Anthony Njokuani Injured. Out Of Bout With Al Iaquinta

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The MMA gods had apparently destined that Anthony Njokuani wasn't going to fight Paul Taylor in England next month. Now Njokuani is out, himself.

Sources close to the fight on Tuesday told MMAjunkie.com that the lightweight has been forced off UFC Fight Night 30 with an unspecified injury. Njokuani (16-7 MMA, 3-3 UFC) was set to meet replacement Al Iaquinta (6-2-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) on the card after Taylor pulled out with an injury, then retired.

UFC officials have not yet announced Njokuani's removal from the card, or if a replacement will be sought for Iaquinta.

UFC Fight Night 30 takes place Oct. 26 at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The main card airs on FOX Sports 2.

Njokuani was looking to build on a good run of wins in two of his past three fights, including a knockout of Roger Bowling at UFC on FOX 7 in April. But he has bounced between wins and losses the past three years without being able to put together a win streak. Now he'll be sidelined for an unspecified amount of time before he can look to get that streak going. The original planned matchup against Taylor was the third time the two had been booked to fight
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Theyll probs get someone from BAMMA or something.
 
Isaac Vallie-Flagg has been out awhile. A fight between those two would be really good.
 
How in THE hell is Legionarius still on the UFC roster?
 
TheMMAn said:
How in THE hell is Legionarius still on the UFC roster?
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He's fun to watch, Dana likes that. He would've still gotten the W against Cote despite the back of the head shots.
 
TheMMAn said:
How in THE hell is Legionarius still on the UFC roster?
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Well, he did kinda beat Cote. Wasn't there talk of a rematch of that fight?


As arkridge said, Vallie-Flagg would be good.

Is Jeremy Stephens booked, cos that would be an option?

EDIT: Oops, didn't realise he'd dropped to FW
 
Sanshou Kid said:
Well, he did kinda beat Cote. Wasn't there talk of a rematch of that fight?


As arkridge said, Vallie-Flagg would be good.

Is Jeremy Stephens booked, cos that would be an option?
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Jeremy Stephens was scheduled to fight Rony Jason on the next fight night card, but dropped out due to injury. So, different weight classes now. He picked up his first win at 145 a little while back.
 
Damn and who did Al step in for again?

EDIT: My bad, it's in the article lol.
 
They'll probably sign somebody for a minimal wage from the local circuit yo fill in for a single bout.
 
theycallitMurda said:
I'm not sure lol can't remember who has a fight already and doesn't, who do you wanna see?
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Isaac Vaille-Flagg hasn't gotten a fight in awhile. If not that, like an above poster said, welcoming Erik Koch to the division would be cool.
 
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