Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman off and Injured UFC 199 Based on reports from FloCombat and MMAJunkie, Chris Weidman is from the UFC 199 headlining bout against Luke Rockhold.
TalkMMA reported that the news . This is the fourth time Weidman was forced to pull out of a championship bout. Chris Weidman posted this on his Facebook this morning explaining the injury. UFC 199 takes place. Here’s an updated look in the card Luke Rockhold (15-2) vs. TBA Dominick Cruz (21-1) vs. Urijah Faber (33-8) Max Holloway (15-3) vs. Ricardo Lamas (16-4) Dan Henderson (31-14) vs. Hector Lombard (34-5-1, 2NC) Dustin Poirier (19-4) vs. Bobby Green (23-6) B.J. Penn (16-10-2) vs. Cole Miller (21-9, 1NC) Brian Ortega (10-0, 1NC) vs. Clay Guida (32-16) Beneil Dariush (12-2) vs. James Vick (9-0) Jessica Penne (12-3) vs. Jessica Andrade (13-5) Sean Strickland (17-1) vs. Tom Breese (10-0) Jonathan Wilson (7-0) vs. Luiz Henrique da Silva (10-0) Kevin Casey (9-4, 2NC) vs. Elvis Mutapcic (15-4) Dong Hyun Kim (13-7-3) vs. Marco Polo Reyes (5-2) Undefeated RFA bantamweight Matthew Lopez meets Rani Yahya at UFC Fight Night 91 UFC officials announced Tuesday that RFA bantamweight Matthew Lopez has signed together with the promotion and will take on Rani Yahya in UFC Sioux Falls. Lopez (8-0) boasts seven stoppage victories in eight career spells. He heads to this matchup off his fifth-straight first round success including a win over Eli Finn in RFA 3 7 in his last fight. Ahead of this matchup I talked with Lopez about his MMA career. Yahya (21-8) heads into this matchup off a split-decision victory over Masanori Kanehara, which has capped off back to back wins for the Brazilian. UFC Fight Night 91 takes place July 13 in Denny Sanford Premier Center at Sioux Falls, S.D. Here is an updated look in the card. Michael Chiesa vs. Tony Ferguson Tim Boetsch vs. Josh Samman Ben Nguyen vs. Louis Smolka Keita Nakamura vs. Kyle Noke Alexey Oleinik vs. Daniel Omielanczuk Scott Holtzman vs. Cody Pfister Devin Clark vs. Alex Nicholson Matthew Lopez vs. Rani Yahya UFC signals Jordan Rinaldi, matches Abel Trujillo at UFC Fight Night 88 With Diego Ferreira recently eliminated from UFC Fight Night 88 due a possible USADA anti-doping violation, the promotion has signed Jordan Rinaldi who now meets Abel Trujillo in UFC Fight Night 88. Rinaldi (12-4) heads into this short notice matchup onto a five-fight winning series. He’s coming off Another round submission success over Lashawn Alcocks at Fight Laboratory 52. Trujillo (14-6) is coming off a first round entry victory over Tony Sims back in January. UFC Fight Night 88 takes place May 29 at Mandalay Bay Events Center at Sin City. Here’s an updated look in the card. MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 9 p.m. ET) Thomas Almeida vs. Cody Garbrandt Renan Barao vs. Jeremy Stephens Tarec Saffiedine vs. Rick Story Chris Camozzi vs. Vitor Miranda Lorenz Larkin vs. Jorge Masvidal Josh Burkman vs. Paul Felder PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 7 p.m. ET) Jessica Eye vs. Sara McMann Jordan Rinaldi vs. Abel Trujillo Jake Collier vs. Alberto Pereira Uda Shane Campbell vs. Erik Koch PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET) Bryan Caraway vs. Aljamain Sterling Chris DeLaRocha vs. Adam Milstead Francis Ngannou vs. Bojan Mihajlovic booked for UFC on FOX 20 in Chicago UFC officials also announced on Tuesday that heavyweights Francis Ngannou and Bojan Mihajlovic are set to face off at UFC on FOX 20. Ngannou (7-1 ) heads into this matchup off back-to-back knockout victories over Luis Henrique and Curtis Blaydes. He has won six straight fights, seven of which have come by stoppage. Mihajlovic (10-3) makes his UFC debut and is coming to the fight on a 10-fight win streak. It should be noted that these fighters were originally slated to fight at UFC Fight Night 86 in April, but the European fighter wound up withdrawing from the card. UFC on FOX 20 takes place July 23 at United Center in Chicago. Here is an updated look at the card. Holly Holm vs. Valentina Shevchenko Anthony Johnson vs. Glover Teixeira Edson Barboza vs. Gilbert Melendez James Moontasri vs. Alex Oliveira George Sullivan vs. Hector Urbina Ryan LaFlare vs. Alexander Yakovlev Luis Henrique vs. Dmitry Smolyakov Kailin Curran vs. Felice Herrig Tony Martin vs. Michel Prazeres Frankie Saenz vs. Eddie Wineland Bojan Mihajlovic vs. Francis Ngannou Lookin’ for a Fight: Episode 5
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