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Gabe Ruediger‘s long road back to the UFC is finally complete.
The controversial cast member on the fifth season of The Ultimate Fighter, who failed to make weight on the show for his fight against Corey Hill after being seen eating ice cream cake and getting a colonic and was then subsequently kicked out of the house by Dana White, has agreed to step in on short notice to fight Joe Lauzon at UFC 118 on Aug. 28, MMA Fighting has learned.
The spot opened up for Ruediger after Terry Etim was forced to pull out of the fight due to a broken rib injury.
Fighting for the first time outside of the WEC in four years, former WEC lightweight champion “Razor”