UFC lightweight Corey Hill underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair a broken leg suffered the night before in a loss against Dale Hartt at UFC Fight Night 16 “UFC Fight for the Troops” at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

UFC.com reported the development late Thursday, adding that Hill is expected to be out of action for up to 18 months but is “handling the injury well and is in good spirits”.

Josh Koscheck, Steve Cantwell, Jim Miller, and Matt Wiman each received a $30,000 “fight night” bonus for their efforts at UFC Fight Night 16 “UFC Fight For The Troops”, which took place last night at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina and aired live on Spike TV.

In the headline bout, welterweight contender Josh Koscheck scored a highlight reel knockout of Yoshiyuki Yoshida to capture “Knockout of the Night” honors, stunning his opponent with a straight right then sealing the deal with another right hand that put Yoshida out cold on the canvas. The third knockout of Koscheck’s 15-fight career and his most brutal to date capped the 10-bout event.

In the UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fight For The Troops main event, welterweight contender Josh Koscheck knocked out Yoshiyuki with a pair of straight rights, capping off the ten-bout card with a highlight reel knockout.

Mike “Quick” Swick finally earned a decisive victory in the welterweight division, knocking out Jonathan Goulet in just 33-seconds in the evening’s co-main event.

In other main card action, Steve Cantwell submitted Razak Al-Hassan in the opening round with a grusome armbar, Tim Credeur forced Nate Loughran to verbally submit after two rounds, and Jim Miller dominated Matt Wiman en route to a unanimous decision victory.

On the evening’s preliminary card, Luigi Fioravanti topped Brodie Farber via unanimous decision, Steve Bruno submitted Johnny Rees via rear naked choke in the second round, Ben Saunders TKO’d Brandon Wolff in the first round, Dale Hartt defeated Corey Hill after Hill suffered a broken leg early in the second round, and Justin McCully defeated Eddie Sanchez on the judges’ scorecards.

UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fight for the Troops welterweight headliners Josh Koscheck (171) and Yoshiyuki Yoshida (171) successfully weighed in for their main event bout today at the Sports USA Bar near Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

The remainder of the ten-bout, Spike TV-broadcast card also successfully made weight, including main event participants Jonathan Goulet (171) and Mike Swick (171), Razak Al-Hassan (205) and Steve Cantwell (206), and Matt Wiman (156) and Jim Miller (156).

The event, which will serve as a fundraiser for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, takes place at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Complete UFC Fight Night 16 weigh-in results are after the jump…

Frankie Edgar has been forced to withdraw from the upcoming UFC Fight Night 16 “UFC Fight for the Troops” card with an undisclosed injury. Replacing Edgar on short notice will be Jim Miller (12-1), who will now meet fellow 155-pounder Matt Wiman on the Spike TV-broadcast main card.

UFC Fight Night 16 takes place on December 10th at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina and will serve as a fundraiser for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.

Welterweights Josh Koscheck and Yoshiyuki Yoshida will clash in the main event of UFC Fight Night 16 “UFC Fight For The Troops” on December 10th at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Spike TV, which will broadcast the event beginning at 9pm ET, yesterday announced an updated lineup for the event, which will benefit the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.

UFC newcomer Razak Al-Hussan (5-0) is likely to meet Steve Cantwell (6-1) at UFC Fight Night 16 on December 10th in North Carolina..

Cantwell was originally booked to rematch Marine veteran and former WEC champion Brian Stann at the “UFC Fight for the Troops” event, but Stann was recently forced to withdraw from the bout due to a broken foot. Now, it appears Cantwell may remain on the card after all to battle the undefeated newcomer Al-Hussan at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville.