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MMA Fighting Share this story More than a decade after his first loss, Uriah Hall has an opportunity to get it back this time inside of the octagon. Hall takes on former middleweight champion Chris Weidman this Saturday on the main card of UFC 261. The event takes place at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. The bout was originally scheduled to take place at February’s UFC 258 event but was postponed after Weidman tested positive for COVID-19. The first meeting between Hall and Weidman took place in September 2010 in Atlantic City, N.J., for regional promotion Ring of Combat. Hall was 4-0 with four finishes taking on a 2-0 upstart in Weidman. “The All-American” would pick up his third consecutive first-round finish when he caught Hall with a big left hook, which led to a ground-and-pound stoppage just north of the three minute mark. ....
Bellator 135: Warren vs. Galvao II Preview and Predictions Bellator heads to Thackerville, Okla., and the Winstar World Casino and Resort for Bellator 135. This card isn’t as strong the promotion’s “British Invasion” lineup from Bellator 134, but it does house some familiar names that could make strides in Bellator’s divisions. The main event is a title fight between newly crowned bantamweight champion and Mr. Bellator himself, Joe Warren, and grappling specialist Marcos Galvao, who makes his return to the cage after a year off. Warren is on a five-fight winning streak since his back-to-back knockout losses to Alexis Vila and Pat Curran. Galvao, on the other hand, is on a three-fight winning streak, with his last loss coming against Eduardo Dantas for the bantamweight title in February 2013. ....