Headlined by Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard, UFC Fight Night 23 is official with eleven bouts
“UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight for the Troops 2” takes place at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas and will raise money for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
Dunham was originally slated to take on Kenny Florian, but a knee injury forced Florian off the card. Guillard was lined up to take on Yves Edwards, but was moved to the main event replacing Florian.
Edwards now takes on The Ultimate Fighter 12’s Cody McKenzie in preliminary action.
The event will be the third time the UFC has hosted an event on a U.S. military base and will air on Spike TV on Jan. 22.
Fight Night 23 official fight card:
MAIN CARD (airs on Spike TV)
Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard
Tim Hague vs. Matt Mitrione
Mark Hominick vs. George Roop
Pat Barry vs. Joey Beltran
Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman
PRELIMINARY CARD
Mike Guymon vs. DaMarques Johnson
Chan Sung Jung vs. Rani Yahya
Willamy Freire vs. Waylon Lowe
Amilcar Alves vs. Charlie Brenneman
Yves Edwards vs. Cody McKenzie
Chris Cariaso vs. Will Campuzano