An injury to undefeated lightweight fighter Jon ‘Super Saiyan’ Tuck (7-0) has forced the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion to pull Tuck’s upcoming bout with TUF The Smashes winner ‘Stormin’ Norman Parke (17-2) off of this coming weekends UFC on FOX 7 event.
News of the cancelled match was announced by MMAjunkie.com on Sunday afternoon.
UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez is scheduled to take place this Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The main card is set to air live on FOX Sports, while the prelim card is split between FX and Facebook.
The bout between Tuck and Parke had been scheduled to appear on the FX broadcasted prelim card of the event.
Tuck debuted with the UFC last November in China at UFC on FUEL TV 6, defeating Zhang Tiequan by decision. That win was Tuck’s seventh straight victory.
Parke made his debut last December competing in the TUF: The Smashes final against fellow Brit Collin Fletcher. Parke would go on to win by decision, pushing his current win streak to seven.