A rib fracture has forced bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw to pull out of his upcoming title defense against Renan Barao at next month’s UFC 186.
UFC President Dana White announced the injury during a radio interview on Tuesday.
According to an article on the UFC website, Dillashaw suffered the injury during a training session on Monday and there is no immediate timetable for his return.
Following the news of Dillashaw-Barao being scratched, MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reported on Twitter that White informed him that the flyweight title fight between champion Demetrious Johnson and Kyoji Horiguchi already scheduled for the co-main event will now be the main event of the fight card.
The current UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi fight card is below.
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Demetrious Johnson (21-2-1) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (15-1)
Quinton Jackson (35-11) vs. Fabio Maldonaldo (22-7)
Michael Bisping (25-7) vs. C.B. Dolloway (15-6)
Thomas Almeida (17-0) vs. Yves Jabouin (20-9)
Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Patrick Cote (20-9) vs. Joe Riggs (40-15, 1NC)
Sarah Kaufman (17-2, 1NC) vs. Alexis Davis (16-6)
Chad Laprise (10-0) vs. Bryan Barberena (10-2)
Abel Trujillo (12-6, 1NC) vs. John Makdessi (12-3)
Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier (6-1) vs. David Michaud (8-1)
Nordine Taleb (10-2) vs. Chris Clements (12-5, 1NC)
Jessica Rakoczy (1-4) vs. Valerie Letourneau (6-3)