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October 15, 2019 | Empowerment

Tony Ferguson injured, fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov scrapped for UFC on FOX 19 MMAJunkie reports that Tony Ferguson is from his struggle with Khabib Nurmagomedov due to injury and the matchup has been pulled from the card. With the harm news, Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira now becomes a five-round struggle and is the card new main event. UFC on FOX 19 takes place April 16 at Amalie Arena at 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 June Bellator officials confirmed Tuesday evening that the advertising has a date for their next MMA and kickboxing crossover event. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that headlining the card will be the return 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 last four fights and is coming off a TKO loss to Ji???? Proch??zka back in the RIZIN occasion in December. Bellator 157: Dynamite two will take place June 24 at Scottrade Center at 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 shot According to a UFC press release, Season 24 of this Ultimate Fighter will comprise flyweights. The interesting caveat is that the winner of this championship earns a shot at the winner of this forthcoming Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo championship fight at UFC 197. This is the next time TUF has attribute name consequences. Season 4″The Comeback” saw Matt Serra earning a title shot against then champion Georges St-Pierre (who he defeated). Carla Esparza got the inaugural girl’s strawweight title after winning Season 20’s championship. Tryouts will take place April 25 in Palace Station in Las Vegas, NV. The reality series will start filming in June and the show will premiere August 31 on Fox Sports 1. Douglas Lima matches Chidi Njokuani in Bellator 156 at June Bellator officials announced Tuesday that 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 series. Njokuani (14-4) has won nine of the past ten matchups and is coming off a unanimous decision over Ricky Rainey. Bellator 156 takes place June 17 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.. Champion Miesha Tate brings new UFC contract KHI Managment, which represents Miesha Tate declared that the UFC woman’s bantamweight champion has signed a new deal with the UFC. Terms of the new deal weren’t released, but MMA Fighting reports that Tate was not a free agent after her championship success with Holly Holm at UFC 196. Read more: http://swissarmy.ae/?p=417

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