Thiago Silva has been pulled from his UFC 130 bout with Rampage Jackson for undisclosed reasons, and fellow light heavyweight Matt Hamill has been contacted to take his place.
Sources close to the fight informed Heavy.com of the potential change on Friday afternoon. Verbal agreements are in place for the bout.
Rashad Evans had been mentioned as a replacement for Silva, but one source told Heavy that Evans was never seriously considered for the fight and that he’ll wait to see who wins between Jon Jones and Shogun Rua before deciding his next move.
Matt Hamill will no longer be fighting Phil Davis
at UFC 129 and the fight has been pulled from UFC.com.
Matt “The Hammer” Hamill (10-2)
Win Tito Ortiz – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 121
Win Keith Jardine – Decision (Majority) TUF 11 Finale
Win Jon Jones – DQ (Illegal Downward Elbows) TUF 10 Finale
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (31-8)
Win Lyoto Machida – Decision (Split) UFC 123
Loss Rashad Evans – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 114
Win Keith Jardine – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 96
[UPDATE] – Rampage tweets:
“I’m not interested in Fighting Matt,I rather fight Rashad,I have un finished business with him”