Matt Hughes and
Matt Serra will meet May 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the UFC announced Wednesday.
The welterweight grudge match will be featured on a UFC 98 card headlined by the
Brock Lesnar vs.
Frank Mir heavyweight title fight.
The UFC also announced that middleweight title contender
Yushin Okami will fight
Dan Miller. Okami, the last man to get a win over
Anderson Silva (it came via disqualification), is 7-1 in the UFC. Miller is 3-0 in the Octagon and most recently scored an impressive submission of
Jake Rosholt in February.
Former lightweight champion
Sean Sherk will battle
Frankie Edgar in another main card bout.
In light heavyweight prelim action,
James Irvin will fight
Drew McFedries, and
Houston Alexander will fight
Andre Gusmao.
Patrick Barry, a dangerous kickboxing crossover who easily chopped down
Dan Evensen in December, will take on
Tim Hague in a heavyweight bout.
Yoshiyuki Yoshida will look to bounce back from his knockout loss to
Josh Koscheck when he meets
Brandon Wolff at 170 pounds. At 155, “The Ultimate Fighter” finalist
Phillipe Nover will fight
Kyle Bradley, and
David Kaplan will tangle with
George Roop.