- AL-HUSSAN VS. KINGSBERRY AT UFC 104
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - by Steven Marrocco - MMAWeekly.com
A light heavyweight contest between Kyle Kingsberry and Razak Al-Hassan is set to take place at UFC 104 in October, MMAWeekly.com has learned.
Sources close to the fight confirmed that both parties have agreed to the fight and bout agreements are soon to follow.
UFC 104 is set for Oct. 24 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Current light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida will make his first title defense against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Al-Hassan (6-1) succumbed to a vicious armbar in December UFC debut against former WEC champion Steve Cantwell at “UFC Fight for the Troops,” but endeared himself to many fans with a kick-heavy Tae Kwon Do based style and unwillingness to tap to an obvious hyper-extension of his right elbow.
Of course, the injury also kept the Des Moines, Iowa resident out of action until recently, when he was cleared by doctors to begin training again.
Kingsberry (7-2) also fell short in his UFC debut when fellow “TUF” season eight alum Tom Lawlor out-wrestled him to a unanimous decision victory. The 27 year-old was eliminated in the reality show’s first round after winning his preliminary bout. A mainstay of American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, Kingsberry wrestled and played football before making the transition to MMA.
- MACHIDA VS SHOGUN HEADS UFC 104 IN L.A. (Sunday, June 21, 2009) UFC president Dana White announced that UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida would defend his new belt against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 104 in L.A. ...
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