Pascal Krauss has been injured, forcing him to withdraw from his scheduled bout at UFC 138. Taking Krauss’ place will be Matt “The Immortal” Brown, who will test his invincibility skills against rising star John “The Hitman” Hathaway. Both men have verbally agreed to the welterweight bout, UFC president Dana White announced today.
UFC welterweight Matt ‘The Immortal’ Brown (12-10) will take on Brit John ‘The Hitman’ Hathaway (15-1) on November 5 at the upcoming UFC 138 event at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England. Their bout will likely end up on the preliminary card of the event on Facebook.
Brown had his last fight in June, earning a unanimous decision over John Howard at the UFC on Versus 4 show. That victory ended a three fight losing skid for ‘The Immortal’ who is now 5-4 overall with the UFC. He had been scheduled to compete at the Versus show in March but the match was scratched after both of Brown’s opponents, Mark Scanlon and then Matt Riddle, withdrew due to injuries.
Hathaway earned a split decision against Kris McCray in his last fight which took place in March at the UFC Fight Night 25 show. The win erased the first loss of ‘The Hitman’s’ career which took place in October of last year at UFC 120, a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Mike Pyle.