{"id":140730,"date":"2015-04-28T13:10:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T20:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=140730"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:31:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:31:42","slug":"rick-story-vs-erick-silva-set-to-headline-ufc-fight-night-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rick-story-vs-erick-silva-set-to-headline-ufc-fight-night-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Story vs. Erick Silva set to headline UFC Fight Night 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Erick-Silva.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129329\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Erick-Silva.png\" alt=\"Erick-Silva\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Erick-Silva.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Erick-Silva-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Erick-Silva-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Erick-Silva-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA key welterweight bout featuring Rick Story taking on Erick Silva will headline June\u2019s UFC Fight Night 70 event in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sportv.globo.com\/site\/combate\/noticia\/2015\/04\/erick-silva-e-rick-story-fazem-luta-principal-do-tuf-brasil-4-final-em-sp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Combate<\/a> was first to announce the fight, though UFC officials have yet to make a formal announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Rick \u201cThe Horror\u201d Story (18-8 MMA) will be looking to extend his current win streak to three in a row when he faces off with Silva this summer. Story was last seen in action this past October, where he scored a split-decision victory over the previously undefeated Gunnar Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Erick Silva (18-5 MMA) has also won back-to-back fights, his most recent effort being a first-round submission victory over Josh Koscheck. The win served as Silva\u2019s second first-round submission finish in as many fights, as he had previously defeated Mike Rhodes via arm-triangle choke at December\u2019s UFC Fight Night 58 event.<\/p>\n<p>UFC Fight Night 70, which also features the \u201cTUF: Brazil 4\u2033 lightweight and bantamweight tournament finals, takes place June 27 live from Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you have winning this welterweight bout? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A key welterweight bout featuring Rick Story taking on Erick Silva will headline June\u2019s UFC Fight Night 70 event in Brazil. Combate was first to announce the fight, though UFC officials have yet to make a formal announcement. Rick \u201cThe Horror\u201d Story (18-8 MMA) will be looking to extend his current win streak to three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":129329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[323,770,9987,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rick Story vs. Erick Silva set to headline UFC Fight Night 70 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rick Story vs. Erick Silva set to headline UFC Fight Night 70\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rick-story-vs-erick-silva-set-to-headline-ufc-fight-night-70\/\" \/>\n<meta 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