Canadian Content Added to UFC 102
Former TKO heavyweight champion and TUF Alumni Krzysztof Soszynski has signed to replace Matt Hamill and will face Brandon Vera at UFC 102 on August 29th in Portland, Oregan. Canadian fight fans will already have Tim Hague to cheer for as he takes on undefeated prospect Todd Duffee in a heavyweight contest. Soszynski has not lost in his lost 6 fights, with the last 3 of those wins coming in the UFC. However, Brandon Vera represents a much higher level of competition than he has faced, arguably in his career. This will be a classic striker vs grappler matchup, unless Soszynski wants to start a new streak of KO victories. He had submitted his last 3 opponents by the same Kimura submission until he knocked out Andre Gusmao in the first round. Soszynski will stand and trade with anyone, and he shows great patience in waiting for an opportunity to take his opponent down and getting the submission. Vera, a muay thai specialist, could test the limits of Krzysztof's patience early. Vera has responded to harsh critiques of his lack luster performances in his last fight, by upping the tempo and intesity level of his strikes. This could be a phenominal war between the two fighters.
For this part, Tim Hague surprised everyone but those that followed his career when he submitted the hard kicking Patrick Berry at UFC 98. Hague is a blue collar ground and pound fighter with KO power. His opponent Tom Duffee made headlines by knocking out UFC and Pride veteran Assuerio Silva in his last fight. No one should expect this fight to last 15 minutes.
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