Cole Miller vs. Steven Siler, Kyle Noke vs. Jared Hamman Added to UFC on FX 2 in Sydney

by Scott Haber on Jan 1, 2012 11:20 PM EST in UFC News

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Another pair of match-ups have been slated for the UFC's return to Sydney, Australia on March 3rd for UFC on FX 2. According to a report from TheMMACorner.com, Cole Miller will make his featherweight debut against Stephen Siler, while Australia's own Kyle Noke will take on Jared Hamman in a middleweight bout.

The Miller-Siler match-up has bit of a storyline behind it, as Cole's younger brother Micah, was defeated by Siler in the opening round of TUF 14, despite Miller being a heavy favorite to win the entire show. Now Cole will get the chance to avenge his brother's loss, at a new weight class of 145 lbs., despite his having won his last fight at lightweight. Siler, meanwhile, made it all the way to the semifinals on TUF before getting KOd by eventual winner, Diego Brandao. The Californian got another chance at the season finale, and dominated Josh Clopton for a decision victory.

It's no surprise that Kyle Noke ended up on this card as one of the UFC's few Australian fighters. In addition to being a regional draw, Noke had put together a solid 3-0 run in the UFC following his appearance on the 11th season of TUF, before getting caught in a heel hook against Ed Herman, and suffering the first loss of his UFC career. Hamman is also coming off a cringe-inducing loss, after getting knocked out (seemingly multiple times) by Constantinos Philippou in Toronto last month, but it appears now that "The Messenger" didn't need much time to clear the cobwebs and will return in Sydney in March.

The UFC on FX 2 card now includes:

-Thiago Alves vs. Martin Kampmann
-Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani
-Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall
-Court McGee vs. Constantinos Philippou
-T.J. Waldburger vs. Jake Hecht
-James Te Huna vs. Aaron Rosa
-Cole Miller vs. Steven Siler
-Kyle Noke vs. Jared Hamman

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lol how do all these people keep getting fights before Alan Belcher? Did he get injured or something? Whats the deal?

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by ProfessorBLove on Jan 1, 2012 11:22 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Belcher for sure needs to get a fight pretty soon here....

they might be waiting to give him Palhares should he get through Massenzio.

Palhares is 6-2 in his UFC career, only losing to Henderson and Marquardt (controversially, I might add).

I’d love to see Belcher/Palhares with the winner shooting into “contender status”

Basically the same type of fight Diaz and Cerrone just had.

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by Luke Nelson on Jan 2, 2012 5:02 AM EST up reply actions

I hope this card gets a decent ME

Its on my birthday after all
Any ideas?

by fontgangsta on Jan 1, 2012 11:30 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Alves-Kampmann

is the main event.

by Scott Haber on Jan 1, 2012 11:33 PM EST up reply actions

And that is very decent

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by Joben on Jan 1, 2012 11:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Its ok for a non numbered event...

But there are still tickets available for a reason, Because neither fighter has any name value and neither are even close to the title picture.

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by Chin Check on Jan 2, 2012 2:10 AM EST up reply actions

That's why it's headlining a non-numbered event

You know, like what you put in your subject line.

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by halitosis on Jan 2, 2012 10:28 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

So will the UFC have the top 2 Flyweights after this event?

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by Joben on Jan 1, 2012 11:40 PM EST reply actions

Formiga recently lost to Ian McCall

But he could easily be number 2. I’ve never seen someone so good at taking the back.

by Rabbit915 on Jan 2, 2012 12:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Siler is gonna get crushed.

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by Hendo_One-Shot on Jan 1, 2012 11:57 PM EST reply actions

Brave prediction. Bet you’re fearlessly picking Jose Aldo to prevail in his next fight aswell.

by sheikybaby on Jan 2, 2012 7:13 AM EST up reply actions

I couldn't stop laughing

when Nate Diaz told everyone Miller helped him train because he hates Cerrone.

by av1o3 on Jan 2, 2012 12:24 AM EST reply actions

Noke should get back on track in this one

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by Earl Montclair on Jan 2, 2012 12:34 AM EST reply actions

Yeah, I expect Noke to win fairly handily.

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by dynamitelungs on Jan 2, 2012 1:34 AM EST up reply actions

hmm Jared Hamman always comes back from a loss well...

Noke probably gets the nod here because it’s on his home turf but I expect a war in this one.

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by Luke Nelson on Jan 2, 2012 4:57 AM EST up reply actions

I think that if Noke can get this to the ground, he should win. Hamman just keeps pushing forward, especially in the standup, and I just don’t know how Noke will handle that.

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by chrisbboy82 on Jan 2, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions

If Steven wins he can be...

Steven “The Miller Killer” Silar

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by poundnground on Jan 2, 2012 2:36 AM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs

You shouuld audition for the Joe Rogan Podcast

A lot of dopey vegetative potheads on there.

by UncleMax on Jan 2, 2012 6:46 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Joe Silva then masturbated to his “clever” matchmaking skillz right after making that Miller/Siler matchup.

by IanParedes on Jan 2, 2012 3:12 AM EST reply actions

Why is Miller dropping a weight class? He’s already incredibly lanky.

by ihateemo on Jan 2, 2012 6:05 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Yeah, dude is 6’1.. already looks pretty drawn out at lightweight. Although I can see at wikipedia that he used to fight at FW in 2005-2006

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by Horselover Fat on Jan 2, 2012 8:42 AM EST up reply actions

He did get beat up by Matt Wyman in an MMA bout not too long ago, but came back from it. Cole has done relatively well as a Lightweight, but he can’t seem to get past being a mid-tier UFC Lightweight. Maybe he figures that Featherweight is thinner and still in a growing stage, and that he can get higher up the ladder much faster.

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by chrisbboy82 on Jan 2, 2012 10:13 AM EST up reply actions

With a size advantage

Cole might be able to impose his ground game easier, which is pretty slick.

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by Stiff Jab on Jan 2, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions

I think this is a good move for Cole. Like I said above, he can’t seem to get past being a mid-tier UFC Lightweight, but could do much better at Featherweight. He is very tall and lanky as it is, and I have always liked his ground game.

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by chrisbboy82 on Jan 2, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions