Full card confirmed for UFC 101 this August

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Full card confirmed for UFC 101 this August

Monday June 1, 2009 BY Phil Lowe
The UFC have finalised the card for UFC 101 this summer with the confirmation of the final two bouts.
UFC 101 will be the UFC’s first event to take place in the state of Pennsylvania and happens on Saturday, August 8.
In matches announced by the UFC, Thales Leites will face Alessio Sakara and Shane Nelson will take on Aaron Riley in a rematch from their bout at UFC 96 back in March, which Nelson won early in the first round via TKO (strikes).
Leites will be looking to bounce back from a poor performance against Anderson Silva at UFC 97. His opponent, Sakara, has not fought since a KO win over Joe Vedepo last September.
The main event of the PPV card at the Wachovia Center is a Lightweight Title fight between B.J. Penn and Kenny Florian.
Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva will also step up to 205 for the second time in the UFC to face former Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin in the co-main event.

Full scheduled card for UFC 101 as follows:

PPV bouts:
- B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian (UFC Lightweight Title Bout)
- Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
- Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove
- Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
- Kurt Pellegrino vs. Josh Neer
Preliminary Bouts:
- Alessio Sakara vs. Thales Leites
- Aaron Riley vs. Shane Nelson
- Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard
- Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort
- George Sotiropoulos vs. Rob Emerson
- Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer