Official: Edgar vs. Maynard III fight cancelled (Updated)
Posted on May 9, 2011, 03:25 PM by Ryan VenturaAccording to a report from MMAFighting.com and officially announced on UFC.com the trilogy between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard will have to wait. Both fighters suffered injuries during their respective training camps. To replace Edgar and Maynard for the main event at UFC 130 will be Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Hamill and the co-main event of Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson. The welterweight bout between Thiago Alves and Rick Story will also be promoted to the main Pay-Per-View card as well. Below is the official announcement from UFC.com.
The highly-anticipated third bout between UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and number one contender Gray Maynard will have to wait a little longer, as it was announced today that both fighters have suffered injuries in training camp that will take them out of the UFC 130 main event on May 28th.
Stepping up into the UFC 130 main event slot is the bout between former UFC light heavyweight champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Matt "The Hammer" Hamill, and moving to the Pay-Per-View card will be the Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story welterweight showdown.
In Spike TV prelim action, Tim Boetsch's middleweight debut against Kendall Grove will join the bantamweight fight between Miguel Angel Torres and Demetrious Johnson.
Update:
Light Heavyweight collision between Rampage Jackson and Matt Hamill has been officially promoted to the main event, as the Welterweight contest between Rick Story and Thiago Alves will fill in the missing fifth main card slot. Tim Boetsch's Middleweight debut against Kendall Grove will be shown on SpikeTV instead of the Story-Alves bout.
Also, according to the UFC President Dana White, the fight between Edgar and Maynard could take place in August or September. MMAMania.com brings the quote: "(The injuries) are not that serious," said UFC President Dana White. "They're going to be out like six to eight weeks. So if everything goes right and they heal the same, who knows, maybe we can do this fight in August or September."
Stay tuned to LowKick.com for more.
Photo: Photo: Frank Edgar celebrates his victory over Mark Bocek at UFC 73 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA on July 7, 2007. by Francis Specker.
Comments
bad times.
both fighters dont wann lose this fight and train so hard and risk getting injured
Even tho the rest of the card is staked, it is still a little bit to weak for a PPV card, obviously I will still watch it but the chances of me buying this card r basically 0.....it still could be a great card with fighters like Rampage/Stuve/Mir/Nelson/Alves/Santiago/Stann all off them r big named fighters and deliver exciting fights
Its funny how nobody except for a couple of people were looking forward to the 2nd fight but now everyone is disappointed that the 3rd fight is cancelled haha
@Jack
Lol thats so true, even tho I no its highly unlikely that this fight was going to be like the 2nd one, I am still more interested in this fight more than ever b4
its a shame but im glad to see alves on the main card
Damn. I was really looking forward to this bout.
Does anybody know yet what injuries they both suffered?
Edgar broke his rib and maynard suffered a bad knee injury.
Why the f*ck would someone weak my comment when im just saying the truth? whoever you are you must hate me bad lol!
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Wow, that's not what I hoped to hear. This bout could be prolonged onto next year if Maynard suffered a bad knee injury. Was it his ACL or MCL or was it his bone?
Hmmm, I think the UFC should propose a interim LW title fight.
LOL yeah someone has a vendetta against me as well. You must have 'wronged' someone!
I'm sure they weak your comment because of the injuries and not just you
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@combaticus
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both fighters getting injured at the same time? hmmm i wonder what the real reason is, something is fishy about this
its because of the new insurance the ufcs brought in.
I just hope that both fighters have speeding recoveries and maybe we can see this bout in the summer time
Now we have to drag this Maynard/Edgar crap out longer? Ugh. That's O.K., I'd rather watch Alves anyway. Now Hamill can pound on Rampage's sorry ass as a headliner.
Pettis must be pissed
I wasn't going to pay for that PPV anyway but Rampage can have my $55 any weekend! sorry Edgar and Maynard, wasn't into it
Man, so many fighters get inured during training. They need to be more careful.
Boooooo!
ahhh shit!
Man thats going to annoy the guys lining up for a shot. The promised matchups are really getting farther and farther from possability.
Yeah the Lightweight division is the most stacked one. So many fighters lining up for a title shot, their chances have been pushed back.
They should move the pettis vs guida to this card as main event IMO. That fight will be a war!
Hey, it ain't over till Nelson Sings :)
theyre not even replacing the main event?! weak.
gutted about this
this card sucked before this fight and sucks even more without this fight. the ufc is still stealing all your guy's money. i will not rent one of these shitty cards cause i'm tired of making dana rich and getting back anything in return. lately i have access to watch the fights for free on the computer and i still don't want to watch. to me, even bellator is running better show. you suck ufc.
are you trying to be bj penn? common dude, really? story? who the phuck is he? go ahead and spend your money bj. i won't even watch this shit for free. oh yeah, i used to train with you in mountain view if it's really you. but i doubt it.
It is a pity with so many lightweights and so much competition , no one gets much closer to the belt without this fight happening. I hope UFC brings in 5 rounds for title contender match-ups!
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