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Four Fighters, Including Rachael Ostovich, Pull Out Of UFC Uruguay

Women’s flyweight Rachael Ostovich is among four fighters to have recently pulled out of the upcoming UFC Uruguay event on August 10. The first fighter was Taila Santos, with a wrist injury pulling her out of her women’s flyweight fight with Ariane Carnelossi according to MMA Fighting. Then it was announced by the UFC that […]

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Women’s flyweight Rachael Ostovich is among four fighters to have recently pulled out of the upcoming UFC Uruguay event on August 10.

The first fighter was Taila Santos, with a wrist injury pulling her out of her women’s flyweight fight with Ariane Carnelossi according to MMA Fighting.

Then it was announced by the UFC that Polyana Viana would replace Ostovich for her flyweight bout against Veronica Macedo. Ostovich last competed in January, suffering a submission defeat to Paige VanZant. The reason for her withdrawal is undisclosed as of now.

The promotion later announced that Rodrigo Vargas would replace Rafael Fiziev against Alex da Silva in a lightweight contest.

Finally, Laureano Staropoli suffered a broken nose, resulting in him withdrawing from his welterweight bout with Alexey Kunchenko. Luckily for the UFC, former lightweight Gilbert Burns will reportedly be stepping in and making his welterweight debut in the process.

Amazingly, all of these pullouts occurred on the same day. Luckily, there’s still over a week to go for UFC Uruguay so all was not lost.

UFC Uruguay Card

UFC Uruguay takes place in Montevideo and will be headlined by a women’s flyweight title fight between champion Valentina Shevchenko and Liz Carmouche.

Below is the full card as of now:

  • Valentina Shevchenko vs. Liz Carmouche
  • Vicente Luque vs. Mike Perry
  • Volkan Oezdemir vs. Ilir Latifi
  • Luiz Eduardo Garagorri vs. Humberto Bandenay
  • Oskar Piechota vs. Rodolfo Vieira
  • Raphael Pessoa vs. Ciryl Gane
  • Enrique Barzola vs. Bobby Mofett
  • Tecia Torres vs. Marina Rodriguez
  • Raulian Paiva vs. Rogerio Bontorin
  • Ariane Carnelossi vs. TBD
  • Alex da Silva vs. Rodrigo Vargas
  • Alexey Kunchenko vs. Gilbert Burns
  • Veronica Macedo vs. Polyana Viana
  • Chris Gutierrez vs. Geraldo de Freitas

What do you think of the card?

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Gilbert Burns Calls Out Alexander Hernandez: ‘Stop Hiding!’

Lightweight Gilbert Burns claims Alexander Hernandez is avoiding him by not signing a contract for a scheduled bout at UFC Uruguay. Burns made it four wins in his last five following his submission victory over Mike Davis at UFC Fort Lauderdale last month. The Brazilian revealed afterwards that Hernandez declined to fight him on that […]

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Lightweight Gilbert Burns claims Alexander Hernandez is avoiding him by not signing a contract for a scheduled bout at UFC Uruguay.

Burns made it four wins in his last five following his submission victory over Mike Davis at UFC Fort Lauderdale last month.

The Brazilian revealed afterwards that Hernandez declined to fight him on that card, but was an opponent he would like to face next.

“I want to fight Alexander Hernandez next,” Burns said (via MMA Junkie). “Tell him to choose. July 6, June 29, just tell me the date. I want to fight him next. … I have nothing personal against him, I just want his place [in the rankings]. I want the challenge.”

A contract has seemingly been sent over to Hernandez since for a bout at UFC Uruguay on August 10. However, “The Great” is yet to sign it as Burns called him out on Thursday.

“Hey @TheGreat155 wtf are you doing?” Burns wrote. “Cowboy Cerrone had fought once and he is fighting again! Stop hiding! Get you sh*t together and sign the contract! See you in Uruguay August 10.”

Hernandez broke into the top 15 of the lightweight rankings following his explosive debut last year where he knocked out Beniel Dariush.

He followed it up with a win over Olivier Aubin-Mercier, but suffered a devastating knockout defeat to Donald Cerrone in January.

Still, he is ranked No. 13 in the division and a win for Burns would undoubtedly see him move up the ranks. Do you want to see this fight?

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Gilbert Burns to Alex Hernandez: “Sign the Contract”

One of the biggest stories of 2018 and arguably the most memorable debut was that of now 26-year-old Alexander Hernandez when the young upstart starched Beniel Dariush in the opening stanza. That debut showing had Hernandez ranked in no time. For his e…

One of the biggest stories of 2018 and arguably the most memorable debut was that of now 26-year-old Alexander Hernandez when the young upstart starched Beniel Dariush in the opening stanza. That debut showing had Hernandez ranked in no time. For his encore performance, Hernandez would pass a stiff test in Olivier Mercier by grinding […]

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UFC 231’s Gilbert Burns Believes He’ll Finish Olivier Aubin-Mercier (Exclusive)

Gilbert Burns will be the first to admit he was very disappointed after being pulled from his fight against Olivier Aubin-Mercier in February. “Durinho” was deemed too heavy to make a weight cut by the commission and he was forced to withdr…

Gilbert Burns will be the first to admit he was very disappointed after being pulled from his fight against Olivier Aubin-Mercier in February. “Durinho” was deemed too heavy to make a weight cut by the commission and he was forced to withdraw from his matchup against Mercier at UFC on FOX 26. However the stars […]

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Highlights: Dan Hooker Scores Massive KO To Kick Off UFC 226

Watch Dan Hooker score an insane KO to kick off UFC 226:

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Surging lightweight Dan ‘The Hangman’ Hooker brought three straight finish wins into his preliminary card bout against Gilbert Burns at tonight’s (Sat., July 7, 2018) UFC 226 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

With the opportunity to debut on the packed UFC lightweight top 15 at hand, the New Zealand native capitalized in a huge way, countering a big right hand from Burns and dropping him with an absolutely massive left hand.

It was quite the way to get UFC 226 started off right. Watch the electrifying knockout right here:

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Highlights: Rising Lightweight Scores Monstrous Walk-Off Knockout In Glendale

He may be known for his world championship-level Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills, but rising lightweight contender Gilbert “Durinho” Burns is rapidly gaining respect for his highlight reel knockouts. Burns met late replacement UFC debutant Dan Moret on the Fight Pass-aired preliminary card of tonight’s (Sat., April 14, 2018) UFC on FOX 29 from the Gila River Arena in […]

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He may be known for his world championship-level Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills, but rising lightweight contender Gilbert “Durinho” Burns is rapidly gaining respect for his highlight reel knockouts.

Burns met late replacement UFC debutant Dan Moret on the Fight Pass-aired preliminary card of tonight’s (Sat., April 14, 2018) UFC on FOX 29 from the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona after original opponent Lando Vannata was forced out of the bout.

After a back-and-forth two rounds, ‘Durinho’ landed a beautiful sequence of punches ending with a monster right uppercut to crumple Moret out cold for one of them ore brutal walk-off knockouts we’ve seen in some time.

Check it out here:

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