{"id":7677,"date":"2010-07-29T22:12:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T03:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=7677"},"modified":"2010-07-30T10:35:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T15:35:17","slug":"ufc-president-dana-white-makes-big-heavyweight-championship-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/07\/29\/ufc-president-dana-white-makes-big-heavyweight-championship-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC President Dana White Makes Big Heavyweight Championship Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White will confirm on tonight&#8217;s MMA Live that the winner of Junior dos Santos versus Roy Nelson will receive the next shot at the UFC Heavyweight Championship<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/sports\/ifl-fight-the-mohegan-sun\/image\/3142524?term=roy+nelson\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/3142524\/ifl-fight-the-mohegan-sun\/ifl-fight-the-mohegan-sun.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=3142524\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"IFL Fight At The Mohegan Sun Arena\" height=\"156\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"UNCASVILLE, CT - MAY 16: Roy Nelson (White Trunks) of the Lions Den celebrates after beating Brad Imes MilesTech Fighting System during their bout presented by the International Fighting League at the Mohegan Sun Arena May 16, 2008 in Uncasville, Connecticut.  (Photo by Al Bello\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It had long been expected that dos Santos, who has emerged as one of UFC&#8217;s most touted heavyweight prospects, would secure a shot at the title with a victory.  But the story adds the element that &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter&#8221; season ten winner Roy Nelson is also one big win away from a shot at the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson and dos Santos fight on the upcoming UFC 117 pay-per-view, headlined by Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen.  The winner would be in line to fight the winner of UFC 121&#8217;s Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez title bout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC President Dana White Makes Big Heavyweight Championship Announcement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC President Dana White will confirm on tonight&#039;s MMA Live that the winner of Junior dos Santos versus Roy Nelson will receive the next shot at the UFC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/07\/29\/ufc-president-dana-white-makes-big-heavyweight-championship-announcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC President Dana White Makes Big Heavyweight Championship Announcement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC President Dana White will confirm on tonight&#039;s MMA Live that the winner of Junior dos Santos versus Roy Nelson will receive the next shot at the UFC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/07\/29\/ufc-president-dana-white-makes-big-heavyweight-championship-announcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-07-30T03:12:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-07-30T15:35:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/3142524\/ifl-fight-the-mohegan-sun\/ifl-fight-the-mohegan-sun.jpg?size=234&imageId=3142524\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/07\/29\/ufc-president-dana-white-makes-big-heavyweight-championship-announcement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/07\/29\/ufc-president-dana-white-makes-big-heavyweight-championship-announcement\/\",\"name\":\"UFC President Dana White Makes Big Heavyweight Championship Announcement\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-30T03:12:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-07-30T15:35:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"UFC President Dana White will confirm on tonight's MMA Live that the winner of Junior dos Santos versus Roy Nelson will receive the next shot at the UFC\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/07\/29\/ufc-president-dana-white-makes-big-heavyweight-championship-announcement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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