Tony Ferguson hurt, struggle with Khabib Nurmagomedov fought for UFC on FOX 19 MMAJunkie reports that Tony Ferguson is out of his struggle with Khabib Nurmagomedov because of trauma and the matchup was pulled in the card. With the injury information, Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira currently becomes a five-round struggle and is the card new principal event. UFC on FOX 19 occurs April 16 at Amalie Arena at Tampa, Fla.. Here’s an updated look at the card MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET) Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. TBA Dan Henderson vs. Lyoto Machida Rose Namajunas vs. Tecia Torres PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX, 6 p.m. ET) Michael Chiesa vs. Beneil Dariush Hacran Dias vs. Cub Swanson John Dodson vs. Manny Gamburyan Court McGee vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4 p.m. ET) Bethe Correia vs. Raquel Pennington Randy Brown vs. Michael Graves Cezar Ferreira vs. Caio Magalhaes Drew Dober vs. Islam Makhachev Omari Akhmedov vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Quinton Rampage Jackson vs. Satoshi Ishii place for Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 in June Bellator officials confirmed Tuesday evening that the promotion has a date for their second MMA and kickboxing crossover event. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto accounts that headlining the card will be the return of Quinton Jackson as he takes on Satoshi Ishii. Jackson (36-11) is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Fabio Maldonado in UFC 186 back in April 2015. He heads into this matchup on a four-fight winning streak. Ishii (14-5-1) is 2-2 in his past four fights and will be coming off a TKO loss to Ji???? Proch??zka back in the RIZIN event in December. Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 will take place June 24 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. This is the only matchup announced for the card so far. ‘TUF 24’ tryouts set for April 25; tournament winner earns UFC flyweight title taken According to a UFC press release, Season 24 of this Ultimate Fighter will feature flyweights. The fascinating thing is the winner of the championship makes a shot at the winner of the upcoming Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo championship fight at UFC 197. This is the next time TUF has attribute name consequences. Season 4″The Comeback” saw Matt Serra making a title shot against then champion Georges St-Pierre (who he defeated). Carla Esparza got the inaugural woman’s strawweight title after winning Season 20’s tournament. Tryouts will take place April 25 in Palace Station in Las Vegas, NV. The reality series will start filming in June along with the series will premiere August 31 on Fox Sports 1. Douglas Lima meets Chidi Njokuani in Bellator 156 in June Bellator officials declared Tuesday that former welterweight champion Douglas Lima will return to the cage against Chidi Njokuani. Lima (26-6) is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Andrey Koreshkov last July where he dropped his welterweight strap. The loss snapped his five-fight winning series. Njokuani (14-4) has won eight of the last ten matchups and will be coming off a unanimous decision over Ricky Rainey. Bellator 156 occurs June 17 at Save Mart Center at Fresno, Calif.. Champion Miesha Tate earns new UFC contract KHI Managment, which represents Miesha Tate announced that the UFC woman’s bantamweight champion has signed a new deal with the UFC. Terms of the new deal weren’t published, but MMA Fighting reports that Tate wasn’t a free agent after her tournament victory with Holly Holm in UFC 196.
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