{"id":276481,"date":"2018-05-15T06:20:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T13:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=276481"},"modified":"2018-05-15T06:22:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T13:22:47","slug":"neil-magny-gets-last-minute-opponent-for-ufc-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/neil-magny\/neil-magny-gets-last-minute-opponent-for-ufc-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Magny gets last-minute opponent for UFC Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Gunnar Nelson was forced out of his May 27 UFC Liverpool showdown with Neil Magny, the UFC began a frantic scramble to find Magny a replacement opponent. They’ve now succeeded on that mission.<\/p>\n

Contrary to Jorge Masvidal<\/a>‘s repeated calls for a short-notice 180-pound catchweight scrap<\/a> with Magny, Magny will instead battle Octagon newcomer Craig “The Thundercat” White.<\/p>\n

This bout was announced on the UFC Europe twitter account<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old White, who hails from the UK, owns an overall record of 14-7. He has won his last four bouts, all by way of stoppage, tapping\u00a0Thomas Robertsen and\u00a0Hakon Foss, TKOing\u00a0Matt Inman, and most recently submitting\u00a0Alex Montagnani. White has previous experience against a number of fighters who later compete in the UFC’s Octagon, having come up short against Leon Edwards, Jake Hecht and Oskar\u00a0Piechota in the past.<\/p>\n

Magny, meanwhile, is currently riding high on a decision defeat of former UFC interim welterweight champ Carlos Condit. This win was preceded by a submission loss to top welterweight contender Rafael dos Anjos, a decision win over Johny Hendricks, and a TKO loss to current Bellator star Lorenz Larkin. He’ll battle this UFC newcomer with an overall record of 20-6, and a UFC mark of 13-5.<\/p>\n

In an incredible display of class<\/a>, Magny recently offered to donate $15,000 of his purse to a Kickstarter fund for a sick young girl if the UFC was able to find him an opponent for May 27.<\/p>\n

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