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July 19 seems to be the date for debut bouts. On that date, UFC Fight Night 14 will feature Brandon Vera against former IFL fighter Reese Andy.  It will be Vera’s first fight in the light-heavyweight class. For Reese, it will be his initial bout in the organization. Fight Night 14 was hastily organized as a counter move to the Affliction’s pay-per-view debut fight card entitled “Banned.”

The UFC Fight Night 14 main event will be a non-title heavyweight fight between middleweight champ Anderson Silva and James Irvin. An encounter between Vera and Wanderlei Silva was considered to headline the event, but was later scrapped.

Vera, who kick-started his career with eight consecutive wins, recently suffered back-to-back losses to Tim Sylvia and Fabricio Werdum. Vera’s fight with the Brazilian fighter Werdum at UFC 85 earlier this month resulted to a controversial stoppage.

Reese, who’s trained under former UFC heavyweight champion Maurice Smith, will fight for the first time in more than a year. His last ring encounter was with Krzysztof Soszynski, whom he defeated via split decision at a June 2007 IFL event.

Nobody loves a loser. This was what’s on Brandon ‘The Truth’ Vera’s mind as he questioned the referee’s decision to stop his fight against Fabricio Werdum. The stoppage took place with 20 seconds left in round one at UFC 85.

Vera did not mince words with his feelings towards ref Dan Miragliotta during the UFC 85 post-fight press conference. “That ref sucks,” Vera heatedly stated. “I don’t agree with that stoppage, and I’m pissed. I had to walk away from the ref.”

“The referee was asking me, talking to me, saying something like, ‘are you okay?’ He was talking to me. I remember he was talking to me and I was saying, ‘I’m okay. I’m okay. I’m okay.’ I said it three times. I made sure I stressed, ‘I’m.’ My last fight I fought with a broken hand after the first thirty seconds, all three rounds, no complaints. I was getting punched in the face man. Come on,” Vera continued.

During the said press conference, Werdum commented on Vera’s call for a rematch. According to Werdum, Vera must work his way back up through the ranks before getting a rematch. As expected, this comment has raised the ire of Vera some more.

“I’m kind of disappointed in Fabricio,” said the California-based fighter. “He said yes earlier in the cage, right after. At least that’s what I thought. He shook his head, yea, we can do it again. Now he’s telling me to get back in line. I understand why he doesn’t want to fight me again.”

Matt Hughes Vs. Thiago Alves

Our earlier predictions on Huges vs. Alves were completely off, we used a bit of personal emotion to target the outcome of the fight.  We have seen Matt Hughes at his best, but he’s way past that.  Hughes is past his prime and should quit now.

Round 1:

Thiago Alves stuffs a few takedowns from Hughes and Hughes pulls guard.  After missing an armbar from the bottom, Hughes eats a hard left hand, then Alves stands up and delivers a knee.  Matt Hughes finally gets a takedown and ends up on top, but has problems controlling Alves.  After some elbows from side control and a butter fly guard from Alves, Alves is back on his feet but is pulled into Hughes’ guard again.

Rounds 1 score: 10-9 (Alves)

Round 2:

Hughes gets pounded with a hard knee at the start of the round.  Matt Hughes right eye is CUT badly, and Alves explodes into another flying knee that dazes the falling Hughes.  Alves jumps on Hughes like a lion with non stop punching.  The fight is stopped at 1:02.

Thiago Alves Wins by Technical Knock Out at 1:02 in the 2nd round

Fabricio Werdum Vs. Brandon Vera

Round 1:

Vera starts the fight with a strong low kick, then the fight is pushed against the cage where Werdum lands a strong right as they  move into the middle of the octagon.  Werdum gets a takedown and gets into Vera’s half guard.  Vera gets back up to his feet.  Vera hits Werdum with a strong right hand that rocks him.  Fabricio Werdum trips Vera and takes a strong mount.  Werdum unloads with non stop strikes.  Vera doesn’t fight back, just covers up, the fight is stopped at 4:40 by the referee.  Everyone believes the stoppage is very questionable.

Fabricio Werdum Wins by Technical Knock Out at 4:40 in the 1st round

Michael Bisping Vs. Jason Day

Round 1:

After a few misses in the start of the round, Day lands a good straight right hand.  Bisping responds by going into a clinch and taking down Day.  Bisping unleashes lefts and rights from the top (ground and pound) but Day is resilient and stays with the fight, Bisping moves to side control.  Day gets to his feet ready to slug, but Bisping takes him down via a double leg takedown.  Bisping is on top and unleashes NON stop punches, Day doesn’t respond and the fight is stopped at 3:42 in the 1st round.

Michael Bisping Wins by Technical Knock Out at 3:42 in the 1st round