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Late Monday evening officials with the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced the withdrawal of co-main event fighter Maurício ‘Shogun’ Rua from the upcoming UFC 161 event in Canada.

The announcement was made at UFC.com.

Winnipeg’s upcoming UFC event has undergone its third injury-related change in three weeks, this one bumping the planned co-main event off the card entirely.

Light heavyweight Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has been injured in training and forced out of his planned bout with former champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Shogun will instead be booked on a card later this summer and UFC 161 will proceed with 11 bouts.

Moving into the co-main event slot will be heavyweights Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson (19-7) vs. Stipe Miocic (9-1). The two were added to the card recently after the main event bout between interim bantamweight champ Renana Barao and Eddie Wineland was scrapped after Barao fell to the injury bugy.

Stepping up to the main pay-per-view card from the prelims will be a light heavyweight match featuring Canadian Ryan Jimmo (17-2) and Igor Pokrajac (25-9).

Former middleweight and light heavyweight contender Chael Sonnen had been lobbying to replace the injured Nogueira at the Winnipeg event but according to news website Globo Sonnen had issues getting a visa on short notice. The two are expected to meet on August 17, 2013 at UFC on FOX Sports 1: 1 in Boston.

UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson is expected to take place on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The event is headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson.

Fans who bought tickets to this months UFC 161 event in Winnipeg, Manitoba will see another major change to the main card with news that co-main event fighter Antônio Rogério ‘Lil Nog’ Nogueira (21-5) has been forced out of the event due to injury.

Opponent, and former UFC champ, Maurício ‘Shogun’ Rua (21-7) is awaiting the announcement of a new adversary for the pay-per-view event.

Brazil’s Globo.com reported the news on Sunday evening and was since confirmed by MMAFighting.com.

Nogueira is apparently out with a back injury.

This is the second major shake up for Canadian event as an interim bantamweight bout between champion Renan Barao and Eddie Wineland was postponed a few weeks ago after Barao was forced out due to injury.

UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson is expected to take place on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The event is being headlined by a light heavyweight match featuring Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson.

Nogueira had won two straight and was 2-2 in his last four matches. His most recent victory came in February when he beat Evans by unanimous decision at UFC 156.

Rua is 3-4 in his last seven Octagon appearances losing a decision to Alexander Gustafsson last December at UFC on FOX 5. ‘Shogun’ picked up his last victory in August of last year after stopping Brandon Vera by TKO at UFC on FOX 4.