McFedries Steps In For Reljic at UFC 90, Clementi/Maynard Status Upgraded
From MMAJunkie.com:
With Goran Reljic (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) forced out of UFC 90 with a back injury, his original opponent, Thales Leites (13-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), is now expected to fight UFC veteran Drew McFedries (7-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC).
A source close to McFedries alerted MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) of the likely substitution today.
With the change, a fight between lightweight contenders Rich Clementi (32-12-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) and Gray Maynard (5-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is now expected to be promoted from UFC 90's un-televised preliminary card to the pay per view broadcast's televised main card.
That's too bad for Reljic -- I enjoyed his debut and was looking forward to him fighting Leites. I commend McFedries for stepping up, but everyone knows he's weak when it comes to submission defense and Leites is not at all weak when it comes to submissions.
I think the Clementi/Maynard fight is an OK addition to the main card -- I'd like to see Clementi sub Maynard...or better yet, see Maynard knock himself out again. That was priceless.
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I was definitely looking
I was definitely looking forward to seeing Reljic fight. Clementi/Maynard is an okay replacement.
I draft Relijic as a LHW he
I draft Relijic as a LHW he immediately drops down and now he gets hurt. No off to a good start in my book Goran I have been known to have a quick hook.
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