.@UFC announces an
update to
#UFCVegas62 ⤵️:https://t.co/9ayYexaJOn— UFC News (@UFCNews)
October 7, 2022
A Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight
scrap put together on short notice will need to wait a few weeks
longer to materialize.
The UFC booked Neil Magny
(26-9) against Daniel
Rodriguez (17-2) shortly after Rodriguez’ UFC 279 appearance
for
UFC Fight Night 212 on Oct. 15. However, Rodriguez posted on
his Instagram
Stories on Thursday that he had been forced to withdraw from
that contest. Suffering a cut on his elbow in his match with
Jingliang
Li that resulted in a staph infection, he had to pull out of
the fight. The promotion decided to keep the welterweight pairing
intact, and reschedule it a few weeks later. Per the
UFC on Friday, Magny and Rodriguez will now lock horns at
UFC Fight Night 214 on Nov. 15. Their venue will not change, as
both events are scheduled for the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
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Magny is looking to bounce back from his first submission defeat in
over nearly five years, as he succumbed to a guillotine choke from
unbeaten Shavkat
Rakhmonov in June. That put an end to a two-fight win streak
over Geoff Neal
and Max
Griffin. “The Haitian Sensation” is currently tied with
Georges
St. Pierre for the most victories in UFC welterweight history
with 19, while he trails Matt Brown
(29) for the most appearances in the division with 27. The
35-year-old out of Elevation Fight Team has faced many of the best
fighters to ever compete at 170 pounds, and he celebrates victories
over the likes of Robbie
Lawler, Johny
Hendricks, Carlos
Condit and many others through his lengthy career.
Albeit at 180 pounds due to its previously planned catchweight
status, Rodriguez found himself changing opponents from Kevin
Holland to Li on a day’s notice at UFC 279. “D-Rod” claimed a
contentious split decision with a 10-pound weight advantage to
lift his win streak to four straight. The 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu
product made his debut with the promotion in 2020, and he has
already fought for the Las Vegas-based league eight times, with
seven wins opposite a single defeat. Rodriguez has topped names
including Kevin Lee,
Tim
Means and Mike Perry
as he moved up the division’s ranks.
UFC Fight Night 214 will now proceed with an additional fight
likely set for its main card. Its billing is not complete, but it
will be headlined by a featherweight encounter between undefeated
up-and-comers Bryce
Mitchell and Movsar
Evloev. Additional matchups likely featured high on its order
include a strawweight strap between Marina
Rodriguez and Amanda
Lemos, as well as a flyweight battle pitting Tagir
Ulanbekov against Nathan
Maness.