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MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR FRIDAY: BEN ROTHWELL OFF UFC 203 DUE TO INJURY, FABRICIO WERDUM REMATCHES TRAVIS BROWNE

Ben Rothwell off UFC 203 Fabricio Werdum finds fresh opponent MMAJunkie reported Thursday that heavyweight Ben Rothwell is away UFC 203 due to a knee injury. Because of this, the UFC has discovered a replacement for former heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum, and it is a familiar foe in Travis Browne, who Werdum last defeated within five rounds in a Fox card’s event. UFC 203 takes place at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on September 10th. Here is an updated look in the card. Stipe Miocic (c) (15-2) vs. Alistair Overeem (41-14) — Heavyweight championship Fabricio Werdum (20-6-1) vs. Travis Browne (18-4-1) Bethe Correia (9-2) vs. Jessica Eye (11-5) Mairbek Taisumov (25-5) vs. Nik Lentz (26-7-2) Phil »CM Punk » Brooks (0-0) vs. Mickey Gall (2-0) Drew Dober (16-7) vs. Jason Gonzalez (10-2) Urijah Faber (33-9) vs. Jimmie Rivera (19-1) Ray Borg (9-2) vs. Ian McCall (13-5-1) New group types in an effort to get UFC fighters unionized It was announced Thursday a new company, The Professional Fighters Association (PFA), has formed in an effort to have UFC fighters unionized through a press release. The team is headed labour lawyer Lucas Middlebrook by baseball agent Jeff Borris and economist Andrew Zimbalist. Here’s what the press release had to say. « PFA won’t only be a union of fighters, but it’ll be governed solely by fighters, it’s the fighters that will control their own futures. The PFA has also received the support of the MLBPA, NFLPA, NHLPA, NBAPA and MLSPU. I’ve been privileged to represent elite athletes for almost 40 decades, and think now more than ever in the benefits of collective bargaining to secure and enhance terms and conditions of employment, That is why I fully support and encourage efforts of their fighters to organize a union to represent them. » Said current executive director Donald Fehr. UFC fighters would have to challenge that status in order to form a marriage and are independent contractors.
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