Gabriel Napao at the UFC Rio 2 weigh-in
The output of alistair overeem do UFC 146 promoted cascading changes in the card main event made up of heavyweights only. Virtually all fights were changed from the original schedule. This Tuesday, the UFC had to change once again.
Gabriel Napao, which had been selected to replace Antonio Pezão against Roy Nelson, was injured and is out of UFC 146. In his place, the American was recruited Dave Herman, who was defeated in February by Stefan struve. This will be Herman's third fight in the UFC – he debuted by beating Jon-Olav Einemo at UFC 131.
O card The preliminary event of the event also suffered a loss on the same day. Light weight Evan dunham, who would face the Brazilian Edson Barboza, was injured and will give way to the former WEC champion Jamie varner, who will make his UFC debut after five years away.
UFC 146 will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, on May 26, on the Memorial Day weekend in the USA, one of the most important dates in the UFC's annual calendar. The event will be headlined by the first defense of the Junior Gypsy. The Brazilian will face Frank mir.
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