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''UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 28, 2010 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 )〕 The third UFC Fan Expo coincided with the event. This event was the first the UFC held in Massachusetts. ==Background== Nate Marquardt and Alessio Sakara were originally set to face each other at UFC 116, but the fight was cancelled due to the death of Sakara's father.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jorge Rivera pulls out of 118 with a broken arm )〕 On July 23, Sakara's original opponent, Jorge Rivera suffered a broken arm in training and was replaced by Gerald Harris. On August 5, Sakara (who was back on the card) then bowed out due to an unknown injury and was replaced by Joe Vedepo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joe Vedepo replaces Alessio Sakara, faces Gerald Harris at UFC 118 )〕 On August 18, it was announced that the Harris/Vedepo bout had been scrapped altogether.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 118 fight card complete with 10 bous; Harris vs. Vedepo off preliminary card )〕 A bout between Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares was moved to UFC Fight Night 22 and promoted to the new main event. The original Fight Night main event was scheduled to be Demian Maia vs. Alan Belcher, however, Belcher had to withdraw due to an injured retina.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares )〕 As a result of this, Maia was moved to this card and fought Mario Miranda.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Demian Maia vs. Mario Miranda on tap for UFC 118 in August )〕 The event featured the second MMA appearance of professional boxer and current IBA heavyweight champion James Toney. The debut of a professional boxer took place in UFC 1 when Art Jimmerson lost to Royce Gracie by submission On August 5, it was announced that Terry Etim had suffered a broken rib in training and was pulling out of his bout with Joe Lauzon. Etim was replaced by former UFC and TUF veteran Gabe Ruediger. Phil Baroni was scheduled to face John Salter, but Baroni was forced off the card on July 27 with a collarbone injury.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Phil Baroni off UFC 118 card due to collarbone injury )〕 Dan Miller served as Baroni's replacement.〔http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=12156&zoneid=13〕 On August 25, Dana White announced that the winner of the Florian vs. Maynard fight would be guaranteed the next shot at the lightweight title. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UFC 118」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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