After a dominant TKO victory in April over Jason MacDonald, Nate Quarry (11-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) will look to make it two in a row in a middleweight bout with Tim Credeur (12-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) set for UFC Fight Night 19.

Both fighters have received bout agreements from the UFC and are expected to finalize the paperwork at some point this week according to a recent report on MMAJunkie.com.

UFC Fight Night 19 will be held at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City on Sept. 16.

The event will be broadcast live on Spike TV and already features an intriguing lightweight contest between former title contender Roger Huerta (20-2-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) and rising Ultimate Fighter alum Gray Maynard (7-0 MMA, 5-0-1 UFC).

Credeur is currently on a six-fight win streak. Three of those wins have been during his tenure in the UFC. The victories have come against via TKO against fellow Ultimate Fighter alum Cale Yarbrough and Nate Loughran. Most recently, Credeur submitted Nick Catone at UFC Fight Night 18.

Quarry has seen his share of success during his UFC run. In eight bouts, his only blemishes have been to the former middleweight champion Rich Franklin and current top middleweight contender and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ace, Demian Maia.

The news comes according to a report my MMA Weekly.

MacDonald, 21-11, last competed during the live finale for the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter. Facing Wilson Gouveia in a featured matchup, MacDonald submitted to elbows at 2:18 of round 1. A ten year veteran of the sport, MacDonald is 5-4 in nine career fights under the UFC banner.

MacDonald will be fighting in his home country for the second consecutive year. During the UFC’s Montreal debut last April, the Edmonton native recorded a second round TKO over fellow countryman Joe Doerksen.

Quarry, 10-3, last fought in November at UFC 91 in November. Facing middleweight sensation Demian Maia, Quarry was forced to tap at 2:13 of round 1 after getting caught in a rear naked choke submission. The one-time UFC middleweight title challenger is 5-2 during his UFC career.

In addition to MacDonald vs. Quarry, UFC 97 will be headlined by Anderson Silva defending his UFC middleweight title vs. Thales Leites. Additionally, former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell will return to action against former PRIDE star Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

Other reported matchups for UFC 97 include David Loiseau vs. Ed Herman, Brian Stann vs. Krzysztof Soszynski, Luiz Cane vs. Steve Cantwell, Mark Bocek vs. David Bielkheden, T.J. Grant vs. Ryo Chonan, and Sam Stout vs. Matt Wiman.

“I didn’t study his fights yet, I’ll receive a DVD with his fights, but I only watch my opponents’ fights when the fight gets closer. I’m training a lot my stand up game like for the last fight, but every time I can I do some BJJ trainings,” Maia told Tatame.

Maia is 3-0 in the UFC and 8-0 overall, recording wins over the likes of Ryan Jensen, Ed Herman, and most recently Jason MacDonald at UFC 87 in August. Maia is considered one of the best pure jiu jitsu fighters in all of MMA and all of his victories in the UFC have come by way of submission.

Nate Quarry, a former contestant on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, made his return to the Octagon last September. Quarry hadn’t fought since a 2005 loss to Rich Franklin due to a back injury and returned after successful back surgery to defeat Pete Sell at UFC Fight Night 11. Since returning to the UFC he is 2-0 with victories over Sell and Kalib Starnes.

UFC 91 is headlined by a heavyweight title bout between current UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture and former WWE superstar Brock Lesnar. The card also includes a rumored light heavyweight clash between Quinton Jackson and Wanderlei Silva as well as a lightweight matchup pitting Kenny Florian against Joe Stevenson.

Westbrook is infamous for using his background in traditional martial arts to basically assaulted running back Stephen Davis during a practice while both were with Washington.

Interestingly enough, it just so happens that another former NFL player will be making his professional mixed martial arts debut this weekend in New Jersey.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro guard Carlton Haselrig is slated to main event this Saturday’s Battle Cage Xtreme show in Atlantic City at the Tropicana Hotel Resort and Casino against former IFL heavyweight Shane Ott.

There’s a really good article in the Tribune-Democrat that gives some really good background info on Haselrig. On the field, the guy was a stud but off of it, he had quite a few problems such as drug suspensions, arrests, convictions, and ultimately prison time.

In fact, Haselrig spent nearly a year in prison a couple of years ago after being convicted on a domestic abuse charge. Haselrig is now a free man and is back with his wife and looking to put the pieces of his life back together. He claims he’s involved with MMA not because he’s looking for another paycheck, but because he enjoys the challenge.

And a challenge it will be for Haselrig. While he was once a world class athlete who was a standout wrestler having won six titles while at Pitt-Johnston in the late 80′s, the fact remains that he’s 42 years of age and still relatively new to MMA. The decision for him to also debut vs. a fighter the caliber of Ott also might be overly-ambitious.

I met Ott during the IFL Draft tryouts in New York last October. At the time, he was still on the IFL roster and was helping out as a referee. Despite his intimidating look, I found him to be an extremely nice guy.

Having seen him fight, I can tell you that he’s no joke. He’s a tremendous wrestler who has the ability to really take a fighter out of their comfort zone. Ott was brought in by the IFL as a last-minute replacement during it’s April show in Connecticut last year.

I don’t think many people were expecting Ott to be able to come in and beat Chad Griggs on short notice but he shocked a lot of people when he submitted Griggs with a Kimura at just 1:09 of round 1. Ott fought for the IFL against last June in Vegas, and took the promotion’s current heavyweight champion Roy Nelson to a decision.

Ott also comes from a really strong camp in the Anthracite Combat Club, which is also where Jon Murphy, Jim Bova, and Diego Jimenez train as well.

I think people should really keep their eye on Ott. His fight Saturday vs. Haselrig is garnering some attention and a high-profile win by Ott could earn him a big opportunity with a national promotion.

For those interested in attending the show, just click here to go to the Battle Cage Xtreme web site.

Photo used from this article originally taken by John Heller for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Both Vetell and Ott competed during the IFL World Grand Prix semifinals on Nov. 3 in Chicago.

Vetell lost to Roy Nelson via TKO at 1:01 of round three while Ott passed out against Antoine Jaoude due to a triangle at 3:29 in the first round.

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