It seems light heavyweight fighter Matt Hamill has suffered a knee injury and has been forced to pull out of his UFC 102 bout against Brandon Vera set for Aug. 29 in Portland, Ore.

Stepping in for the injured Deaflympic gold-medalist will be The Ultimate Fighter season 8 veteran and Team Quest fighter Krzysztof Soszynski according to Sherdog.com.

Soszynski (18-8-1) is currently on a six fight win streak with his most recent victories coming against Brian Stann at UFC 97 and BJJ black belt Andre Gusmau at UFC 98. His last loss was against Ben Rothwell in the IFL 2007 semi-finals.

Vera (10-3) has gone 2-1 since moving down to light heavyweight last year. His most recent fight was a second round TKO victory over Mike Patt at UFC 96. Vera stopped Patt with devastating leg kicks that took away his base and ultimately made it impossible for Patt to continue.

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