According to his own Twitter feed, UFC middleweight Riki Fukuda is out of UFC 133: Evans vs. Davis with a "broken left knee". "I had a car accident on 16th of July. I broke my left knee and it seems require surgery," said Fukuda. It is assumed he means June when he states July.
UFC 133 Fight Card: Riki Fukuda Out After Car Accident
Fukuda was originally slated to face Rafael Natal. There is no word yet from the Ultimate Fighting Championship regarding who will replace Fukuda.
The UFC 133 fight card at the time of this writing is as follows:
- Jorge Rivera vs Alessio Sakara
- Rafael Natal vs TBA
- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Vitor Belfort
- Brian Ebersole vs Dennis Hallman
- Rich Franklin vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Phil Davis vs Rashad Evans
- Johny Hendricks vs Mike Pierce
- Mike Brown vs Nam Phan
- Alexander Gustafsson vs Vladimir Matyushenko
- Ivan Menjivar vs Nick Pace
- Mike Pyle vs Rory MacDonald
- Chad Mendes vs Rani Yahya
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