We covered the reduction of the enormous upcoming heavyweight co-main event for UFC Fight Night 76 yesterday with the announcement that Stipe Miocic was forced to back from his struggle against Ben Rothwell, but there’s more to the story and a few other struggle announcements/injuries to go over today. UFC is apparently looking for a brief notice replacement for Miocic to intervene and combat Rothwell in Dublin, and a few notable names set their names to the ring. The very first was Matt Mitrione, who had been fighting very well against Rothwell earlier this season before diving right into a takedown attempt that got him submitted immediately via guillotine choke. Mitrione wouldn’t likely be the first option due to his speedy defeat, but he has a situation considering his desire for salvation. The largest problem with Mitrione right now is that the simple fact that he’s currently booked to battle Travis Browne in January. Another and most intriguing replacement opportunity came from out of left field as world class kickboxer Tyrone Spong requested a chance to fight Rothwell. Spong, who now trains with the Blackzilians at Boco Ratan, has made a name for himself as possibly the best light heavyweight striker in the world with a kickboxing record of 74-7-1 with one no contest. His combined martial arts qualifications, but are much more sparse. Spong is now 2-0 at MMA, with just two victories under the World collection of penalizing banner, although he hasn’t fought an MMA bout in over two decades and has not competed professionally in any battle game since suffering a leg injury against Gokhan Saki 18 months ago. The biggest issue here would be money, as I am sure signing Spong to some UFC bargain on short notice wouldn’t come cheap. In other accident replacement news… Justin Lawrence vs Emmanuel Sanchez — Bellator 145 Regrettably, an injury to former Bellator winner Pat Curran has forced him from his fight against Justin Lawrence just over three weeks before their departure was set to take place. In measures Emmanuel Sanchez, a 25-year old fighter out of this Roufusport Gym in Milwaukee using an 11-2 record all around. Sanchez is now 3-1 under the Bellator bannerlosing a choice to Curran currently and most recently picked up a split decision victory over Henry Corrales two and a half weeks ago at Bellator 143. This will surely not be a simple for battle for Sanchez, especially on short notice and with such a fast turnaround. I would expect Lawrence to be a moderate to heavy favorite by the time the odds are drawn up.
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