{"id":288730,"date":"2018-10-20T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T17:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=288730"},"modified":"2018-10-20T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T17:55:15","slug":"after-co-main-event-shakeup-david-branch-now-fights-the-killa-gorilla-at-ufc-230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/after-co-main-event-shakeup-david-branch-now-fights-the-killa-gorilla-at-ufc-230\/","title":{"rendered":"After co-main event shakeup, David Branch now fights “The Killa Gorilla” at UFC 230"},"content":{"rendered":"

After two co-main event changes in the past ten days, David Branch will now fight “The Killa Gorilla” Jared Cannonier at UFC 230.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Brett Okamoto<\/a> was first to report the news.<\/p>\n

David Branch was originally slated to face Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza at the November 3 event in New York.<\/p>\n

However, after Luke Rockhold was forced out<\/a> of his slated co-main event rematch with Chris Weidman due to an injury, “Jacare” was subsequently moved up the fight card in order to replace “Rocky” against the “All American”.<\/a><\/p>\n

The UFC was quick to find David Branch a replacement opponent in the form of “The Killa Gorilla” Jared Cannonier.<\/p>\n

Cannonier will enter his short-notice fight with branch having lost his last two contests.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old suffered a first-round TKO loss to surging division contender Dominick Reyes<\/a> in his most recent outing this past May in Chile.<\/p>\n

Jared Cannonier has gone 3-4 in seven fights since joining the UFC ranks in January of 2015.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former World Series of Fighting “champ champ” David Branch is coming off a spectacular first-round knockout victory over Thiago Santos<\/a> which occurred this past April in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n

“The Executive” has gone an incredible 12-1 over his past thirteen fights. Luke Rockhold has been the only man to defeat David Branch during that stretch, submitting the Brooklyn native in September of 2017 at UFC Fight Night Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

Check out the recently updated UFC 230 fight card <\/a>below:<\/p>\n

UFC 230 PPV Main Card (10 p.m. ET):<\/p>\n

\u2022265 lbs.: Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Derrick Lewis \u2013 UFC Heavyweight Title fight
\n\u2022185 lbs.: Ronaldo Souza vs. Chris Weidman
\n\u2022185 lbs.: David Branch vs. Jared Cannonier
\n\u2022185 lbs.: Jack Marshman vs. Karl Roberson
\n\u2022185 lbs.: Israel Adesanya vs. Derek Brunson<\/p>\n

UFC 230 Prelims on FS1 (8 p.m. ET):<\/p>\n

\u2022145 lbs.: Jason Knight vs. Jordan Rinaldi
\n\u2022125 lbs.: Roxanne Modafferi vs. Sijara Eubanks
\n\u2022145 lbs.: Julio Arce vs. Sheymon Moraes
\n\u2022170 lbs.: Sultan Aliev vs. Lyman Good<\/p>\n

UFC 230 Prelims on Fight Pass (6:30 p.m. ET):<\/p>\n

\u2022155 lbs.: Matt Frevola vs. Lando Vannata
\n\u2022145 lbs.: Shane Burgos vs. Kurt Holobaugh
\n\u2022135 lbs.: Brian Kelleher vs. Domingo Pilarte<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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