Kelvin Gastelum Hurt and from UFC 195 Kelvin Gastelum is out of his UFC 195 Having an undisclosed injury per UFC officials on Wednesday.
The TUF 17 winner was supposed to shoot on Kyle Noke in a welterweight bout. Instead Alex Morono (11-3) will be making his UFC debut and replacing Gastelum against Noke. Morono has won five-straight struggles. As a result of the switchup, a lightweight matchup involving Abel Trujillo and Tony Sims will now be a part of the principal card. UFC 195 occurs in Las Vegas, Nev. on Jan. 2. Robbie Lawler defends his welterweight title against Carlos Condit at the primary event. Report: Jimi Manuwa takes on Nikita Krylov set for UFC Fight Night 83 According to The Daily Mail, light heavyweights Manuwa and Krylov are set to face off at UFC Fight Night 83 at London.
Manuwa (15-2) is coming off a second round TKO loss to Anthony Johnson in UFC 191. He’s gone 4-2 since making his octagon debut in 2012. Krylov (19-4) is coming off a first round entry victory over Marcos Rog??rio de Lima in UFC Fight Night 74.
Also two more bouts have been officially added to this occasion.
Teemu Packalen vs Lukasz Sajewski Packalen (7-1) is coming off unanimous decision loss to Mickael Lebout in UFC Fight Night 72. Sajewski (13-1) suffered the first loss of his career, suffering a unanimous decision lost to Nick Hein at UFC Fight Night 69 in his promotional introduction. Daniel Omielanczuk vs. Jarjis Danho Omielanczuk (17-5-1) has gone 2-2 inside the octagon and is coming from a stoppage victory over Chris de la Rocha at UFC Fight Night 72. Danho (6-0) has won all of his fights by stoppage, such as four by knockout. He’s coming off a first-round TKO victory over Stefan Traunmueller in a Desert Force Championship event in Jordan. UFC Fight Night 83 takes place Feb. 27 in The O2 in London and here’s the most current version of the card. Jimi Manuwa vs. Nikita Krylov ***Not Official** Michael Bisping vs. Gegard Mousasi Makwan Amirkhani vs. Mike Wilkinson Rustam Khabilov vs. Norman Parke Tom Breese vs. Keita Nakamura Henry Briones vs. Brad Pickett Davey Grant vs. Marlon Vera Arnold Allen vs. Yaotzin Meza Martin Svensson vs. David Teymur Chris Dempsey vs. Krzysztof Jotko Scott Askham vs. Chris Dempsey Teemu Packalen vs. Lukasz Sajewski Jarjis Danho vs. Daniel Omielanczuk Bellator’s Joe Schilling wants a rematch with Melvin Manhoef Kickboxing celebrity Schilling talked to MMAJunkie on Tuesday and expressed his desire to fight fellow knockout artist Melvin Manhoef for a second time. «The Melvin rematch is logical for those fans,» Schilling informed MMAjunkie. «Our first fight was amazing and it was clearly more awesome for me than it had been for him, but it was fantastic for the fans. I would really like to battle Melvin again and it is definitely something that I see happening in the future» Schilling (2-5) knocked out Manhoef is his Bellator debut back in November 2014 in Bellator 131. Ever since that time, the GLORY kickboxer has dropped two straight bouts from the cage, dropping bouts to Rafael Carvalho and most recently Hisaki Kato in Bellator 139 in June. Manhoef (30-12-1) is coming from a knockout win over Kato in Bellator 146 and is now 3-1- 1 NC in his last five fights. Emmanuel Yarborough passes off at 51 The most significant fighter to ever compete in the UFC, Emmanuel Yarborough, passed away on Monday evening. Yarbrough (1-3) who fought in the UFC and once in PRIDE, was at one time recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest athlete. He had been 616-pounds when he fought against 195-pound Keith Hackney about the third UFC event in September of 1994. Yarborough was 51-years old.
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