Dollaway Replaces Injured Rockhold vs. Boetsch at UFC 166
A knee injury has sidelined former Strikeforce Middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, who was scheduled to face Tim “The Barbarian” Boetsch (16-6) at UFC 166. Stepping up to fill the void is Power MMA’s CB “The Doberman” Dollaway (13-4).
Rockhold is coming off a promotional debut knockout loss to Vitor Belfort, in the main event of UFC on FX 8.
After moving down from Light Heavyweight to Middleweight, Boetsch won 4 fights in a row before having encountered back to back losses to Constantinos Phillippou (TKO) and Mark Munoz (UD).
Dollaway has won two consecutive bouts by decision unanimously over Jason Miller and getting the nod in a split with Daniel Safarian.
UFC 166 takes place on October 19th at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas; and is headlined by Junior dos Santos- Cain Velasquez 3 for the UFC Heavyweight title.
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