{"id":68607,"date":"2013-09-08T16:21:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T23:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=68607"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:51:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:51:12","slug":"brian-ebersole-vs-rick-story-set-for-ufc-167-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/brian-ebersole-vs-rick-story-set-for-ufc-167-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Ebersole vs. Rick Story set for UFC 167 in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ebersole.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17327\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ebersole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC officials recently announced that a welterweight bout between Brian Ebersole (50-15-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Rick &#8220;The Horror&#8221;\u00a0Story (15-7 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is the latest addition to the already stacked UFC 167 card set for November 16 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Ebersole was last seen in the octagon way back at July 2012&#8217;s UFC 149 event in Calgary. Ebersole suffered a split-decision loss to James Head that evening, which marked his first defeat under the Zuffa banner. Prior to that, Ebersole had gone 4-0 inside the octagon, scoring victories over Chris Lytle, Dennis Hallman, Claude Patrick and T.J. Waldburger respectively.<\/p>\n<p>After losing his UFC debut to John Hathaway at 2009&#8217;s UFC 99 event in Germany, Rick Story went on to win his next six fights inside the octagon. That six-fight win streak included victories over current welterweight number 1 contender Johny &#8220;Bigg Rigg&#8221; Hendricks and former 170-pound title challenger Thiago &#8220;Pitbull&#8221;\u00a0Alves.<\/p>\n<p>However, since his victory over Alves at UFC 130, Story has gone a dismal 2-4 in his past six UFC appearances.\u00a0Rick&#8217;s most recent effort came at UFC 160 in May, where he lost a close split-decision to veteran Mike Pyle.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 167 takes place November 16\u00a0live from the\u00a0MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The events main card airs on pay-per-view, following the\u00a0prelims which air on FOX Sports 1 and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 167 is headlined by a welterweight title fight between champion Georges St. Pierre and challenger Johny Hendricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC officials recently announced that a welterweight bout between Brian Ebersole (50-15-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Rick &#8220;The Horror&#8221;\u00a0Story (15-7 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is the latest addition to the already stacked UFC 167 card set for November 16 in Las Vegas. 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