Jose Aldo forced out of UFC 149 headliner with undisclosed injury
Posted on June 9, 2012, 10:38 PM by Mike DrahotaWith injuries affecting UFC cards at an all-time high, huge news comes today as Featherweight champion Jose Aldo has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 149 headlining bout versus Erik Koch. The exact specifics of Aldo's injury remain a mystery, but with the announcement, the Interim Bantamweight title bout of Urijah Faber versus Renan Barao has now been moved to UFC 149 as the main event.
Taking place in Cargary, Alberta, Canada, the Bantamweight Interim championship will now occur two weeks later. The news comes hot off the heels of injuries occurring to Middleweights Brian Stann and Michael Bisping, which took place shortly after the shifts of UFC 146. This was added to the withdrawal of current Bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, who unfortunately was forced to withdraw from his trilogy match with Faber with a torn ACL.
There has never been such an amount of injuries that have affected the UFC's high-level bouts, and may come as a by-product of fighter health insurance coming into effect. Regardless of the reasoning, MMA injuries are no doubt a guaranteed occurrence, and fans can only hope that they will not come into play as often as recently seen. Jose Aldo was riding high with the momentum of his spectacular knockout of Chad Mendes last January, it is highly unfortunate that this run has come screeching to a halt due to forces beyond the 145 lb. champ's control.
Fans will have to wait for a true title fight at UFC 149, hopefully Canadian MMA supporters will be able to see their favorite son GSP defend his Welterweight title on November 17th in Montreal. Coming off of an ACL injury himself, GSP's return, while targeted, is by no means guaranteed. Seems like each and every fight in the UFC lately is being forced to abide by the same set of rules.
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In other news...Joe Silva just had a nervous breakdown. WTF is going on???
im not joking i could put money on it that since the UFC pays out health insurance, fighter have been more willing to drop out of fights
You're an idiot. Obviously its easier for them now because they don't pay their own medical expenses. Fighting is work. They get paid 3 times a year. Its not like they pull out of fights over finger and toe injuries. These guys are fighters. They live to fight and not just train. If anything they train harder because of the insurance and that's why they keep ****ing themselves up.
As Dana said, sometime the competition in the gym amongst teammates is too intense and they should probably back off a bit there.
I wonder if casinos will start offering odds on a fight actually happening once it's announced. It seems most high profile fights these days are getting messed up for one reason or another.
Anderson Silva just said he is out of the Chael fight due to a knee injury...............just kiding.......or maybe not.
This stuff doesn't surprise me anymore, and it will continue to happen. MMA fighters train hard for 90% of the year so it's no surprise that these guys have so many injuries. Another reason could be some fighters are no longer willing to risk coming into to fights will injuries, look at Mayhem's last fight there aren't many fighters that would dare come to fight in that condition.
Yeah it really shows the mentality of Mayhem. He truly wants to put on the show.
yeah, but you cant go out there injured like that and watch powerless the other guy beating you down, and later being released
is sad when fighters get out of fights injured, but this bussiness is ruthless when you underperform
****ing injuries
Yeah I agree, but I do like his mindset.
Faber vs Barao is probably going to be even more exciting anyway.
Erik Koch's funeral will be delayed now but this is actually becoming a joke. Is JDS vs. Mir the last championship fight we'll see in the UFC?
Undisclosed injury? Does this mean we're going to have another interim champ belt up for grabs? At this rate, they'll be more of them than the real ones.
I think the UFC should create firm guidelines for belt holders and defending it. What's the point of giving someone an interim belt if they're going to wait 9 months to defend it. (looks in Condit's direction).
with all of these sudden injuries , one might think this is a work to rule protest...
Brian Stann, Thiago Alves, Jon Fitch, Vitor Belfort, Dominick Cruz, Michael Bisping and now Jose Aldo. Utterly AMAZING...... Wonder who's next?
Koch vs Korrean zombie would make sense to me now
i blame Chael
I blame Chael.
Too many "injuries" happening now with the new health insurance plan. Seems a little sketchy to me. Fights and main events now being shuffled like a deck of cards, every time someone gets the sniffles.