McCrory vs. Samman, Dollaway vs. Marquardt booked for UFC on FOX 17

The UFC will be returning to Orlando in December and two new fights have been added to the card with the matchups being Tamdan McCrory vs. Josh Samman and C.B. Dollaway vs. Nate Marquardt.UFC on FOX 17

The fights were reported on Friday afternoon by the Orlando Sentinel.

UFC on FOX 17 will come from the Amway Center on December 19 and will be headlined by a title fight as Rafael dos Anjos defends the lightweight title against Donald Cerrone.

McCrory (13-3) came back to MMA last year after being away for five years and scored back to back victories in Bellator. He was signed by the UFC earlier this week and this will be his first fight in the UFC since 2009. Samman (12-2) is currently on a four fight winning streak and three of those wins have come in the UFC. Eleven of his twelve wins have come by stoppage and seven of them have come by TKO/KO.

Dollaway (15-7) has dropped back to back fights and his last win came in 2014 against Francis Carmont. His most recent defeat came in April as he lost a decision against Michael Bisping. Marquardt (33-15-2) is 1-5 in his last six fights and is coming off a TKO defeat in June against Kelvin Gastelum. His only win in his last six fights came last year as he defeated James Te Huna by submission.

The current UFC on FOX 17: Dos Anjos vs. Cerrone II fight card is below.

Rafael dos Anjos (24-7) vs. Donald Cerrone (28-6, 1NC)
Tamdan McCrory (13-3) vs. Josh Samman (12-2)
C.B. Dollaway (15-7) vs. Nate Marquardt (33-15-2)