12/13 UFN card finalized, plus UFC 66 updates

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-The card for the 12/13 UFC Fight Night live from the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, CA, has been finalized via a press release. As expected, the main event will see Diego ‘Nightmare’ Sanchez take on Joe ‘Diesel’ Riggs in an intriguing Welterweight bout, while the rest of the card is filled with interesting bouts. The full card is as follows:

Televised Card:
-Diego ‘Nightmare’ Sanchez vs. Joe ‘Diesel’ Riggs
-Marcus ‘Irish Hand Grenade’ Davis vs. Shonie ‘Mr. International’ Carter
-Karo ‘The Heat’ Parisyan vs. Drew ‘The Master’ Fickett
-Josh ‘Kos’ Koscheck vs. Jeff ‘The Inferno’ Joslin

Preliminary Bouts:
-Logan Clark vs. Steve Byrnes
-Anthony ‘The Crush’ Torres vs. Keita ‘K-Taro’ Nakamura
-Luigi Fioravanti vs. Dave ‘The Warrior’ Menne
-Alan ‘The Talent’ Belcher vs. Jorge Santiago
-David Heath vs. Viktor ‘The Matrix’ Valimaki

-UFC.com has now confirmed most of the card for December 30th’s UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz. As the show is rumored to be taking a four-hour time slot, the card is likely to have ten fights instead of the usual nine, and UFC.com has seven announced with the remaining three all but confirmed by the fighters themselves. The likely card stands as:

Televised Card:
-Chuck ‘Iceman’ Liddell vs. Tito ‘Huntington Beach Bad Boy’ Ortiz
-Forrest Griffin vs. Keith ‘Dean Of Mean’ Jardine
-Marcio ‘Pe De Pano’ Cruz vs. Andrei ‘The Pitbull’ Arlovski
-Chris ‘The Crippler’ Leben vs. Jason ‘The Athlete’ MacDonald
-Nate ‘The Great’ Marquardt vs. Dean ‘The Boogeyman’ Lister*
-Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping vs. Eric ‘Ravishing Red’ Schafer*

Preliminary Bouts:
-David ‘The Soul Assassin’ Terrell vs. Yushin Okami*
-Thiago ‘Pitbull’ Alves vs. Tony De Souza
-Gabriel ‘Napao’ Gonzaga vs. Carmelo ‘The Fury’ Marrero
-Christian ‘Hungarian Nightmare’ Wellisch vs. Anthony ‘The Hippo’ Perosh

* denotes a fight not yet confirmed by UFC.com.

Sources: MMANews.com, UFC.com, GracieFighter.com