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””’UFC: Fight for the Troops 2””’, also referred to as ””’UFC Fight Night 23””’, is a mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 22, 2011 at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas. The event will be the third that the UFC has hosted in cooperation with a US military base, following UFC Fight Night Sanchez vs Riggs and UFC Fight Night 16 UFC Fight for the Troops. The 11-fight lineup serves as a fundraiser for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.

* Next Event: UFC 126 Silva vs Belfort
* Previous Event: UFC 125 Resolution

==Background==
A bout between Kenny Florian and Evan Dunham was expected for UFC 126 Silva vs Belfort, but was moved to this card to serve as the main event. On December 6, however, Florian pulled out of the bout due to a knee injury. Melvin Guillard was pulled from a planned preliminary bout with Yves Edwards and will face Dunham in the main event.

Edwards will remain on the card and instead face The Ultimate Fighter 12 Team GSP vs Team Koscheck alumnus Cody McKenzie.

On December 30, 2010, a welterweight bout between Mike Swick and David Mitchell was called off due to Mitchell suffering an injury and Swick dealing with his esophageal condition.

A lightweight bout between Cole Miller and Matt Wiman, which was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 125 Resolution, has been moved to this event.

On January 7, 2011, it was announced that Chan Sung Jung pulled out of his scheduled match with Rani Yahya due to an undisclosed injury. Jung was replaced by former WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Brown.

On January 11, 2011, Dana White announced that Mark Hominick would receive a title shot against Jose Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship with a win over George Roop.

On January 18, 2011, Dana White announced that two of the fights from the undercard will stream live on Facebook. On the day of the event, the UFC added two more fights to the Facebook stream…meaning that nine of the 11 fights would be broadcast live.

==Official fight card==

===Main card===

*Evan Dunham vs Melvin Guillard
*Matt Mitrione vs Tim Hague
*Mark Hominick vs George Roop
*Pat Barry vs Joey Beltran
*Cole Miller vs Matt Wiman

===Preliminary card===
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*Cody McKenzie vs Yves Edwards
*DaMarques Johnson vs Mike Guymon
*Mike Brown vs Rani Yahya
*Waylon Lowe vs Willamy Freire

====Unaired====

*Charlie Brenneman vs Amilcar Alves
*Chris Cariaso vs Will Campuzano

== Results ==

Weight Class Winner Loser Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Chris Cariaso Will Campuzano Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Welterweight Charlie Brenneman Amilcar Alves Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Lightweight Waylon Lowe Willamy Freire Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Featherweight Rani Yahya Mike Brown Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Welterweight DaMarques Johnson Michael Guymon Submission (Body Triangle) 1 3:22
Lightweight Yves Edwards Cody McKenzie Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2 4:33 Fight won Fight of the Night Honors; Edwards won Submission of the Night Honors
Lightweight Matt Wiman Cole Miller Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Heavyweight Patrick Barry Joey Beltran Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Featherweight Mark Hominick George Roop TKO (Punches) 1 1:28
Heavyweight Matt Mitrione Tim Hague TKO (Punches) 1 2:59
Lightweight Melvin Guillard Evan Dunham TKO (Knees) 1 2:58 Guillard won Knockout of the Night Honors