More than a decade after their first meeting, Chris
Weidman and Uriah Hall
are going to run it back.
According to ESPN,
Weidman and Hall have verbally agreed to square off at UFC 258 on
Feb. 13. The Las Vegas-based promotion has not formally announced
the bout or a location for the event.
Weidman defeated Hall by technical knockout in the first round at
Ring of Combat 31 on Sept. 24, 2010, part of a 13-bout unbeaten
streak by “The All-American” to begin his professional MMA career.
The 36-year-old Serra-Longo Fight Team representative returned to
action after nearly a year away at UFC Fight Night 174, where he
captured a unanimous decision triumph against Omari
Akhmedov on Aug. 8. Prior to that, the former middleweight
champion had lost five of his previous six Octagon appearances —
all by knockout or technical knockout.
Hall, meanwhile, is riding the momentum of the second three-fight
winning streak of his UFC tenure. The Fortis MMA product is coming
off a fourth-round TKO triumph of former champ Anderson
Silva in the UFC Fight Night 181 main event. Prior to that,
“Primetime” posted victories against Antonio
Carlos Jr. and Bevon
Lewis.