Thiago Silva out of UFC 117; Phil Baroni pulls out of UFC 118
Posted on July 27, 2010, 02:03 PM by Daniel CassidyA source close to the fighter has confirmed that Thiago Silva will not be taking part in UFC 117. Silva was set to take on Tim Boetsch in a prelim fight, but an undisclosed injury has forced the LightHeavyweight fighter out of the card, with little more than a week to go.
Silva's last fight was against Rashad Evans, and rumours circulated that Silva was laden down with back problems prior to the build up of the UFC 108 main event. While no further information is at present available, no doubt more will come to light as soon as possible.
Eleven-and-one UFC newcomer Todd "The Bulldog" Brown will step in in to take the Brazilian's place. Brown is currently on a 7-fight winning streak, with six submission victories on his record.
Phil Baroni drops out of UFC 118
The "New York Bad Ass" Phil Baroni has officially dropped out of his UFC 118 fight against up and comer John Salter. Baroni, currently 13-12, cited a collarbone injury as his reason for dropping out of the fight. Baroni suffered two losses in his last two fights, against Amir Sodallah and Joe Riggs.
Baroni, on the downslide of a rather unexciting career, shocked many when Dana White brought him back to the UFC, when his record was 13-11.
Salter is 5-1 in his MMA career, his sole loss coming against Gerald Harris.
Source: MMAweekly
Comments
Baroni? lol ... Keith Jardine was let go yet this clown is allowed to still fight under the UFC banner?
sh*ts not right!
Very sharp comment...not to forget Kimbo after losing one fight aswell.
kimbo sucks get over it he lost to metrione and had that boring ass fight with houston guy is a joke he should fight bums on the street and put it on youtube thats all he can do
I wish he would. Those were fun to watch.
Good one lol.
well said mate, jardine may not of done too well in his previous fights but one thing u can guarantee is a lively and enjoyable fight, id pay for a PPV with jardine on it over baroni any day of the week.
TEAM JARDINE.
Totally agree. Keith puts on good fights and Baroni is next to useless in a UFC caliber fight
think Baroni knows when he losses its over will lose some sponsors
and dropped cause of fear of losing......and damn
Cris Leban was set as an alternate but couldn't cause he couldn't make weight in time............crazy if he could of made that fight and did good
even if he lose ...........dude is a stud in my book ..great paying year, just
using your face as a defence you just cant do that all your life
i really wanted to see silva rebound from his loss to rashad. too many dam injuries, first shogun then urijah now this
Damn, I feel like I haven't seen Thiago Silva fight in forever!
I would like to see Thiago fight but dont care much for Bologny.
WTF was looking foward to Thiago fighting hopefully he gets healthy soon and is on the main card for his next fight
Sucks about Thiago. Love to watch him scrap. Baroni not so much. I think he's close to the end of his career anyway, and not sure why the UFC brought him in.
Silva probably pulled out cause he didn't like fighting on the prelims.
Phil needs to get it together. The guy needs a solid win. He pretty much a gate keeper now.
at least there are a $hit load of other fights! hope no one else pulls out
not sexually
yea right