{"id":49638,"date":"2013-01-16T06:29:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T14:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=49638"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:20:17","slug":"dan-hardy-vs-matt-brown-set-for-ufc-on-fox-7-in-san-jose-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dan-hardy-vs-matt-brown-set-for-ufc-on-fox-7-in-san-jose-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hardy vs. Matt Brown set for UFC on FOX 7 in San Jose | UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dan-hardy3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29752\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dan-hardy3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC officials announced Tuesday that a welterweight clash between Dan Hardy (25-10 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Matt Brown (16-11 MMA, 6-5 UFC) has been added to the UFC on FOX 7 card set for April 20th in San Jose.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy has won back-to-back fights, his latest being a decision win over Amir Sadollah at UFC on FUEL TV 5 in his hometown of Nottingham, England. Prior to that, Hardy snapped a four fight losing skid by knocking out Duane Ludwig at UFC 146, which earned him &#8220;Knockout of the night&#8221; honours.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has won four straight and five of his past six fights overall. This past December,\u00a0Brown starched Mike Swick with a second-round knockout at UFC on FOX 5 in Seattle.\u00a0During his current win streak, Brown has compiled to second-round TKO victories over Chris Cope and Luis Ramos, as well as beating up Stephen &#8220;Wonder Boy&#8221; Thompson for three rounds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UFC on FOX 7 is headlined by a lightweight title fight between UFC\u00a0champion Benson Henderson and Strikeforce&#8217;s final lightweight\u00a0champion Gilbert Melendez. The card also features a heavyweight fight between former UFC champ Frank Mir and Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix champion Daniel Cormier.<\/p>\n<p>UFC on FOX 7 is set to\u00a0take place on\u00a0April 20 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. 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