Matt Mitrione vs. Brendan Schaub rescheduled for UFC 165 in Toronto

A heavyweight matchup originally intended for next week’s UFC on FOX 8 event will now take place instead at September’s UFC 165 event, as Matt Mitrione (6-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) faces Brendan Schaub (9-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC).

Canadian reporter Dave Diebert first revealed the new date for the contest, which was pulled when Mitrione was injured in training. Schaub quickly took to Twitter to confirm the switch.

Featuring a pair of championship matchups, “UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson” takes place Sept. 21 at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. The evening’s main card airs on pay-per-view following preliminary bouts that air on FOX Sports 1 and stream on Facebook.

Mitrione and Schaub, housemates on Season 10 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” the heavyweight edition of the show, have been going back and forth on Twitter in a recently established grudge – mild as it may be.

Mitrione was going after his second straight win after back-to-back losses, his first setbacks as a pro. At UFC on FUEL TV 9 in February, he knocked out Philip De Fries in just 19 seconds. But two days later, he ran into a little trouble when he called transgender fighter Fallon Fox a “lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak.” That got him a temporary suspension and a fine by the UFC. But that suspension was lifted when the fight with Schaub was announced.

Schaub is looking to build on the strength of a UFC 157 win over Lavar Johnson. He previously had dropped back-to-back fights with first-round knockout losses to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Ben Rothwell.

With the addition to the card, UFC 165 now includes:

• Champ Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson – for light-heavyweight title
• Interim champ Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland – for interim bantamweight title
• Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci
• Matt Mitrione vs. Brendan Schaub
• Ivan Menjivar vs. Norifumi Yamamoto
• Nandor Guelmino vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
• Chris Clements vs. Stephen Thompson
• Mark Bocek vs. Michel Prazeres
• Mitch Gagnon vs. Dustin Kimura

For the latest on UFC 165, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Brendan Schaub)