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A welterweight rematch between sluggers Matt Brown and Chris Lytle is in the works for UFC 116 on July 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The news comes courtesy of a report from MMAfighting.com.
Lytle and Brown previously fought at an United Fight League event in August 2007, where Lytle scored a second round submission win over Brown.
Lytle (28-17-5) is currently riding riding a two-fight winning streak, most recently scoring a first round kneebar submission win over Brian Foster at UFC 110 in February earning him "Submission of the Night" honors. The wins came at a much-needed time for Lytle, as he previously went through a dismal stretch which saw him go 1-2, suffering losses to Josh Koscheck at UFC 86 and Marcus Davis at UFC 93.
Lytle, who is also a full-time firefighter in Indianapolis, has put together a 7-9 record during his long tenure with the UFC, with his first Octagon appearance dating back to November 2000 at UFC 28. He has scored other notable Octagon wins over Kevin Burns, Tiki Ghosn, Paul Taylor and Kyle Bradley, while suffering UFC losses to notables such as Matt Serra, Thiago Alves, Karo Parisyan, Robbie Lawler and Matt Hughes.
Brown (11-8) is coming off a loss to Ricardo Almeida at UFC 111 on March 27. Prior to the loss, he won three straight bouts, picking up wins over Ryan Thomas, Pete Sell and James Wilks.
Since his time as a cast member on the seventh season of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series, Brown has put together a solid 4-2 mark with the UFC, scoring a win in his UFC debut over Matt Arroyo, which was then followed by a loss to Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 88 in September 2008.
With an announcement expected shortly, UFC 116 will likely be headlined by a UFC heavyweight title unification bout between UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and interim heavyweight champ Shane Carwin.
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