{"id":287738,"date":"2018-10-11T08:03:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=287738"},"modified":"2018-10-11T08:07:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:07:04","slug":"brian-kelleher-faces-montel-jackson-at-ufc-230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/brian-kelleher-faces-montel-jackson-at-ufc-230\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Kelleher Now Faces Montel Jackson At UFC 230 With Domingo Pilarte Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contender Series winner Domingo Pilarte will have to wait a bit longer to make his UFC debut. According to his UFC 230 opponent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5b3zl5oR3mA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Kelleher in a recent interview with The Terphouse<\/a>, Pilarte has been removed from the card due to undisclosed reasons. Instead Kelleher will face another Contender Series alum in Montel Jackson on Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5b3zl5oR3mA<\/p>\n<p>Jackson (6-1) will be looking for his first win in the octagon as he dropped his short-notice UFC debut to Ricky Simon back in August at UFC 227. The 26-year-old replaced Benito Lopez in that matchup who was pulled from the card due to a foot injury. Despite Jackson dropping a unanimous decision in the fight, the Pura Vida MMA standout showed a lot of promise in his promotional debut.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson defeated CES MMA veteran\u00a0Rico DiSciullo via TKO at Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series in June. Despite a dominant performance, a few fouls in the matchup cost him a UFC contract at the time. Instead he was called up on short notice to face Simon. The\u00a0Milwaukee native has never lost back-to-back fights in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Kelleher (19-9) is coming off the first TKO loss of his career when he was finished by John Lineker at UFC 224 in May. Prior to that, &#8220;Boom&#8221; was riding back-to-back wins over\u00a0Damian Stasiak and former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao. The 32-year-old has gone 3-2 in the octagon, most notably\u00a0submitting Iuri Alcantara at UFC 212 in his promotional debut.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Kelleher hasn&#8217;t lost two-straight fights since Nov. 2013 and holds wins outside the UFC over\u00a0Julio Arce (twice) and Andre Soukhamthath. He&#8217;s only gone the distance once in his last seven fights.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 230 takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York on Nov. 3 and is headlined by Daniel Cormier defending his heavyweight title against<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/derrick-lewis-grateful-for-ufc-230-title-shot-but-believes-stipe-miocic-deserved-the-chance-before-him\/\"> Derrick Lewis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/11\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contender Series winner Domingo Pilarte will have to wait a bit longer to make his UFC debut. According to his UFC 230 opponent\u00a0Brian Kelleher in a recent interview with The Terphouse, Pilarte has been removed from the card due to undisclosed reasons. 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