Rani in photo by Josh Hedges
After being left without an opponent for UFC Fight Night 23 due to Chan Sung Jung getting injured, black belt Rani Yahya now knows who his replacement opponent will be on January 22. The former ADCC champion will face former WEC champion Mike Brown, as confirmed by MMAJunkie.com.
And there’s quite a bit on the line, given the amount of sacking the UFC has been doing lately. Rani is coming off back-to-back losses and needs a win to not run risk of getting fired. Nor has Brown been having the best of times, having lost three of his last five fights, the most recent one on January 1 against Diego Nunes.
Check out the card:
UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight for the Troops 2
Killeen, Texas, USA
January 22, 2011
Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard
Tim Hague vs. Matt Mitrione
Mark Hominick vs. George Roop
Pat Barry vs. Joey Beltran
Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman
Yves Edwards vs. Cody McKenzie
Mike Guymon vs. DaMarques Johnson
Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire vs. Waylon Lowe
Amilcar Alves vs. Charlie Brenneman
Chris Cariaso vs. Will Campuzano
Rani Yahya vs. Mike Brown