According to Tatame, Fabio Maldonado is out of UFC 142 with a rib injury.
Tatame is reporting that UFC light heavyweight Fabio Maldonado is out of Saturday's UFC 142 in Rio, Brazil, due to a rib injury. Maldonado was scheduled to face Caio Magalhaes on the undercard, himself an injury replacement for original Maldonado opponent Stanislav Nedkov.
The UFC confirmed the news Sunday afternoon and will not look for a last-minute replacement for Magalhaes, cutting down the number of fights on the card to 10.
The Rio event has been plagued with injuries as this is the fifth time a bout has been affected by someone getting hurt. The 31-year-old Maldonado was looking to rebound from a decision loss to Kyle Kingsbury in June that evened his Octagon record to 1-1. Before the defeat, he had won 11 straight.
Saturday's pay-per-view is headlined by Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes with Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson, Rousimar Palhares vs. Mike Massenzio, Erick Silva vs. Carlo Prater and Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim on the main card. This will be the UFC's first event in Brazil since their much-ballyhooed return in August 2011.
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That sucks, was hyped for Maldonado vs Nedkov.
Nedkov couldn’t fight. Now I can’t even watch Maldonado box.
mma.ly - January 8, 2012
And an injury-filled card gets more injuries
Terrible.
SSreporters - January 8, 2012
The Nedkov/Fabio fight was going to be awesome
dedstrk316 - January 8, 2012
fuck fuck.
motherfuck.
John Danaher's Hair - January 8, 2012
^ That...
That really about covers it.
SteveevaD - January 8, 2012 via mobile
Ditto.
Redconsensus - January 8, 2012
Pretty bummed
I was looking forward to him fighting too
troyd - January 8, 2012
Wow
Fuck
halitosis - January 8, 2012 via mobile
At this rate I almost expect Carlos Conduit to get injured next.
Diaz vs Koscheck, Kos becomes interim champ, lol
Rob Young - January 8, 2012 via mobile
Watch your whore mouth!
Afrotikiman - January 8, 2012 via mobile
Koscheck trains at AKA, so I’m guessing he spars with King Mo.
BEST FIGHTER EVER!
MicahtheCynic - January 8, 2012
Shitty.
Earl Montclair - January 8, 2012
Dammit. I love watching this man fight.
andrew861 - January 8, 2012
damn I wanted more of this!
T.P. Grant - January 8, 2012
lol.
McSweeney.
John Danaher's Hair - January 8, 2012
That's a shame
He beat the holy hell out of Kingsbury despite getting the loss
unambig - January 8, 2012
Yeah man
He honestly got robbed in that fight.
juanchoD - January 8, 2012 via mobile
I thought he won it too
That fight made me a Kingsbury and Maldonado fan.
soilworker - January 8, 2012
It was
an awesome fight. Although I don’t understand, did the judges not see those uppercuts from Maldonado every time Kyle went to clinch? That shit was crazy!
juanchoD - January 12, 2012
Aaah!
Come on! I wanted to watch him last time and he got injured, now this.
Un Sandpiper - January 8, 2012
Man was kind looking forward to his fight
MaZZacare - January 8, 2012
Whatever he is doing in training is just too much!
Been robbed of two now!
soilworker - January 8, 2012
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