What’s that you say? It’s been more than 24 hours since the last notice of an injury on an upcoming UFC fight card? Well, you can calm down, because, that’s right, there’s been another fighter injured and another replacement fight scheduled. The card that will see the change is UFC 150, and the fighter who has been forced to withdraw is Luiz Cane.
Today, the UFC announced that Cane, who was set to face Yushin Okami in a middleweight bout on the August 11 fight card, had been removed from the card. Taking his place will be Rousimar Palhares.
Okami (26-7) is in the midst of a two-fight losing streak, falling to Anderson Silva in a middleweight title bout at UFC 134 and then following that up with a loss to Tim Boetsch at UFC 144. Prior to those two TKO losses, Okami had been on a three-fight winning streak, which included wins over Mark Munoz and Nate Marquardt.
Palhares (14-4) is also coming off a loss in his last fight, falling to Alan Belcher via first-round TKO on the UFC on FOX 3 fight card. Palhares entered the Octagon that night as a heavy betting favorite, but he fell victim to an ultra aggressive Belcher, who was fighting for the first time since September, 2011. The loss ended a three-fight winning streak for Palhares.
UFC 150 will take place at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO and will be headlined by a lightweight title bout between champion Benson Henderson and former champion Frankie Edgar.
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