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Junior dos Santos takes on Gabriel Gonzaga in a heavyweight match-up at UFC on Versus 1.

Junior dos Santos takes on Gabriel Gonzaga in a heavyweight battle on March 21 at UFC on Versus 1.

Tickets for UFC on Versus 1 are set to go on sale later this week.

UFC debut event on Versus is scheduled to take place at the Odeum Arena in Denver, Colorado on Sunday, March 21. The card will be headlined by a light heavyweight fight between Brandon Vera and Jon Jones. In the co-main event, Junior dos Santos will take on Gabriel Gonzaga in a heavyweight tilt that was originally scheduled for UFC 108.

Ticket info below.

• UFC Fight Club Presale: Thursday, January 14, 10AM MST
• UFC Newsletter Presale: Friday, January 15, 10AM MST
• Public On-Sale Date: Saturday, January 16, 10AM MST

Tickets can be purchased through Ticket Horse and Stubhub (who actually has tickets available now). Stubhub is a secondary ticket market where you can find the hard-to-find seats even when the event is “sold-out.”

The latest UFC on Versus 1 fight card and event info can be found in our fight cards section.

“I was more nervous facing Cro Cop than I would be for Lesnar. Cro Cop is a very dangerous guy. If he can just connect that shot from the left then the fight is over…It was a very worrying fight for me, I was switched on all the time. I was very fast, because I trained a lot of speed to escape his kicks. But after the fight I was hurting a lot. It was the hardest fight I’ve done in the UFC. Cro Cop when focused is one of the best.”

—Junior Dos Santos, in an interview with Terra Magazine via Fighters Only, praising Mirko “Cro Cop”

Dos Santos is right, when Cro Cop is focused he is one of the best, but unfortunately, that’s not something we’ve seen in years. He planned to correct that by seeing a sports psychologist, though word never came that he actually followed through with it. He did however replace his coaches and sparring partners and claims his new team is working him harder than ever.

“Juki (conditioning coach) killed me. He has never pushed me so hard. I thought the years have caught up with me but he says the training program has never been so intense. I could fall asleep right now told us CC on New years eve in his coffee bar Virage.”

“Josip Matkovic (a wrestler) is 193 cm (6′33 ft) and 145 kg (320 lb). He’s so strong I can’t put my arms around him. His regular sparring partner Sasa Mucnjak is only 200 cm (6′56 ft) and 122 kg (269 lb).”

Cro Cop also says he plans to win the UFC heavyweight title by the beginning of 2011. That’s nice and all, but I just want to see Cro Cop win a fight against a formidable opponent and look impressive doing it.

Image via Sherdog

Fanhouse and Cagewriter bring us the highlights of the UFC 108 post-fight press conference and Ariel Helwani interviews the winners and Dana White after the jump.

UFC 108 took place earlier this evening at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In the night’s main event, Rashad Evans took on Thiago Silva in a light heavyweight contest.

In the co-main event, heavy-hitter Paul Daley faced off against submission wizard Dustin Hazelett.

Joe Lauzon returned to action against Sam Stout.

Duane “Bang” Ludwig returned to the UFC to take on Jim Miller.

Gilbert Yvel made his UFC debut against Junior dos Santos.

Results, thoughts, bonuses and live gate (when available) after the jump.

Gilbert Yvel and Junior dos Santos meet in a heavyweight battle this Saturday night at UFC 108.

We’ve heard rumblings of Gilbert Yvel heading to the UFC following Affliction’s demise, but nothing really came of it. However, it appears they’ve finally found a good reason to pull the trigger.

Junior dos Santos has an opponent to UFC 108. According to his boxing coach, Luis Dorea, the Brazilian heavyweight faces former Pride fighter Gilbert Yvel, who comes from an devastating knockout victory over Pedro Rizzo.

MMA Weekly has since confirmed Tatame’s report so this one looks like a go. It’s not a show-saving fight, but it has the potential to turn into a exciting slugfest between two heavyweights who love to stand and bang.

Image via All Elbows

The UFC welterweight title fight between Georges St. Pierre and Dan Hardy has a likely date and venue according to Fanhouse’s Mike Chiappetta.