Enjoy to event UFC 202 Typically the pairing previously met before in the year at UFC 196 McGregor was expected to challenge then UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos but dos Anjos pulled out as a result of broken foot only 10 days before the event Diaz eventually replaced him and the bout was shifted to the welterweight division3 Diaz won the fight via rear-naked choke in the second round4 Their rematch was formerly expected to occur at UFC 200 but everything changed during mid-April as a disagreement between McGregor and the UFC regarding his media schedule led to his removal from the event and then Nate Diaz was also pulled out5
A fight between former UFC 202 Lighting Heavyweight Championship challengers Anthony Johnson and Glover Teixeira was anticipated to serve as the co-main event for UFC on Fox: Holm vs Shevchenko However Meeks pulled out one 30 days prior to the event to tend to personal issues6 Inside turn promotion officials chosen to pull Teixeira from the card and the pairing was left unchanged and rescheduled to take place at this event7
Dong Hyun Kim was expected to face Neil Magny at the event However Kim pulled out due to injury on July 12 and was replaced by UFC 202
A lightweight bout between Al Iaquinta and former welterweight title challenger Thiago Alves briefly linked to this is now expected to be contested later this year at ULTIMATE FIGHTER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2051011
UFC 202 Stream
A welterweight contest between former WEC Welterweight Champion and former interim UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit and Demian Maia a former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger was planned to happen at this event but was moved a week later to headline an already scheduled FOX event12
Sultan Aliev was expected to face Hyun Gyu Lim at the event However Aliev taken out of the fight in early August citing a wrist injury13 Lim will now face advertising newcomer Mike Perry14
Upon August 5 Sean Strickland pulled out of his organized bout against Tim Implies due to a knee injury15 He or she was replaced by advertising newcomer Sabah Homasi16
The Ultimate Fighter: China champion Ning Guangyou tested positive for clenbuterol from an out-of-competition sample taken May nineteen but USADA found he ingested the substance without fault or negligence They will reviewed the evidence of the case - Guangyou's whereabouts diet habits and the lab reports showing "very low parts per billion concentrations" of the substance - and determined that it very likely originated in reflectivity of the gold meat as Countries like Mexico and China have a high risk for meats contaminated with the substance Guangyou will not face a suspension This individual was expected to face Marlon Vera at this event but due to this incident the round was pushed back one week for UFC on Fox: Maia vs Condit17
A fight between former UFC 202 Lighting Heavyweight Championship challengers Anthony Johnson and Glover Teixeira was anticipated to serve as the co-main event for UFC on Fox: Holm vs Shevchenko However Meeks pulled out one 30 days prior to the event to tend to personal issues6 Inside turn promotion officials chosen to pull Teixeira from the card and the pairing was left unchanged and rescheduled to take place at this event7
Dong Hyun Kim was expected to face Neil Magny at the event However Kim pulled out due to injury on July 12 and was replaced by UFC 202
A lightweight bout between Al Iaquinta and former welterweight title challenger Thiago Alves briefly linked to this is now expected to be contested later this year at ULTIMATE FIGHTER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2051011
UFC 202 Stream
A welterweight contest between former WEC Welterweight Champion and former interim UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit and Demian Maia a former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger was planned to happen at this event but was moved a week later to headline an already scheduled FOX event12
Sultan Aliev was expected to face Hyun Gyu Lim at the event However Aliev taken out of the fight in early August citing a wrist injury13 Lim will now face advertising newcomer Mike Perry14
Upon August 5 Sean Strickland pulled out of his organized bout against Tim Implies due to a knee injury15 He or she was replaced by advertising newcomer Sabah Homasi16
The Ultimate Fighter: China champion Ning Guangyou tested positive for clenbuterol from an out-of-competition sample taken May nineteen but USADA found he ingested the substance without fault or negligence They will reviewed the evidence of the case - Guangyou's whereabouts diet habits and the lab reports showing "very low parts per billion concentrations" of the substance - and determined that it very likely originated in reflectivity of the gold meat as Countries like Mexico and China have a high risk for meats contaminated with the substance Guangyou will not face a suspension This individual was expected to face Marlon Vera at this event but due to this incident the round was pushed back one week for UFC on Fox: Maia vs Condit17
