According to the website, the UFC tried everything but could not untangle Mustapha Al-Turk’s U.S.visa predicament, and Rolles Gracie arrives in Las Vegas tomorrow morning already knowing who his new opponent will be.

Interestingly, the English fighter is from a prominent family in the United Kingdom and fought for the first time in the UFC precisely in Las Vegas, and has no prior history of problems with the U.S. embassy.

Also according to MMAWeekly.com, he should next fight at the April-10 event in Abu Dhabi.

California’s Joey “The Mexicutioner” Beltran comes out of nowhere to make his UFC debut and protect his ten-win, three-loss record. The possibility of Beltran replacing Al-Turk was first reported by MMAJunkie.com.

Rolles on his opponent's back, in Peking. Photo: Luca Atalla.

31-year-old Rolles Gracie’s UFC debut is no longer likely to be against England’s Mustapha Al-Turk, who could be replaced due to a visa problem keeping him out of U.S., says GRACIEMAG.com editor Marcelo Dunlop.

Rolles is to fight February 6 and has been advised of the unforeseen situation: “They are still trying to get Al-Turk over, but he’s unlikely to make it. The UFC already has another guy in line, but can’t disclose his name yet, ” Rolles told GRACIEMAG.com.

UFC 109, on the coming 6^th, has other attractions in store, as well. The clash between Randy Couture and Mark Coleman, over ten years in the making, will finally take place, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. It will be the first time two UFC Hall-of-Famers face off.

Couture was scheduled to face Coleman at UFC 17 in 1998, but the bout was canceled due to an injury suffered by Couture.

Randy “The Natural” Couture, a five-time UFC champion, has made it to the very top of the heavyweight and light-heavyweight divisions, and is coming off a controversial decision win over now-light heavyweight Brandon Vera at UFC 105 in November of 2009. “Mark Coleman is another classic match for me,” said Couture. “Like the one with Minotauro, this fight should have happened a long time ago and has now become a reality,” he said.

“This is by far the biggest fight of my career,” said Coleman. “I have great respect for Couture, in and out of the octagon. He is one of the best in MMA history.”

Recognized for his ground skills, and packing a punch, Brazil’s Paulo Thiago, 28, made his name internationally with a first-round TKO of Josh Koscheck in February, 2009.After dropping a decision in an epic battle waged against Jon Fitch and overcoming Jacob Volkmann last year, Thiago hopes to kick start his 2010 campaign in grand style when he faces Mike Swick. The 30-year-old Texan has accumulated 14 wins and three losses.

“I’m evolving more and more. If he’s going by my previous fights, he’ll be surprised. I trained with Anderson Silva, who’s a virtual MMA encyclopedia. He added a lot to my style and I adapted some of his resources to my game, “said Paulo.

Another Brazilian to feature onthe coming event’s main card is Sao Paulo’s Demian Maia, facing off with Dan Miller in the middleweight division. Demian was undefeated in the organization with five wins on his way to a title challenge, but Nate Marquardt put an end to that with a first-round knockout at UFC 102. His opponent this time around is Dan Miller, a talented Olympic wrestler and a Jiu-Jitsu black belt to boot.

UFC 109
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
February 6, 2010

Randy Couture vs Mark Coleman
Nate Marquardt vs Chael Sonnen
Mike Swick vs Paulo Thiago
Demian Maia vs Dan Miller
Matt Serra vs Frank Trigg

Preliminary fights (not broadcast on TV)
Mac Danzig vs Justin Buchholz
Melvin Guillard vs Ronys Torres
Phillipe Nover vs Rob Emerson
Brian Stann vs Phil Davis
Tim Hague vs Chris Tuchscherer
Mustapha Al Turk vs Rolles Gracie

Mostapha has lost his last two outings in the UFC, whereas Rolles has used his Jiu-Jitsu effectively to remain undefeated in his prior MMA bouts, achieving the submission before the bell ending the first round sounded in all three outings. The most recent came at Art of War, in China, when he used an arm-and-neck choke to finish off Peter Grahan. Check out the GRACIEMAG.com Photo Gallery featuring a recent training session of the Gracie’s.

Rolles works on his striking with Mark Henry

The evening’s main event pits Randy Couture against Mark Coleman. On the main card, Jiu-Jitsu black belts Demian Maia and Paulo Thiago face off against Dan Miller and Josh Koscheck, respectively.

Also on the main card, Nate Marquardt faces Chael Sonnen and Matt Serra dukes it out with Frank Trigg. Another Gentle Art black belt, Ronys Torres makes is long-awaited debut in the event, against Melvin Guillard.

Check out the updated card:

UFC 109
January 21, 2010
Las Vegas, Nevada

Mark Coleman vs Randy Couture

Josh Koscheck vs Paulo Thiago

Demian Maia vs Dan Miller

Nate Marquardt vs Chael Sonnen

Matt Serra vs Frank Trigg

Justin Buchholz vs Mac Danzig

Melvin Guillard vs Ronys Torres

Tim Hague vs Chris Tuchscherer

Rob Emerson vs Phillipe Nover

Rolles Gracie vs Mostapha Al Turk