Jose Aldo injured, UFC 149 gets new event
Yet another main event bites the dust.
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Via UFC.com:
The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today that there will be a new five-round main event at the upcoming sold-out UFC 149 event, set to take place at the Scotiabank Saddledome, in Calgary, Alberta, on July 21. Injury to Brazilian Jose Aldo has forced the postponement of his featherweight title bout vs Erik Koch and Calgary will now see a new main event with the interim UFC® bantamweight title bout between Urijah Faber and Renan Barao now taking place.
The Faber-Barao fight was originally slated for UFC 148 on July 7th. Faber, the former WEC featherweight champion who is 3-1 at 135 lbs, faces the owner of the longest unbeaten streak in mixed martial arts in Barao. The Brazilian ‘Baron’ has not lost in 27 straight fights and has stormed his way to the top of the UFC’s 135 lbs division beating - in succession - Cole Escovedo, Brad Pickett and Scott Jorgensen.
Calgary’s card also awaits news of another bout to be announced later as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua’s bout against Thiago Silva was scratched due to an injury to Silva injury, and Rua was subsequently moved to headline the UFC’s August 4th event in Los Angeles vs Brandon Vera.
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In reality, the Aldo vs. koch fight wasn't going to draw, so having Faber on the card does help--even in unfortunate circumstances. However, Barao is still an unknown to many fans and the UFC 149: Silva vs. Sonnen II card just got weaker underneath its main event.
UFC 149 takes place Saturday, July 21 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and live on pay-per-view.
Current UFC 149 card:
Main Card on Pay-Per-View (10pm/ET)
Interim bantamweight championship: Urijah Faber (26-5) vs. Renan Barao (28-1)
Heavyweight bout: Antonio Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira (33-7-1, 1 NC) vs. Cheick Kongo (17-7-2)
Welterweight bout: Siyar Bahadurzada (21-4-1) vs. Chris Clements (11-4). Clements fills in for the injured Thiago Alves. Bahadurzada originally filled in for an injured Yoshihiro Akiyama.
Middleweight bout: Hector Lombard (31-2-1) vs. Tim Boetsch (15-4)
Preliminary Card on FX (starting at 8pm)
Middleweight bout: Nick (12-1) vs. Court McGee (13-2)
Bantamweight bout: Bryan Caraway (16-5) vs. Mitch Gagnon (9-1)
Lightweight bout: Mitch Clarke (9-1) vs. Anton Kuivanen (16-5)
Featherweight bout: George Roop (12-9-1) vs. Antonio Carvalho (13-5)
Light heavyweight bout: Ryan Jimmo (16-1) vs. Anthony Perosh (13-6)
Welterweight bout: James Head (8-2) vs. Claude Patrick (14-2)
Bantamweight bout: Former DREAM veteran Bibiano Fernandes (11-3) vs. Roland Delorme (8-1)
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