Daniel Cormier Out Of UFC 206 Due To Injury
The injury bug has bitten the UFC 206 main event. A light heavyweight title rematch between champion Cormier and top contender Anthony Johnson was scheduled to main event UFC 206, but Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting is reporting that Cormier has been forced to withdraw from the event due to an injury.
The UFC is currently working on finding a replacement for Cormier, and the UFC is still planning to keep Johnson on the card. This marks the second time this week that UFC 206 has lost a fight. On Monday, Tim Kennedy found out that he will not be fighting Rashad Evans at the event due to Ontario Athletic Commission refusing to license Evans.
If the UFC can’t get a reasonable opponent and big name to fight Johnson at the event, then the UFC might make this event a FOX Sports 1 event.
UFC 206 takes place in Toronto, Canada at the Air Canada Centre on Dec. 10th. The main card will air on PPV (pay-per-view) while the prelims will air on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. Here is the updated card for the event:
Featherweight: Anthony Pettis vs. Max Holloway
Welterweight: Donald Cerrone vs. Matt Brown
Featherweight: Cub Swanson vs. Dooho Choi
Strawweight: Valerie Letourneau vs. Viviane Pereira
Flyweight: Zach Makovsky vs. Dustin Ortiz
Light Heavyweight: Misha Cirkunov vs. Nikita Krylov
Lightweight: John Makdessi vs. Lando Vannata
Lightweight: Rustam Khabilov vs. Jason Saggo
Bantamweight: Mitch Gagnon vs. Matthew Lopez
Lightweight: Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Drew Dober
Welterweight: Jordan Mein vs. Emil Weber Meek
