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| Author: | Dent [ Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | [Event] UFC Fight Night 68 - Boetsch vs. Henderson - Jun 6 |
--- UFC Fight Night 68: Boetsch vs. Henderson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on June 6, 2015 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana Official fight card Main Card (Fox Sports 1) Middleweight Tim Boetsch vs. Dan Henderson Heavyweight Ben Rothwell vs. Matt Mitrione Lightweight Dustin Poirier vs. Yancy Medeiros Featherweight Thiago Tavares vs. Brian Ortega Bantamweight Joe Soto vs. Anthony Birchak Bantamweight Francisco Rivera vs. Alex Caceres Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) Heavyweight Shawn Jordan vs. Derrick Lewis Welterweight Brian Ebersole vs. Omari Akhmedov Lightweight Chris Wade vs. Christos Giagos Lightweight Joe Proctor vs. Justin Edwards Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) Middleweight Ricardo Abreu vs. Jake Collier Bantamweight José Quiñonez vs. Leonardo Morales Background The event was expected to be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between top contenders Daniel Cormier and Ryan Bader. However on April 28, due to Jon Jones' hit-and-run incident leading up to his fight at UFC 187 against Anthony Johnson, the UFC decided to strip him of the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship and suspend him indefinitely. Jones was replaced by Cormier. In turn, a middleweight bout between Tim Boetsch and mixed martial arts legend Dan Henderson was promoted to the main event. Subsequently, Bader was pulled from the event entirely. Alan Jouban was expected to face Brian Ebersole at the event. However, Jouban pulled out of the fight in late March citing injury and was replaced by Omari Akhmedov. Zubaira Tukhugov was expected to face Thiago Tavares at the event. However on April 25, it was announced that Tukhugov had to pull out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury. Brian Ortega was announced as his replacement on May 6. Daniel Sarafian was expected to face Ricardo Abreu at this event. However on May 4, Sarafian was forced to withdraw from the event due to injury and was replaced by Jake Collier. May 19 - Updated fight card & background |
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| Author: | Dent [ Tue May 19, 2015 1:58 pm ] |
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May 19 - Updated fight card & background |
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