{"id":269297,"date":"2018-02-02T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T20:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269297"},"modified":"2018-02-02T12:50:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T20:50:52","slug":"breaking-ufc-belems-co-main-event-john-dodson-pedro-munhoz-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/john-dodson\/breaking-ufc-belems-co-main-event-john-dodson-pedro-munhoz-off\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | UFC Belem&#8217;s Co-Main Event Between John Dodson and Pedro Munhoz is Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Dodson&#8217;s bantamweight scrap with rising contender Pedro Munhoz will not longer go down tomorrow. MMA Fighting journalist\u00a0Guilherme Cruz\u200f was following the story closely after Pedro Munhoz missed weight early this morning. At first a catchweight was offered with Munhoz fined 20-percent of his purse, which would go to Dodson, as well as 20-percent of a potential win bonus. However, either the UFC changed their mind or an on-weight Dodson refused to take the fight with a heavier opponent, so the fight was called off.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UFC Belem ceremonial weigh-ins are a little over than 3 hours away, and no decision has been made about the co-main event. Pedro Munhoz missed by 4 pounds, and I&#8217;m hearing that John Dodson isn&#8217;t that interested in taking the fight. UFC trying to get it done.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guicruzzz\/status\/959497098487005185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m told that Dodson-Munhoz is off.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guicruzzz\/status\/959521867899002881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;After Pedro Munhoz missed weight by four pounds for his UFC Belem bout against John Dodson, UFC officials have pulled the fight from Saturday night&#8217;s event.\u00a0Munhoz weighed in at 140 pounds on Friday morning for the bantamweight bout. Moving into the co-main event slot is the flyweight bout between Valentina Shevchenko and Priscila Cachoeira.\u00a0UFC Belem, which airs live on FS1, will proceed with 11 bouts.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/Dodson-Munhoz-bout-removed-from-Belem-card\">via an official statement from the UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Cruz announced the fight was off, the UFC released their own official statement about the fight cancellation. In the its place,\u00a0Valentina Shevchenko&#8217;s bout against Priscila Cachoeira will be bumped into the co-main event slot. Below is the complete and updated card with only 11 fights total for a short Saturday night of fights in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAIN CARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Lyoto Machida vs. Eryk Anders<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Priscila Cachoeira vs. Valentina Shevchenko<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Desmond Green vs. Michel Prazeres<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Marcelo Golm vs. Timothy Johnson<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Douglas de Andrade vs. Marlon Vera<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Thiago \u201cMarreta\u201d Santos vs. Anthony Smith<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>UNDERCARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Tim Means vs. Sergio Moraes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Damir Hadzovic vs. Alan Patrick<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Polyana Viana vs. Maia Stevenson<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Iuri Alcantara vs. Joe Soto<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>FIGHT PASS PRELIM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Joseph Morales<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/2\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Dodson&#8217;s bantamweight scrap with rising contender Pedro Munhoz will not longer go down tomorrow. MMA Fighting journalist\u00a0Guilherme Cruz\u200f was following the story closely after Pedro Munhoz missed weight early this morning. At first a catchweight was offered with Munhoz fined 20-percent of his purse, which would go to Dodson, as well as 20-percent of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54442,"featured_media":145364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10289],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING | UFC Belem&#039;s Co-Main Event Between John Dodson and Pedro Munhoz is Off | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/john-dodson\/breaking-ufc-belems-co-main-event-john-dodson-pedro-munhoz-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING | UFC Belem&#039;s Co-Main Event Between John Dodson and Pedro Munhoz is Off | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Dodson&#8217;s bantamweight scrap with rising contender Pedro Munhoz will not longer go down tomorrow. 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