A back injury has forced former Strikeforce lightweight Isaac Vallie-Flagg (14-3-1) out of next months UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson event. Stepping in on two-weeks notice will be Octagon newcomer James Krause (19-4), who now meets Canadian fighter Sam ‘Hands of Stone’ Stout (20-8-1) as part of the FX prelims. News of the change was […]
Isaac Vallie-Flagg
A back injury has forced former Strikeforce lightweight Isaac Vallie-Flagg (14-3-1) out of next months UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson event.
Stepping in on two-weeks notice will be Octagon newcomer James Krause (19-4), who now meets Canadian fighter Sam ‘Hands of Stone’ Stout (20-8-1) as part of the FX prelims.
News of the change was announced this afternoon by the Canadian office of the Ultimate Fighting Championship via Twitter (@UFC_CA).
– Switch up of lightweights for #UFC161. @IKEVF forced out with an injury; @SammyJstout will now face former WECer @TheJamesKrause
UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson is scheduled to take place on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Stout is 4-2 in his last six matches and is 1-1 in his last two bouts. The Canadian fighter picked up a split decision over Caros Fodor last February at UFC 157, while losing a decision to John Makdessi last November at UFC 154.
Krause enters the UFC riding a seven fight win streak picking up two KO finishes, three submissions and two decisions in that run. His most recent match took place last January at a Resurrection Fighting Alliance show where Krause earned a decision against Toby Imada. Krause made two appearances with the WEC, losing both matches against Ricardo Lamas and Donald Cerrone.
TJ Grant defeated Gray Maynard by TKO in the 1st round at UFC 160. Grant proved his doubters wrong with his stunning performance and is looking to take on Benson Henderson for the UFC Lightweight Title on his home turf in Canada.
TJ Grant defeated Gray Maynard by TKO in the 1st round at UFC 160. Grant proved his doubters wrong with his stunning performance and is looking to take on Benson Henderson for the UFC Lightweight Title on his home turf in Canada.
Press Release – The Maximum Fighting Championship will be without rising star and lightweight champion Graham “Cracka” Spencer for an extended period due to injury. Spencer originally suffered the injury in training camp prior to his title fight against Mukai Maromo at MFC 36 – a bout in which the Nanaimo, B.C., product would submit […]
Press Release – The Maximum Fighting Championship will be without rising star and lightweight champion Graham “Cracka” Spencer for an extended period due to injury.
Spencer originally suffered the injury in training camp prior to his title fight against Mukai Maromo at MFC 36 – a bout in which the Nanaimo, B.C., product would submit his foe to claim the MFC’s lightweight belt. Spencer (10-1) put the difficulties aside to secure a third-round submission victory, but the pain never went away. In the end, it was discovered the Spencer fought with a torn labrum in his right shoulder.
“I couldn’t wrestle for the last month of my camp,” recalled Spencer. “After the fight I went to the doctor and told him about how I was having trouble and he thought I had a bulging disc in my neck so I got a bunch of tests done but nothing was wrong.
“So I got my shoulder x-rayed and it was separated. I did six weeks of rehab for that and tried to go back to training but it still didn’t feel right. Finally I just went and got an MRI and that’s how they found the tear.”
It’s unclear just how long Spencer will be sidelined. First and foremost, he needs to get on the operating table and get surgery to repair the tear.
“I’m very frustrated,” offered Spencer. “The first surgeon I talked to had a two-year waiting list. I’ve got a consult with a different doctor on July 31.
“If I don’t like what he says I’m going to just get it done privately. For now, I’m just working to get enough hours so I can get disability while I’m rehabbing. It doesn’t really bug me too bad unless I wrestle or lift weights but there no way it can hold up to training every day.”
The injury shelves Spencer’s desire to not only defend the lightweight belt but also his attempt to become the MFC’s first double-belt holder with his quest to win the featherweight title as well. Spencer is currently on a five-fight winning streak which includes two wins over Maromo and a decision victory over Shane Nelson at MFC 35.
“It couldn’t have happened at a worse time,” said Spencer, who was training with Team Alpha Male. “I was going to rent a place in Sacramento so I could be training there all the time and my wife could come down when she was available.
“Plus the MFC has been getting me so much recognition. Now I’m going to have to build it all up again.”
With the loss of the UFC 161 main event, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will add a heavyweight match between Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson (19-7) and Stipe Miocic (9-1) to the Canadian event bringing the pay-per-view card back up to five matches. USA Today confirmed the news with UFC president Dana White late Tuesday evening. The […]
Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson
With the loss of the UFC 161 main event, the Ultimate Fighting Championship will add a heavyweight match between Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson (19-7) and Stipe Miocic (9-1) to the Canadian event bringing the pay-per-view card back up to five matches.
USA Today confirmed the news with UFC president Dana White late Tuesday evening.
The bout replaces an interim bantamweight title match between Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland after the champ Barao was forced out with an injury. Moving into the main event position will be a light heavyweight battle between Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson.
UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson is expected to take place on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Nelson enters the bout on a three fight win streak and is 4-1 in his last five matches. ‘Big Country’ was in action less than a month ago at UFC 159, stopping Cheick Kongo by first round knockout to earn the “Knockout of the Night” bonus, the fourth such bonus of Nelson’s career. All four of his recent victories for have been via (T)KO.
Miocic wants to turn things around following the first loss of his pro-career, having suffered a second round TKO loss to Stefan Struve last September at UFC on FUEL TV 5. Prior to that, Miocic had won three straight in the UFC, defeating fighters Shan del Rosario, Phil De Fries and Joey Beltran in those appearances.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has confirmed that a previously reported injury to UFC interim bantamweight champ Renan Barao has forced the Brazilian out of his UFC 161 main event bout versus Eddie Wineland. Promoted to the main event are light heavyweights ‘Suga’ Rashad Evans (17-3-1) and Dan Henderson (29-9) who were already set to meet […]
Rashad Evans at a pre-fight press conference for UFC 145 – Photo by Scott Cunningham for Getty Images
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has confirmed that a previously reported injury to UFC interim bantamweight champ Renan Barao has forced the Brazilian out of his UFC 161 main event bout versus Eddie Wineland.
Promoted to the main event are light heavyweights ‘Suga’ Rashad Evans (17-3-1) and Dan Henderson (29-9) who were already set to meet in the nights co-main matchup.
UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson is expected to take place on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada marking the promotions first visit to the Canadian prairie city.
Evans has lost his last two matches, dropping a decision to Antônio Rogério Nogueira at UFC 156 and to division champ Jon Jones in April 2012 at UFC 145. ‘Suga’ earned his last victory back in January 2012 by earning a No. 1 contender spot by defeating Phil Davis by unanimous decision.
Henderson saw a four fight win streak end at the hands of former UFC champ Lyoto Machida last February at UFC 157 after losing by split decision to ‘The Dragon.’ Prior victories for the wrestler include wins over Mauricio Rua at UFC 139, Fedor Emelianenko, Rafael Cavalcante, and Renato Sobral.
A report from Brazilian news site Tatame.com has UFC bantamweight interim champ Renan Barão (30-1, 1NC) withdrawing from his upcoming UFC 161 title defense due to injury. According to the website Barão injured his right foot and will not recover in time before the June 15th date. Barão was to have faced Eddie Wineland in […]
UFC interim champ Renan Barao – Image by Anne-Marie Sorvin – US PRESSWIRE
A report from Brazilian news site Tatame.com has UFC bantamweight interim champ Renan Barão (30-1, 1NC) withdrawing from his upcoming UFC 161 title defense due to injury.
According to the website Barão injured his right foot and will not recover in time before the June 15th date.
Barão was to have faced Eddie Wineland in the main event of UFC 161, scheduled for next month in the promotions first visit to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
This was to have been Barão’s second title defense after submitting Michael McDonald last February in London, England at UFC on FUEL TV 7. The Brazilian has remained undefeated in thirty-one straight matches including six inside the Octagon and two under the WEC banner.
No official word has come from the Ultimate Fighting Championship as to whether the bout will be delayed or a new opponent will be found for Wineland.
Due to the prickly nature of injuries, and losses by fighters facing underdogs in situations like this one, I expect Wineland will wait the month it will take Barão to heal.
