UFC lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos injured, out of UFC 196 fight 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 from the report, it mentions the UFC is currently focusing on finding a substitute for fight McGregor. Together with Dos Anjos off the card, here’s an updated look at UFC 196 that goes down March 5th in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Here’s an updated look at 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 Despite the NSAC recent changing Wanderlei Silva’s life ban into a three-year suspension, the Brazilian is trying to return to action much earlier than that. Feb Combate, Silva revealed that he’s not just negotiating with Bellator and Rizin, but he is also considering a potential 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 off. I had been upset with all that since I am an idol, I’m understood all around the Earth, and I want to be treated as such, not as an outlaw. The commission produces problems so they can think of a solution. In my view, that is completely wrong. They ought to 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 explained the Japanese are worried to see me compete again. We’re also flirting with Bellator,” he said with a laugh. “They wish to create a bargain together so that I can fight in Japan and here in the USA, and I’d fight for both promotions. I am negotiating an exhibition fight in Rizin on April 17. They provided me a jiu-jitsu game, two versus two. It’d be Team Wanderlei, Andre Dida and that I, against a group from Japan. I am also negotiating a championship in Japan, in which I’d fight in September and come back in December for 2 fights in one night. That’s the strategy for 2016.” I truly want to fight in Japan. The Japanese promotion created Wanderlei Silva… I ended my career some time ago for disgust, not since I couldn’t do it physically or mentally, but for disgust. But I think this time off made me actually like it , and I am really happy that I am feeling this need to fight . 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 fighting Fedor, who’s an opponent I’d really like to battle. I am not only talking, but can’t be the first person, correct?” Stated”The Axe Murderer”. “Now that I haven’t fought in two decades, I can’t get him right away. I need to do a few battles first, get my rhythm back, and when the promotion thinks it’s time and I feel I am in a good rhythm, I’d really need to test myself against him, for sure. I have fought the best in the world but him. I would really like to check myself against him. I really don’t have anything from 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 has been 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 ineffective 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 streak. UFC Fight Night 86 occurs April 10 at Zagreb Arena at Zagreb, Croatia. Here is an updated look at the occasion. 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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