Jake Ellenberger has a new opponent for UFC 158 and it will be former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nate Marquardt. Marquardt will be making his return to the UFC after a nearly two-year absence from the Octagon. Ellenberger was scheduled to face Johny Hendricks who is replacing the injured Rory MacDonald in the co-main event against Carlos Condit. UFC [...]
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Late Monday, it was announced that a welterweight showdown between Carlos Condit and Johny Hendricks would co-main event UFC 158 as Rory MacDonald was forced to withdraw due to injury.
It isn’t the first time Hendricks has called out Condit, but this time he got his wish. “The Natural Born Killer” released a statement just after the fight was announced.
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The UFC was on a roll so far in 2013, but the big bad voodoo injury bug has finally hit a high profile athlete, in Rory MacDonald. Unfortunately for the young Canadian phenom, he has had to back out of his fight with Carlos Condit at UFC 158 in Montreal, Quebec. No news on what the injury is and how long he will be out, but as this story unravels more information will be available...
New: MacDonald Injured, Hendricks Steps In Against Condit At UFC 158
The UFC 158 fight card underwent a bit of reshuffling earlier today as Rory MacDonald was forced out his highly anticipated rematch with Carlos Condit after suffering an undisclosed injury during his training camp. The UFC has revealed that Johny Hendricks has agreed to step in against Condit in the co-main event of the evening.
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Rory MacDonald has suffered a back and neck injury that will keep him from competing on March 16 at UFC 158 MMA Fighting reports. Rory was set to face former interim champ Carlos Condit in a rematch from 2010. UFC 158 is stacked with top level welterweights and in to take MacDonald’s place will be top ranked Johny Hendricks. Hendricks was thought by many to be most deserving...
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Carlos Condit gets replacement in Johny Hendricks for UFC 158
Rory MacDonald (14-1) went down with a supposed neck injury and had to pull out of his UFC 158 bout with Carlos Condit (28-6). There was no replacement announced…until now.
MMAJunkie.com first reported the UFC 158 shuffle, as they spoke with Dana White late Monday evening.
“Once we knew Rory had to withdraw, we started looking for potential replacements. Johny Hendricks called...
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An injury to Rory MacDonald has caused a shuffle in the UFC 158 fight card. It was announced Monday that MacDonald was forced to withdraw from his co-main event fight against Carlos Condit due to a training injury. With MacDonald out, the UFC moved Johny Hendricks from his bout against Jake Ellenberger up to fight against Condit.
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UFC’s anticipated return to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, has suffered a slight downgrade in quality, one would assume. Now that Rory MacDonald’s name has departed from the 170-pound showdown between he and Carlos Condit, due to injury.
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Report: Rory MacDonald Injured, Out of UFC 158 Rematch with Carlos Condit
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Tarec Saffiedine on the offer to fight Condit at UFC 158: “There were more pros than cons.”
Dana White always advises his fighters to not turn down a fight inside the Octagon, but sometimes a man has to do what a man has to do. This was the case for Tarec Saffiedine, new and last strikeforce welterweight champ, who has found himself out of a big fight at UFC 158 and the man he defeated for the Strikeforce belt, Nate Marquardt, in against Carlos Condit after Rory MacDonald...
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And that’s why UFC President Dana White stacked UFC 158 with six top welterweights. Shortly after reports surfaced an undisclosed injury forced Rory MacDonald out of his rematch against Carlos Condit (Pictured), the promotion will now have “The Natural Born Killer” fight Johny Hendricks in the March 16th event.
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Jake Ellenberger Now Meets Nate Marquardt at UFC 158
UFC 158′s game of musical welterweight chairs is finally complete – assuming the injury bug doesn’t come rearing its ugly head again, of course. Jake Ellenberger (Pictured) will now meet Nate Marquardt in the March 16th event.
The Canadian Press first reported the new matchup.
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