On April Fool’s Day, the young MMA world is abuzz for Wednesday’s UFN 13 being held at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado.

The most high caliber bouts on the 24 man fight card, will be the return of Thiago Alves, who will be taking on The Heat Karo Parysian. This will be a classic battle of a striking judoka versus a striking jiu jitsu man. The winner of this battle will perhaps be a shout away from a title shot in the future, especially Parysian who had to pass by a shot at the title in the past due to injury. Alves most recently got by veteran Chris Lytle with a TKO stoppage due to a cut and brings a 6-2-octagon record with his only losses being against John Fitch and in his octagon debut against Spencer Fischer.

Din Thomas, who blew out his knee in his fight against Kenny Florian will be confronting a very tough Josh Neer. Certainly Thomas will come out with a lot to prove as he certainly will have revenge planned in the future against Ken Flo. Nate Diaz against Kurt Pellegrino will be another interesting battle between a young gun and an old war torn jiu jitsu veteran.

Overall this is a loaded card for a UFN and fighters such as Marcus Aurelio and Matt Hamill will add even more to the content of this show. The main card will be broadcast on Spike TV on Wednesday night at 7 PM ET/PT, and will be punch started by the encounter between Houston Alexander and James Irvin in the light heavyweight division.

Not only is this the first return to the altitudes of Colorado, “Since The Beginning”... of the octagons debut, but also on the line is one Bostonian’s reputation against a younger Beantown resident.

The main event winner of Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon will be a notch closer to a title shot for the winner of BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk.

Also on the card is the return of George Sotiropoulos, who is now residing in Long Island having joined the Serra Longo Team.

'Stephan Bonnar Tears Ligaments Out For Six Months' - 02/20/2008

Stephan Bonnar has suffered from torn ligaments, which derailed his participation in the upcoming UFC Fight Night on April 2. Scheduled to meet the powerful wrestler Matt Hamill, the Carlson Gracie trained Bonnar who emerged into the big time at Antonio Inoki's Jungle Fight 1 who became the second victim of Lyoto Michada tore leg ligaments during training which will keep him sidelined for half a year.

A popular star from TUF Season One Stephan Bonar is now out for six months due to a leg ligaments.

Bonnar will require a ligament replacement surgery since being diagnosed with a full tear of ligaments. Bonnar allegedly tore his knee while tuning up his jiu-jitsu for the fight with Hamill, which was part of the main card.

Bonnar had most recently returned successfully to the UFC with wins over Mike Nickels and Eric Schaefer respectively after dropping decisions to Rashad Evans and Forrest Griffin. This is another disappointing moment for Bonnar who had returned after a year hiatus after his two losses, and will now be forced to another yearlong absence from action in the octagon.

'Four Additional Bouts Added!' - February 7th, 2008

Four Additional bouts have been officially added to The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s long overdue return to Colorado, the place were it all began. The event at the Broomfield Event Center is the UFC's return to this corner of the universe after 13 years April 2 event will be the UFC's first event in the state since December of 1995.

With a main event featuring Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon already announced for UFC Fight Night 13, scheduled for April 2nd, the rest of the card telecast on Spike TV is shaping up with some promising encounters such as Judoka extraordinaire Karo Parisyan confronting the tough Thiago “The Pitbull” Alves and Carlson Gracie pupil Stephan Bonnar taking on the classy grappler Matt Hamill.

Although most likely not televised, included in the under card is the talented Brazilian, Marcus Aurelio taking on Spencer Fisher, who lost a wrestling match to Frankie Edgar in Jersey. Also returning are Din Thomas, who recently had a brush with the law for promoting a "noncommissioned" fights and injured his knee against Florian, taking on a Josh Neer who has lost his last to battles. Also returning are "The Carpenter" Clay Guida vs. Samy Schiavo, and Tommy Speer vs. Anthony Johnson.

UFN 13
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Broomfield Event Center
Broomfield, Colorado

Main Card:
Lightweight Bout - Main Event 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Joe Lauzon - 156 vs. Kenny Florian - 155.5

Lightweight Bout (Swing Bout) 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Gray Maynard - 155 vs. Frankie Edgar - 155.5

Welterweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Thiago Alves - 171 vs. Karo Parisyan - 171

Light Heavyweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Tim Boetsch - 206 vs. Matt Hamill - 204

Lightweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Kurt Pellegrino - 155.5 vs. Nate Diaz - 156

Light Heavyweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
James Irvin - 205 vs. Houston Alexander - 205

Preliminary Bouts:
Lightweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Josh Neer - 156 vs. Din Thomas - 155

Lightweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Ryan Roberts - 155.5 vs. Marcus Aurelio - 154.5

Lightweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Jeff Cox - 155 vs. Manny Gamburyan - 155.5

Lightweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Samy Schiavo - 155 vs. Clay Guida - 156

Welterweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Roman Mitichyan - 170.5 vs. George Sotiropoulos - 169.5

Welterweight Bout 3 x 3 mins. Rounds
Anthony Johnson - 169.5 vs. Tommy Speer - 170