Tony Ferguson hurt, struggle with Khabib Nurmagomedov scrapped for UFC on FOX 19 MMAJunkie reports that Tony Ferguson is from his struggle with Khabib Nurmagomedov because of injury and the matchup has been pulled from the card. Together with the injury news, Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira now becomes a five-round fight and is the card’s new principal event. UFC on FOX 19 takes place April 16 in Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.. Here’s an updated look at 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 in June Bellator officials confirmed Tuesday evening that the promotion has a date for their second MMA and kickboxing crossover event. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that headlining the card will be the return of Quinton Jackson because he chooses 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 series. Ishii (14-5-1) is 2-2 in his past four fights and is coming off a TKO loss to Ji???? Proch??zka back at the RIZIN event in December. Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 will occur June 24 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. This really is the only matchup declared for the card up to now. ‘TUF 24’ tryouts set for April 25; championship winner earns UFC flyweight title taken According to a UFC press launch, Season 24 of the The Ultimate Fighter will comprise flyweights. The interesting caveat is that the winner of the tournament makes a shot at the winner of the upcoming Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo championship fight at UFC 197. This is the third time TUF has attribute title implications. Season 4″The Comeback” saw Matt Serra earning a title shot against afterward champion Georges St-Pierre (who he conquered ). Carla Esparza earned the inaugural girl’s strawweight title after winning Season 20’s tournament. Tryouts will take place April 25 in Palace Station in Las Vegas, NV. The reality series will begin filming in June and the series will premiere August 31 on Fox Sports 1. Douglas Lima meets Chidi Njokuani at Bellator 156 in June Bellator officials declared Tuesday that 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 lost his welterweight strap. The loss snapped his five-fight winning streak. Njokuani (14-4) has won nine of his last ten matchups and will be coming off a unanimous decision over Ricky Rainey. Bellator 156 occurs June 17 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.. Champion Miesha Tate brings new UFC contract KHI Managment, which signifies Miesha Tate announced the UFC woman’s bantamweight champion has signed a new deal with the UFC. Terms of the new deal weren’t published, but MMA Fighting reports that Tate wasn’t a free agent after her championship success with Holly Holm in UFC 196.
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