Rothwell Injury Causes Shift To UFC on FOX 4 Main Card: Swick vs. Johnson Promoted | UFC NEWS
As we reported yesterday the latest UFC card to be infected with the injury virus is UFC on FOX 4.
An ankle injury suffered in training to Ben Rothwell has forced the cancellation of his bout. With a replacement opponent in the works for Browne, the UFC has opted to promote the Swick vs. Johnson preliminary bout to the evening’s main card.
UFC on FOX 4 is set to take place on August 4 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. In the main event Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will square off with Brandon Vera and in the evenings co-feature Lyoto Machida will fight Ryan Bader.
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Bummed that Hapa Browne isn’t fighting. Must be hard to find a replacement on one weeks notice to scrap with that guy.
Hopefully they find a good matchup for him soon
Dang these are some good fights for FOX!:)
Super bummed…Hapa would have had a strong spotlight this time
injury = roids are still showing up in piss
It seems like these guys get injured way more than they did a few years ago. Personally I think the ufc peaked in 2008, the new crop of fighters aren’t as interesting or personable as the liddel’s, hughses, penn’s or forrest and tito’s… oh and can’t forget couture and to some extent franklin