THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Canadian bantamweight Ivan Menjivar will take on Nick Pace at UFC 133 this summer in Philadelphia.
The 135-pounder from Montreal improved to 22-8 last month with an impressive TKO of Charlie Valencia at UFC 129 in Toronto.
"Menjivar is coming off a devastating elbow KO win and Pace utilized a rarely seen type of submission to secure the victory in his last outing," UFC president Dana White said in a release.
Pace (6-1) stopped Will Compuzano via a modified triangle choke last time out. He was originally slated to fight Michael McDonald at UFC 133 on Aug. 6, but McDonald was shifted to next week’s UFC 130 card to fight Chris Cariaso.
In other news, Bart Palaszewski has had to pull out of UFC 130 because of injury. Gleison Tibau will now face lightweight Rafaello (Tractor) Oliveira.
Palaszewski was originally slated to meet Cody McKenzie, but the alumnus of "The Ultimate Fighter" was sidelined by injury.
NOTES — The UFC is looking at Dec. 10 as its possible return to Montreal, although it says the choice of city is not carved in stone … UFC welteweight champion Georges St-Pierre turned 30 on Thursday … Thierry (The African Assassin) Sokoudjou will meet Quebec light-heavyweight Martin (The Stress) Desilets on June 10 at the Score Fighting Series card June 10 in Mississauga, Ont. … The Supremacy MMA video game will be released Sept. 20 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
