Author: MMA Fighting Newswire

It’s been a tough fight camp for Polish fighter Krzysztof Jotko. First he was training for a fight with Derek Brunson at UFC Fight Night 69 in Berlin, Germany. When Brunson got injured this past week, Jotko began preparing for his replacement, Uriah Hall.

Turns out that fight won’t be happening either.

On Friday, the UFC announced that Hall would be unable to compete on June 20 as hoped due to visa issues. According to the release, rather than try and find another replacement for Jotko the bout will be scrapped altogether. Now UFC Fight Night 69, which takes place at Berlin’s O2 World arena, will proceed with 11 bouts.

UFC Fight Night 69 will headlined by a strawweight title bout between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Jessica Penne.

In the fourth episode of UFC 188 Embedded, Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum continue to discuss Velasquez’s heritage, as well as Luke Rockhold and Daniel Cormier, and more.

MEXICO CITY — The top fighters at UFC 188 squared off in front of the media Thursday afternoon.

Former champion Johny Hendricks is ready to get that welterweight title back.

And he’ll attend UFC 189 on July 11 to watch current champion Robbie Lawler defend the belt against Rory MacDonald to find out who it is he’ll be facing.

According to a report on UFC Tonight, Hendricks has been informed that he’s next in line for the winner MacDonald-Lawler, but he and his camp is taking it with a grain of salt. Hendricks’ manager Ted Erhardt told Ariel Helwani that they will believe they are next for a shot when they see it, but that right now Hendricks isn’t interested in anything else.

Erhardt said Hendricks wants the shot that he was promised prior to fighting Matt Brown at UFC 185 in Dallas. Hendricks dominated Brown for three rounds en-route to a unanimous decision.

As for Tyron Woodley, who has campaigned for a fight with Hendricks, he hasn’t been told that it’s off the table yet. According to the report, Woodley — who has won two in a row and four of five overall — is still holding out hope that the next guy he faces will be Hendricks.

MEXICO CITY — At UFC 188 workouts, Henry Cejudo, who is headlining the event’s undercard with Chico Camus, has a memorable session Thursday afternoon. Check out the highlights above.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO — UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez put on a show in front of a very vocal crowd at the Interactive Museum of Economics on Thursday afternoon.