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UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy expressed his interest in fighting for Scott Coker’s Belaltor following the recent trend of growing concerns in the UFC.

For now, Rothwell simply hopes his next opportunity to continue climbing the ladder comes sooner, rather than later. The 34-year-old heavyweight promised UFC president Dana White that he would be ready to fight if either Junior dos Santos or Alistair Overeem drop out of their scheduled Dec. 19 bout at UFC on FOX 17, and Rothwell said White reassured him that the UFC was working diligently to get him back onto the schedule.

Rothwell finds himself in a grim situation though, as the entirety of the UFC heavyweight top-10 is already booked for future bouts, with only a few exceptions. One of those exceptions is Frank Mir, a former UFC heavyweight champion who saw his two-fight win streak snapped by Arlovski in September.

Even at 36 years old, Mir is still a big name for the division. However his current status at the No. 10 ranked heavyweight would do far less to boost Rothwell's stock than a win over the likes of Arlovski or Miocic.

"It's an interesting situation for me. I was going to fight the No. 3 ranked guy. Now I'm going to fight a guy who's just coming off of a loss to a guy who I've been trying to book a fight with in Andrei?" Rothwell said. "It's tough. It's like, how do I feel about that? But then I look at the landscape, and besides Frank Mir, there's only a couple other names who are getting thrown around, and those names aren't very probable.

"At least Frank Mir is in the top-10 and he's still a household name to fight. If that's the fight that happens, then that's the fight I need to take. But like I said, I'm trying to pursue the top guys here, so we'll see what happens."

A possible Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez fight being targeted for February 6th in Las Vegas


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Johnson-Bader, Saffiedine-Ellenberger booked for UFC on FOX 18 in New Jersey

Anthony "Rumble" Johnson will face Ryan Bader in the main event of UFC on FOX 18 on January 30th, 2016 at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center.


Also announced for UFC on FOX 18:

Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Joaquim Silva
Alexander Yakovlev vs. George Sullivan
Tony Martin vs. Felipe Olivieri
UFC on FOX 18 takes place live from Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Jan. 30

Efter hittills fyra besök i Sverige, verkar ett femte vara på väg. Enligt källor till MMAnytt planerar UFC att hålla en gala i Sverige i början på nästa år.

Enligt källor till MMAnytt kommer UFC att återvända till Sverige nästa år. Det rör sig om en gala i början av året, förmodligen det första kvartalet men åtminstone inom den första halvan av 2016.