No way, Jose! Yes way, Mendes… On Tuesday, the UFC confirmed announced the rib injury reigning featherweight champion Jose Aldo recently suffered will in fact force him out of his highly-anticipated UFC 189 showdown against Conor McGregor.
McGregor will now face Chad Mendes for the vacant interim featherweight title in the July 11 event.
Here is the show’s revised lineup:
Preliminary Card:
Yosdenis Cedeno vs. Cody Pfister
Neil Seery vs. Louis Smolka
(Fox Sports 1 8PM ET/5PM PT)
Henry Briones vs. Cody Garbrandt
Mike Swick vs.