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Bryan Caraway Out Of UFC FN 103, Jimmie Rivera In Need Of Replacement Opponent

The UFC’s upcoming Fight Night event from Phoenix, Arizona just lost a pivotal 135-pound match-up, as Bryan Caraway was forced to pull out of his scheduled bout with Jimmie Rivera due to a shoulder injury he suffered last month. Caraway is currently the No. 5-ranked bantamweight in the UFC, and is riding the hype of

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The UFC’s upcoming Fight Night event from Phoenix, Arizona just lost a pivotal 135-pound match-up, as Bryan Caraway was forced to pull out of his scheduled bout with Jimmie Rivera due to a shoulder injury he suffered last month.

Caraway is currently the No. 5-ranked bantamweight in the UFC, and is riding the hype of in impressive two-fight win streak, with his most recent win coming over the formerly undefeated Aljamain Sterling in May.

Rivera is an impressive prospect at 135 pounds who is currently the No. 6-ranked in the bantamweight division, not having lost a mixed martial arts (MMA) bout in nearly a decade. His most recent win was an impressive one, over the recently retired multiple time title challenger ‘The California Kid’ Urijah Faber.

Now New Jersey native is in need of a late-notice replacement for Fight Night in Phoenix.

UFC Fight Night 103 is set to go down live on FS1 from the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on January 15, 2017. The event is headlined by the return of UFC Hall Of Famer BJ Penn who takes on No. 10-ranked featherweight Yair Rodriguez.

The updated UFC Fight Night 103 card is as followed:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 10 p.m. ET)

Yair Rodriguez vs. B.J. Penn

Marcin Held vs. Joe Lauzon

Court McGee vs. Ben Saunders

Jimmie Rivera vs. TBA

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

John Moraga vs. Sergio Pettis

Augusto Mendes vs. Frankie Saenz

Aleksei Oleinik vs. Viktor Pesta

Tony Martin vs. Alex White

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)

Nina Ansaroff vs. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger

Drakkar Klose vs. Devin Powell

Walt Harris vs. Chase Sherman

Joachim Christensen vs. Bojan Mihajlovic

Cyril Asker vs. Dmitrii Smoliakov

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Bryan Caraway Off UFC Fight Night Card in Phoenix Due to Injury

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The first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event of 2017 was dealt a blow today. A bantamweight bout between Bryan Caraway and Jimmie Rivera has been scrapped for the Jan. 15 card. MMAJunkie.com brough…

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The first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event of 2017 was dealt a blow today. A bantamweight bout between Bryan Caraway and Jimmie Rivera has been scrapped for the Jan. 15 card. MMAJunkie.com brought word that Caraway suffered an injury that has forced him to pull out. The search for Rivera’s replacement is underway.

It’s a tough break for both men who are coming off the biggest wins of their careers. Caraway pulled off an upset over previously unbeaten prospect Aljamain Sterling back in May 2016. The win shot “Kid Lightening” up to No. 10 on the bantamweight rankings. Caraway has won two straight fights.

Rivera last fought at UFC 203 and was able to outwork the now retired “California Kid” Urijah Faber to earn a unanimous decision win. “El Terror” sits at No. 8 in the 135-pound division. Rivera’s only loss occurred in the second bout of his professional career.

The rest of the Phoenix card remains unscathed. The main card will be headlined by a featherweight clash between rising prospect Yair Rodriguez and UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn. Lightweight veteran Joe Lauzon will go toe-to-toe with former Bellator contender Marcin Held. Veterans Court McGee and Ben Saunders will also be showcased.

Stick with MMANews.com for more details on Rivera’s status on the card as they become available.

Cody Garbrandt On Bryan Caraway’s Challenge: “He’s A Bigger B*tch Than Dominick Cruz”

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Following his impressive first-round finish of UFC Bantamweight veteran Takeya Mizugaki at the recent UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 mega-event, rising UFC 135-pound contender and Team Alpha Male standout Cody “No Love” Garbrandt apparently had a bullseye placed on him by fellow UFC 135-pound contender Bryan Caraway.

It was reported after the UFC 202 pay-per-view that Caraway immediately contacted UFC officials asking for the fight against Garbrandt. “No Love,” who spoke to Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, is claiming that Caraway turned down a fight with him twice in the past.

“That’s funny because that dude has turned me down twice. That guy turned me down twice. He’s a bigger b*tch than Dominick Cruz. He knows that I’m next in line for a title shot, now he wants to keep his name relevant. All these fighters want to throw their name in with me. They want to throw their name in with the best just to get a chance to get in there, because they know I’m the real deal, they know I’m going to be the next champion, they know I’m the big fight.

“But’s it’s funny, Bryan, you were supposed to be my last fight, but you said you were hurt and that’s why Takeya stepped up and took the fight. So he turned me down twice. The first time because I wasn’t ranked, then this time I think just because I was finally ranked and then he said ‘I was hurt.’ That was before all of this. So that’s funny that he wants to grow some balls and call me out.”

Garbrandt, who has been on an impressive win streak as of late, elaborated on the Caraway issue, claiming he is “not a fighter.” As he describes, Caraway is an opportunist who is attempting to get the most out of a win over a guy in Aljamain Sterling that he says was also “over-hyped.”

“Look, you can’t force fighters to fight. That guy isn’t a fighter. I don’t even know why he’s in the division. I really don’t. I think he should just go and hang it up and be a coach. He don’t want to fight anybody. He doesn’t. He doesn’t want to fight anybody. He got a win over a very over-hyped opponent last time and thinks that he deserves a title shot with that? I don’t think so.”

For highlights of Garbrandt’s first-round knockout of Mizugaki at UFC 202, watch the following video, which shows the finish of their fight by clicking here.

H/T to MMAFighting.com for the above quotes from Cody Garbrandt’s interview on “The MMA Hour.”

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Following his impressive first-round finish of UFC Bantamweight veteran Takeya Mizugaki at the recent UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 mega-event, rising UFC 135-pound contender and Team Alpha Male standout Cody “No Love” Garbrandt apparently had a bullseye placed on him by fellow UFC 135-pound contender Bryan Caraway.

It was reported after the UFC 202 pay-per-view that Caraway immediately contacted UFC officials asking for the fight against Garbrandt. “No Love,” who spoke to Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, is claiming that Caraway turned down a fight with him twice in the past.

“That’s funny because that dude has turned me down twice. That guy turned me down twice. He’s a bigger b*tch than Dominick Cruz. He knows that I’m next in line for a title shot, now he wants to keep his name relevant. All these fighters want to throw their name in with me. They want to throw their name in with the best just to get a chance to get in there, because they know I’m the real deal, they know I’m going to be the next champion, they know I’m the big fight.

“But’s it’s funny, Bryan, you were supposed to be my last fight, but you said you were hurt and that’s why Takeya stepped up and took the fight. So he turned me down twice. The first time because I wasn’t ranked, then this time I think just because I was finally ranked and then he said ‘I was hurt.’ That was before all of this. So that’s funny that he wants to grow some balls and call me out.”

Garbrandt, who has been on an impressive win streak as of late, elaborated on the Caraway issue, claiming he is “not a fighter.” As he describes, Caraway is an opportunist who is attempting to get the most out of a win over a guy in Aljamain Sterling that he says was also “over-hyped.”

“Look, you can’t force fighters to fight. That guy isn’t a fighter. I don’t even know why he’s in the division. I really don’t. I think he should just go and hang it up and be a coach. He don’t want to fight anybody. He doesn’t. He doesn’t want to fight anybody. He got a win over a very over-hyped opponent last time and thinks that he deserves a title shot with that? I don’t think so.”

For highlights of Garbrandt’s first-round knockout of Mizugaki at UFC 202, watch the following video, which shows the finish of their fight by clicking here.

H/T to MMAFighting.com for the above quotes from Cody Garbrandt’s interview on “The MMA Hour.”

Cody Garbrandt Responds To Bryan Caraway’s Fight Request

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In the wake of his win over Takeya Mizugaki, Cody Garbrandt made it known that he wants Dominick Cruz for the UFC bantamweight title next.

However, another fighter has cal…

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In the wake of his win over Takeya Mizugaki, Cody Garbrandt made it known that he wants Dominick Cruz for the UFC bantamweight title next.

However, another fighter has called out Garbrandt.

Bryan Caraway made himself available for what would be a title-eliminator in the division, but Garbrandt stated on social media that he has tried to take that road before.

Garbrandt improved to 10-0 when he finished Mizugaki in the prelim main event of UFC 202 this past Saturday night. Cruz, working the FOX Sports 1 desk for the card, watched first-hand as “No Love” showed his power.

The two continued to exchange words via Twitter:

Poll: Does John Lineker Deserve A Title Shot?

Faced with the toughest test of his UFC career when he met No. 6-ranked Michael McDonald in the main event of last night’s (Wed., July 13, 2016) UFC Fight Night 91 from the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surging bantamweight John Lineker delivered one of the most scintillating MMA knockouts of the

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Faced with the toughest test of his UFC career when he met No. 6-ranked Michael McDonald in the main event of last night’s (Wed., July 13, 2016) UFC Fight Night 91 from the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surging bantamweight John Lineker delivered one of the most scintillating MMA knockouts of the year.

The previously No. 8-ranked ‘Hands Of Stone’ has been on an absolute tear, winning his last five bouts in the octagon, which includes a three-fight win streak with two finishes back at 135 pounds when he was forced to abandon his quest for the flyweight title after repeatedly missing weight.

But it could be argued that Lineker possesses even more power at bantamweight, and that’s a scary thing for the rest of the suddenly stacked division. After the win and in a post-fight interview with UFC on FOX, Lineker called out champion Dominick Cruz for the next title shot at 135 pounds:

While he’s certain to rise up the ranks after such an emphatic knockout over McDonald, the path to a title shot may not be so cut and dry for Lineker.

Former champion TJ Dillashaw just beat previous No. 4 Raphael Assuncao at last weekend’s UFC 200 and wants a rematch with Cruz after their ultra-close match at UFC Fight Night 81, Bryan Caraway is angling for a shot himself, and similiary surging contender Cody Garbrandt will take on Takeya Mizugaki at September’s UFC 203 and could be inching closer to a shot at the belt himself.

Taking that into consideration, do you believe Lineker already deserves a title shot, or does he need one (or more) high-profile wins before he summits that mountaintop? Cast your vote right here:

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Four Fights For Dominick Cruz To Take Next

Last weekend (Sat., June 4, 2016) Dominick Cruz once again proved to the MMA community why he is widely considered to be the best bantamweight to have ever competed inside the Octagon. In the co-main event of UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, Cruz coasted to a decisive decision victory over longtime rival

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Last weekend (Sat., June 4, 2016) Dominick Cruz once again proved to the MMA community why he is widely considered to be the best bantamweight to have ever competed inside the Octagon.

In the co-main event of UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, Cruz coasted to a decisive decision victory over longtime rival Urijah Faber, ending the last chapter in their historic rivalry and defending his 135-pound strap in the process.

After battling a seemingly never-ending string of injuries that kept him out of action for almost four years, Cruz has clearly returned to form after re-capturing the title from ex-champion TJ Dillashaw in his return last January and once again toppling “The California Kid” last night.

Luckily for “The Dominator”, the once-barren bantamweight division is now booming with contenders, and he’ll have a few top-flight challenges waiting for him in the near future.

Let’s take a look at four possible fights for Cruz to take next.

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