Rick Story is replacing an injured Anthony Johnson against Nate Marquardt at UFC on Versus 4.
UFC On Versus 4 Fight Card: Marquardt Not ‘Medically Cleared’, Brenneman Faces Story In Co-Main Event
UFC On Versus 4 Fight Card: Nate Marquardt Not ‘Medically Cleared’, Brenneman To Face Story
The full UFC on Versus 4 card as of the time of this writing:
Main card (airing on Versus at 9 p.m. ET)
Preliminary card (airing on Facebook at 6 p.m. ET)
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The full UFC on Versus 4 card includes:
Main card (airing on Versus at 9 p.m. ET)
Preliminary card (airing on Facebook at 6 p.m. ET)
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The fight card for UFC on Versus 4 is now the following:
Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story
Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
John Howard vs. Matt Brown
Rich Attonito vs. Daniel Roberts
Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Tyson Griffin vs. Manny Gamburyan
Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
Michael Johnson vs. Edward Faaloloto
Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft
Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
T.J. Grant vs. Charlie Brennema
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There is no word yet on the nature of Johnson’s injury. Bloody Elbow details the history of Johnson’s injuries here in terms of pulling out of fights.
UFC on Versus 4 takes place June 26th at the Consol Energy Center on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Given the last week is of preparation before the fight is largely devoted to travel, media and resting the body, Story has approximately three weeks to train for this fight. While he is likely in fighting shape and seemingly uninjured after his UFC 130 bout, it’s not clear what toll this will take on Story fighting against top competition in such close proximity.
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