An undisclosed injury to Mike Easton has created a chain reaction on two fight cards. Yves Jabouin was slated to face Easton at “UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier,” but Jeff Hougland has been plucked from his UFC 148 tango against Renan Barao (Pictured) to serve as a substitute.
Where does that leave Barao? Great that you asked, because the blazing Brazilian now battles Ivan Menjivar in the July 7th event.
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Hougland and Jabouin meet May 15th inside Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia. Their bantamweight bout is expected to air during the FUEL TV broadcast.
Barao and Menjivar, a contest that makes much more sense, takes place Forth of July weekend at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada. The victor of the scrap could earn next dibs at the 135-pound crown.
Here are the revised rosters for the two shows:
“UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier”:
Preliminary Card:
Azamat Gashimov vs. Alex Soto
Dongi Yang vs. Brad Tavares
TJ Grant vs. Carlo Prater
Kamal Shalorus vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Aaron Riley vs. Cody McKenzie
Jeff Curran vs. Johnny Eduardo
Main Card:
(FUEL TV 8PM ET/5PM PT)
Igor Pokrajac vs. Fabio Maldonado
Amir Sadollah vs. Jorge Lopez
Tom Lawlor vs. Jason MacDonald
Jeff Hougland vs. Yves Jabouin
Donald Cerrone vs. Jeremy Stephens
Chan Sung “The Korean Zombie” Jung vs. Dustin Poirier (Three-Round Fight)
“UFC 148: Cruz vs. Faber III”:
Riki Fukuda vs. Constantinos Philippou
Renan Barao vs. Ivan Menjivar
Demian Maia vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin
Michael Bisping vs. Tim Boetsch
Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le
Urijah Faber vs. Dominick Cruz (UFC Bantamweight Champion)
(Picture provided by Steven Houchin of Shotgun Images)
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