With Michael Chiesa bowing out of UFC Fight Night 91’s main event against Tony Ferguson with a blown back, featherweights Michael McDonald and John Lineker has been bumped to the show’s featured attraction.
McDonald has alternated between wins and losses over his past five outings. The promising 25-year-old ended a two-year hiatus due to various hand injuries in January’s submission win over Masanori Kanehara.
Lineker has won eight of his last nine fights, including four straight. The Brazilian’s lone blemish during his current run came in a decision defeat to Ali Bagautinov in 2014.
No word on what the UFC intends to do with Ferguson.