LAS VEGAS – What will happen when two explosive lightweight title contenders meet in the Octagon on November 15?

The Ultimate Fighter Season 2 welterweight winner Joe “Daddy” Stevenson and Kenny “KenFlo” Florian will answer that question when they clash to see which fighter will continue their ascension up the lightweight ladder when the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) presents UFC 91: COUTURE vs. LESNAR, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

FLORIAN
A Westwood, Massachusetts native, Kenny Florian (12-3) 5 feet 10/155 lbs. is on a five-match win streak with two wins coming by submission and two by TKO. Coming off a unanimous decision victory against Roger Huerta in August, “KenFlo” is preparing for one of his toughest matches to date.

STEVENSON
Joe Stevenson (5 feet 7/155 lbs.) has the experience and the drive to ruin Florian’s plans. At only 26, The Ultimate Fighter Season 2 welterweight winner has already amassed a 34-8-1 record. The Torrance, California, fighter has won five out of his last six fights, with his only loss coming against UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn. A win over Florian could put him back in contention for the lightweight championship.

OTHER BOUTS
SADOLLAH
Last season’s The Ultimate Fighter winner, Amir Sadollah (2-0), will have his first true UFC test when he faces undefeated New Jersey native and former NCAA Division I wrestler Nick Catone (6-0). Sadollah, a Brooklyn, NY native who now fights out of Las Vegas, has shown an impressive ground game with two straight submissions against CB Dollaway, the last coming in The Ultimate Fighter 7 finale. The middleweight is going to need all of his skills if he plans on trading with Catone, who has taken out his last four opponents in the first round.

GONZAGA VS. HENDRICKS
Brazil’s Gabriel “Napao” Gonzaga (9-3) has devastated opponents with his striking and world-class grappling in his time with the UFC. The Ludlow, Mass. trained fighter owns a highlight-reel head kick KO over Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and most recently an impressive submission victory over Justin McCully. Now the decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt will need those ground skills against former two-time All-American wrestler and Mansfield, Ohio product Josh Hendricks (15-4), who is undefeated in his last 10 fights.

QUARRY vs. MAIA
When power-puncher Nate “Rock” Quarry (16-2) locks horns with Brazilian submission machine Demian Maia (9-0) the question remains: Where will this fight end up?
Winner of his last two fights, Arcata, California’s, Quarry is a mixed martial arts veteran that has lost only one match in the UFC, a KO defeat to former middleweight champion Rich Franklin. Ryan Jensen, Ed Herman and Jason MacDonald all can talk extensively about Maia’s submission prowess. The BJJ black belt has submitted all three fighters in the UFC and now looks to sink the “Rock.”  

— UFC PR Department