Bantamweight shakeup: Easton out, Hougland meets Jabouin and Menjivar fights Barao

An injury to Mike Easton has shuffled the bantamweight deck.

Now meeting Yves Jabouin at UFC on FUEL TV 3 is Jeff
Hougland, whose originally scheduled opponent,
Renan Barao, is now set to meet Ivan Menjivar in a possible No. 1 contender bout at UFC 14…

An injury to Mike Easton has shuffled the bantamweight deck.

Now meeting Yves Jabouin at UFC on FUEL TV 3 is Jeff
Hougland, whose originally scheduled opponent,
Renan Barao, is now set to meet Ivan Menjivar in a possible No. 1 contender bout at UFC 148.

Sources close to the event today confirmed the news to MMAjunkie.com following a tweet from reporter Joe Ferraro, host of
Sportsnet’s “UFC Central.”