Injured Silva Withdraws from UFC 89
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:35 am
Undefeated light heavyweight Thiago Silva has withdrawn from his Oct. 18 co-headlining bout against Lyoto Machida at UFC 89 “Bisping vs. Leben” in Birmingham, England.
An American Top Team representative confirmed a report from intheguard.tv, which said Silva sustained a back injury in training. The rep said the decision was made Thursday to pull the dynamic Brazilian striker from the card, and that Silva is expected to be back in play by December.
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-that sucks, would have been a good fight!
An American Top Team representative confirmed a report from intheguard.tv, which said Silva sustained a back injury in training. The rep said the decision was made Thursday to pull the dynamic Brazilian striker from the card, and that Silva is expected to be back in play by December.
FROM
-that sucks, would have been a good fight!