Daniel Rodriguez injured, out of UFC Fight Night 212 matchup vs. Neil Magny
Daniel Rodriguez won’t be getting a quick turnaround after all.
A rising UFC welterweight, Rodriguez (17-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) announced Thursday on social media his withdrawal from his UFC Fight Night 212 bout vs. Neil Magny (26-9 MMA, 19-8 UFC), which takes place Oct. 15 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
According to an Instagram Stories post, Rodriguez withdrew from the bout due to a laceration suffered in his Sept. 10 bout vs. Li Jingliang that has not healed. Rodriguez won that bout by split decision.
“Got a little bit of bad news,” Rodriguez said. Woke up this morning, elbow f*cking throbbing. I got this in the last fight and it kind of spread. So it looks like I’m out of the fight.”
Meanwhile, Magny has struggled to find opponents for the Oct. 15 date. He most recently competed in June when he had a two-fight winning streak snapped vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov.
It’s unknown at this time if the UFC will seek a replacement opponent for Rodriguez, but he said he hopes the matchup gets rescheduled for November.
The latest UFC Fight Night 212 lineup now includes:
Viviane Araujo vs. Alexa Grasso
Jonathan Martinez vs. Cub Swanson
Askar Askarov vs. Brandon Royval
Dusko Todorovic vs. Jordan Wright
Neil Magny vs. opponent TBA
Misha Cirkunov vs. Alonzo Menifield
Brandon Davis vs. Mana Martinez
Jacob Malkoun vs. Nick Maximov
Raphael Assuncao vs. Victor Henry
Sam Hughes vs. Piera Rodriguez
Tatsuro Taira vs. CJ Vergara
Mike Jackson vs. Pete Rodriguez
