Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be forced to shake things up for its UFC Fight Night 83 fight card, now that bantamweight slugger John Lineker has contracted Dengue fever and pulled from his Cody Garbrandt fight on Feb. 21, 2016 showdown in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
El dengue ha llegado hasta los peleadores UFC, @johnlineker víctima de esta enfermedad pic.twitter.com/79JNaf3GvF
— UFC Fan (@FanUFCecuador) February 15, 2016
Bummer.
Dengue fever -- also known as "breakbone fever" -- is a mosquito-borne tropical disease that has racked up a fair share of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, including Bellator's Philipe Lins and UFC's Yan Cabral, who was replaced by Alex Oliveira back in May 2015.