It’s been a bit of a rough journey to get to the UFC’s very first show on ESPN programming.<\/p>\n
First, there was the trouble finding the main event which resulted in the UFC pulling UFC 233’s main event to put it on UFC Brooklyn<\/a> (the first show on ESPN+). This led to the cancelation of UFC 233<\/a> entirely.<\/p>\n After that, we got the announcement that controversial heavyweight prospect Greg Hardy would be added to the card. Which created new problems and backlash<\/a> as UFC flyweight Rachael Ostovich is also set to compete at the event.<\/p>\n However, the not so positive news continues as two fighters have been injured out of their bouts for next Saturday night.<\/p>\n AGFight<\/a>\u00a0confirmed yesterday that UFC bantamweight John Lineker was out of his bout with Cory Sandhagen that kicked off the prelims.<\/p>\n Since then, ESPN’s Ariel Helwani has confirmed that Ion Cutelaba is also now out of his fight with Glover Teixeira. The UFC is currently seeking replacements.<\/p>\n Both John Lineker and Ion Cutelaba are out of their respective fights next weekend versus Cory Sandhagen and Glover Teixeira in Brooklyn, sources say. UFC looking for replacements but obviously time is of the essence with the card nine days away.<\/p>\n — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n