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Kid Yamamoto injured again, Soto in against Beal at UFC Ottawa
It looks like the former Hero’s Grand Prix winner won’t be making his return to the cage at UFC Ottawa, after being sidelined with yet another injury
Kid Yamamoto’s career resurrection tour just can’t seem to get out of the garage. Back in December of 2010, Dana White announced that the UFC had signed the then 33-year-old “Kid” off a win over Federico Lopez at Dream 14. Five and a half years later, and Yamamoto has fought just four times. He has yet to get his first UFC win.
Yamamoto had been scheduled to face Chris Beal at UFC Ottawa on June 18th. The bout would have marked his first fight since a no contest against Roman Salazar in February of 2015. Yamamoto had been scheduled to face Matt Hobar in Japan last September, but the bout fell apart when both fighters withdrew due to injury.
Now it seems Yamamoto is injured again. The UFC announced via press release that Yamamoto has been pulled from his upcoming bout against Chris Beal in Ottawa, he will be replaced by Joe Soto.
Soto enters the fight on a three fight losing skid, still looking for his first victory in the Octagon after making his debut against then champion T.J. Dillashaw. Most recently, Soto dropped a closely contested decision to Michinori Tanaka.
Similarly, Beal is on a two fight skid, having lost flyweight bouts against Neil Seery and Chris Kelades. Beal is now returning to the bantamweight division where he’s spent the majority of his career.
Here’s a look at the UFC Ottawa card as it stands right now.
Rory MacDonald vs. Stephen Thompson
Donald Cerrone vs. Patrick Cote
Steve Bossé vs. Sean O’Connell
Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Thibault Gouti
Valérie Létourneau vs. Joanne Calderwood
Misha Cirkunov vs. Ion Cutelaba
Tamdan McCrory vs. Krzysztof Jotko
Chris Beal vs. Joe Soto
Elias Theodorou vs. Sam Alvey
Randa Markos vs. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
Alex Garcia vs. Colby Covington
Ali Bagautinov vs. Geane Herrera
Jason Saggo vs. Leandro Silva
It looks like the former Hero’s Grand Prix winner won’t be making his return to the cage at UFC Ottawa, after being sidelined with yet another injury
Kid Yamamoto’s career resurrection tour just can’t seem to get out of the garage. Back in December of 2010, Dana White announced that the UFC had signed the then 33-year-old “Kid” off a win over Federico Lopez at Dream 14. Five and a half years later, and Yamamoto has fought just four times. He has yet to get his first UFC win.
Yamamoto had been scheduled to face Chris Beal at UFC Ottawa on June 18th. The bout would have marked his first fight since a no contest against Roman Salazar in February of 2015. Yamamoto had been scheduled to face Matt Hobar in Japan last September, but the bout fell apart when both fighters withdrew due to injury.
Now it seems Yamamoto is injured again. The UFC announced via press release that Yamamoto has been pulled from his upcoming bout against Chris Beal in Ottawa, he will be replaced by Joe Soto.
Soto enters the fight on a three fight losing skid, still looking for his first victory in the Octagon after making his debut against then champion T.J. Dillashaw. Most recently, Soto dropped a closely contested decision to Michinori Tanaka.
Similarly, Beal is on a two fight skid, having lost flyweight bouts against Neil Seery and Chris Kelades. Beal is now returning to the bantamweight division where he’s spent the majority of his career.
Here’s a look at the UFC Ottawa card as it stands right now.
