{"id":69474,"date":"2013-09-19T09:58:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T16:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=69474"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:50:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:50:21","slug":"uriah-hall-vs-chris-leben-set-for-ufc-168-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/uriah-hall-vs-chris-leben-set-for-ufc-168-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Uriah Hall vs. Chris Leben set for UFC 168 in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/uriah-hall.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56676\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/uriah-hall.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/uriah-hall.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/uriah-hall-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/uriah-hall-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This morning, UFC officials announced that a middleweight bout between Chris Leben (22-10 MMA, 12-9 UFC)\u00a0and Uriah Hall (7-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC)\u00a0has been added to December&#8217;s UFC 168 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Crippler&#8221; finds himself in desperate need of a win, as he has lost 3 consecutive bouts and four of his last five overall. A cast member from the first-season of &#8216;The Ultimate Fighter&#8221;, Leben was last seen in action at UFC 162 in Las Vegas, where he suffered a close split-decision loss to Andrew Craig.<\/p>\n<p>Leben&#8217;s lone victory in his past five bouts came way back at 2011&#8217;s UFC 132 event, where he scored a brutal first-round KO victory over PRIDE legend Wanderlei &#8220;The Axe Murderer&#8221; Silva.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter Season 17&#8221; finalist, Uriah Hall, will surely\u00a0be looking to make a statement\u00a0when he enters the cage at\u00a0UFC 168.\u00a0After dominating\u00a0his first\u00a0two opponents on\u00a0&#8220;TUF 17&#8221;, Hall has since\u00a0suffered\u00a0back-to-back\u00a0losses inside the\u00a0octagon. Those recent performances\u00a0caused\u00a0UFC President Dana White to question Hall&#8217;s heart as a fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Hall&#8217;s latest effort came at the &#8220;UFC Fight Night 26&#8221; event in Boston against John Howard. Unfortunately for fans of Uriah, the New York City native came out on the losing end of a split-decision that evening.<\/p>\n<p>The loser of this middleweight match-up will likely be served their walking papers from the UFC, so expect both men to go for broke in this one.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 168 takes place Decemer 28 live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.\u00a0The event is headlined by a rematch between Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva for the UFC&#8217;s middleweight title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, UFC officials announced that a middleweight bout between Chris Leben (22-10 MMA, 12-9 UFC)\u00a0and Uriah Hall (7-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC)\u00a0has been added to December&#8217;s UFC 168 in Las Vegas. &#8220;The Crippler&#8221; finds himself in desperate need of a win, as he has lost 3 consecutive bouts and four of his last five overall. 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