Yoshihiro Akiyama has withdrawn from next Saturday’s UFC 128 event following the disaster in his native Japan and fellow middleweight Dan Miller has been shifted from a preliminary matchup with Nick Catone to face Nate Marquardt on the pay-per-view main card at the March 19 event in Newark, New Jersey.
“Yoshihiro Akiyama will not be able to participate at UFC 128 due to the tragedy in Japan,” UFC President Dana White announced on UFC.com.
“New Jersey native Dan Miller proves once again that he will fight anyone, anywhere, any time by agreeing to step up from the prelims to face Nate Marquardt,” added White. “Marquardt has long been a top ten ranked middleweight and Miller jumped at the opportunity to face him.”
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