Hector Lombard Injured, Woodley In Against Stun Gun Kim
The injury bug strikes again, and the UFC's return to China has seen a change to its co-headlining fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL_9nR7_59s According to the UFC's official website, number six ranked welterweight and former Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard has fallen to injury, and will be replaced by Tyron Woodley at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Le vs. Bisping in Macao, China. The event takes place August 23rd at the Cotai Arena. Woodley most recently fought at UFC 174 in Vancouver, losing a unanimous decision to Canadian Rory MacDonald in which he was badly outworked. The match resulted in UFC president Dana White publicly criticizing Woodley's performance, saying that he "chokes in big fights." Woodley now has the chance to quickly right the ship against number nine ranked Dong Hyun Kim, a.k.a. Stun Gun, who enters the fight on a four fight win streak, with wins over John Hathaway, Erik Silva, Siyar Bahadurzada, and Paulo Thiago dating back to 2012. His last two wins, over Silva and Hathaway, came by way of knockout. Woodley had wins over Josh Koscheck and Carlos Condit prior to his loss against MacDonald. No details as to the nature of Lombard's injury were released. Dana White and headliners Michael Bisping and Cung Le were in the midst of a Chinese promotional tour when news of the injury broke, with White announcing the switch while on the tour.