements in place for the early December contest.
The news came just earlier this week that the WEC would merge with the UFC in 2011, and it looks like with a couple of cards left to go in 2010, the promotion will start to showcase a few featherweights and possibly some bantamweights before the year is out.
Leonard Garcia (14-6-1) is familiar with the UFC having fought there three times before dropping down to 145lbs and a move over to the WEC. The former title contender is coming off a loss to Mark Hominick in his last bout, and hopes to be welcomed back to the UFC with a win in December.
Coming off a loss of his own in his last fight in September, Tyler Toner (11-2) will look to turn things around when he gets his first crack at competing in the world famous Octagon in December. A product of the Grudge Training Center in Colorado, Toner had gone 1-1 in the WEC and will try to up that record when he make his UFC debut in five weeks.
There’s been no word if the bout between Garcia and Toner would make the televised broadcast for the Spike TV show or not, but both are known for exciting styles so there’s a good chance the featherweights may be seen at some point during the show.
More fights like the Garcia/Toner match-up could be added to the last couple of cards to close out 2010, although no other bouts have been confirmed at this time.
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10-30-2010, 03:36 PM
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This is all happening so fast. It's like a dream come true!
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10-30-2010, 05:16 PM
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Love the idea of the merge, now I hope for no more washed up fighters being thrown on every card
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10-30-2010, 05:34 PM
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Ok so the UFC absorbs the WEC...Which is all fine and great, but now we're getting less free MMA on TV....WEC had 7 events on Versus and 1 PPV in 2010, and per the annoucement there will be 4 UFC Events on Versus in 2011...That sucks.
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10-30-2010, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by drifter73  Ok so the UFC absorbs the WEC...Which is all fine and great, but now we're getting less free MMA on TV....WEC had 7 events on Versus and 1 PPV in 2010, and per the annoucement there will be 4 UFC Events on Versus in 2011...That sucks. |
Ture but dont for get about the fight nights on spike, and the 1-2 free UFC like UFC 120 was. plus I bet in 2012 their will be more ufc on versus
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10-30-2010, 08:00 PM
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quick turn around. Best of luck boys, outta be a slobberknocker!!!
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10-30-2010, 09:56 PM
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Let's don't forget that UFC's contract with Spike expires in the middle of this coming year. So when that happens they'll probably try to re-negotiate how many events they can have on Versus. Plus I'm sure now for awhile most of the fight cards will be having 12 or 13 fights on them instead of the usual 11.
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10-31-2010, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by LethalStriker Let's don't forget that UFC's contract with Spike expires in the middle of this coming year. So when that happens they'll probably try to re-negotiate how many events they can have on Versus. Plus I'm sure now for awhile most of the fight cards will be having 12 or 13 fights on them instead of the usual 11. | They need to have 15 fights on a card and show at least 6-7 of them. Cut out all the damn promos and you'll have time for an extra fight or two. Only being guaranteed 5 fights on a 3 hour, $55 ppv sucks ass. The math doesnt add up. Trim the damn fat off of some of the televised ppv and give us an extra couple of fights. Thank you. *steps off soapbox
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10-31-2010, 12:02 PM
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imo ufc does a decent job showing prelims in allotted time on ppv...
but they could make unleashed a first run show new everyweek showing prelims of the event that occured weeks before. This + hyping the next shows main event will boost ratings for both unleashed and ppv's.
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