Faber (photo) is out of UFC Japan. Photo: Disclosure/UFC
Urijah faber suffered an injury whose details were not disclosed and will not be able to face Masanori Kanehara at UFC Fight Night 52, which will take place on September 20th in Saitama, Japan.
The “California Kid” would have his first fight outside North America, as, of his 38 professional MMA fights, 37 were in the United States and one was in Canada. In the last one, in July, against Alex Caceres, suffered a rib injury despite winning via submission in the third round.
Faber's replacement in the fight will be his last victim, Alex Caceres. Even more inexperienced than Faber, “Bruce Leeroy” will have his third fight in Asia, having already fought in Macau (November 2012) and Japan (March 2013). The change has already been confirmed by the Japanese version of the UFC website.
Check out the official UFC Fight Night 52 card so far:
Heavy (up to 120 kg): Roy Nelson x Mark Hunt;
Light (up to 70 kg): Takanori Gomi x Myles Jury;
Roosters (up to 61 kg): Miesha Tate x Rin Nakai;
Welterweight (up to 77 kg): Yoshihiro Akiyama x Amir Sadollah;
Roosters (up to 61 kg): Masanori Kanehara x Alex Caceres;
Flies (up to 57 kg): Kyoji Horiguchi x Jon delos Reyes;
Welterweight (up to 77 kg): Kiichi Kunimoto x Richard Walsh;
Feathers (up to 66 kg): Katsunori Kikuno x Sam Sicilia;
Welterweight (up to 77 kg): Hyun Gyu Lim x Katsunori Sato;
Roosters (up to 61 kg): Michinori Tanaka x Kyung Ho Kang;
Light (up to 70 kg): Kazuki Tokudome x Johnny Case;
Roosters (up to 66 kg): Maximo Blanco x Daniel Hooker
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