Two More Injuries Change The Shape Of UFC 163’s Card

More bad news for the Rio De Janeiro based UFC 163 card, as injuries remove two more fighters from the card. After having already lost Anthony Pettis, Josh Koscheck and Robert Drysdale due to injury, UFC 163 is also going to be missing Clint Hester and Phil Harris.

Harris tweeted this nasty picture of a fractured orbital bone, while Hester suffered torn cartilage in his ribs, which can’t be nice. The switch ups of their matches are as follows; Cezar Ferreira will now newcomer Thiago Santos at Middleweight, while John Lineker will welcome UFC noob Jose Maria Tome at Flyweight.

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The card, which is headlined by by Jose Aldo vs. Korean Zombie, has certainly had it’s fair share of bumps along the way. I certainly hope it can overcome the adversity and deliver a strong card. Here is how the card looks at the moment:

Pay-per-view main card:

Jose Aldo (c) vs. Chan Sung Jung — UFC featherweight title

Phil Davis vs. Lyoto Machida

Cezar Ferreira vs. Thiago Santos

Thales Leites vs. Tom Watson

John Lineker vs. Jose Maria Tome

FX prelims:

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Anthony Perosh

Sheila Gaff vs. Amanda Nunes

Neil Magny vs. Sergio Moraes

Ian McCall vs. Iliarde Santos

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Facebook prelims:

Josh Clopton vs. Rani Yahya

Francimar Barroso vs. Ednaldo Oliveira

Viscardi Andrade vs. Bristol Marunde