Monday, September 3, 2007

Dustin Hazelett Replaces Mike Swick at UFC Fight Night 11

As a big Swick fan, I was excited to see what he could do it against the dangerous Goulet, but it appears we won't see Swick's debut at welterweight due to a rib injury. Oh well, Sept. 18th still features Din Thomas v. Ken Florian to decide the top lightweight contenders (one of those guys will probably face Penn or perhaps Spencer Fisher to decide the champion at lightweight IF Sherk's appeal for steroid abuse doesn't work out).
Here is the whole story from ufcjunkie.com:
Dustin Hazelett

Team Jorge Gurgel fighter Dustin Hazelett (9-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will replace an injured Mike Swick (10-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and fight Jonathan Goulet (19-8 MMA, 2-2 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 11 on Sept. 19.

UFCjunkie.com (www.ufcjunkie.com) confirmed the fight with Hazelett’s camp early this morning.

Swick, a one-time top middleweight contender, was set to make his debut at 170 pounds but suffered a rib injury that forced him off the Spike TV card. The UFC instead turned to Hazelett, a 21-year-old welterweight with UFC victories over Diego Saraiva and Stevie Lynch.

UFC Fight Night 11 airs on Spike TV at 9 p.m. and precedes the debut episode of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra.” Lightweight Din Thomas takes on Kenny Florian in the night’s main event. It’s not known if the Hazelett-Goulet bout will remain on the televised portion of the event; Spike TV officials were not available for comment this morning.

In July Swick told UFCjunkie.com that he he was originally slated to face fellow “The Ultimate Fighter

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