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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief UFC 96 will be coming live on pay-per-view from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on March 7th, and there will be some hometown flavor on the card as Dustin Hazelett returns to action. MMAjunkie.com reports that Hazelett could face Ben Saunders at the event.
Hazelett most recently defeated Tamdan McCrory at UFC 91, and the 22-year-old jiu jitsu black belt picked up a "Submission of the Night" bonus from that fight. At his young age, Hazelett's already put together a very impressive 5-2 record in the UFC, and he'll have another tough test ahead of him in Saunders.
Saunders is an Ultimate Fighter veteran, competing on the sixth season of the show who is 3-0 in his UFC career. His most recent fight was a vicious tko victory over Brandon Wolff where he unloaded a seemingly endless stream of knees to the head of Wolff at the Fight Night 16: Fight for the Troops event.
Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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