In an almost last minute addition, the UFC have officially announced that Matt Brown will face off against Jake Ellenberger in a welterweight division fight on UFC fight night 201 which will air on a pay per view basis on FOX sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
Matt Brown will be looking to make up for a disappointing outing in his last fight in Brazil in which he lost to Demian Maia on UFC fight night 198 which happened in Curitba, Brazil. He lost by submission in the third round to the jiu jitsu specialist.
UFC fight night 201 is scheduled to take place on July 30th in Atlanta’s Phillip’s Arena. Brown’s record currently stands at 20 wins and 14 losses in the MMA and 13 wins and 8 losses in the UFC.
Brown who was once stood a chance at a title shot has been in poor recent form where he has lost 3 of his previous four outings. He will be looking to make up for his slump come UFC Fight Night 201.
UFC fight night 201 – more fights added to card
As the card begins to fill out, two more exciting bouts have been added to UFC fight night 201. In the welterweight division, Michael Graves will fight Bojan Velickovic and in the heavyweight division, Damian Grabowski will take on Anthony Hamilton.
The official order for the evening has not been confirmed yet.
Grabowski, also known as the Polish Pitbull has experience in the MMA but has only had one maiden fight in the UFC which he lost to Derrick Lewis. On the other hand, Hamilton’s last outings was against Shamil Abdurakhimov and Hamilton lost by decision.
Graves vs Velickovic will also be an evenly matched fight as both fighters have impressive records. Graves is undefeated in his 6 MMA fights and 2 UFC fights. While Serbian Velickovic has 14 wins and 3 losses in the MMA and 1 win to zero losses in the UFC. His last fight (UFC debut) was a decision victory over Alessio Di Chirico on UFC fight night 86 which took place in Croatia.
Author : Rory McGregor
