Hamman confirmed the match-up via Twitter, adding his excitement over fighting “three miles from my house.” The bout is scheduled for the prelim portion of the lineup.

UFC 150 is scheduled to take place August 11 in Denver, Colorado. The main event will feature a rematch between champion Benson Henderson and Frankie Edgar for the lightweight title.

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Kyle Noke

Noke will look to rebound from a submission loss at the hands of Ed Herman back in August, a defeat dropping The Ultimate Fighter veteran to 19-5-1 in his career.

Hamman, meanwhile, is also coming off a loss, having been knocked out by Constantinos Philipou at UFC 140 in December. Over his last six fight, Hamman has alternated wins and losses, posting a 3-3 mark, yet also turned in some highly entertaining performances even in defeat.

News of the match-up was first reported by MMACorner.

UFC on FX 2 is set for March 4 with a main event pitting Martin Kampmann against Thiago Alves. Also, the semifinal round matches in the tournament to crown the first UFC flyweight champion will take place on the card.

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Hamman recently spoke with Five Ounces of Pain where he opened up about his unique viewpoint on fighting as well as a number of other topics including his match-up with C.B. Dollaway this Sunday night at UFC Live 5 and the decision to drop down a division despite a good deal of success at light heavyweight prior to the move.

“Everybody in the UFC is bigger, and as the sport gains mainstream popularity all the guys coming in the UFC are professionals in what they do. With me, I was okay with the weight I was fighting at. I was never eating crap – I mean, I’m an athlete. I know you don’t win by eating cheeseburgers. But coming from a football background I always tried to gain weight,” the 12-3 Californian replied when asked about fighting at 185 pounds. “But after I had that loss to Kyle (Kingsbury) I had a lot of time to think about stuff just because I had an injury that made me sit out. So I started thinking about a cut and my coaches were talking about it too. I just wanted to be more of a professional at what I do. It wasn’t like I was getting held down or being outwrestled. I wanted to be more dedicated, more focused, and more disciplined. And dropping a weight class I feel like I have.”

“I made an initial weight cut in March just to basically test it out…to say, ‘You know what, let’s see if I can actually do this,’ he continued. “So I did it on my own – dieting, trying some different things and doing research, and I made 185. I did everything like the UFC would do it. Weigh-ins at 4:00, travelling, yadda yadda yadda…everything as close to the UFC as I could including the fight scenario on Saturday. And I made the weight.

“Then the second time around I hired a nutritionist, P.R. Cole, and man…it made such a difference it blows my mind. If I had of known it would be like this I would have done it a long time ago. She’s phenomenal. She’s made it so easy – I mean cutting weight is never easy – but compared to doing it on your own and trying to finagle it, Cole has thoroughly helped me with the weight cut. It’s gone well,” he concluded while pointing out he was only shedding a handful of pounds to make the light heavyweight limit as is.

As far as Hamman’s philosophy on Mixed Martial Arts, and how important wins, losses, or even rankings are, the 29-year old responded outside of the norm while supporting his stance by referring to a serious automobile accident his wife was involved in last week as well as another incident hitting close to home.

“Well, you know what happened to my wife, and I recently read an article about a kid I coached against – a high school quarterback – who passed away, had a heart attack at 27 years old,” Hamman started. “To be honest, my mentality when it comes to this is that you never know when your last fight is. It sounds extreme, but even though I love to fight, I love to battle, you never know when you’re going to get sideswiped and slammed into a divider. You may never fight again, let alone walk again. So I thank God for the opportunity to do what I love to do…to compete. I try to treat every fight like it’s not necessarily my last but I go in there cherishing it. That’s my mentality. People want to talk about rankings and this and that but I don’t really get into that stuff. I just love to fight so as long as I keep on getting fights I’ll keep trying to perform.”

His approach has certainly paid off thus far in his career with eleven stoppages in twelve total wins and back-to-back “Fight of the Night” performances. Hamman will look to build on that success against Dollaway who he feels may not necessarily get the credit he deserves simply because “The Doberman” is seen by most as purely a wrestler.

“Honestly, I think he likes to stand and trade too. He obviously likes the takedown too, has gotten “Submission of the Night” or whatever, but the dude is a fighter – an all around fighter. He likes to bring it, to kick and punch and stuff like that. He’s not a lay-and-pray type wrestler, he’s a fighter. And I like guys like that. C.B. likes to fight, not ride out decisions.”

Another component of Hamman’s success in the ring has to do with his background as a collegiate football player. However, rather than crediting the physicality he endured on the gridiron he cited a different reason as assisting him in the transition defensive star to Mixed Martial Artist.

“When I think about it now, the reason football players like Brendan Schaub and some of those guys have done well is because in football you have to be coachable. Otherwise the gameplan goes out the window and you end up losing, there’s no direction or structure. Like, for me, I always try to listen to my coaches because I need that direction. I need to stay focused on my gameplan the whole time and I think football players are so used to that in their old sport that it transitions well into MMA.”

Nicknamed “The Messenger” by training partner Vlad Matyushenko based on the conversations about life and spirituality they often share, when asked about what “message” he planned to send this weekend Hamman explained, “I’m not about wins or losses – I go out there to try and do the best I can, let the chips fall where they may, so I hope I inspire people to do the same thing. To go out there and do the best they can. That’s all I ever expected from my players when I coached – to give your best every time, that’s all you can really do; to go out there and fight hard, fight strong strong, and give it your all.”

In closing Hamman offered his sincere appreciation to those who’ve helped him get to where he’s at today, saying, “Number one I’d like to give all glory to God and thanks to the UFC to keep fighting. To my coaches, Team Quest MMA where I train a lot, and the guys down at Grudge Training Center in Colorado too. I appreciate the support from the fans and I hope to give a great performance on Sunday.”

MMA enthusiasts can catch Hamman vs. Dollaway during the preliminary portion of UFC Live 5 starting at approximately 5:45 PM EST on Sunday through the organization’s Facebook page. Hamman has finished nine of the opponents he’s beaten via TKO including a handful of heavyweights like Aaron Rosa, Rogen Lloret, and Travis Wiuff.

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News of the match-up was first reported on the UFC’s website.

Dollaway has won three of his last four fights but is coming off an opening round knockout loss to Mark Munoz at UFC Live 3 this past March. A decorated wrestler in college, the 27-year old has matching “Submission of the Night” honors to his credit and has racked up an 11-3 record since turning pro a little less than five years ago. He holds past wins over then-undefeated Goran Reljic, Jesse Taylor, and Joe Doerksen.

Though their records are similar, Hamman is in a slightly different spot than “The Doberman” as far his place on the roster with a pair of losses in his previous three bouts. However, the Californian notched notable victories over Travis Wiuff and Aaron Rosa while competing at a heavier weight, so he may very well be a name to watch at 185-pounds with the divisional transition now being made official.

Other fights scheduled for the August card include Jim Miller attempting to solidify a future lightweight title shot against former WEC champ Ben Henderson, Chris Lytle banging it out with popular Brit Dan Hardy, and TUF 7 champ Amir Sadollah furthering his in-ring development against heavy-handed veteran Duane Ludwig.

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Both Cole Miller and Charles Oliveira netted bonus money at the expense of Ultimate Fighter seasonal champions. Miller submitted TUF 9 winner Ross Pearson in the second round of their bout after showing a willingness to stand with the talented British striker. His “Submission of the Night” peer, Oliveira, took out TUF 8 title-holder Efrain Escudero with a standing rear-naked choke midway through the third frame of their match-up.

News of the bonuses were announced at the post-event press conference.

“Fight of the Night” went to Kyle Kingsbury and Jared Hamman who battled to a decision win for Kingsbury during the preliminary portion of the card. Meanwhile, “Knockout of the Night” was awarded to Brian Foster for his TKO of Forrest Petz a little more than a minute into the opening round of their bout.

The news comes via a report by Loretta Hunt of Sherdog.com.

Feijao and Hamman will square off during the June 6 event to be televised on Showtime and emanating from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO.

Feijao, 7-1, trains under Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Anderson Silva and is 3-0 since moving from heavyweight to light heavyweight. The former veterinarian student from Brazil has not competed since a first round TKO over Travis Galbraith during EliteXC’s “Unfinished Business” event in Stockton, Calif. in July. The victory marked the third consecutive fight in which Feijao had stopped his opponent in the first round.

Hamman, a former college football standout, is 10-1 since making his MMA debut in April of 2006. He last competed in August during headlining bout on ShoXC against Poai Suganuma. The matchup was a rematch stemming from Hamman’s controversial loss last April to Suganuma, in which the bout was stopped just 15 seconds into the contest after Hamman was the recipitient of a flying knee. Hamman evened the score the second time around by recording a TKO victory over Suganuma at 2:34 of round 1.

Training under former IFL light heavyweight champion Vladimir Matyushenko, Hamman has recorded notable wins in his career over Aaron Rosa, Rogent Lloret, as well as PRIDE and UFC veteran Travis Wiuff.

In addition to Hamman vs. Feijao, the June 6 event will be headlined by former EliteXC middleweight champion Robbie Lawler taking on former EliteXC welterweight champion Jake Shields. Phil Baroni and Joe Riggs are also scheduled to do battle in a welterweight contest.

A re-scheduled matchup featuring alumni from “The Ultimate Fighter” 7 is a late addition for next Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 14 card at the Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, according to a report by MMAjunkie.com.

Middleweights Tim Credeur and Cale Yarbrough had been slated to fight on the undercard of last month’s live season finale of TUF. However, the bout was canceled by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after Credeur tested positive for Adderall.

Credeur was not fined or suspended because he informed the commission ahead of time that he was taking the medication to treat ADD on a prescription basis.

According to reports, he stopped taking the medication several days before the fight believing that it would be out of his system in time. However, he was unable to pass a pre-fight screening and NSAC was forced to act. Under the rules of most states where MMA is regulated, a prescription still doesn’t allow a fighter to have a substance in his system that’s on the commission’s banned list.

Junkie is quoting Credeur as indicating that he’s already passed a preliminary drug screening and has gotten clearance from NSAC to accept the bout.

UFN 14 is scheduled to be headlined by the light heavyweight debut of UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, who will be taking on James “Sandman” Irvin. Bouts featuring Brandon Vera in his UFC light heavyweight debut against former IFL heavyweight Reese Andy and Frankie Edgar taking on the returning Hermes Franca are slated as well.

The currently scheduled lineup for the card is as follows:

Main Card (Spike TV starting at 9 p.m. ET) -

• Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin
• Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy
• Hermes Franca vs. Frankie Edgar
• Cain Velasquez vs. Jake O’Brien
• Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
• Jesse Taylor vs. C.B. Dollaway

Non-Televised Undercard -

• Tim Credeur vs. Cale Yarbrough
• Rory Markham vs. Brodie Farber
• Nate Loughran vs. Johnny Rees
• Brad Blackburn vs. James Giboo
• Dale Hartt vs. Shannon Gugerty