MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR WEDNESDAY: TONY FERGUSON INJURED, FIGHT WITH KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV SCRAPPED FOR UFC ON FOX 19

Tony Ferguson hurt, fight 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 was pulled from the card. Together with the injury news, Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira currently becomes a five-round struggle and is the card new principal event. UFC on FOX 19 occurs April 16 in Amalie Arena at Tampa, Fla.. Here’s an updated look in 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 place for Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 June Bellator officials confirmed Tuesday evening that the advertising has a date for their second MMA and kickboxing crossover occasion. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that headlining the card is going to be the yield of Quinton Jackson as 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 in the RIZIN event in December. Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 will occur June 24 at Scottrade Center at St. Louis. This really is the only matchup declared for the card so far. ‘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 feature flyweights. The fascinating thing is the winner of the championship makes a shot at the winner of this upcoming Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo championship fight at UFC 197. This is the next time TUF has attribute title implications. Season 4″The Comeback» saw Matt Serra earning a title shot against then winner Georges St-Pierre (who he conquered ). Carla Esparza got the inaugural woman’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 start filming in June along with the series will premiere August 31 on Fox Sports 1. Douglas Lima matches Chidi Njokuani at Bellator 156 at June Bellator officials announced Tuesday that the former welterweight champion Douglas Lima will come back to the cage against Chidi Njokuani. Lima (26-6) is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Andrey Koreshkov last July at which he dropped his welterweight strap. The loss snapped his five-fight winning streak. Njokuani (14-4) has won eight of his last ten matchups and is coming off a unanimous decision over Ricky Rainey. Bellator 156 takes place June 17 at Save Mart Center at Fresno, Calif.. Champion Miesha Tate brings new UFC contract KHI Managment, which signifies Miesha Tate announced that the UFC woman’s bantamweight champion has signed a new deal with the UFC. Terms of the new deal were not published, but MMA Fighting reports that Tate was not a free agent after her tournament success with Holly Holm at UFC 196.

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