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Middleweights Tom Lawlor and Chris Weidman booked for UFC 138 in November
Jul 17, 2011 - 3:00:59 PM Middleweights Tom Lawlor and Chris Weidman booked for UFC 138 in November

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The month of October has been getting a lot of love from the UFC this week, with the organization filling up fights for three separate cards over the last few days. But the month of November has its own big event in UFC 138, with the Heavyweight Championship bout between Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos coming to the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

Though that main event hasn't officially been announced, the UFC has officially confirmed one fight for the event, as middleweights Tom Lawlor and Chris Weidman have verbally agreed to meet on the card.

Lawlor was supposed to face Kyle Noke at UFC on Versus 5 next month, but a minor injury took him out of his training camp and forced him off the card. This booking means he'll have been out of action for over a year before he gets back into the cage, but he'll look to build upon a win over Patrick Cote in his last fight last October.

Weidman has been very impressive in his two UFC fights this year, and though he's still young in his career he'll be out to continue the run he's had to kick off his career. Entering the UFC at 4-0 to take on Alessio Sakara at UFC on Versus 3 in March, Weidman surprised a lot of people with a very good performance in taking a unanimous decision in that fight. In his second UFC appearance at UFC 131 last month, he snatched a a standing guillotine on Jesse Bongfeldt as time was running out in the first round and forced the tap.

Penick's Analysis: This is a very good middleweight matchup, and should be a good fight for this event. Lawlor's been out of action for a while with his injuries, but he is a good fighter capable of challenging most fighters in the division. For Weidman, he gets an opportunity to take a fight against someone a lot of fans know and get more exposure after two very good fights to kick off his UFC run. If he can add a third against Lawlor he'll continue climbing up the ladder.