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John Lineker & Ion Cutelaba Forced Off ESPN+ 1

John Lineker and Ion Cutelaba have been forced off of next week’s UFC on ESPN+ 1 fight card. Now the promotion must scramble to find suitable replacements. According to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, both Lineker and Cutelaba have been forced out of their perspective contests against Cory Sandhagen and Glover Teixeira. A new year is already […]

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John Lineker and Ion Cutelaba have been forced off of next week’s UFC on ESPN+ 1 fight card. Now the promotion must scramble to find suitable replacements.

According to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, both Lineker and Cutelaba have been forced out of their perspective contests against Cory Sandhagen and Glover Teixeira.

A new year is already bringing familiar for the matchmaking department. It will prove to be a tall task to find available fighters on just nine days’ notice.

Although this is a tough blow for the debut card on ESPN, the fight card still remains loaded with intriguing contests. The night will culminate with a champion vs. champion bout between Henry Cejudo and T.J. Dillashaw for the flyweight title.

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Teixeira Says He Can’t Go Out There and “Just Bang It Out” Anymore

At 39-years-old, former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Glover Teixeira knows he’s not as young as he once was. He can’t step into the cage with reckless abandonment and swing for the fences anymore. The Brazilian only competed once …

At 39-years-old, former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Glover Teixeira knows he’s not as young as he once was. He can’t step into the cage with reckless abandonment and swing for the fences anymore. The Brazilian only competed once in 2018 due to injury. That fight was a loss to Corey Anderson via unanimous decision […]

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T.J. Dillashaw Responds To Concerns Over His Flyweight Cut

T.J. Dillashaw is well aware of those who are talking about his weight-cutting progress. Dillashaw is the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title holder, but he’s eyeing another piece of gold. Dillashaw will be challenging Henry C…

T.J. Dillashaw is well aware of those who are talking about his weight-cutting progress. Dillashaw is the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title holder, but he’s eyeing another piece of gold. Dillashaw will be challenging Henry Cejudo for the UFC flyweight championship. The bout will go down on Jan. 19 and it’ll headline UFC on […]

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UFC On ESPN+ 1: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw Full Fight Card

UFC on ESPN+ 1 is fast approaching and with a champion vs. champion fight as the headliner, it looks to be a cant miss card. The ESPN era is here, or rather it starts on Saturday, January 19 from the Barclays Centrer in Brooklyn, NY. Henry Cejudo will defend his flyweight title against the bantamweight […]

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UFC on ESPN+ 1 is fast approaching and with a champion vs. champion fight as the headliner, it looks to be a cant miss card.

The ESPN era is here, or rather it starts on Saturday, January 19 from the Barclays Centrer in Brooklyn, NY. Henry Cejudo will defend his flyweight title against the bantamweight king T.J. Dillashaw in the main event.

Many fans and MMA pundits have taken great exception with this fight card. For instance, fan favorite fighter Donald Cerrone will headline the prelims while highly controversial former NFL player Greg Hardy will make his UFC debut in the co-main slot.

Here is a look at the entire night of fights from UFC on ESPN+ 1.

Main Card (ESPN+, 10 PM ET):

Henry Cejudo vs. T.J. Dillashaw

Allen Crowder vs. Greg Hardy

Gregor Gillespie vs. Yancy Medeiros

Joseph Benavidez vs. Dustin Ortiz

Rachael Ostovich vs. Paige VanZant

Ion Cutelaba vs. Glover Teixeira

Preliminary Card (ESPN, 8 PM ET):

Donald Cerrone vs. Alexander Hernandez

Joanne Calderwood vs. Ariane Lipski

Alonzo Menifield vs. Vinicius Moreira

John Lineker vs. Cory Sandhagen

Preliminary Card (ESPN+, 6:30 PM ET)

Dennis Bermudez vs. Te Edwards

Belal Muhammad vs. Geoff Neal

Randy Brown vs. Chance Rencountre

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Henry Cejudo Won’t Fight Dillashaw If He Misses Weight For UFC on ESPN+ 1

There’s a real possibility that TJ Dillashaw might not be the man standing across the cage from Henry Cejudo in Brooklyn. Currently, the UFC flyweight champion is set to defend his title against 135-pound champion TJ Dillashaw on January 19th. Dillashaw is attempting to become the fourth-ever “Champ Champ” in UFC history. However, there’s some […]

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There’s a real possibility that TJ Dillashaw might not be the man standing across the cage from Henry Cejudo in Brooklyn.

Currently, the UFC flyweight champion is set to defend his title against 135-pound champion TJ Dillashaw on January 19th. Dillashaw is attempting to become the fourth-ever “Champ Champ” in UFC history. However, there’s some concern that Dillashaw might not make weight. Dillashaw needs to cut down to 125 pounds, 10 pounds less than where he usually fights.

Should Dillashaw not make weight for the bout, Cejudo will be opting to challenge another flyweight. That’s according to the champion’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, who spoke to MMA Fighting recently. Should Dillashaw miss weight, Abdelaziz says that Cejudo will opt to fight Joseph Benavidez instead, who is competing on the UFC on ESPN+ 1 main card:

“I don’t think T.J.’s going to make weight and if he misses weight by .1 pounds, Joseph Benavidez is going to fight, we’re going to give Joseph a shot,” Abdelaziz said.

“Because I personally don’t think he’ll make it. If he makes it, he’s going to be weak, fragile, and he’s going to have a long, long night with the champ. He’s a good fighter, but he can’t fight at the pace Henry’s going to fight him at 125. He doesn’t have the speed to fight Henry.”

Currently, Benavidez is slated to face Dustin Ortiz in Brooklyn. Should he make championship weight, and Dillashaw not make weight, he could get a shot at the 125-pound title. Cejudo and Benavidez have shared the Octagon before. Benavidez took a controversial split decision win over Cejudo back in December of 2016.

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Manager: Cejudo Won’t Fight Dillashaw If He Misses Weight

The “Champ Champ” trend in the UFC continues. It started with Conor McGregor’s capture of the featherweight and lightweight titles. Daniel Cormier followed by capturing both the light heavyweight and heavyweight belts. Now, Amanda Nun…

The “Champ Champ” trend in the UFC continues. It started with Conor McGregor’s capture of the featherweight and lightweight titles. Daniel Cormier followed by capturing both the light heavyweight and heavyweight belts. Now, Amanda Nunes holds both the UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight titles. Of course, Nunes is the only champion at the moment who […]

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