UFC Officially Adds Luiz Cane vs. Antônio Rogério Nogueira For UFC 106

The final card for the televised portion of UFC 106 was made official by the addition of light-heavyweights Luiz Cane (10-1) and Antônio Rogério Nogueira (17-3).

“Little Nog” Nogueira, brother to Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, will make his UFC debut against Cane and was signed by the UFC after the MMA promotion for Affliction went under this summer.

The event takes place Nov. 21 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and features a main event bout between Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin.

Former Pride fighter, Nogueira is riding a five fight win streak defeating Dion Staring at the Jungle Fight – Ceara event in May.

Cane meanwhile has three straight wins and is 3-1 in the UFC with wins over Steve Cantwell, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou and Jason Lambert. Eight of Cane’s ten victories have all come by TKO or KO.

The updated UFC 107 card currently appears as follows:

MAIN CARD

Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
Anthony Johnson vs. Josh Koscheck
Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann
Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
Brian Foster vs. Brock Larson
Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno*
Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos * - Not officially announced

The final card for the televised portion of UFC 106 was made official by the addition of light-heavyweights Luiz Cane (10-1) and Antônio Rogério Nogueira (17-3). “Little Nog” Nogueira, brother to Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, will make his UFC debut against Cane and was signed by the UFC after the MMA promotion for Affliction went under [...]

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