The main event for UFC 201 will be a welterweight title fight between current champion Robbie Lawler (26-10, Coconut Creek, Fla.) and No. 3 Tyron Woodley (15-3, St. Louis) at Philips Arena on July 30.
The remainder of the card continues to be filled out. Tickets for the event will go on sale June 10 at the Philips Arena box office and Ticketmaster.com.
No. 5 UFC flyweight Ian McCall (Irvine, Calif.) will face No. 11 Justin Scoggins (11-2; Spartanburg, S.C.). McCall (13-5-1) has won two of his past three fights and needs a win to keep himself in championship contention. Scoggins, 24, needs to climb the rankings to earn a shot at the division title that has been dominated by Demetrious Johnson, who will fight in the co-main event of night.
Lawler, recognized as one of the most exciting strikers in the UFC, is on a five-fight winning streak and has won eight of his previous nine bouts. He has recently competed in title bouts with Johny Hendricks, Rory MacDonald and Carlos Condit. Lawler has 20 career knockouts and 12 first-round finishes.
Woodley, a former All-America wrestler at University of Missouri, is poised to take advantage of the title shot he has been seeking. A part-time actor who has appeared in movies such as ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and ‘Olympus Has Fallen,’ he has eight first-round finishes and six knockouts.
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