Uriah Hall News

Adam Martin - October 28, 2020

Middleweight contender Uriah Hall suggested that UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya picks his opponents and looks for “easy fights.” Hall returns to the Octagon this Saturday at UFC Vegas 12 when he takes on UFC legend Anderson Silva in a five-round main event. Hall comes into this fight on a hot streak as he’s won three of his last four fights, including back-to-back victories over Antonio Carlos Junior and Bevon Lewis as an underdog. Hall is currently ranked No. 10 overall in the division and a win over Silva would get him one step closer to a potential title shot.

Adam Martin - October 28, 2020

The full betting odds have been released for the 12 fights scheduled to take place at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 39: Hall vs. Silva event. The main event sees middleweight striker Uriah Hall take on UFC legend Anderson Silva in the final fight of Silva’s career. Hall has been an inconsistent performer over his years in the Octagon, but he has looked to be in top form as of late, winning three of his last four fights. As for Silva, he is now 45 and coming off of two straight losses, including a leg injury TKO to Jared Cannonier in May 2019. It remains to be seen what he has left.

Harry Kettle - October 28, 2020

UFC’s middleweight king Israel Adesanya has given his thoughts on Anderson Silva’s retirement fight against Uriah Hall. Adesanya, who successfully defended his UFC Middleweight Championship for the second time last month against Paulo Costa, had his opportunity to fight the legend that is Anderson Silva back in February 2019. “The Last Stylebender” came out on top courtesy of a decisive unanimous decision victory in Melbourne, Australia.

Tom Taylor - October 13, 2020

The UFC has released the official poster for UFC Vegas 12, which will be topped by a middleweight fight between Uriah Hall and Anderson Silva. See the poster for the event, which is slated for Halloween night at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, below:

Natasha Hooper - August 20, 2020

Marvin Vettori believes Anderson Silva and Uriah Hall should have to forfeit their positions in the UFC rankings after avoiding a possible matchup with him. Anderson Silva will return to the Octagon on October 31 for a middleweight clash against Uriah Hall in the main event.

Alfredo Zullino - August 11, 2020

An anticipated middleweight clash between Yoel Romero (13-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) and Uriah Hall (15-9 MMA, 8-7 UFC) will not happen as planned, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told BJPENN.com. The sources asked for anonymity since the news hasn’t been officially confirmed yet. The two 185-pound fighters were expected to lock horns on August 22 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the UFC APEX facility. They were slated to co-headline the event.

Harry Kettle - July 8, 2020

UFC middleweight Uriah Hall has outlined his strategy as he prepares to go head to head with top contender Yoel Romero next month. The former Ultimate Fighter finalist has had his fair share of ups and downs in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, but with three wins in his last four fights, it appears as if he’s finally starting to live up to the potential that fans knew he had when he first appeared on TUF.

Cole Shelton - June 16, 2020

Uriah Hall is getting his wish as he will take on Yoel Romero sometime in August. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani was first to report the news that the fight is targeted to happen in August but what date is still to be determined.

Cole Shelton - May 15, 2020

Uriah Hall was disappointed his UFC 249 fight against Jacare Souza was canceled, but the middleweight was all class in the way he handled it. For Sayif Saud, who is Hall’s head coach at Fortis MMA, he says it was tough for Hall to hear the news of the positive test. But, the 10th ranked middleweight quickly moved on and started to look at what is next for him.

Christopher Taylor - May 8, 2020

Uriah Hall will no longer be fighting Jacare Souza at UFC 249, this after the former Strikeforce middleweight champion tested positive for Covid-19. The unfortunate news broke earlier this evening as ESPN‘s Brett Okamoto reported that a member of Jacare’s family had previously tested positive for Covid-19 and he disclosed this information when checking in with the UFC on Wednesday. Jacare was then administered the test and proceed to isolate. This evening the test results came back positive and he was pulled from the UFC 249 fight card.

Adam D Martin - May 3, 2020

UFC middleweight contender Uriah Hall moved into the Fortis MMA gym for his training camp preparing to fight Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza at UFC 249. Hall was set to fight Souza at the original UFC 249 card on April 18 in Brooklyn and later at Tachi Palace, an event that was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. UFC 249 was eventually rescheduled for May 9 in Jacksonville and Hall vs. Souza is one of the featured preliminary bouts on ESPN. On paper, it’s one of the best fights on the card.

Tom Taylor - December 26, 2019

Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza has decided the light heavyweight division is not for him. After losing a controversial and frankly forgettable decision to Jan Blachowicz in his light heavyweight debut this fall, Jacare has elected to return to his native middleweight division. The Brazilian is now scheduled to meet Uriah Hall in a middleweight bout at UFC 249, which is scheduled for April 18 in Brooklyn, New York. ESPN, the official broadcast partner of the UFC, was first to report this matchup. MMA Fighting subsequently confirmed that report.

Chris Taylor - September 14, 2019

A middleweight bout between Uriah Hall and Antonio Carlos Junior took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC Vancouver event. Uriah Hall (14-9 MMA) was most recently seen in action at December’s UFC 232 event in Los Angeles, where he defeated Bevon Lewis by way of second round knockout. The former TUF standout, Hall, has gone 5-5 over his past ten Octagon appearances.

Tom Taylor - September 12, 2019

UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker is scheduled to defend his title opposite interim champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 this October. In the opinion of long-time middleweight contender Uriah Hall, however, this Whittaker-Adesanya matchup is doomed to fail. Hall believes that Whittaker will ultimately withdraw from this fight, just as he did last time he was scheduled to fight in his native Australia. In that event, Hall says he’ll happily step in on short-notice to replace Whittaker against Adesanya — a fighter he seems to respect.

Cole Shelton - September 10, 2019

Uriah Hall will make his first walk to the Octagon of 2019 at UFC Vancouver. He will do so with a new coach, Sayif Saud, after switching to Fortis MMA. The reason Hall decided to switch camps coming off a win is simple. He fell in love with the camp right when he walked in.

Tom Taylor - April 11, 2019

UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa has been the subject of several doping rumors of late, thanks in large part to the recent comments of his would-be opponent Yoel Romero. While it now sounds like stomach medication could be the reason for Costa’s recent brushes with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), however, his recent opponent Uriah Hall feels there could actually be more at play here. https://youtu.be/kx8ITw1dBEI “I was supposed to fight that dude a while back,” Hall said on Bloody Elbow’s Pull No Punches podcast (transcript via MMA Mania). “He pulled a bicep muscle and I was like ‘What?’ Listen, s**t is going on under the radar here. I don’t know why, I have a feeling, but we’re not stupid.

Tom Taylor - September 3, 2018

Bevon Lewis, who recently earned a UFC contract with a first-round drubbing of Alton Cunningham on Dana Whites’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, could be getting a huge test for his UFC debut. BJPenn.com’s Tom Taylor is reporting that a bout between Bevon Lewis and long-time middleweight contender Uriah Hall is in the works for UFC 232, which goes down on December 29 in Las Vegas. I'm told that a matchup between Uriah Hall and Bevon Lewis is in the works for #UFC232.

Chris Taylor - July 7, 2018

A middleweight fight between dangerous strikers Paulo Costa and Uriah Hall headlined tonight’s UFC 226 prelims on FS1. Paul Costa entered tonight’s contest sporting a perfect 11-0 record, his latest being a second-round TKO victory over former welterweight champ Johny Hendricks at UFC 217.