{"id":264567,"date":"2017-11-28T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T02:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264567"},"modified":"2017-11-28T17:55:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T01:55:58","slug":"saki-replacement-found-khalil-rountree-ufc-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/saki-replacement-found-khalil-rountree-ufc-219\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e4ki Out, Replacement Found Against Khalil Rountree at UFC 219"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the more surprising announcement made by the UFC in 2017 was that of the signing of kickboxing champion G\u00f6khan Saki to their light heavyweight division. The <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/gokhan-saki\/kickboxing-star-gokhan-saki-officially-signs-ufc\/\">news broke<\/a>\u00a0this past May and his debut was surrounded by speculation, especially in a year whose theme within the combat sports world could be, &#8216;crossover&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Saki silenced some of that doubt with a violent finish of Henrique da Silva back in September in his UFC debut.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Gokhan-Saki.png\" alt=\"Gokhan Saki\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-250096 size-full\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Gokhan-Saki.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Gokhan-Saki-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Gokhan-Saki-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Gokhan-Saki-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A second fight was booked shortly after between Saki and Khalil Rountree. The bout was expected to take place on December 30th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unfortunately, Saki has been forced out of this bout with a knee injury, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DamonMartin\">Damon Martin<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerdcoremovement.com\">NerdcoreMovement.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><em>It also appears Gokhan Saki is OUT of UFC 219. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Official card now lists Khalil Rountree taking on Michal Oleksiejczuk in a light heavyweight matchup. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC219?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC219<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DamonMartin\/status\/935668578854100999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Saki&#8217;s absence has given way to the UFC debut of\u00a0<span>Michal Oleksiejczuk who will step up to the biggest stage in MMA to replace a combat sports legend. The Polish fighter was expected to debut at UFC 217 against Ion Cu\u021belaba until the fight was cancelled when Cu\u021belaba was flagged for a\u00a0potential anti-doping violation.\u00a0Oleksiejczuk was a late replacement for that bout as well when stepping in for the injured Gadzhimurad\u00a0Antigulov.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Oleksiejczuk is just 22-years-old but already boasts 10 finishes across 12 professional wins, with just two losses. According to his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/fighter\/Michael-Oleksiejczuk?id=\">UFC profile<\/a>, he started training just six years ago at the age of 16. He is coming off of three consecutive knockouts and will look to make the most of a big opportunity as the\u00a0high-profile\u00a0nature of a Saki\u00a0fight has turned some additional attention towards a fight that might not have stuck out from the crowd on the prelims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/BJPenn.com\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 11\/28\/2017.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; One of the more surprising announcement made by the UFC in 2017 was that of the signing of kickboxing champion G\u00f6khan Saki to their light heavyweight division. The news broke\u00a0this past May and his debut was surrounded by speculation, especially in a year whose theme within the combat sports world could be, &#8216;crossover&#8217;. 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