Author: MMA Fighting Newswire

Uriah Hall has a new opponent for his next UFC fight.

Nick Ring has dropped out of the Hall fight and has been replaced by Josh Samman for a middleweight fight on the main card of UFC on FOX Sports 1 on Aug. 17 in Boston. MMA Junkie was the first to report the fight change. UFC officials have confirmed the change on their website.

Hall will try to bounce back after losing the Ultimate Fighter 17 tournament final via split decision to Kelvin Gastelum at the TUF 17 Finale on April 13, 2013.

Samman won his UFC debut when he knocked out Kevin Casey in the second round at the TUF 17 Finale.

Samman could have faced Hall in the reality show final, but Gastelum submitted him via rear-naked choke in the first round in the semis.

The UFC on FOX Sports 1 fight card currently looks like this:

Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
Mauricio Rua vs. Chael Sonnen
Alistair Overeem vs. Travis Browne
Urijah Faber vs. Yuri Alcantara
Matt Brown vs. Thiago Alves
Uriah Hall vs. Josh Samman
Joe Lauzon vs. Michael Johnson

Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 6 p.m. ET)
Michael McDonald vs. Brad Pickett
Conor McGregor vs. Andy Ogle
Mike Brown vs. Akira Corassani
Diego Brandao vs. Daniel Pineda

Undercard (Facebook at 4:30 p.m. ET)
Manny Gamburyan vs. Cole Miller
Cody Donovan vs. Ovince St. Preux
Ramsey Nijem vs. James Vic

Stockton, Calif. — At the War MMA weigh-ins, MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon was on the scene to capture all the action at the Buffalo Wild Wings on Friday evening. Check out the weigh-ins above.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira won’t return to training for at least three months after having surgery recently on his arm to repair ligament damage, according to his manager Ed Soares on The MMA Hour this past week.

Nogueira was injured in his fight against Fabricio Werdum at UFC on FUEL TV 10 on June 8, losing via armbar submission in the second round.

“The doctors are saying he will be back training in three months,” Soares said.

While Soares said he didn’t know who Nogueira wants to fight in his return, he said the Brazilian legend doesn’t have any plans to call it quits.

“He’s still a top 10 heavyweight in the world,” Soares said.

The UFC 164 fight card is filling up fast.

A lightweight fight between Jamie Varner and Gleison Tibau has been added to the upcoming event on Aug. 31 in Milwaukee. A welterweight fight between Pascal Krauss and Hyun Gyu Lim, which was first reported by MMA Kanvas, has also been confirmed by UFC officials.

Varner (21-7-1 with 2 no-contests) has won two of his three fights in his UFC return, including a split-decision win over Melvin Guillard at UFC 155 on Dec. 29, 2012. Tibau (27-9) has won three of his past five UFC fights, including a submission win over John Cholish at UFC on FX 8.

Krauss (11-1), who has won two of his past three UFC fights, earned a unanimous decision win in his last trip to the Octagon over Mike Stumpf at UFC on FOX 6. Lim (11-3-1) won his UFC debut with a second-round TKO of Marcelo Guimares at UFC on FUEL TV 8 this past March.

The UFC 164 fight card looks like this so far:

Benson Henderson vs. T.J. Grant
Frank Mir vs. Josh Barnett
Chad Mendes vs. Clay Guida
Erik Koch vs. Dustin Poirier
Ben Rothwell vs. Brandon Vera
Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau
Chico Camus vs. Kyung Ho Kang
Soa Palelei vs. Nikita Krylov
Louis Gaudinot vs. Tim Elliott
Derek Brunson vs. Yoel Romero
Jared Hamman vs. Magnus Cedenblad
Pascal Krauss vs. Hyun Gyu Lim

A pair of middleweight fights have been added to the upcoming UFC 164 fight card on Aug. 31 in Milwaukee.

Derek Brunson is slated to face Yoel Romero, while Jared Hamman is scheduled to face Magnus Cedenblad, according to UFC officials.

Brunson (10-2) defeated Chris Leben via unanimous decision at UFC 155 on Dec. 29, 2012. Romero also won his UFC debut as well, earning Knockout of the Night honors with his first-round knockout of Clifford Starks at UFC on FOX 7 on April 20, 2013.

Hamman (13-5) has lost three of his past four UFC fights, including a second-round TKO loss to Michael Kuiper at UFC 150 on Aug. 11, 2012. Cedenblad (10-4) hasn’t fought since UFC on FUEL TV 2 on April 14, 2012 when he was submitted by Francis Carmont.

UFC 164 will be headlined by Benson Henderson putting his UFC lightweight title on the line against T.J. Grant.

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