UFC bantamweight Bryan Caraway has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 170 bout with Lucas Martins due to injury.
Bryan Caraway out of UFC 170 bout with Lucas Martins due to injury
UFC officials announced the injury on Tuesday.
Caraway (18-6) had a three-fight winning streak snapped by Takeya Mizugaki, but bounced back with a guillotine choke victory over Johnny Bedford at UFC 159 in April. Caraway has been inactive since then, due to the filming of season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter.
Martins (14-1) lost his UFC debut to Edson Barboza in January, however has followed up with two wins in a row. He knocked out Jeremy Larsen at UFC on FX 8 in May and most recently at UFC Fight Night 28 in September “Mineiro” tapped out Junior Hernandez in his bantamweight debut.
Martins will now wait for a replacement for Caraway.
UFC 170 goes down Feb. 22nd from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. The main event is a Women’s Bantamweight Championship bout pitting two former Olympians against each other, as 2008 freestyle wrestling silver medalist Sara McMann challenges 2008 judo bronze medalist Ronda Rousey. Stay tuned to MMASucka for more on this and other events.
