Injuries Result in Cancellation of Diego Sanchez-Joe Lauzon Bout at UFC 180
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torn LCL has forced Diego Sanchez out of UFC 180. | Dave
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Things keep going downhill for UFC 180.
Just two days after Cain Velasquez pulled out of his heavyweight title defense against Fabricio Werdum due to a knee injury, the promotion has been forced to completely scrap the proposed lightweight matchup between Diego Sanchez and Joe Lauzon. The UFC announced the news on Thursday evening; as a result, a welterweight tussle pitting Edgar Garcia against Hector Urbina has been elevated to the pay-per-view bill.
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Lauzon was originally tabbed as a replacement for the injured Norman Parke, but the Bridgewater, Mass., native withdrew from the contest earlier this week. According to the fighter's camp, Sanchez suffered a torn LCL in his knee, leaving the Las Vegas-based promotion with no other options.
As it stands, injuries have left the UFC 180 main card with just two of its five originally announced pay-per-view bouts intact: Jake Ellenberger vs. Kelvin Gastelum and Ricardo Lamas vs. Dennis Bermudez. In addition to the alteration of the heavyweight main event and the loss of Sanchez-Lauzon, a featherweight tilt between Erik Perez and Marcus Brimage was removed after Perez went down with a shoulder injury earlier this month.
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