UFC officials announced Tuesday that Tonya Evinger will replace Megan Anderson at UFC 214 against Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino for the women’s 145-pound title on July 29th.
The Invicta FC featherweight champion, issued a statement on Twitter, saying “pressing personal reasons” is why she’s off this fight.
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) June 28, 2017
Evinger (19-5) makes her UFC debut and heads into this matchup on a 10-fight unbeaten streak. The Invicta FC bantamweight champion tried out for Season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter but lost to Raquel Pennington in the opening matchup to get into the house.
Here’s an updated look at the card…
Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Jon Jones – for light heavyweight title
Cristiane Justino vs. Tony Evinger – for vacant women’s featherweight title
Andre Fili vs. TBA
Jason Knight vs. Ricardo Lamas
Renan Barao vs. Aljamain Sterling
Alexandra Albu vs. Kailin Curran
Josh Burkman vs. Drew Dober
Dmitrii Smoliakov vs. Adam Wieczorkowski
Jarred Brooks vs. Eric Shelton
Jimi Manuwa vs. Volkan Oezdemir
Sage Northcutt vs. John Makdessi
Renato Moicano vs. Brian Ortega
Sara McMann vs. Ketlen Vieira
Donald Cerrone injured, matchup with Robbie Lawler bout likely moved to UFC 214 MMAFighting broke the news this morning that the welterweight matchup between Donald Cerrone vs. Robbie Lawler at UFC 213 is off the card due to an undisclosed injury to “Cowboy.” The report also mentions the matchup will likely be rescheduled for UFC 214. Stay turned to MMAOddsBreaker.com for more updates on this situation.
Albert Morales now faces Brett Johns at UFC Fight Night 113
Jim Edwards at Champions reports that Mitch Gagnon has pulled out of his scheduled matchup with Brett Johns at UFC Fight Night 113 on July 16th. Replacing Gagnon will be fellow bantamweight Albert Morales.
Morales (7-1-1) is coming off his first UFC victory, as he defeated Andre Soukhamthath by split decision at UFC 209. The 26-year-old has won five of his seven career fights by stoppage. Meanwhile, Johns (13-0) came out on top in his promotional debut, earning a unanimous-decision win over Kwan Ho Kwak at UFC Fight Night 99. The former Titan FC champion was slated to face Ian Entwistle at UFC Fight Night 107, but that bout was scrapped due to his opponent having weight cut issues.
Here’s an updated look at the card…
Gunnar Nelson vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
Joanne Calderwood vs. Cynthia Calvillo
Stevie Ray vs. Paul Felder
Jack Marshman vs. Ryan Janes
Khalil Rountree vs. Paul Craig
James Mulheron vs. Justin Willis
Charlie Ward vs. Galore Bofando
Brett Johns vs. Albert Morales
Danny Roberts vs. Bobby Nash
Leslie Smith vs. Amanda Lemos
Alexandre Pantoja vs. Neil Seery
