LOS ANGELES -- Josh Barnett walked into a downtown steakhouse Monday afternoon thinking about a fight with Ben Rothwell. He left with his potential future plans in upheaval.
MMA Fighting's Guilherme Cruz reported Monday, while the Barnett media lunch was going on, that heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum had pulled out of the UFC 196 main event due to injury. Werdum was going to defend his title against Cain Velasquez, but Velasquez pulled out Sunday and Stipe Miocic got the call.
Now the UFC 196 main event seems to just have Miocic coming in on two weeks' notice.