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Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi Official for UFC 125

From a Press-Release:

Featherweight title holder Jose Aldo, will make his Octagon debut on Saturday, January 1st when he defends his 145-pound crown against 22-year old phenom Josh “The Fluke” Grispi in the co-main event at UFC 125: RESOLUTION, presented by Tequila Cazadores and live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, January 1, 2011.

“Jose Aldo is one of the best fighters in the world, pound for pound, and you’ll see why on January 1st,” said Dana White, UFC President. “Aldo can do it all, and his historic arrival in the UFC as its first featherweight champion is going to set an exciting new standard. But Josh Grispi is a finisher, and he’s got every intention of taking the featherweight title back to Boston.”

Jose “Junior” Aldo (18-1)
Win Manny Gamburyan – KO (Punches) WEC 51
Win Urijah Faber – Decision (Unanimous) WEC 48
Win Mike Thomas Brown – TKO (Punches) WEC 44
Win Cub Swanson – TKO (Flying Knee and Punches) WEC 41

Josh “The Fluke” Grispi (14-1)
Win L.C. Davis – Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) WEC 49
Win Jens Pulver – Submission (Guillotine Choke) WEC 41
Win Micah Miller – TKO (Punches) WEC 35
Win Mark Hominick – Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) WEC 32

Jan 1st, live on Pay-per-view from Las Vegas, Nevada:

Main card:
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard [LW title]
Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi [FW title]
Clay Guida vs. Takanori Gomi
Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann

Preliminary card:
Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva
Jacob Volkmann vs. Antonio McKee
Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman
Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares