That producer in the truck may have been on to something. According to a report from Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta and Zuffa brass considered having UFC womens bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey serve as a short notice replacement and headline UFC 176 in Los Angeles on Aug. 2. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo was booked to rematch Chad Mendes, but the event was subsequently cancelled Tuesday as Aldo was forced to withdraw on Jul. 2 due to a neck injury. Rousey served as the co-main event in her recent 16-second title defense to Alexis Davis at UFC 175 on Jul. 5. via Yahoo! Sports: Another piece of news came out of the postponement. Fertitta said UFC officials had talked amongst each other about potentially putting Ronda Rousey in a title fight in place of Aldo-Mendes, though he said it never progressed as far as talking to Rousey or her team about it. Fertitta revealed that Rousey also broke her right hand in her successful title defense Saturday at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas against Alexis Davis. Following Rouseys quick win at UFC 175, commentator Joe Rogan was scolded by UFC president Dana White for asking Rousey if shed be interested in fighting again on Aug. 2. Rousey reluctantly agreed while citing her upcoming minor knee surgery, but White immediately dismissed the notion to Rousey before confronting Rogan. 5 MUST-READ STORIES Cancelled. UFC 176 has been cancelled by promotion brass after featherweight champion Jose Aldo was forced to withdraw due to injury. Interim title. UFC CEO Lorenzo Lorenzo Fertitta says an interim featherweight title bout could be a possibility if Jose Aldo cant be medically cleared by October. Fortunes changed for five. Dave Meltzer explains how B.J. Penn, Chris, Weidman, Ronda Rousey, Lyoto Machida and Urijah Faber move on following UFC 175 and The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale. Ronda knocks out Cyborg. Ronda Rouseys head trainer Edmond Tarverdyan says he loves his fighters chances against Cris Cyborg. I believe even with one hand she fights Cyborg, she beats her. Never in a million years. Jason Parillo says he had absolutely nothing to do with B.J. Penns new striking style. Make sure to check out The MMA Hour featuring Pat Miletich, Chad Mendes, Jens Pulver, Phil Baroni, Edmond Tarverdyan and Jason Parillo. MEDIA STEW Metamoris 4: Countdown (Josh Barnett vs. Dean Lister). Joe Rogan teaches the Imanari finnish. The Road to the Cage: Conor McGregor vs. Diego Brandao. TTTHS. PANCRASE 259 Highlight. Bill Burr talks Ronda Rousey and MMA vs. boxing. Long watches. Renato Laranja Show: Episode 3 with Bas Rutten (with excellent cameo from Cris Cyborg) ... Josh Barnett Conquers The World: Katee Sackhoff TWEETS UFC 178. NOTHING has made me more excited in a long time than hearing a fight date from @seanshelby. Ask him tho-cuz I cnt release it. #comingsoon — Dominick Cruz (@TheDomin8r) July 8, 2014 FYI. @YoelRomeroMMA Looks like we are throwing down. FYI. Im asking NSAC for drug testing on both of us. Lets set an example for the sport. — Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) July 8, 2014 Bright side. After my fight against Gleison Tibau, Brazil dont worry you have the best fighters in the world @GleisonTibauMMA pic.twitter/tHp1BjoY9U — khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) July 8, 2014 The Brazilians got buried tonight. On July 19th I bury one more. — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 8, 2014 Getting paid sounds hard. To win the US$50,000 ONE Warrior Bonus, a fighter must impress our CEO Victor Cui along the following 4 criteria: — ONE FC (@ONEFCMMA) July 9, 2014 1) The fighter must thrill the fans with exciting action — ONE FC (@ONEFCMMA) July 9, 2014 2) The fighter must demonstrate an incredible warrior spirit — ONE FC (@ONEFCMMA) July 9, 2014 3) The fighter must exhibit amazing skill — ONE FC (@ONEFCMMA) July 9, 2014 4) The fighter must deliver a phenomenal finish — ONE FC (@ONEFCMMA) July 9, 2014 Good to see. Taking that first loss was the hardest thing for me. But coming home to my brothers waiting to cheer... t.co/UoQ6PGvuvU — Darth Tank (@TankScogginsMMA) July 8, 2014 A sign of a future champ @TankScogginsMMA fought on Sunday and back in for sparring today Shows true motivation pic.twitter/F6CivtTNC9 — Brad Pickett (@One_Punch) July 8, 2014 Congrats. I am honored to have received my brown belt this morning from a very special person...the one & only... t.co/C9iMsvfdjK — Jessica Aguilar (@jagatt) July 8, 2014 Bonus. When I wear my @holdsworth135 shirt not only is my jitz magically better, people also jus come up n grab my genitals pic.twitter/TippBoYNcj — Joseph Benavidez (@JoeJitsu) July 9, 2014 Bet those Rousey hitting mits Instagrams look pretty good about now. FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS Announced yesterday (Jul. 8 2014) Tim Kennedy vs. Yoel Romero at UFC 178 Seth Baczynski vs. Alan Jouban at UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux Dominick Cruz vs. Takeya Mizugaki at UFC 178 Bobby Green vs. Abel Trujillo moved to UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux Jussier Formiga vs. Zach Makovsky moved to UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Saint Preux Shayna Baszler vs. Bethe Correia moved to UFC 177 FANPOST OF THE DAY Todays Fanpost of the Day comes via Davis8185. Why Cant UFC 176 Take Place On Fight Pass? As many of you know, UFC 176 has been canceled. The card got cancelled because Jose Aldo was injured and ruled out of his title fight vs. Chad Mendes. Without Aldo vs. Mendes, this fight card is obviously not a PPV caliber card but how come the UFC cant use the rest of the fight card and put it on fight pass? If we remove the main event title fight, you could still construct a fight card having Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Gegard Mousasi as the main event. If we look at the past main events on fight pass, you could make the argument that Jacare vs. Mousasi would be the best main event of all the fight pass cards. The UFC has had no problem giving us weak fight cards but the rest of the fight card had some names that casual fans would recognize like Gray Maynard, Lorenz Larkin, Bobby Green, and a good match up between Danny Castillo and Tony Ferguson. ... Check out the rest of the post here. Found something youd like to see in the Morning Report? Just hit me up on Twitter @SaintMMA and well include it in tomorrows column.
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