Two championship bout will top bill the event, on the co-main event, UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn will defend his title against Frankie Edgar. For he main event of the evening Anderson “The Spider” Silva will put his Middleweight belt on the line against fellow Brazillian Demian Maia.

It was earlier announced that Vitor Belfort was expected to fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight Championship, but due to the shoulder injury that he got from training, Belfort was replaced by Demian Maia.

Besides the 2 championship bouts, UFC 112 will also feature an intriguing battle of legends as UFC icon Matt Hughes battles with MMA pioneer and Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Renzo Gracie at welterweight.

UFC 112 Official Fight card

Main Card

* Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Demian Maia
* Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn (c) vs. Frankie Edgar
* Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie
* Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs. Rafael dos Anjos
* Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Mark Munoz

Preliminary Card

* Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson vs. Phil Davis
* Lightweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. John Gunderson
* Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs. Rick Story
* Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Brad Blackburn
* Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. Matt Veach

The Heavyweight match-up between American Jon Madsen and British Mostapha Al-turk is yet to be confirmed by the UFC organization.

The Giants finished the hopes of the Aces to extend the series by winning game number 4 86-76 at the Araneta Coliseum, Wednesday night. Top seed Alaska Aces looking for their 13th championship since they joined the league 1986 but the 3rd seed Purefoods has other things in mind.

James Yap was awarded the Best Player of the Conference trophy, the first Purefoods player to win the award since Rey Evangelista in the 2002 Governors Cup.

De Ocampo fouled the driving Tubid of Ginebra in mid-air which the referee called as flagrant foul 2 which meted a penalty of being thrown out of the game.

The Gin Kings was leading the game 27-20 with 1 minute remaining in the opening quarter. Although efforts were made to convince the Talk n’ Text team to return to the game but everything proved to be futile when the team refused to return to the court. The win was awarded to the Gin Kings via default, series is now tied 2-2, game 5 will be on Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum.

Tropang Texters coach Chot Reyes told that they will definitely file a protest against the referees.

A fine of 500,000 will be slapped against the Texters for the walk-out.

Viloria was leading on the scorecards until the 9th round when Tamara start unleashing the punches. Brian Viloria appeared to be wobbly at the beginning of the 12th round and after 14 unanswered punches from Tamara, the referee was forced to stop the fight.

Meanwhile, the 3 other Filipino fighter were victorious in their own quest, 17-year old Philippine lightweight champion Jason Pagara won against Indonesian Eddy Comaro via majority decision (96-94, 98-92, 95-95) after 10 rounds in their lightweight match-up.

On the second game, Jimrex Jaca knocked-out Indonesian Ramadhan Weriu with the right uppercut – left hook combo at the 2:58 mark of the 5th round

In the co-main event, World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight champion Donnie ‘Ahas’ Nietes scored a 10th round TKO win against Mexican Jesus Silvestre. Silvestre spit out his mouthpiece and refused to wear it back even when insisted upon by his corner prompting referee Ver Abainza to stop the fight with 1:37 remaining at the final round.

Brian Viloria was rushed to the San Juan de Dios Hospital for a routine check-up, he was later transferred to the Makati Medical Center for additional tests. He is now in stable condition.

The Cowboys Stadium will be configured for over 40,000 fans for THE EVENT with elevated floor seating similar to NBA games.

THE EVENT will be one of the biggest world title fights to be held in a major U.S. sports stadium since the Muhammad Ali – Ken Norton World Heavyweight Championship in Yankee Stadium in 1976, also promoted by Top Rank.

‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley is about to fight the Haitian-American boxer, Andre Berto for the WBA-WBC Welterweight belt unification bout which is scheduled on January 30, 2010. But due to the recent earthquake in his hometown, Berto withdrew from the fight.

Although Golden Boy Promotions had reserved the MGM Grand on March 13 for the defunct Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, Schaefer is not certain if Mosley would want the fight to be held on the said date, another date that is being considered is on May 1st.

"I think the first thing is going to be to see if a deal structure can be done, and then worry about the date," Schaefer said. "Floyd Mayweather against Shane Mosley is one of the biggest fights in the sport. They are two superstars, it would be a pick-em fight.

"The date will fall into place, but the first thing is to find a deal structure that is acceptable to everyone. That is what I’m working on."

The results came out 9 days after the collapse of the talks for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. likewise tested negative on dope use, Pretty Boy Floyd’s specimen was collected in Las Vegas and was sent to Arizona for testing. Meanwhile, Pacman had his specimen taken in his hometown Gen. Santos City and sent to Malaysia.

The much anticipated match-up between Floyd Jr and Pacquiao failed to reach and agreement when the negotiators failed to agree on the terms of random drug testing.

Most boxing fans blames Pretty Boy Floyd for blowing out the match-up, this includes Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White, who has been waiting for the fight to push through.

“I think [Floyd] blew this fight,” White said in a report by 5thRound.com.

“When another fighter starts dictating a drug test, first of all, Pacquiao’s never tested positive for any drug but Floyd’s going to make him go through drug testing? That’s ridiculous,” he said.

As a result, the Pacquiao vs. Clottey was negotiated and will be held at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on March 13, 2010. As for Pretty Boy Floyd, Golden Boy Promotions is still looking for a possible opponent for the undefeated boxer.

The Fil-American Viloria will defend the IBF Flyweight Championship belt that he won against Ulises “Archie” Solis on April 19, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum. Viloria knocked-out Solis with a vicious right hand on the 2:56 mark of the 11th round.

This will be Viloria’s second defense of his Flyweight belt, the first was against Jesus “El Azul” Iribe, August 9. 2009 at the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Viloria won via unanimous decision (118-110, 117-112 and 117-111) and retained the IBF Flyweight crown.

The Hawaiian Punch holds the record of 26 wins, 2 losses, 0 draw with 16 wins coming out by knock out, on the other hand, the Colombian fighter has a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and no draw with 14 wins by a knock out.

The fight will be held at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City on January 23, 2010. Also featured on this fighting event is the match up between Donnie ‘Ahas’ Nietes (W-25, L-1, D-3, KO-14) of the Philippines against Jesus ‘(Jose) Negrito’ Silvestre (W-15, L-1 D-0, KO 12) of Mexico at the Minimum Weight class division.

Tickets for this events are available through TicketNet (911-5555), prices at VIP-P1,500, Courtside-P800, Ringside-P800, Lower Box-P300 and General Admission-P50.

The Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight will happen on March 13, 2010 (the original schedule of the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather, Jr. fight) at the New Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Top Rank’s Bob Arum and Todd duBoef signed the deal Sunday afternoon (January 10, 2010) with $25 Million as site fee, the biggest in boxing history.

The Cowboys Stadium is the home field of the NFL team Dallas Cowboys, it also hosts hosts the annual AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic and will host the NBA All-Star Game next month, the 2011 Super Bowl and the 2014 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four.

Just recently, Team Pacquiao accepted a compromise proposal of to bring the blood test closer to the fight date from his original 30 day cutoff period to 24. Mayweather camp. This and despite the mediation of retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein who spent nine hours with both parties on Tuesday, nothing was apparently achieved.

Which brings me to a conclusion that Mayweather is not really serious of challenging Pacquiao, is he chickening out? Well, maybe he’s afraid of getting his first loss from the world best pound-for-pound boxer.

If you’ll ask me, there’s nothing much to gain for Pacquiao in fighting Mayweather, Jr. except silencing his bad-mouthing father.

Currently, Top Rank president Bob Arum is negotiating the Pacquiao vs. Foreman title bout, if this will push through, Manny will have the chance to get his 8th world title championship, a much better accomplishment than winning against Floyd GAYweather, Jr.!