UFC lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos injured, out of UFC 196 struggle against Conor McGregor Based on MMAFighting, Rafael dos Anjos is out of the main event fight against Conor McGregor following week due to a foot injury. Also in the report, it mentions the UFC is presently working on finding a replacement to fight McGregor. Together with Dos Anjos off the card, here is an updated look at UFC 196 that goes down March 5th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Here’s an updated look in the card Main Card Conor McGregor (19-2) vs. TBA Holly Holm (10-0) vs. Miesha Tate (17-5) Gian Villante (14-6) vs. Ilir Latifi (11-4, 1NC) Corey Anderson (8-1) vs. Tom Lawlor (9-5, 1NC) Amanda Nunes (11-4) vs. Valentina Shevchenko (12-1) Preliminary Card Brandon Thatch (11-3) vs. Siyar Bahadurzada (21-6-1) Erick Silva (18-6, 1NC) vs. Nordine Taleb (10-3) Vitor Miranda (11-4) vs. Marcelo Guimaraes (9-1-1) Darren Elkins (19-5) vs. Chas Skelly (15-1) Preliminary Card Diego Sanchez (25-8) vs. Jim Miller (25-7, 1NC) Justin Salas (12-6) vs. Jason Saggo (10-2) Julian Erosa (15-2) vs. Teruto Ishihara (7-2-2) Wanderlei Silva needs fight Fedor Emelianenko, negotiating with Bellator and Rizin Regardless of the NSAC recent shifting Wanderlei Silva’s lifetime ban into a two-wheeled suspension, the Brazilian is trying to return to action much sooner than that. Per Combate, Silva revealed that he is not only negotiating with Bellator and Rizin, but he’s also looking at a possible bout with Fedor Emelianenko. “I was angry with everything, needing to go to Supreme Court, going to the justice, attorneys, it all took my urge to fight away. I was upset with all that because I am an idol, I’m understood all over the world, and I wish to be treated as such, not as an outlaw. The commission creates difficulties so they can come up with a solution. In my opinion, that’s entirely wrong. They should review they entire statute and legislation, because that’s wrong. I had a meeting with Nobuyuki Sakakibara, and he’s very interested in bringing me back to Japan, he said the Japanese are worried to see me compete . We are also flirting with Bellator,” he explained with a laugh. “They wish to make a deal together so that I will fight in Japan and here in the USA, and I’d struggle for both promotions. I’m negotiating an exhibition struggle in Rizin on April 17. They offered me a jiu-jitsu match, two versus two. It would be Team Wanderlei, Andre Dida and that I, against a team from Japan. I am also negotiating a championship in Japan, in which I’d struggle in September and come back in December for two fights in 1 night. That is the plan for 2016.” I truly want to fight again in Japan. The Japanese promotion created Wanderlei Silva… I finished my career some time ago for disgust, not since I couldn’t do it physically or mentally, but also for disgust. However, I believe this time off made me actually like it again, and I am really happy that I’m feeling this desire to fight again. As I said, I’m in negotiation to come back to fighting in Japan and I really want big challenges. There’s a possibility of combating Fedor, who’s an opponent I’d really like to fight. I’m not just talking, but can’t be the initial one, correct?” Said”The Axe Murderer”. “Now that I haven’t fought in a couple of decades, I can’t get him immediately. I want to do a few fights first, get my rhythm back, and once the promotion thinks it’s time and I feel I’m in a good rhythm, I would really need to test myself , for sure. I have fought the very best in the world but him. I would really like to check myself against him. I don’t have a thing against Fedor, but I would like to test myself and see how it goes” Cyril Asker vs. Jared Cannonier set for UFC Fight Night 86 UFC officials announced Monday a heavyweight matchup involving Cyril Asker vs. Jared Cannonier was added to the April UFC card in Croatia. Asker (7-1) makes his UFC debut and comes into this bout winning five-straight struggles. Cannonier (7-1) was unsuccessful in his UFC debut when dropped via knockout to Shawn Jordan at UFC 182 at January 2015. The loss snapped Cannonier’s seven-fight win series. UFC Fight Night 86 occurs April 10 at Zagreb Arena at Zagreb, Croatia. Here’s an updated look at the event. Junior Dos Santos vs. Ben Rothwell Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ruslan Magomedov Jan Blachowicz vs. Igor Pokrajac Bojan Mihajlovic vs. Francis Ngannou Nicolas Dalby vs. Bartosz Fabinski Timothy Johnson vs. Marcin Tybura Alessio Di Chirico vs. Bojan Velickovic Filip Pejic vs. Damian Stasiak Damir Hadzovic vs. Mairbek Taisumov Cyril Asker vs. Jared Cannonier
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