Paul Kelly vs Matt Veach at 112

[Grake]

UFC lightweight Paul Kelly's next opponent is no longer a mystery.

Shortly after the UK-based fighter announced his return at UFC 112 on Thursday afternoon, MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) learned that Kelly (9-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is set to face Matt Veach (11-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at the April event in Abu Dhabi.

Sources close to the negotiations indicate that at least one fighter has signed his bout agreement and the fight is a virtual lock.

UFC 112 takes place in Abu Dhabi at Concert Arena at the Ferrari World theme park on Yas Island. The main card, headlined by middleweight champ Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort, airs on pay-per-view.

Kelly vs. Veach is expected to be part of the night's un-aired preliminary card.

Kelly, a British fighter who made his pro debut in late 2005, looks to rebound from a TKO loss to Denis Siver that came via spinning back kick at November's UFC 105 event. The loss, which was just the second of his career, derailed the momentum he had built with back-to-back unanimous-decision victories over Troy Mandaloniz (UFC 95) and Roli Delgado (UFC 99).

Kelly 's only other career loss came to Marcus Davis at UFC 89 in 2008.

In his most recent appearance, Veach took a significant step up in competition when he faced now-top contender Frankie Edgar at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale this past December. The H.I.T. squad-trained fighter was submitted in the second round. The loss was Veach's first setback in 12 professional appearances.

Veach made his octagon debut 10 months prior with a first-round TKO victory over Matt Grice.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/17818/paul...at-ufc-112.mma

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another tough fight for tellys but i can see him taking this one, he should be able to match veach on the feet which is where he struggled with siver, having said that veach has looked impressive in both his ufc fights

[almostthem]

war paul kelly, he looked much improved at UFC 105 then got caught with that stunning kick. ever since this interview Paul has been one of my favourite fighters, top bloke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJU7fp4H5hY

[kingleroy]

veach looks to be a nasty bastard though, he had edgar in trouble a few times, he also looks HUGE for lw, i think he'll get the decision over kelly

[mack3333]

Veach will take this imo. Might be lead to Paul being cut as well, unfortunately.

[Grizzly.]

I want kelly to win but I think Veach is too much of an animal to lose this fight.

[Sansho]

This is a tough fight for Paul. I'd like to see him pull out the win, but I think Veach might be a little too much for him. It should be a good fight though.