It was recently announced that the UFC on Fox 12 card would feature a barn burner of a main event between No. 5 ranked Matt Brown and No. 1 ranked Robbie Lawler. It was recently speculated that the upcoming UFC 174 co main event between No. 2 ranked Rory MacDonald and No. 3 ranked Tyron Woodley would decide who gets the first crack at Johny Hendricks' welterweight championship, but according to "The download" with Dana White, that's not going to be the case come June 14th.
White went on record to describe his reasoning for the main event:
Robbie Lawler came into the UFC, returning to the welterweight division after an unimpressive Strikeforce run at 3-5. He racked up three straight wins over Josh Koscheck, Bobby Voelker, and MacDonad before dropping a controversial decision to Hendricks for the vacant welterweight championship at UFC 171. He recently rebounded last Saturday at UFC 173 by dominating and finishing Jake Ellenberger by TKO with a combination of a knee to body followed by punches.
Matt Brown is currently enjoying a 7 fight win streak with 6 of those wins coming by some form of knockout. His only non stoppage win out of that streak was a dominating decision win over Stephen Thompson two years ago at UFC 145. Although impressive, he has yet to defeat a top 10 fighter and this is his first crack at the upper echelon of the division. Brown last defeated Erik Silva by TKO at UFC Fight Night 40 which earned him Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night honors.
Newly crowned UFC Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks is still recovering from a torn bicep he suffered in his fight against Lawler, no word has been said as to when he'll return.
UFC on Fox 12 takes place from the SAP Center on Saturday, July 26th.
Author: Alex Cochrane
External Source: UFC.com
White went on record to describe his reasoning for the main event:
Matt Parrino said:
Robbie Lawler came into the UFC, returning to the welterweight division after an unimpressive Strikeforce run at 3-5. He racked up three straight wins over Josh Koscheck, Bobby Voelker, and MacDonad before dropping a controversial decision to Hendricks for the vacant welterweight championship at UFC 171. He recently rebounded last Saturday at UFC 173 by dominating and finishing Jake Ellenberger by TKO with a combination of a knee to body followed by punches.
Matt Brown is currently enjoying a 7 fight win streak with 6 of those wins coming by some form of knockout. His only non stoppage win out of that streak was a dominating decision win over Stephen Thompson two years ago at UFC 145. Although impressive, he has yet to defeat a top 10 fighter and this is his first crack at the upper echelon of the division. Brown last defeated Erik Silva by TKO at UFC Fight Night 40 which earned him Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night honors.
Newly crowned UFC Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks is still recovering from a torn bicep he suffered in his fight against Lawler, no word has been said as to when he'll return.
UFC on Fox 12 takes place from the SAP Center on Saturday, July 26th.
Author: Alex Cochrane
External Source: UFC.com
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