New Bouts Announced for UFC 72 Held on June 16th

New bouts have just been announced for UFC 72: Victory.

UFC 72: Victory will be held on June 16th at the Odyssey in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Martin Kampmann was going to face Rich Franklin at UFC 72, but he suffered a knee injury and won't be able to make the fight.

Japanese fighter Yushin Okami will replace Martin Kampmann at this new UFC event. Here is the list of bouts scheduled for the night.

Rich Franklin VS. Yushin Okami

Rich Franklin is a native from Cincinnati, Ohio and has an overall MMA record of 23-2-0. Some of his wins include a fight with Evan Tanner in UFC 54: Heavy Hitters that happened on June 4, 2005. He also beat Evan Tanner in {UFC 42: Sudden Impact.

Another noted win was against Ken Shamrock in the Ultimate Fighter One Finale.

Okami is a native of Japan and has a record of 21-3-0. Okami has appeared in four UFC events including UFC 69: Shootout, UFC 66: Liddel Vs. Ortiz, UFC 64: Unstoppable, and UFC 62: LIddel Vs. Sobral.

Forrest Griffin Vs. Hector Ramirez

Forest Griffin has a 13-4-0 MMA record and has appeared in six UFC events. He defeated Stephan Bonnar in UFC 62: Liddel Vs. Sobral and he also beat Bonnar in the Ultimate Fighter One Finale.

Hector Ramirez is out of California and has a 6-2-1 MMA record. He fought in UFC 65: Bad Intentions back on November 18, 2006 with a loss.

Jason MacDonald Vs. Rory Singer

Jason MacDonald is a native from Canada and has a 19-8-0 MMA record. He won two fights in UFC 66: Liddell Vs. Ortiz and in UFC's Ortiz Vs. Shamrock 3 "The Final Chapter".

Rory Singer is from Brooklyn and has a 12-7-0 MMA record. He has two notable wins from The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale and in UFC's Ortiz Vs. Shamrock 3 "The Final Chapter".

Tyson Griffin Vs. Clay Guida

Tyson Griffin is out of California and has a 8-1-0 MMA record. Tyson appeared in UFC 67: All Or Nothing and in UFC 63: Hughes Vs. Penn.

Clay Guida comes out of Illinois with a 21-4-0 record. He appeared in UFC Fight Night Live "Rashad Evans Vs. Sean Salmon" and in UFC 64: Unstoppable

Jake O'Brien vs. Tom Murphy

Jake O'Brien is from Indianapolis and has an 10-0-0 MMA record. He won three fights, one in UFC Fight Night "Live Rashad Evans Vs. Sean Salmon", in UFC 65: Bad Intentions, and in UFC Fight Night 6.

Tom Murphy has an MMA record of 5-1-0 and appeared in UFC 58 "USA Vs. Canada". He had an impressive win with a technical knockout in that bout.

Ed Herman vs. Scott Smith

Ed "Short Fuse" Herman comes out of Oregon with a 14-4-0 MMA record. He won by submission in UFC Fight Night Live "Rashad Evans Vs. Sean Salmon". He also fought in Ortiz Vs. Shamrock 3 "The Final Chapter" and in the Ultimate Fighter 3 finale.

Scott Smith has a 13-3-0 record and has strong punching power. He won in the Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale with a technical knock out. He also fought in UFC 67: All Or Nothing and in UFC 59: Reality Check.

Eddie Sanchez vs. Colin Robinson

Eddie Sanchez is referred as "The Manic Hispanic" and has a 8-1-0 MMA record. He's been in UFC 67: All Or Nothing and in UFC 63: Hughes Vs. Penn. He scored a knock out against Mario Neto in UFC 63.

Colin Robinson has a 9-2-0 MMA record and comes from Northern Ireland. Robinson is a newcomer to the UFC.

Dustin Hazelett vs. Steve Lynch

Dustin Hazelett has a 10-3-0 MMA record and currently lives out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He won against Diego Sanchez in UFC 67: All Or Nothing and also fought in Ortiz Vs. Shamrock 3 "The Final Chapter".

Stevie Lynch is another UFC newcomer and comes out of Northern Ireland. Lynch has a 4-0-0 MMA record and specializes in striking techniques.

Marcus Davis vs. TBA

Marcus Davis is fighting out of Bangor, ME and has a MMA record of 16-4-0. Marcus has fought in four different UFC events. He won all three of the following fights in UFC 69: Shootout, UFC Fight Night Live "Sanchez Vs. Riggs", and in UFC's Ortiz Vs. Shamrock 3 "The Final Chapter". He also fought in The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale. His opponent has not been announced yet at the time of this writing.

You can watch UFC 72: Victory through your local cable provider through Pay Per View. UFC 72 will air on Direct TV and on the Dish Network at 3pm ET/noon PT on Saturday, June 16th.

It doesn't look like this event will be shown for free on the Spike channel this time around. Just before submitting this, I found a rumor that Spike TV might actually air UFC 72 as a 3 hour special. UFC fans will have to wait and find out to see if this comes true or not. Let's hope it does!

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