Less than one month after the biggest win over his career, Rick Story will be back in the Octagon and facing another tough test on his quest toward earning a welterweight title shot. Story’s opponent Nate Marquardt, will be making his welterweight debut at UFC Live on Versus 4 after spending much of his career as a perennial contender at middleweight.
Story and Marquardt were both on hand for open media workouts, which were held on Friday afternoon at a local Pittsburgh hotel. Bleacher Report was on hand to capture video from the workouts and media scrums for both main event fighters.
UFC Live on Versus 4 will be held on Sunday, June 26, 2011 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. Bleacher Report MMA will be cageside with live coverage from the event, so be sure to stay tuned as we bring you more content leading up, during and after the event.
Below is the entire fight card for Sunday’s event:
Main Card (Versus)
Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story
Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry
Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Tyson Griffin vs. Manny Gamburyan
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
Daniel Roberts vs. Rich Attonito
Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
Ricardo Lamas vs. Matt Grice
Michael Johnson vs. Edward Faaloloto
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