A lightweight bout between Cody McKenzie (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Bart Palaszewski (35-14 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been added to next month's UFC 130 card.UFC officials announced overnight that verbal agreements are in place for the fight.
UFC 130 takes place May 28 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view headliner pits lightweight champ Frankie Edgar against Gray Maynard for a third meeting between the two.
As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported, UFC 130 is expected to get a "UFC Prelims" special. However, McKenzie vs. Palaszewski is expected to be part of the untelevised preliminary card.
McKenzie, a quarterfinalist on "The Ultimate Fighter 12," opened his career with 12 straight victories, which included a win over Aaron Wilkinson at the reality show's live finale. Like the victories fights before it, that UFC-debut win ended in a modified guillotine choke that the Alaskan affectionately named "the McKenzietine." However, in a late-notice bout at UFC Fight Night 23 in January, he suffered his first career loss when Yves Edwards submitted him with a rear-naked choke.
McKenzie faces another tough veteran in Palaszewski, a longtime IFL and WEC fighter who now makes his UFC debut. Since a career-worset 2-7 skid that resulted in a brief WEC exit in 2009, Palaszewski has posted four victories in five fights. However, a four-fight win streak recently came to an end with a close split-decision loss to Kamal Shalorus at WEC 53, which marked the organization's final show.
The latest UFC 130 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
- Champ Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard (for lightweight title)
- Matt Hamill vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
- Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson
- Travis Browne vs. Stefan Struve
- Jorge Santiago vs. Brian Stann
- Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story
- Brad Pickett vs. Miguel Torres
- Tim Boetsch vs. Kendall Grove
- Cody McKenzie vs. Bart Palaszewski
- Chris Cariaso vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
- Demetrious Johnson vs. Renan Barao
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