With this afternoon's shocking news that illness had forced UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar out of his UFC 106 headlining contest with top contender Shane Carwin, the UFC was announced that a rematch between light heavyweights Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz will now take top billing at the event.
The promotion also announced it "hopes to re-schedule the (Lesnar vs. Carwin) bout for early 2010."
"UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II" takes place Nov. 21 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Ortiz had been expected to face Mark Coleman at the event, but "The Hammer" was forced to withdraw from the event due to an injury suffered in training.
Griffin and Ortiz fought previously at UFC 59 in April 2006. Ortiz earned a razor-thin split-decision win that night in the "Huntington Beach Bad Boy's" most recent meaningful win in the organization.
The full card for UFC 106 now includes:
MAIN CARD
* Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
* Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira*
* Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan
PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)
* Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
* Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
* Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
* Brian Foster vs. Brock Larson*
* Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann*
* Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno*
* Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos
* - Not officially announced
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