An undisclosed injury has forced Frankie Edgar off his Dec. 2 title challenge against UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway at UFC 218. Combate was the first to report the news. According MMAFighting, Edgar suffered the injury earlier this week and should be ready to fight in 12 weeks as he does not need surgery. No word on who will replace Edgar against Holloway. UFC 218 takes place at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Here’s an updated look at the card.
Main Card (Pay-per-view)
Max Holloway vs. TBD
Alistair Overeem vs. Francis Ngannou
Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje
Tecia Torres vs. Michelle Waterson
Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1)
Paul Felder vs. Charles Oliveira
Alex Oliveira vs. Yancy Medeiros
Drakkar Klose vs. David Teymur
Felice Herrig vs. Cortney Casey
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi
Jeremy Kimball vs. Dominick Reyes
Allen Crowder vs. Justin Willis
Amanda Cooper vs. Angela Magana
Dominick Cruz injured, Jimmie Rivera needs new opponent for UFC 219 Jimmie Rivera needs new opponent for UFC 219 with Dominick Cruz injured Ariel Helwani reported on Wednesday that Dominick Cruz is out of his UFC 219 fight against Jimmie Rivera. The former UFC bantamweight champion suffered a broken arm. Top bantamweight John Lineker also told MMA Fighting that he would be interested in replacing Cruz.
Jessica-Rose Clark now faces Bec Rawlings at UFC Sydney Invicta FC standout Jessica-Rose Clark has stepped up to replace Joanne Calderwood against Bec Rawlings at UFC Fight Night 121 on Nov. 19 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. UFC officials have yet to announce the change but Rawlings posted the news on her Twitter
Yeah sooo the bad news is Joanne Calderwood is injured & out of the fight ? buuuut I’m still fighting & against another tough Aussie Jessica Rose Clarke ? Co-main event ??vs?? #ufc #ufcsydney #rowdybec #flyweight pic.twitter.com/5gluI6MItE
— Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) November 8, 2017
Clark (7-4-1 NC) has gone 2-2 in her last four fights including a splt decision win over Carina Damm at Titan FC 45. The 29-year-old is originally from Sydney but now trains in Las Vegas, NV. Rawlings (11-3) has lost back-to-back fights against Tecia Torres and Paige VanZant. The Alliance MMA product will be looking for her first win since March 2016. Here’s an updated look at the card.
MAIN CARD (FS1, 10 p.m. ET)
Fabricio Werdum vs. Marcin Tybura
Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Bec Rawlings
Tim Means vs. Belal Muhammad
Daniel Kelly vs. Elias Theodorou
Alex Volkanovski vs. opponent TBA
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Ryan Benoit vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian
Will Brooks vs. Nik Lentz
Anthony Hamilton vs. Adam Wieczorek
Damien Brown vs. Frank Camacho
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET )
Alex Chambers vs. Nadia Kassem
Jenel Lausa vs. Eric Shelton
Jake Matthews vs. Bojan Velickovic
Rashad Coulter vs. Tai Tuivasa
Rani Yahya off UFC Fresno, Aljamain Sterling needs new opponent MMAFighting reports that Rani Yahya is off UFC Fresno due to an undisclosed injury. As a result Aljamain Sterling is in need of a new opponent on Dec. 9.
Sterling (14-2) is coming off a unanimous decision victory over former bantamweight champion Renan Barao at UFC 214. He’s gone the distance in his last four fights. Stay tuned to MMAOddsbreaker for an updates on Sterlings replacement.
