Marvin Eastman vs Drew McFedries!

Former light heavyweights Drew McFedries (6-2) and Marvin Eastman (14-7-1) will meet in a middleweight showdown at UFC 77 in Cincinnati, Ohio.(here and here).The Miletich-trained McFedries turned quite a few heads (mine included) with his devastating first-round knockout of Jordan Radev at UFC Fight Night 10 in June. It was the second win for McFedries inside the Octagon — he scored a technical knockout of Italian bruiser Alessio Sakara in his UFC debut at UFC 65 in November 2006.

He was blistering Martin Kampmann with hard punches early on in their bout at UFC 68, however, the Danish kickboxer wisely took the fight to the ground and choked out the Iowa native.

Since his loss to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 67 via knockout in the second round, Eastman has been rumored to appear in several bouts, none of which were UFC-related.

Reports circulated that he was going to face Vitor Belfort at Cage Rage in April, but that bout eventually fell through. He did, however, recently outpoint in Rob Kimmons at the International Fighting Organization (IFO) event earlier this month.

With three losses in three attempts in the UFC, it was widely (and now apparently incorrectly) believed that Eastman was released from his contract. If this match up is indeed accurate, it appears the veteran “Beastman” will get one more shot at his first win inside the Octagon.

But it’s not going to be easy — McFedries hits like a truck.