Dana White As MMAjunkie previously reported , visa issues have affected 12 competitors at next week’s UFC Fight Night 70 event, forcing the promotion to make a number of changes to the fight card. Try and follow along. The lightweight and bantamweight tournament finals of “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4,” which is currently airing in Brazil, have been moved to UFC 190, which takes place Aug. 1 in Rio de Janeiro. UFC Fight Night 70’s original co-main event of Erick Silva (18-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) vs. Rick Story (18-8 MMA, 11-6 UFC) has been scrapped from the card, but no rescheduled date has been announced, with an official release stating only that “UFC officials are discussing options for those fighters at this time.” A bantamweight matchup of Masanori Kanehara (25-11-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs
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Visa issues force massive shuffling at next week’s UFC Fight Night 70 event – MMA Junkie