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Uriah Hall Removed From UFC 198 Card

Following the unfortunate gall bladder injury suffered by his scheduled opponent Anderson Silva, Uriah Hall will have to wait before taking the Octagon against one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time. Hall has been removed entirely from the colossal Brazil event this Saturday according to MMA Fighting. The Jamaican-American striking sensation was

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Following the unfortunate gall bladder injury suffered by his scheduled opponent Anderson Silva, Uriah Hall will have to wait before taking the Octagon against one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time.

Hall has been removed entirely from the colossal Brazil event this Saturday according to MMA Fighting. The Jamaican-American striking sensation was set to meet Silva in a middleweight clash on the main card of UFC 198 from Curitiba, Brazil’s Arena de Baixada soccer stadium.

The main card will now be joined by a match-up between welterweights Warlley Alves and Bryan Barberena in place of Silva vs. Hall.

According to Guilherme Cruz’s Twitter, ‘The Spider’ underwent successful surgery and will be cleared from the hospital on Friday.

The loss of the bout is surely a huge blow to the stacked Brazilian showdown card, as Silva is widely regarded as one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time. Hall figured to give ‘The Spider’ a great challenge as the young up-and-comer faced the biggest fight of his career.

Silva (33-7-1) was coming off of an upset loss to No. 4-ranked Michael Bisping in late February via unanimous decision. Silva hasn’t won a bout in nearly four years, since his UFC 183 win over Stockton native Nick Diaz was ruled a no-contest after the Brazilian tested positive for various banned substances.

Hall (12-6) comes off of a unanimous decision loss to the flourishing Robert Whittaker back at UFC 193 in November. ‘Prime Time’ had previously been on a two-fight win streak after defeating Oluwale Bamgbose and Gegard Mousasi, and had won five of his previous six bouts.

UFC 198 is set to take place this Saturday (May 14th, 2016) and is headlined by a heavyweight title clash between Brazilian champ Fabricio Werdum, and challenger Stipe Miocic.

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Countdown To UFC 198: Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall

This is just one of those events that everyone is looking forward to, UFC 198 is set to go off on May 14 in Curitiba, Brazil, and is overflowing with some of the biggest talent today. As well as the UFC heavyweight title fight between Fabricio Werdum and Stipe Miocic in the main event, there’s

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This is just one of those events that everyone is looking forward to, UFC 198 is set to go off on May 14 in Curitiba, Brazil, and is overflowing with some of the biggest talent today. As well as the UFC heavyweight title fight between Fabricio Werdum and Stipe Miocic in the main event, there’s the number one contender bout between Jacare Souza and Vitor Belfort in the co-main slot. Then we’ll anticipate the debut of Cris Cyborg as she faces Leslie Smith, former Pride and UFC champion Mauricio Shogun Rua will battle Corey Anderson, and there’s a number of living legends on the prelims too.

But the fight we’re looking at today is possibly the most anticipated on the entire card. Former pound-for-pound king and ex-UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will take on Uriah Hall in a showdown between arguably the scariest strikers in the division’s history.

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Both men’s flashy and unorthodox striking styles have led to multiple highlight reel knockouts, but there’s a big question surrounding this fight; does ‘The Spider’ have enough left in the tank to quell the fire of a rising phenom like ‘U-Hall?’

Years back during the Brazilian’s prime we  have been looking at a completely different fight here, but now he’s changed and aged so much that even Michael Bisping was close to knocking Silva out during their fight. That’s no disrespect to ‘The Count,’ but let’s be honest, it’s debatable whether that would have happened five years ago.

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The UFC has released the official countdown to UFC 198, and the Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall segment is an amazing watch. Check it out, and stay tuned to LowKick!

Event: UFC 198: “Werdum vs. Miocic”
Date: Sat., May 14, 2016
Location: Arena da Baixada stadium in Curitiba, Brazil
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View

UFC 198 PPV Main Event:

265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic

UFC 198 PPV Co-Main Event:

185 lbs.: Ronaldo Souza vs. Vitor Belfort

UFC 198 PPV Main Card (10 p.m. ET):

185 lbs.: Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall
140 lbs.: Cris Cyborg vs. Leslie Smith (catchweight)
205 lbs.: Mauricio Rua vs. Corey Anderson

UFC 198 FOX Sports 1 Prelims (8 p.m. ET):

170 lbs.: Demian Maia vs. Matt Brown
170 lbs.: Bryan Barberena vs. Warlley Alves
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt vs. Thiago Santos
135 lbs.: Rob Font vs. John Lineker

UFC 198 Fight Pass Prelims (6 p.m. ET):

205 lbs.: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Patrick Cummins
155 lbs.: Yancy Medeiros vs. Francisco Trinaldo
170 lbs.: Sergio Moraes vs. Luan Chagas
145 lbs.: Renato Moicano vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

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