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source: Dave Meltzer's update today
Anderson Silva, the UFC's middleweight champion, informed the promotion that he will be undergoing elbow sugery shortly.
The company did not have a time estimate of how long Silva would be out of action, but it would be for at least several months, putting him out of fighting on 11/14 in Manchester, England. This came as UFC has announced another title match that was at one point talked about for that date, B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez for the lightweight title, would be taking place instead on 12/12 in Memphis.
It is also being reported by The Sun that Quinton Jackson got the part as B.A. in "The A-Team" movie, and due to the filming schedule, would be out of the Memphis show where he and Rashad Evans were the main event.
This would be a strong negative internally because the reason the show was booked for Memphis is that's where Jackson grew up, plus the season of Ultimate Fighter that starts on 9/16 is said to do a phenomenal job of building the fight. The fight would still take place and it won't be 18 months later, and we've already seen from Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra that even 18 months later he stuff off The Ultimate Fighter will still draw big.
Penn vs. Sanchez was put on the Memphis show because of the fear Jackson would be pulling out of the show.
The company did not have a time estimate of how long Silva would be out of action, but it would be for at least several months, putting him out of fighting on 11/14 in Manchester, England. This came as UFC has announced another title match that was at one point talked about for that date, B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez for the lightweight title, would be taking place instead on 12/12 in Memphis.
It is also being reported by The Sun that Quinton Jackson got the part as B.A. in "The A-Team" movie, and due to the filming schedule, would be out of the Memphis show where he and Rashad Evans were the main event.
This would be a strong negative internally because the reason the show was booked for Memphis is that's where Jackson grew up, plus the season of Ultimate Fighter that starts on 9/16 is said to do a phenomenal job of building the fight. The fight would still take place and it won't be 18 months later, and we've already seen from Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra that even 18 months later he stuff off The Ultimate Fighter will still draw big.
Penn vs. Sanchez was put on the Memphis show because of the fear Jackson would be pulling out of the show.
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