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Alert!: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira out, Shawn Jordan in

Source: Sherdog The bad luck for UFC 149 continues, as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has become the latest fighter to withdraw from the July 21 card. Nogueira has not healed completely from the surgery he underwent to repair a broken humerus suffered in his UFC 141 defeat to Frank Mir. Taking the Brazilian’s place against Kongo will be …

Alert: Bisping injured, Lombard in against Boetsch

Source: UFC  UFC 149 and UFC on FOX™ 4 have swapped stars after another pair of injuries shook up the summer fight scene today. British middleweight Michael Bisping has been injured and is out of his UFC 149 bout against rising force Tim Boetsch. Stepping in to meet “The Barbarian” will be Hector Lombard, a …

UFC on FOX: No more loses for these 5 fighters

(devastating knockout courtesy of Siyar Bahadurzada vs Paulo Thiago) Its rare to see someone in the UFC go 2 or 3 loses in a row and still get to stay with the promotion.  Even more to to find someone still around with 4 loses in a row, such as Dan Hardy …

Alert: Shogun Rua VS Thiago Silva

  Source: MMAJunkie.com Sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that light heavyweights Thiago Silva (14-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (20-6 MMA, 4-4 UFC) have agreed to meet at UFC 149 in Calgary, Alberta.