UFC Fight for the Troops 2

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Sat 22nd January 2011 Local
Sat 22nd January 2011 12:00am UTC

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UFC

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2011

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Round 2

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UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 23) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 22, 2011 at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas. The event was the third that the UFC has hosted in cooperation with a US military base, following UFC Fight Night 7 and UFC: Fight for the Troops.

Background
The bout between Kenny Florian and Evan Dunham was expected for UFC 126, but was moved to this card to serve as the main event. On December 6, however, Florian pulled out of the bout due to a knee injury. Melvin Guillard was pulled from a planned preliminary bout with Yves Edwards and faced Dunham in the main event. Edwards instead faced TUF 12 alumnus Cody McKenzie.

On December 30, 2010, a bout between Mike Swick and David Mitchell was called off due to Mitchell suffering an injury and Swick dealing with his Esophageal Condition. A late replacement fight between Will Campuzano and Chris Cariaso was signed.

A lightweight bout between Cole Miller and Matt Wiman, which was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 125, was moved to this event.

Rani Yahya was expected to face Chan Sung Jung at this event, but Jung was forced from the card with an injury, and replaced by Mike Brown.

On January 11, 2011, Dana White announced that if Mark Hominick defeated George Roop at this event, he would become the top contender for the UFC Featherweight Championship and would face champion José Aldo at UFC 129.

On January 18, Dana White announced that the UFC would be streaming the McKenzie vs. Edwards and Johnson vs. Guymon fights for free on their official Facebook page. However, on the night of the fights, UFC.com officials announced that four prelims would show, adding the Freire vs. Lowe and Brown vs. Yahya fights.

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01	Evan Dunham	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
01	Melvin Guillard	UFC Welterweight	WIN
02	Matt Mitrione	Bellator Mens	WIN
02	Tim Hague	UFC Heavyweight	LOSS
03	Mark Hominick	UFC Featherweight	WIN
03	George Roop	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS
04	Pat Barry	UFC Heavyweight	WIN
04	Joey Beltran	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS
05	Matt Wiman	UFC Lightweight	WIN
05	Cole Miller	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
06	Cody McKenzie	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
06	Yves Edwards	UFC Lightweight	WIN
07	DaMarques Johnson	UFC Welterweight	WIN
07	Mike Guymon	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
08	Rani Yahya	UFC Featherweight	WIN
08	Mike Thomas Brown	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
09	Waylon Lowe	Bellator Mens	WIN
09	Willamy Freire	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
10	Charlie Brenneman	UFC Lightweight	WIN
10	Amilcar Alves	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
11	Chris Cariaso	UFC Bantamweight	WIN
11	Will Campuzano	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS