Vera was initially thought to remain on the UFC 109 card against Jon Jones, however, Jones' camp asked for the UFC to push the bout back to March. They are now fighting each other on March 21 in Denver as the light-heavyweight headliner of the UFC's first live event on Versus.
With the decision to move Maia vs. Miller to the UFC 109 pay-per-view main card, it means that five other prelim bouts will now have a chance to be on the Spike TV one-hour broadcast of two select UFC 109 preliminary card bouts. The possibilities includeJustin Buchholz vs. Mac Danzig, Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres, Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer, Rob Emerson vs. Phillipe Nover and Rolles Gracie vs. Mostapha Al Turk.
Maia (11-1) suffered his first career loss in his last bout, as he was knocked out byNate Marquardt at UFC 102 in August. He previously won the first 11 bouts of his career, including wins in his first five UFC bouts, all by submission, with the Octagon wins coming over Ryan Jensen, Ed Herman, Jason MacDonald, Nate Quarry and Chael Sonnen.
Miller (11-2) has not fought since suffering his first UFC loss against Chael Sonnen via unanimous decision at UFC 98 in May. He was originally slated to fight CB Dollaway at UFN 19 in September but was forced out of that event with an injury. Prior to the loss against Sonnen in May, he was on a 10-bout unbeaten streak, which included wins in his first three UFC fights over Rob Kimmons, Matt Horwich and Jake Rosholt.
UFC 109 takes place on Feb. 6 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV and is headlined by a light-heavyweight bout between UFC Hall-of-Famers Randy Couture and Mark Coleman.
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