From bad luck to a bad joke, the lineup for UFC 149 took yet another hit today when the UFC revealed welterweight striker Siyar Bahadurzada had been pulled from a scheduled fight with Chris Clements due to injury. Bahadurzada is one of a number of competitors attached to the card who have had to pull out for health-related reasons including Michael Bisping, Jose Aldo, Thiago Alves, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Thiago Silva. In fact, Bahadurzada himself was a replacement for Akiyama.
Fortunately, the UFC already has an individual lined up to fill the vacancy created by Bahadurzada’s withdrawal in the form of Matt Riddle.
A Closer Look at Bahadurzada’s UFC Debut
Riddle holds an overall record of 6-3 with all of his fights coming under the UFC banner. The 26-year old was last seen narrowly outpointing Henry Martinez this past February. In Clements he will face an 11-4 Canadian with ten knockouts to his credit.
UFC 149 is headlined by Urijah Faber meeting Renan Barao for an interim championship in the bantamweight division. Other notable match-ups set for the July 21 show include Cheick Kongo-Shawn Jordan and Hector Lombard-Tim Boetsch.
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