According to multiple sources, Rafael dos Anjos has been forced to withdraw from next week’s highly-anticipated UFC 196 main event fight against Conor McGregor, due to a foot injury.
According to sources, dos Anjos suffered a broken foot late last week, which will force him out of the lightweight title fight against McGregor. The UFC is currently working on finding a replacement opponent for McGregor, however, nothing has been finalized at this time. Ariel Helwani is already reporting that Frankie Edgar is not available to step in, as he’s dealing with an undisclosed injury. He also mentioned that he’d spoken with Donald Cerrone’s camp, and that there was interest there. His tweet is below:
Spoke to Cerrone’s mgmt team this morning. They are interested in taking the fight. He’s on the shortlist, for sure.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) February 23, 2016
More on this story as it develops.
