Sam Stout
Officials with the Ultimate Fighting Championship have added another bout to this summer’s UFC 161 event, naming lightweight fighters Sam ‘Hands of Stone’ Stout (19-8-1) and Isaac Vallie-Flagg (14-3-1) as opponents for the Canadian event.
UFC 161: Barao vs. Wineland is expected to take place on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The event will see interim bantamweight champ Renan Barão defend his title against top contender Eddie Wineland.
Officials with the promotion announced the bout on Twitter (@UFC) on Wednesday night.
Stout will compete in front of his fellow Canadians at the Winnipeg event and enters this match on a win having beaten another Strikeforce fighter Caros Fodor by split decision last month at UFC 157. The win put ‘Hands of Stone’ back on the winning track after a decision loss to countryman John Makdessi at UFC 154 in November.
Vallie-Flagg debuted inside the Octagon at UFC 156 last month, picking up a split decision over Yves Edwards extending his undefeated streak to twelve bouts. Just two of those matches have taken place at lightweight though, the win versus Edwards and a Strikeforce bout last May with Gesias Cavalcante, which also ended in a split decision win.