R. Lawler (right) is the new opponent of J. Ellenberger (left). Photo: Super Fights Production (Josh Hedges/UFC)
After suffering an injury during his training for the fight against Jake ellenberger on April 26th, Tarec saffiedine ended up being cut from the fight at UFC 172. Without an opponent for the event in Baltimore (USA), Ellenberger ended up being transferred to UFC 173, which takes place on May 24th in Las Vegas, where he will face the former challenger for the welterweight belt. medium Robbie Lawler. The information was confirmed by president Dana White to the “MMA Junkie” website.
At 29, Jake ellenberger has a record of 29 wins and seven losses. “The Juggernaut”, as he is known, comes from a defeat to Rory McDonald at UFC on FOX 8, in July last year. Your new opponent Robbie Lawler has a record of 22 wins, ten losses and one fight without result. In his most recent fight, held on March 15th, Robbie ended up defeated by John hendricks in the fight for the vacant welterweight belt.
UFC 173 takes place on May 24th, at Mandalay Bay, in Las Vegas (USA). The main fight of the night would mark the second defense of the middleweight belt by the champion Chris Weidman, which would face Lyoto Machida. However, an injury to Weidman caused the duel to be postponed until UFC 175, on July 5th. With this, Ultimate announced that the event would be headlined by the bantamweight title fight between the Brazilian Renan Barao and American challenger TJ Dillashaw. In the co-main event, heavyweight Junior Gypsy faces Stipe Miocic.
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