UFC 130 is set to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 28.
The main event on the card will see former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson face off against Matt "The Hammer" Hamill.
The card was originally scheduled to be headlined by a lightweight title fight between champion Frankie Edgar and challenger Gray Maynard. Training camp injuries to both fighters forced the cancellation of their bout.
Jackson was originally scheduled to face Thiago Silva on this fight card, but when questions emerged in regard to Silva's UFC 125 drug test Hamill was moved into Silva's spot.
The idea of facing Hamill did not sit well with Jackson who tweeted, "I'm not interested in Fighting Matt,I rather fight Rashad,I have un finished business with him."
Jackson later changed his mind when he found out that Hamill and his camp had specifically asked for the fight with Jackson, "He wants me? Well, he can have me," Jackson told Yahoo! Sports. "I'm gonna knock him into tomorrow."
Four other fights make up the main card:
Frank Mir versus Roy Nelson
Stefan Struve versus Travis Brown
Brian Stann versus Jorge Santiago
Thiago Alves versus Rick Story
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