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Lawlor-MacDonald, Silva-Vera 2 Targeted for UFC on FX 3 in Virginia

Expected to take place at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va., the event will also feature a middleweight pairing between Tom Lawlor and Jason MacDonald. The UFC’s last trip to the Patriot Center occurred in 2010 when Gray Maynard outpointed Nate Diaz via split decision in the main event of Fight Night 20.

Lawlor has lost three of his last four fights. “The Filthy Mauler” dropped two of three contests in 2010, falling to Aaron Simpson and Joe Doerksen before outpointing Patrick Cote to close out the year at UFC 121. The middleweight fought just once in 2011, as he was put to sleep by a Chris Weidman brabo choke this past November.

MacDonald was bested by Alan Belcher in his most recent outing, falling by first-round knockout to “The Talent” at Fight Night 25in September. The Canadian was successful in his lone other appearance last year, however, as MacDonald submitted Ryan Jensen with a triangle choke in front of a partisan Canadian crowd at UFC 129 in Toronto.