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Following Thursday's official announcement of UFC 117 and three main-card bouts, including a headliner of UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen, UFC officials have unveiled the night's preliminary card.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported most of the matchups, including light heavyweights Thiago Silva (14-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) vs. Tim Boetsch (11-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and welterweights Dustin Hazelett (12-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) vs. Rick Story (10-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC).
A new addition, though, is light heavyweight Rodney Wallace (9-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) vs. UFC newcomer Stanislav Nedkov (11-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC).
UFC 117 takes place Aug. 7 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, and the night's main card and airs on pay-per-view.
In addition to Silva vs. Boetsch and Hazelett vs. Story, additional bouts previously reported and now official include welterweights Ben Saunders (8-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Dennis Hallman (41-13-2 MMA, 1-4 UFC) and 170-pounders Johny Hendricks (8-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. Charlie Brenneman (11-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC).
Wallace, meanwhile, is fighting for his life in the organization following back-to-back unanimous-decision losses to Brian Stann and Jared Hamman. Although most fighters are dropped from the organization following a 0-2 start, Wallace likely got a reprieve because the Hamman bout at UFC 111 was a "Fight of the Night" award winner that netted each fighter $65,000.
Wallace, an accomplished Division II running back for Catawba College's football team, now meets Nedkov, an undefeated Bulgarian fighter who comes to the UFC after stints with organizations such as Shooto Bulgaria and World Victory Road's Sengoku event series, where he scored wins over former UFC fighters Travis Wiuff and Kevin Randleman. Despite a wrestling and jiu-jitsu background, he's comfortable on his feet and has scored five knockout wins. In fact, only two of his 11 career wins went to a decision.
The latest UFC 117 card now includes:
MAIN CARD
* Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)
* Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Hughes
* Rafael dos Anjos vs. Clay Guida
* Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch*
* Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson*
PRELIMINARY CARD
* Tim Boetsch vs. Thiago Silva
* Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story
* Dennis Hallman vs. Ben Saunders
* Charlie Brenneman vs. Johny Hendricks
* Stanislav Nedkov vs. Rodney Wallace
* - Not officially announced
Source: www.mmajunkie.com
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