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Undefeated Phil Davis confirms UFC 117 bout with Rodney Wallace

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jul 23, 2010 at 12:30 pm ET
http://mmajunkie.com/news/20030/undefeated-phil-davis-confirms-ufc-117-bout-with-rodney-wallace.mma

As expected Phil Davis (6-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has replaced injured light heavyweight Stanislav Nedkov (11-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and now meets Rodney Wallace (9-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) at next month's UFC 117 event. 

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) passed along news of the bout on Thursday. 

Davis since has confirmed the fight via a Twitter message, one in which he predicts he'll move to 7-0. 

UFC 117 takes place Aug. 7 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., and the night's main card airs on pay-per-view. However, the Davis vs. Wallace bout is slated for the un-aired preliminary card. 

UFC officials have not officially announced the change, though Nedkov vs. Wallace was removed from the official fight card. 

Davis, an NCAA Division I national wrestling champ at Penn State, is 2-0 since signing with the UFC and debuting earlier this year. After topping former WEC champ Brian Stann at UFC 109, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt then submitted Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 112 to move to 6-0 overall. 

Another win from Davis likely will send his opponent packing from the UFC. Although he entered the UFC with a remarkable 9-0 record, Wallace, a three-time state high-school wrestling champion, since has posted back-to-back decision losses to Stann and Jared Hamman. However, that action-packed and crowd-pleasing fight with Hamann at UFC 111, which all three judges scored 29-28 in Hamman's favor, earned both fighters $65,000 "Fight of the Night" bonuses and earned Wallace a third UFC fight. 

The latest UFC 117 card now includes: 

MAIN CARD

Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)
Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Clay Guida
Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Hughes
Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson

PRELIMINARY CARD
Tim Boetsch vs. Thiago Silva
Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story
Christian Morecraft vs. Stefan Struve
Charlie Brenneman vs. Johny Hendricks
Dennis Hallman vs. Ben Saunders
Phil Davis vs. Rodney Wallace*
* - Not officially announced

For more on UFC 117, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com. 


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