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Monday, 10/17/2011, 04:36 pm

Oli Thompson & John Hathaway Injured, off UFC 138 card


Injuries and illness have prompted changes to the November 5 fight card taking place in Birmingham, England.

In heavyweight news, Oli Thompson has been forced to withdraw from the event due to injury. Original opponent Phil De Fries has verbally agreed a matchup against fellow Englishman Rob Broughton, who will return to his home country to fight after appearing at UFC 135 in Denver last month.

Rising Brit welterweight John Hathaway has been forced to withdraw from UFC 138 as well. His original opponent, Matt Brown, has verbally agreed to face “The Polish Pistola” Seth Baczynski instead. Brown vs. Baczynski will take place at UFC 139 on November 19 in San Jose, CA.

- report comes way of UFC.COM



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