One last addition has finalized the card of UFC 140. Middleweight warriors Jared Hamman (13-3) and Constantinos Philippou (8-2, 1 NC) have agreed to duel at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. UFC officials announced the bout on Tuesday afternoon.
Hamman, a two-time 'Fight of the Night' winner, hopes to continue his newfound momentum after smashing C.B. Dollaway at UFC on Versus 5 en route to a second-round TKO victory in his middleweight debut. Known as "The Messenger", Hamman fights out of El Segundo, California and is a student of UFC veteran Vladimir Matyushenko.
Meanwhile, Philippou aims to build off his own success after earning the first UFC victory of his career with a split decision win against Jorge Rivera at UFC 133. The Ring of Combat veteran has now won three of his past four contests, including an 11-second knockout of Aung La Nsang last December.
UFC 140 is slated for December 10th at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The card is headlined by a light heavyweight championship bout between Jon "Bones" Jones and Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida.
UFC 140 fight card:
Main card (pay-per-view):
Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz
Brian Ebersole vs. Rory MacDonald
Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung
Preliminary card:
Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou
Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi
Rich Attonito vs. Claude Patrick
Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz
John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke