Knee injury forces Carlos Condit out of UFC 127 match-up
Posted on February 9, 2011, 10:46 PM by Joey SantosusA knee injury has reportedly forced rising Welterweight contender Carlos Condit out of his upcoming UFC 127 bout with Chris Lytle. Sources close to the situation have revealed that the injury will keep "The Natural Born Killer" out of action for a minimum of a month.
Condit was last seen in action back in October at UFC 120, where he defeated former title contender Dan Hardy via knockout in the opening round. The victory improved the former WEC champ's record to 3-1 with the promotion, with his only loss being to Martin Kampmann by way of split decision in his debut.
While there is no word on whether a replacement opponent has been selected for Lytle at this time, the veteran comes into UFC 127 enjoying a four-fight win streak, with victories over Kevin Burns, Brian Foster, Matt Brown, and former division champion Matt Serra.
UFC 127 is set to take place February 27th from the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia and will be headlined by a Welterweight clash between top contenders B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch. Also featured will be Aussie native George Sotiropoulos going head to head with Dennis Siver, as well as a Middleweight bout between Michael Bisping and Jorge Rivera.
Source: MMAJunkie.com | Photo: MMASoldier.com
Comments
****!
Dammit! what happened down at Jacksons? Did someone roll a giant bowling ball through the training room?
i like this guy! condit is a animale!
Was just thinking the same thing! That's 3 fighters that have had to pull out of fights: Rashad, Silva and Condit. (you could count Rampage too, but him being too fat to make weight in a month is hardly a freak occurrence :P)
these guys train over the limits...to be champion one day, this is the price to pay. Hope he gets well soon.
Really sucks...been waiting for Condit to fight ever since he KO'd Hardy...at least he will be bck in a month or so
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
damn it, sucks more that i'm going to this event in Sydney
Condit deserves a bigger fight
no disrespect to Lytle but Condit should be consider
a contender , a fight with Thiago or Koscheck should be
on the works for him, i say 2 more wins to fight for the title
After 8,000 comments you finally made sense with this one. I believe Condit would hurt Kos hoe ass & Alves, just a bad break for patna
Dude you ARE disrespecting Lights Out! Come on man haha!
That's what I'm screaming! Lytle is a beast. He's always game for a nice brawl but he has skills on the ground too!
Damn. Condit is one of my favorite fighters he always brings it and is never in a boring fight and neither is Lytle the fight was gonna be a war!
this is shit. will lytle still be fighting or????
This sucks. I spent $550 on a ticket and this was one of the fights i was looing foward to most :(
Wow that sucks. That ticket should drop down to about 400 now haha.
Big Suck! I hope he heals fully. I think he is another guy GSP has to fight before it can be claimed that he has "cleaned out" the division.
he deserves a shot eventually i suppose but i really dont see him giving gsp any problems
Man after he KO'd Hardy I was like when's his next fight and it was against Chris Lytle, I was so excited and now I find out he's injured.
damn i figured this was gonna be FOTN too..
Sucks. Love to watch Condit fight.
Lot of injuries lately, I wonder if the increased intensity of competition these days is a factor, or if fighters are just over-training.
this sucks big time. had potential for to be FOTY
Damn it!!!!!! I was hella looking forward to this fight hopefully they find Lytle a decent replacemnt
I feel bad for our bros in the land of Oz. It's not like they get the best cards down under (yet) and the Condit vs. Lytle fight was one of the gems on the card.
Come on Dana--find a good replacement !