UFC officials have confirmed a Middleweight match-up pitting Nick Ring (13-1) against Cypriot Constantinos Philippou [11-2(1)] at UFC 154, an event which goes down on November 17th at Montreal’s Bell Centre.
Philippou has amassed 4 back-to-back victories in the octagon following his promotional debut loss against Nick Catone at UFC 128 in New Jersey. The 32-year-old was unbeaten in 8 professional fights, prior to that set-back.
His opponent, Nick Ring, is 3-1 under the UFC banner thus far defeating the likes of Riki Fukuda and Court McGee. Fighting out of Champions Creed in Calgary, Alberta, Ring was a cast in Season 11 of the UFC’s ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ series.
Keep it locked to MMASucka.com for more news and updates regarding UFC 154.
As it stands, here is the updated fight card:
- Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit (Unification of UFC Welterweight titles)
- Johny Hendricks vs. Martin Kampmann
- Mark Bocek vs. Rafael dos Anjos
- Patrick Cote vs. Alessio Sakara
- Nick Ring vs. Constantinos Philippou
- Tom Lawlor vs. Francis Carmont
- Mark Hominick vs. Pablo Garza
- John Makdessi vs. Sam Stout
- Azamat Gashimov vs. Ivan Menjivar
- Stephen Thompson vs. Besam Yousef
- Antonio Carvalho vs. Rodrigo Damm
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