Phillipe Nover Returns Against Rob Emerson at UFC 109 in February
TUF 8 runner-up Phillipe Nover will return to action against fellow lightweight Rob Emerson at UFC 109 on February 6 in Las Vegas, with MMA Weekly reporting today that the fight has been signed for the pay-per-view event.
Nover (6-2-1) dropped a unanimous decision to Efrain Escudero in the TUF 8 Finale, then suffered a controversial first-round TKO to Kyle Bradley. Nover was scheduled to fight in September at UFC Fight Night 19 against Sam Stout, but suffered a seizure and the bout was scratched from the card.
Emerson (8-8), a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter 5, recovered from a double-knockout no contest with Gray Maynard to win back-to-back fights over Keita Nakamura and Manny Gamburyan, but has since dropped two-straight to Kurt Pellegrino and Rafael dos Anjos.
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I like the fight if Nover makes it. I was a fan of both when they were on their respective seasons.
But it is hard for me to understand why a record of 8-8 is still being employed. losing to Maynard is understandable but batman?
Pelligrino is pretty good and is sitting somewhere in the upper half of the muddled middle in the LW division.
In any case, best of luck to Phillipe and I hope he doesn’t have another incident.
defintley loser leaves ufc..i hope nover gets back on the win column
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Hopefully Nover has recovered or at least addressed his medical issue, and yeah, I’m guessing this is one of those “winner gets to keep his job” fights…