UFC Fight Night 18: Gleison Tibau vs Jeremy Stephens

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American Top Team fighter Gleison Tibau (16-6) has stepped up to face Jeremy Stephens (16-4) at UFC Fight Night 18 after Efrain Escudero (11-0) was forced to withdraw from the bout with a rib injury.

In his last fight Tibau submitted Rich Clementi with a guillotine choke at UFC Fight Night 17. Stephens on the other hand was not so lucky, he was submitted by Joe Lauzon in the main event at UFC Fight Night 17.

UFC Fight Night 18 takes place April 1 from the Sommet Center in Nashville, TN.

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UFC Fight Night 18: Carlos Condit vs Martin Kampmann

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Shortly after Carlos Condit’s (22-4) fight with Brock Larson in the WEC was cancelled due to some sort on injury, the UFC has announced that Condit will now take on Martin Kampmann (14-2) at UFC Fight Night 18 on April 1 in Nashville, Tenn.

This news comes amidst rumors that the WEC was looking to fold its welterweight division into the UFC, especially since Carlos Condit has cleared out the whole division. The WEC has been eliminating heaver division to focus solely in the lighter weight fighters.

This will be Kampmann’s first appearance in the UFC as a welterweight since losing to Nate Marquardt at UFC 88.

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UFC Fight Night 18: Tyson Griffin vs Rafael Dos Anjos

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UFC lightweight contender Tyson Griffin (12-2) will step into the cage against submission specialist Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night 18 on April 1st in Nashville, Tennessee, according to MMAjunkie.

Both fighters are coming off loses recently. Xtreme Couture trained fighter, Tyson Griffin dropped the unanimous decision to Sean Sherk at UFC 90.

Dos Anjos loss his UFC debut to Jeremy Stephens at UFC 91 back in November.

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