The Left Hand That Finished Natal

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UFC Fight for the Troops 3 Weigh in Results

Main Card
Tim Kennedy (186) vs. Rafael Natal (185.5)
Liz Carmouche (135) vs. Alexis Davis (134)
Ronny Markes (185.5) vs. Yoel Romero (185.5)
Jorge Masvidal (155.5) vs. Rustam Khabilov (155)
Colton Smith (155.5) vs. Michael Chiesa (156)

Preliminary Card
Bobby Green (155) vs. James Krause (155.5)
George Roop (145.5) vs. Francisco Rivera (146)
Dennis Bermudez (146) vs. Steven Siler (146)
Amanda Nunes (136) vs. Germaine de Randamie (136)
Chris Camozzi (186) vs. Lorenz Larkin (185)
Yves Edwards (156) vs. Yancy Medeiros (156)
Neil Magny (171) vs. Seth Baczynski (171)
Derek Brunson (186) vs. Brian Houston (185)

Thales Leites to Face Herman

After being moved to the UFC Fight for the Troops 3 Rafael Natal is being replaced by Thales Leites in his showdown with Ed Herman at UFC 167. Both middleweights, Herman and Leites, are coming off of victories in their last bouts.

Kennedy to Meet Natal in November

After Lyoto Machida was removed from the UFC Fight for the Troops card to face mark Munoz in November, Tim Kennedy was left without an opponent.  Desperate to keep a fight in November and eager for a new opponent, Kennedy went to Twitter to call out some opponents to try to secure an opponent.  He call out Rich Franklin, Chris Camozzi, Wandelei Silva, Nick Diaz, Costa Philippou, Mauricio Rua and Rafael Natal.  Of all of the men that were called out, the one that came into fruition was Rafael Natal.

Rafael Natal is coming off of a three fight win streak coming off his fight of the night victory over Tor Treong in his last fight on Fox Sports 1in September.  Rafael Natal is  5-2-1 in the UFC and presents a real challenge for Kennedy in their bout in Kentucky. I think that this will be a pretty even fight in which both men will look to bring the fight to each other.

Boby Green vs. James Krause Heads to UFC Fight for the Troops 3

Strikeforce Lightweight standout, Bobby Green is scheduled to meet  James Krause on the UFC Fight for the Troops 3 in November. This card is being headlined by a fight with Tim Kennedy facing Lyoto Machida in his Middleweight debut since his decision loss to Phil Davis.