UFC on Versus 4 will take place on Sunday, June 26 from Pittsburgh, PA’s Consol Energy Center. The fight will be headlined by a bout between former middleweight contender Nate Marquardt and up and the fast rising Rick Story. The bout will be Marquardt;s debut in the welterweight division.
Marquardt is coming off a unanimous decision win over Dan Miller at UFC 128. Before the Miller fight he had gone 2-2 in his four previous bouts and was unable to string together two consecutive victories.
Story comes into the bout as a late replacement for Marquardt’s original opponent Anthony Johnson. Story made his UFC debut at UFC 99, losing to John Hathaway. Since that time he has gone on a six-fight winning streak with his last win being a unanimous decision victory over Thiago Alves at UFC 130 on May 28.
The main card will be broadcast on the Versus network at 9 p.m. ET:
Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story
Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft
The preliminary card will be available on the UFC’s facebook page at 4:55 p.m. ET:
Manny Gamburyan vs. Tyson Griffin
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
Rich Attonito vs. Daniel Roberts
Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
Edward Faaloloto vs. Michael Johnson
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