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Rodrigo Nogueira is out of his UFC 119 fight with Frank Mir after suffering an injury in training, a Brazilian source tells Fighters Only.
The nature of the injury was not disclosed but the source says it will require surgery. Nogueira is said to be “incredibly frustrated” by it and expects to be out until the New Year.
The fight with Mir was to headline UFC 119 and was a rematch of their meeting, which saw Nogueira stopped for the first time in his professional career.
Fighters Only has also been told the UFC has already secured a replacement and it will be “a really big name opponent”, although the source we spoke to did not provide a name.
Yeah, I read that after I posted. This could be a LOL moment when they reveal this "big name" Who is really out there to fight? Cro Cop? Barnett? Fedor? I doubt any of those guys get signed.
Cro Cop makes the most sense here. He's the only big name not currently tied up with something else in the UFC. Nelson has knee surgery, Brock is champ and won't fight a non contender, Carwin is awaiting Nelson, and Junior is waiting for Cain/Lesnar to be over so he can get his shot.
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Nog would have lost again anyway. Mir is still faster, still better with his hands at this point(six years ago it's not even close and Nog would destroy Mir anywhere), and still has the better chin(again, only right now is this true)
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