While the UFC has yet to officially announce a single bout for the organization's Feb. 21 return to the 02 Arena in London, the organization has decided on UFC 95's main event.
Diego Sanchez (19-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) vs. Joe Stevenson (29-9 MMA, 6-3 UFC).
While the bout was previously confirmed by its participants, rumors had been circulating that another bout was being sought for main event or co-main event status.
UFC President Dana White put those questions to rest at Saturday night's UFC 92 post-event press conference when he announced that the bout between Sanchez and Stevenson would indeed serve as the main attraction for the February event.
For Sanchez, the bout will be his first since dropping from the welterweight division to 155 pounds. The soon-to-be-27-year-old is currently riding a two-fight win streak. The wins over Luigi Fioravanti and David Bielkheden followed the first two losses of Sanchez's six-year career.
Stevenson will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing submission loss to lightweight Kenny Florian at UFC 91 in November. A win in that bout would have given Stevenson a second crack at UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn. Stevenson was submitted in his first bid for the title by Penn at UFC 80 in January.
UFC 95 is also expected to feature an interesting middleweight contest between Wilson Gouveia (12-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and Nate Marquardt (27-8-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC).
Unfortunately, the two prominently featured bouts are likely to disappoint fans after widely circulated rumors -- including a report in the U.K-based newspaper The Sun -- of a possible appearance by UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and/or fan-favorite and former UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell.
