MMA Update: Pride Grand Prix Buckets, UFC Notes

Pride has officially announced the brackets for the long-anticipated 8/28 Grand Prix. Wanderlei Silva will be taking on Ricardo Arona. The winner of the bout will fight in the main event against the winner of Mauricia Shogun Rua and Alistair Overeem. It should be good.

In a major PPV change note, Ausserio Silva is out of UFC 54 on 8/20. He will be replaced by Tra Telligman, who will face Tim Sylvia. The reason for the change is a knee injury Silva encountered.

According to an article in Daily Republic (California based), UFC is going to become a popular mainstream sport in the upcoming future. It's an interesting read for MMA fans. You can check out the article, if it's still up, at THIS LINK.

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