McFedries-Irvin Moved to UFC 98 Main Card, Larson-Wilson Confirmed

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The UFC has officially confirmed a previously rumored bout between welterweights Brock Larson and Chris Wilson at UFC 98 in May.  Larson is replacing Josh Koscheck who suffered a foot injury earlier this month in training.  Although the Koscheck-Wilson bout was originally scheduled to appear on the event's televised main card, with Larson in as a replacement, the fight is now being bumped down to the preliminary card.

In its place, a middleweight tilt between sluggers Drew McFedries and James Irvin (making his 185-lb debut) has been promoted to the main card.  The official bout order for UFC 98 now includes:

Main Card:

-Rashad Evans (16-0-1) vs. Lyoto Machida (14-0) - for light-heavyweight title

-Matt Hughes (42-7) vs. Matt Serra (11-5)

-James Irvin (14-5) vs. Drew McFedries (7-5)

-Yushin Okami (23-4) vs. Dan Miller (11-1)

-Sean Sherk (33-3-1) vs. Frankie Edgar (9-1)

 

Preliminary Card Bouts:

-Brock Larson (25-2) vs. Chris Wilson (14-5)

-Tim Hague (9-1) vs. Patrick Barry (4-0)

-Phillipe Nover (7-1) vs. Kyle Bradley (13-6)

-Andre Gusmao (5-1) vs. Houston Alexander (8-4)

-Yoshiyuki Yoshida (10-3) vs. Brandon Wolff (7-3)

-George Roop (10-5) vs. David Kaplan (3-3)