UFC lightweight Nate Diaz isn’t happy about the injury plague in the UFC either, guys. Late Thursday evening, it was announced on Fox Sports Live that former UFC lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis was injured and out of his fight against Myles “Fury” Jury at UFC on Fox 16 (h/t MMAjunkie‘s Mike Bohn). According to the […]
UFC lightweight Nate Diaz isn’t happy about the injury plague in the UFC either, guys. Late Thursday evening, it was announced on Fox Sports Live that former UFC lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis was injured and out of his fight against Myles “Fury” Jury at UFC on Fox 16 (h/t MMAjunkie‘s Mike Bohn). According to the […]
UFC President Dana White is nothing if not quick to make assumptions and even quicker to broadcast them. The latest entity to be caught in the crossfire? The American Kickboxing Academy, home to a number of top-notch UFC fighters, including heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and light heavyweight contender Daniel […]
UFC President Dana White is nothing if not quick to make assumptions and even quicker to broadcast them. The latest entity to be caught in the crossfire? The American Kickboxing Academy, home to a number of top-notch UFC fighters, including heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and light heavyweight contender Daniel […]
The sudden withdrawal of Yoel Romero from UFC on Fox 15 leaves a hole that just can’t be filled. Anybody who has seen the hulking Olympic wrestler compete, or even just walk into a room, can tell you that. His stocky, heavily muscled frame, newsboy fashion sense and quirky fighting style all cut Romero a […]
The sudden withdrawal of Yoel Romero from UFC on Fox 15 leaves a hole that just can’t be filled. Anybody who has seen the hulking Olympic wrestler compete, or even just walk into a room, can tell you that. His stocky, heavily muscled frame, newsboy fashion sense and quirky fighting style all cut Romero a […]
UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw suffered a rib injury during his preparation for a rematch with Renan Barao at UFC 186. The fight has now been postponed and there’s no timetable for his return to the Octagon. Continue for updates. Ruled Out of UFC 186 Tuesday, March 24 Nancy Gay of the promotion’s official site […]
UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw suffered a rib injury during his preparation for a rematch with Renan Barao at UFC 186. The fight has now been postponed and there’s no timetable for his return to the Octagon. Continue for updates. Ruled Out of UFC 186 Tuesday, March 24 Nancy Gay of the promotion’s official site […]
(WHAT ARE YOU SMILING AT, TJ? CAN’T YOU SEE THAT *WE’RE* THE ONES IN REAL PAIN?!! via Getty.)
Perhaps the most shocking thing about UFC 185 was not the pair of title fight upsets that occurred that night, but that all of the fighters competing in said title fights even managed to make it to fight night at all. There aren’t many injury-free fighters like Jeremy Horn these days, to the point that the UFC is forced to abandon plans for a card containing just one title fight more often than not, or just cancel the card altogether. With UFC 186, they were attempting to do the impossible again, booking both the TJ Dillashaw–Renan Barao bantamweight title fight rematch and a flyweight bout between champion Demetrious Johnson and Kyro…Kyjo…some other guy.
What I’m saying is, we probably shouldn’t be that surprised to learn that one of those 2 title fights (the one we were interested in, more specifically) will no longer be happening.
Details after the jump.
(WHAT ARE YOU SMILING AT, TJ? CAN’T YOU SEE THAT *WE’RE* THE ONES IN REAL PAIN?!! via Getty.)
Perhaps the most shocking thing about UFC 185 was not the pair of title fight upsets that occurred that night, but that all of the fighters competing in said title fights even managed to make it to fight night at all. There aren’t many injury-free fighters like Jeremy Horn these days, to the point that the UFC is forced to abandon plans for a card containing just one title fight more often than not, or just cancel the card altogether. With UFC 186, they were attempting to do the impossible again, booking both the TJ Dillashaw–Renan Barao bantamweight title fight rematch and a flyweight bout between champion Demetrious Johnson and Kyro…Kyjo…some other guy.
What I’m saying is, we probably shouldn’t be that surprised to learn that one of those 2 title fights (the one we were interested in, more specifically) will no longer be happening.
Details after the jump.
Winning a UFC title nowadays is akin to moving into the Amityville house, or feeding your Mogwai after midnight and not expecting some serious shenanigans to transpire. As such, newly-crowned bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw — who has pulled out of exactly zero fights in his UFC career due to injury — has been forced out of UFC 186 with a fractured rib. (via the UFC’s official report):
UFC President Dana White said Tuesday that TJ Dillashaw has sustained a rib fracture that will force a postponement of his much-anticipated UFC 186 bantamweight rematch against Renan Barao in Montreal on April 25.
White revealed the news during an interview with Los Angeles radio personality Kurt “Big Boy” Alexander on KRRL-FM 92.3.
Dillashaw’s injury occurred during training on Monday, White said. There is no immediate timetable for his return.
Fantastic.
This of course bumps the flyweight title match between Johnson and the other guy into the main event slot, which has been taken with the kind of grace you’d expect from MMA fans with Twitter accounts:
Great stuff, you guys. I guess the UFC can sleep easy knowing that most of these people weren’t planning on actually paying for UFC 186 in the first place. Go team!
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will miss an additional six to seven months after his body rejected a cadaver ACL placed in his injured knee. Marc Raimondi of MMA Fighting passed along the news from colleague Ariel Helwani: Evans, 35, has not fought since Nov. 16, 2013 due to complications from a knee injury. He […]
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will miss an additional six to seven months after his body rejected a cadaver ACL placed in his injured knee. Marc Raimondi of MMA Fighting passed along the news from colleague Ariel Helwani: Evans, 35, has not fought since Nov. 16, 2013 due to complications from a knee injury. He […]
