With the American Airlines Center, which is the host of UFC 103, already booked, the preceding official fighter weigh-ins instead take place at the Dallas Convention Center Arena.

The weigh-ins, set for Friday, Sept. 18, begin at 4 p.m. CT local time (5 p.m. ET) and are free and open to the public. Doors open at 3 p.m. CT.

The weigh-ins take place on the east side of the Dallas Convention Center Arena (known as the A-section), which is located at 650 S. Griffin St.

Members of the UFC Fight Club, which is the organization’s official fan club, can head to the convention center early for a Q&A session with UFC veteran Tito Ortiz. The session takes place from 2-3 p.m. CT.

Additionally, an official autograph session takes place at the venue from 1 to 3 p.m. CT with UFC fighters Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Diego Sanchez, Jake Rosholt, Jon Fitch and Mike Swick. The signing event is also free and open to the public.

UFC 103, which features a main event of Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort and a co-headliner of Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Junior Dos Santos, begins Saturday, Sept. 19 at 6:20 p.m. ET (5:20 p.m. CT). A two-fight live broadcast of the prelims begins at 9 p.m. ET on Spike TV, and the night’s pay-per-view broadcast kicks off at 10 p.m. ET. Doors to American Airlines Center open at 5:50 p.m. ET.

The finalized UFC 103 line-up includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Vitor Belfort vs. Rich Franklin
Junior Dos Santos vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic
Paul Daley vs. Martin Kampmann
Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg
Hermes Franca vs. Tyson Griffin
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller
Tomasz Drwal vs. Drew McFedries
PRELIMINARY CARD (Un-aired)
Steve Lopez vs. Jim Miller
Nick Lentz vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Brian Foster vs. Rick Story
Jason Brilz vs. Eliot Marshall
Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Igor Pokrajac
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rob Emerson

ESPN.com’s “Inside MMA” host Jon Anik reported today on his Twitter account that a Dec. 5 bout between Frankie Edgar (10-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Kurt Pellegrino (14-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) is currently in the works.

The lightweight bout is expected to take place at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

After suffering the first loss of his career to Gray Maynard in April 2008, Edgar has since bounced back with consecutive wins over Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca. The 27-year-old has gone to a decision in five of his six UFC fights, though two of those garnered “Fight of the Night” honors.

Meanwhile, after a difficult 1-2 stretch in the UFC, Pellegrino has re-invented himself by relocating himself to New Jersey. “Batman” has earned three-straight wins over Josh Neer, Robert Emerson and Thiago Tavares.

With the likely addition to the event, the rumored card for The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale now includes:
Finalist No. 1 vs. Finalst No. 2
Matt Hamill vs. Jon Jones*
Frankie Edgar vs. Kurt Pellegrino*
Dennis Hallman vs. John Howard*
Rousimar Palhares vs. Alessio Sakara*
* – Not officially announced

Prior to getting tapped out by “The Punk” at DREAM 9 back in May, Sapp was pounded into submission by former WWE star Bobby Lashley in their “Ultimate Chaos” main event on June 27.

The former NFL offensive lineman is a bonafide star in “The Land of the Rising Sun,” however, that popularity has not carried over to the United States. In fact, the 6’5” 350-pound Sapp dropped his United States debut against 6′11” 330-pound South African, Jan “The Giant” Nortje (2-5), via embarrassing first round technical knockout under the Strikeforce banner last year.

Sapp’s only win in his last four attempts was against a character from a Japanese anime show, “Kinniku Mantaro,” at Fields Dynamite!! in Japan on New Year’s Eve 2008.

A win over the hard-hitting Sokoudjou could go a long way in keeping him employed.

In addition to the bout between Sokoudjou and Sapp, “Super Hulk” will also pit Hong-Man Choi and Ikuhisa Minowa in the other semifinal match. DREAM 11 will also feature the semifinal and final rounds of the featherweight tourney.