Originally posted by: Neonep
Date: July 01, 2013 at 03:07 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/nick-ring-out-josh-samman-meets-uriah-hall.55986/
Nick Ring
(13-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has been forced out of the UFC's return to Boston in August, and
Josh Samman
(10-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has stepped in to meet
Uriah Hall
(7-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) on the card.
Sources with knowledge of the lineup change confirmed the news to
MMAjunkie.com
(
www.mmajunkie.com
), and UFC officials are expected to make the booking official for UFC on FOX Sports 1 1 soon.
UFC on FOX Sports 1 1 takes place Aug. 17 at TD Garden in Boston. The show will be the UFC's debut on the new FOX Sports 1 cable network, which launches the same day.
Samman and Hall were castmates on Season 17 of "The Ultimate Fighter" this past spring. And while each made it to the semifinals and were expected to meet at the TUF 17 Finale, only Hall reached the the finals.
Despite being upset in the semifinals by eventual winner
Kelvin Gastelum
, Samman was given a fight on the TUF 17 Finale and stopped
Kevin Casey
with a second-round TKO for a win in his official UFC debut. That ran the Florida-based 25-year-old's streak to two, with seven wins in his past eight official fights – with just a Bellator loss to
Dan Cramer
keeping him from perfection over that stretch. Nine of his 10 wins have come by stoppage.
Hall was a heavy favorite on "TUF 17," but in the tournament finals against Gastelum, he appeared off his game compared to some of the destructive finishes he had in the "TUF" house and Gastelum won a split decision. The former Ring of Combat fighter will be looking for his first official UFC victory.
Ring, who fought on "TUF 11," was looking to get back in the win column after a March split-decision loss to
Chris Camozzi
at UFC 158 in Montreal. That was his second setback in three fights.
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Damn. Samman will probably highlight reeled but kudos to stepping up.