The UFC will wrap up its July schedule with a middleweight main event.
ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reported on Thursday that Uriah Hall vs. Sean Strickland, initially scheduled for UFC 265 on August 7th, has been moved up by one week to July 31st to headline a Fight Night show.
Hall (17-9) is #8 in the official UFC rankings and boasts a four-fight winning streak, tied for the best run of his career. He’s coming off a UFC 261 win over Chris Weidman which... yeah, you don’t need me to tell you what happened. Before that, The Ultimate Fighter 17 runner-up knocked out Anderson Silva, edged out a decision over Antonio Carlos Junior, and rallied to stop Bevon Lewis.