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Saturday's UFC 226 map lineup in Las Vegas was reset after losing the fight for the title of the main event.
Late Wednesday, featherweight champion Max Holloway (19-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) Brian Ortega (14-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) was pulled out of the competition after the champion knew what the representative of the team called "concussion symptoms." This left the main map with four fights. [19659002] Today, the UFC has announced a lightweight bout between Paul Felder (15-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Mike Perry (11-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC), which has only been set up a week ago, will go from the preliminaries to the middle of the main map.
It also means that the new co-hand will be a clash between Derrick Lewis (19-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) and recent title challenger Francis Ngannou (11-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC).
UFC 226 takes place Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card is broadcast in pay-per-view following the preliminary rounds on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
Felder was originally expected to fight James Vick at the main event of UFC Fight Night 133 on July 14th. was transferred to the lead against Justin Gaethje at UFC Fight Night 135 in August. Felder has expressed frustration on social media after losing two fights late in four months, but put his name forward to fight Perry after Yancy Medeiros suffered a rib injury that led him to withdraw from UFC 226.
Felder-Perry's fight on the main map also meant a gap on the broadcast preliminaries of FS1. So the light fight between Drakkar Klose (8-1-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Lando Vannata (9-2-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) that had been scheduled for preliminaries on UFC Fight Pass now has a new house on FS1.
The map is again complete, but now with 12 fights instead of 13, and just the title a fight in the main event between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (18-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC ) and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier (20-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC), who are fighting for the Miocic belt.
The new formation of UFC 226, with a new start at 19h ET, includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 pm ET)
- Champ Stipe Miocic vs. Champion Daniel Cormier – for the title of heavyweights
- Derrick Lewis vs Francis Ngannou
- Paul Felder vs. Mike Perry
- Michael Chiesa vs. Anthony Pettis
- Khalil Rountree against Gokhan Saki
PRELIMINARY CARD (8 pm ET) [19659010] Paulo Costa vs. Uriah Hall
PRELIMINARY MAP (UFC Fight Pass, 7 pm ET)
- Gilbert Burns vs. Dan Hooker
- Jamie Moyle vs. Emily Whitmire [19659016] To learn more about UFC 226, visit the UFC Rumors section of the website
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