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March\u2019s UFC 222 pay-per-view event was expected to be headlined by a featherweight title fight between current champ Max Holloway and top contender Frankie Edgar.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for fight fans, the Hawaiian champion suffered a leg injury and was forced to pull out of his highly anticipated title fight with \u201cThe Answer<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

With that news, the promotion was forced to find a new event headliner on short-notice for the March 3 fight card in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

In the end, the UFC convinced current women\u2019s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg to help save the UFC 222 card by accepting a fight with Invicta FC bantamweight title holder Yana Kunitskaya<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cyborg was last seen in action at December\u2019s UFC 219 event, where she scored a unanimous decision victory over former women\u2019s bantamweight title holder Holly Holm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Yana Kunitskaya was most recently seen in action at Invicta FC 25 where she captured the promotions vacant bantamweight title by scoring a unanimous decision win over Raquel Pa\u2019aluhi.<\/p>\n

As for the aforementioned UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar, \u201cThe Answer\u201d will still compete on the March 3 fight card when he throws down with surging division contender Brian Ortega in a non-title bout.<\/p>\n

Edgar is currently riding a two-fight win streak, his latest being a second-round TKO victory over Yair Rodriguez at May\u2019s UFC 211 event<\/a> in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ortega recently extended his record to a perfect 13-0 by scoring a submission victory over perennial division contender Cub Swanson this past December<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Get the full UFC 222 pay-per-view fight card below:<\/p>\n

Main Card
\n145 lbs women\u2019s title fight: Cris Cyborg vs. Yana Kunitskaya
\n145 lbs: Frankie Edgar vs. Brian Ortega
\n135 lbs.: Sean O\u2019Malley vs. Andre Soukhamthath
\n265 lbs.: Andrei Arlovski vs. Stefan Struve
\n135 lbs.: Ketlen Vieira vs. Cat Zingano<\/p>\n

FS1 Prelims
\n115 lbs.: Mackenzie Dern vs. Ashley Yoder
\n155 lbs.: Beneil Dariush vs. TBD
\n135 lbs.: John Dodson vs. Pedro Munhoz
\n185 lbs.: Hector Lombard vs. C.B. Dollaway<\/p>\n

Fight Pass Prelims
\n135 lbs.: Bryan Caraway vs. Cody Stamann
\n205 lbs.: Mike Pyle vs. Zak Ottow
\n205 lbs.: Jordan Johnson vs. Adam Milstead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March\u2019s UFC 222 pay-per-view event was expected to be headlined by a featherweight title fight between current champ Max Holloway and top contender Frankie Edgar. Unfortunately for fight fans, the Hawaiian champion suffered a leg injury and was forced to pull out of his highly anticipated title fight with \u201cThe Answer\u201d. 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