{"id":47238,"date":"2012-12-13T12:18:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T20:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=47238"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:24:00","slug":"josh-neer-vs-court-mcgee-in-the-works-for-ufc-157-in-anaheim-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/josh-neer-vs-court-mcgee-in-the-works-for-ufc-157-in-anaheim-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Neer vs. Court McGee in the works for UFC 157 in Anaheim | UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/court-mcgee.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17877\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/court-mcgee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A welterweight bout between &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter Season\u00a011&#8221; winner Court McGee (13-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and UFC veteran Josh Neer (33-12-1 MMA, 6-8 UFC) is being\u00a0targeted for UFC 157 in Anaheim, California.<\/p>\n<p>McGee will fight for the first time since dropping down from middleweight to welterweight and\u00a0finds himself in a must-win situation. After a 3-0 start to his UFC career, the Pit fighter has\u00a0since suffered back-to-back decision losses to Constantinos Philippou and Nick Ring.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Neer is also\u00a0hoping to avoid a third straight loss. The longtime MMA vet had posted six straight wins, which included a stoppage victory over Duane Ludwig. However, since that win-streak,\u00a0the Iowa-based fighter has suffered a knockout loss to Mike Pyle and was most recently was submitted by Justin Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 157 takes place February 23rd at the\u00a0Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The event is headlined by the promotions first-ever women&#8217;s fight, pitting champ Ronda Rousey\u00a0against contender\u00a0Liz Carmouche.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A welterweight bout between &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter Season\u00a011&#8221; winner Court McGee (13-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and UFC veteran Josh Neer (33-12-1 MMA, 6-8 UFC) is being\u00a0targeted for UFC 157 in Anaheim, California. 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