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03-27-2009, 11:27 AM
In a battle of former WEC welterweights now moving to the UFC, American Top Team submission specialist, Danillo Villefort, will take on Miletich fighter, Jesse Lennox, in a scheduled undercard bout for UFC 101 tentatively scheduled for Aug 8 in Philadelphia.
The bout was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com on Thursday by sources close to the fight.
Villefort makes his UFC debut just 1 fight after making his WEC debut back in January winning by TKO over popular Northeast fighter, Mike Campbell.
The former IFL fighter is currently riding a 5 fight win streak and also holds a submission win over UFC fighter, Mike Massenzio, who he fought in May 2008.
His opponent, Jesse Lennox, also makes the move to the UFC after only 1 WEC contest in which he picked up a KO over Blas Avena.
Lennox, who trains with Pat Miletich and his team in Iowa, suffered his only loss while competing in the IFL in 2008, but has since reeled off 3 straight wins including the fight in the WEC.
Villefort and Lennox, along with a number of other WEC welterweights will make the move the UFC after the promotion did away with the weight class just last month.
UFC 101 is yet to be announced by the promotion, but the card is expected to feature a lightweight title bout between champion, B.J. Penn, and top contender, Kenny Florian, as the headliner.Souce mmaweekly
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The bout was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com on Thursday by sources close to the fight.
Villefort makes his UFC debut just 1 fight after making his WEC debut back in January winning by TKO over popular Northeast fighter, Mike Campbell.
The former IFL fighter is currently riding a 5 fight win streak and also holds a submission win over UFC fighter, Mike Massenzio, who he fought in May 2008.
His opponent, Jesse Lennox, also makes the move to the UFC after only 1 WEC contest in which he picked up a KO over Blas Avena.
Lennox, who trains with Pat Miletich and his team in Iowa, suffered his only loss while competing in the IFL in 2008, but has since reeled off 3 straight wins including the fight in the WEC.
Villefort and Lennox, along with a number of other WEC welterweights will make the move the UFC after the promotion did away with the weight class just last month.
UFC 101 is yet to be announced by the promotion, but the card is expected to feature a lightweight title bout between champion, B.J. Penn, and top contender, Kenny Florian, as the headliner.Souce mmaweekly
Discuss