{"id":211239,"date":"2016-11-25T09:48:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T17:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=211239"},"modified":"2016-11-25T09:48:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T17:48:49","slug":"daniel-cormier-ufc-206-title-fight-anthony-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-johnson\/daniel-cormier-ufc-206-title-fight-anthony-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier out of UFC 206 title fight against Anthony Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unfortunate news comes a day after Thanksgiving for MMA fans.<\/p>\n

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier<\/a> has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 206 main event title fight scheduled against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson<\/a> due to an injury, according to a report from MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/a><\/p>\n

The UFC is busy working to find another main event for the event set to take place at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. According to the report from MMA Fighting, the UFC plans to keep Johnson on the card. The UFC has yet to make any official announcement on Cormier’s injury or an opponent for Johnson.<\/p>\n

UFC 206 has taken a huge hit this week as it was officially announced earlier in the week that Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy was also canceled due to Evans having licensing issues with the Ontario Athletic Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"former<\/a><\/p>\n

Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis was set to serve as the co-main event of the card with Cormier vs. Johnson originally set to headline the event.<\/p>\n

The current UFC 206 card has the following fights scheduled:<\/p>\n

Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis
\nDonald Cerrone vs. Matt Brown
\nCub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi
\nNikita Krylov vs. Misha Cirkunov
\nOlivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Drew Dober
\nValerie Letourneau vs. Viviane Pereira
\nJohn Makdessi vs. Landon Vannata
\nJason Saggo vs. Rustam Khabilov
\nMitch Gagnon vs. Matthew Lopez
\nZach Makovsky vs. Dustin Ortiz
\nEmil Weber Meek vs. Jordan Mein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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