With a bantamweight scrap between John Lineker and John Dodson serving as UFC Fight Night 96's headliner on Oct. 1 from Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, the main card needed as much fire power as possible. Not that Lineker and Dodson aren't stars in their own right, but the FOX Sports 1 event would have fared much better with a little depth.
Unfortunately, per a report by MMA Junkie, both Bobby Green and Brian Ortega pulled out of UFC Fight Night 96 earlier today (Fri., Sept. 9, 2016). Green's reason for withdrawing from his lightweight bout opposite journeyman Josh Burkman has yet to be revealed, while an injury to Ortega forced him out of his featherweight contest with Brazilian veteran Hacran Dias.