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Not even an hour ago the UFC announced that former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos had been pulled from his scheduled UFC 215 bout with Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n

\u201cJDS\u201d was flagged for a potential anti-doping violation by USADA and was subsequently removed from the September 9 event.<\/p>\n

Shortly following the news Francis Ngannou took to Twitter where he expressed his frustration.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/francis_ngannou\/status\/898655882153558016<\/p>\n

“I’m very very angry!!!<\/p>\n

Almost done with training camp and they just announced that my opponent is out for #ufc215”<\/em><\/p>\n

At this moment details on the nature of his anti-doping violation are being withheld.<\/p>\n

No word yet on if Francis Ngannou will remain on the UFC 215 pay-per-view card, and really, who would want to fight a “very very angry” Ngannou at this point?<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to bjpenn.com for further updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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