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UFC Live 4 has undergone a major change, as main event competitor Anthony Johnson has suffered an undisclosed injury and has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled welterweight fight with Nate Marquardt.
Stepping in to replace Johnson will be surging prospect Rick Story, the promotion announced Thursday. UFC Live 4 goes down June 26 from Consol Energy Arena in Pittsburgh and will air live on cable network Versus.
Story comes fresh off of an upset victory over the highly-regarded Thiago Alves. Story controlled the pace of the first two rounds in his UFC 130 conflict with the Brazilian and weathered a strong third round from Alves to take the unanimous decision. Story has not lost since his UFC debut in 2009, rattling off six-straight wins, four of which have gone to the judges.
A former middleweight King of Pancrase and UFC title challenger, Marquardt will make his welterweight debut in Pittsburgh. The muscular Grudge Training Center representative has split his last four bouts, losing to Chael Sonnen and Yushin Okami, while besting Rousimar Palhares and most recently Dan Miller at UFC 128 in March.
Stepping in to replace Johnson will be surging prospect Rick Story, the promotion announced Thursday. UFC Live 4 goes down June 26 from Consol Energy Arena in Pittsburgh and will air live on cable network Versus.
Story comes fresh off of an upset victory over the highly-regarded Thiago Alves. Story controlled the pace of the first two rounds in his UFC 130 conflict with the Brazilian and weathered a strong third round from Alves to take the unanimous decision. Story has not lost since his UFC debut in 2009, rattling off six-straight wins, four of which have gone to the judges.
A former middleweight King of Pancrase and UFC title challenger, Marquardt will make his welterweight debut in Pittsburgh. The muscular Grudge Training Center representative has split his last four bouts, losing to Chael Sonnen and Yushin Okami, while besting Rousimar Palhares and most recently Dan Miller at UFC 128 in March.