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your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. For one Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight
contender, a four-fight win streak is about to come to an end. Per ESPN
on Friday, the promotion is putting together a 185-pound scrap
between Uriah Hall
(17-9) and Sean
Strickland (23-3) for UFC
265. The event, which does not currently have a venue set
although it may be held in an arena and not the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas, will go down on Aug. 7.
Hall is currently riding his longest win streak since beginning his
career at 4-0, with knockouts of Bevon Lewis
and Anderson
Silva along the way. In his last time out, Hall rematched
Chris
Weidman in April. In just 17 seconds, Hall checked a leg kick
that broke Weidman’s leg, thereby awarding Hall the TKO win without
ever throwing a single strike. Hall’s career finish rate sits at 82
percent after this run.
Strickland also finds himself on a four-fight stretch of victorious
performances, most recently capturing a decision over Krzysztof
Jotko in May. “Tarzan” has swung through the competition since
returning in October 2020, beating Jack
Marshman and Brendan
Allen – both at catchweights after Marshman missed weight and
Allen’s encounter was set at a 195-pound cap. The former
welterweight was away from the sport for just over two years when a
motorcycle accident and multiple subsequent surgeries sidelined
him. He has not lost since coming back.
UFC 265, which is pending an official location, will take place on
Aug. 7. As with other recent pay-per-view cards, the promotion may
target a venue in the U.S. other than the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
The only other main card fight currently booked on the event is a
women’s bantamweight championship affair between Amanda
Nunes and Julianna
Pena, and it is unclear if that bout will serve as the
headliner.
