Tony Ferguson injured, fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov scrapped for UFC on FOX 19 MMAJunkie reports that Tony Ferguson is from his struggle with Khabib Nurmagomedov due to injury and the matchup has been pulled from the card. Together with the injury information, Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira now becomes a five-round fight and is the card’s new principal event. UFC on FOX 19 occurs April 16 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.. Here’s an updated look in the card MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET) Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. TBA Dan Henderson vs. Lyoto Machida Rose Namajunas vs. Tecia Torres PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX, 6 p.m. ET) Michael Chiesa vs. Beneil Dariush Hacran Dias vs. Cub Swanson John Dodson vs. Manny Gamburyan Court McGee vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4 p.m. ET) Bethe Correia vs. Raquel Pennington Randy Brown vs. Michael Graves Cezar Ferreira vs. Caio Magalhaes Drew Dober vs. Islam Makhachev Omari Akhmedov vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Quinton Rampage Jackson vs. Satoshi Ishii set for Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 June Bellator officials confirmed Tuesday evening that the advertising has a date for their second MMA and kickboxing crossover event. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto accounts that headlining the card is going to be the yield of Quinton Jackson because he takes on Satoshi Ishii. Jackson (36-11) is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Fabio Maldonado at UFC 186 back in April 2015. He heads into this matchup on a four-fight winning streak. Ishii (14-5-1) is 2-2 in his last four fights and is coming off a TKO loss to Ji???? Proch??zka back at the RIZIN occasion in December. Bellator 157: Dynamite two will take place June 24 at Scottrade Center at St. Louis. This is the only matchup announced for the card up to now. ‘TUF 24’ tryouts set for April 25; tournament winner earns UFC flyweight title taken According to some UFC press launch, Season 24 of this The Ultimate Fighter will feature flyweights. The fascinating thing is that the winner of the championship makes a shot at the winner of this upcoming Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo championship fight at UFC 197. This is the next time TUF has attribute title implications. Season 4″The Comeback” saw Matt Serra earning a title shot against then winner Georges St-Pierre (who he defeated). Carla Esparza earned the inaugural woman’s strawweight title after winning Season 20’s championship. Tryouts will take place April 25 in Palace Station in Las Vegas, NV. The reality show will start filming in June along with the series will premiere August 31 on Fox Sports 1. Douglas Lima meets Chidi Njokuani at Bellator 156 at June Bellator officials declared Tuesday that the former welterweight champion Douglas Lima will return to the cage against Chidi Njokuani. Lima (26-6) is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Andrey Koreshkov last July at which he dropped his welterweight strap. The loss snapped his five-fight winning streak. Njokuani (14-4) has won eight of his past ten matchups and will be coming off a unanimous decision over Ricky Rainey. Bellator 156 takes place June 17 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.. Champion Miesha Tate brings new UFC contract KHI Managment, which represents Miesha Tate declared that the UFC woman’s bantamweight champion has signed a new deal with the UFC. Terms of the new deal were not published, but MMA Fighting reports that Tate was not a free agent after her tournament victory with Holly Holm in UFC 196.
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