For a brief moment it looked like Brian Kelleher was going to spend the weekend enjoying good food and watching the NHL playoffs rather than getting in a fistfight.
Earlier this week, Kelleher found out that his UFC Vegas 9 bout with Ricky Simon was off when Simon was withdrawn from the matchup.
Naturally, “Boom” was disappointed that the fight was cancelled but he let the UFC know right away that he would take on whoever the promotion could safely put him in the cage with. The UFC followed through and now Kelleher will welcome newcomer Kevin Natividad to the highest level of mixed martial arts.