 Jason Day has been forced to withdraw from UFC 88 due to injury. Day apparently suffered an elbow and bicep injury that and is awaiting an MRI to determine the severity. Regardess, he will be unable to compete at UFC 88 against newly minted middleweight Jason Lambert. Instead Lambert will make his middleweight debut against veteran Jason MacDonald.
MacDonald takes the fight on short notice and with little rest after dropping a three round battle against highly regarded Demian Maia at UFC 87 a couple of weeks ago.
Below is a peak at official UFC 88 fight card:
Main Card:
Chuck Liddell (21-5) vs. Rashad Evans (11-0-1)
Rich Franklin (23-3) vs. Matt Hamill (4-1)
Karo Parisyan (18-5) vs. Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida (10-2)
Dan Henderson (22-7) vs. Rousimar Palhares (8-1)
Nate Marquardt (26-8-2) vs. Martin Kampmann (16-2)
Preliminary Card:
Thiago Tavares (13-2) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (15-4)
Tim Boetsch (7-2) vs. James Lee (13-3)
Matt Brown (7-6) vs. Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim (10-0-1)
Roan Carneiro (12-7) vs. Ryo Chonan (14-8)
Jason Lambert (23-8) vs. Jason Day (17-7)
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