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A light heavyweight bout between Andre Gusmao (5-1) and “Samuray” Antonio Mendes (15-3) has been added to UFC 93 in Dublin 17 January, according to the current print edition of Wrestling Observer.

IFL veteran Gusmao suffered his first career defeat at his UFC debut, losing a unanimous decision to fellow newcomer “Bones” Jon Jones (6-0) who took the fight on short notice.

Mendes also lost his Octagon debut, via submission to Thiago Silva (13-0) in May, breaking his eleven-fight win streak.

Fighters.com’s Welterweight Champion “Rush” Georges St. Pierre (17-2) defended his title in a five-round unanimous decision over top contender Jon Fitch (17-3) Saturday night in Minneapolis by scores of 50-44 twice and 50-43.

The win facilitates an apparent New Year’s Eve champion-versus-champion rematch between St. Pierre and Fighters.com’s Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn (13-4-1), who was invited into the Octagon after the main event to challenge St. Pierre, saying, “I want to put this fight together.”

St. Pierre accepted Penn’s challenge, proclaiming, “I’m a proud champion.”

In the co-main event, Brock Lesnar (2-1) dominated a three-round unanimous decision over Fighters.com’s eighth-ranked heavyweight “Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring (28-14) by scores of 30-26 three times.

“I fell off the horse,” Lesnar told the 15,082 spectator hometown crowd referring to his Octagon debut loss to former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir (11-3), “but, tonight I got on that stallion and rode it out of town, baby! Wooo!”

Fighters.com’s seventh-ranked lightweight “KenFlo” Kenny Florian (10-3) won a blow-out unanimous decision over “El Matador” Roger Huerta (20-2-1) by 30-27 on all three judges’ score cards in a UFC top contender bout.

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The UFC announced Monday that newcomer Jon Jones (7-2) will face Andre Gusmao (5-0) in a light heavyweight match-up at UFC 87 in Minneapolis 9 August.

Jones replaces the previously-scheduled “Travolta” Tomasz Drwal (14-2) on the card.

Jones TKO’d Moyses Gabin (2-2) in the second round at the Battle Cage Xtreme event 12 July to win the USKBA East Coast title.

Tuesday the UFC officially added two more bouts to the UFC 87 card in Minneapolis on 9 August.

Andre Gusmao (5-0) will face “Travolta” Tomasz Drwal (14-2) in a light heavyweight match-up, and welterweights “The Silent Assassin” Luke Cummo (6-5) and “The Barn Cat” Tamden McCrory (8-1) will meet.

Gusmao almost signed with the UFC in February to fight David Heath (8-3), but happened to still be under contract with the IFL. His last fight was in September.

Drwal tallied a loss against Thiago Silva (13-0) by second-round TKO in September at his UFC debut, ending a thirteen-fight win streak.

TUF 2 competitor Cummo is coming off a loss by unanimous decision to Luigi Fioravanti (12-3) at UFC 82 in March.

McCrory’s only loss of his professional career came during his last fight at UFC 78 in November, when PRIDE veteran Akihiro Gono (28-12-7) submitted him with an armbar in the second round.