A lightweight bout between Paul Taylor (11-6-1 MMA, 4-5 UFC) and John Makdessi (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) is now official for August's UFC on Versus 5 event. It's the 12th addition to the card, which takes place Aug. 14 at Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
The night's main card, including a Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle welterweight main event, airs live on Versus.
Taylor vs. Makdessi is slated for the preliminary card, which likely will stream on Facebook and YouTube.
Taylor, a British fighter and former welterweight, looks for his second win in three fights as a lightweight. After opening his UFC career with a 3-4 mark, he dropped to lightweight and suffered a controversial split-decision loss to Sam Stout at UFC 121. However, he rebounded earlier this year at UFC 126 with a head-kick knockout of Gabe Ruediger.
Makdessi recently kept his perfect record in intact with a vicious spinning-back-fist KO of Kyle Watson at the record-breaking UFC 129 event. The Canadian, who set up the shot with an impressive striking display throughout the fight, made his UFC debut a bout earlier and scored a decision victory over Pat Audinwood. Seven of his nine wins now have come via knockout.
Makdessi makes his American debut at the show; Taylor made his two fights ago.
The latest UFC on Versus 5 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (Versus)
- Dan Hardy vs. Chris Lytle
- Ben Henderson vs. Jim Miller
- Stephan Bonnar vs. Karlos Vemola
- Duane Ludwig vs. Amir Sadollah
- C.B. Dollaway vs. Jared Hamman
- Danny Castillo vs. Jacob Volkmann
- Alex Caceres vs. Leonard Garcia
- John Makdessi vs. Paul Taylor
- Joseph Benavidez vs. Eddie Wineland
- Cole Miller vs. T.J. O'Brien
- Tom Lawlor vs. Kyle Noke
- Edwin Figueroa vs. Jason Reinhardt
No comments:
Post a Comment