Darkest Day in NHB....

[Rezo The Red Priest]

Vitor Belfort has pulled out 9 days before his main event UFC fight with Tito Ortiz. Belfort has a bad track record for pulling out before major fights, but this could ruin the UFC's return to PPV!

Igor Vovchanchin is out of his PRIDE 16 fight w/Semmy Schilt do to an injury. I don't blame Igor at all because he has fought non-stop since he arrived at PRIDE and deserves some rest.

Brad Kohler is out of his PRIDE 16 fight w/Akira Shoji due to an injury. I think this is better for Shoji anyway. He might get to fight someone at his own weight.

No replacements have been announced for any of these fights yet.

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Originally posted by Rezo The Red Priest
Vitor Belfort has pulled out 9 days before his main event UFC fight with Tito Ortiz. Belfort has a bad track record for pulling out before major fights, but this could ruin the UFC's return to PPV!

It's pretty ironic, Tito Ortiz is now injured with a torn ACL and could be out up to 9 months, somewhere in the back of my mind I think to myself this fight wasn't meant to happen...at least not yet. Hopefully it will though. Chuck Lidell is rumored to be replacing Tito, and the UFC plans to add another match up perhaps Cotoure vs Barnett but with Barnett and his injury it could very well be Cotoure vs Ricco Rodriguez.