UFC Sao Paulo has dealt with numerous fight cancellations, so why not one more?
Light heavyweight striker Jimi Manuwa is out of next Saturday’s main event vs. Thiago Santos with an undisclosed injury, and has been replaced by Eryk Anders, per MMAjunkie. so next week’s main event is going to feature two middleweights fighting at 205 lbs.
Anders (11-1) returns to Brazil on short notice, a little over five months after he lost by split decision to Lyoto Machida in the UFC Belem main event. The former Alabama football linebacker bounced back from his first defeat by knocking out Tim Williams with a head kick at UFC Lincoln last month.